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August 17, 2012 9:17 AM
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Sugarinthemorning will try to shake off a case of seconditis when she takes on six opponents in the $150,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap (gr. III) over the Polytrack Aug. 19 at Del Mar.
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August 17, 2012 9:16 AM
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Quick Wit, who won the off-the-turf running of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (gr. II) at Saratoga Aug. 10, remains an outside possibility for the Travers Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 25.
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August 17, 2012 9:16 AM
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Eclipse Award champion Acclamation has been diagnosed with a "mild strain" in a ligament in his left front pastern, his connections reported Thursday.
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August 16, 2012 5:01 PM
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When trainer Ron Burke looks back on the career of standout pacer Won The West, he remembers a lot of fast miles and big wins.
But what stands out most of all is the look.
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August 16, 2012 4:56 PM
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Grade 1 veteran Awesome Gem will take on 10 rivals as he goes for a title defense in Sunday's Grade 3, $200,000 Longacres Mile Handicap at Emerald Downs.
The nine-year-old gelding captured last year's edition by 1 1/2 lengths, and followed that up with a nice second in the Grade 1 Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita. In four starts this season, the Craig Dollase trainee has recorded wins in an allowance and the Grade 3 Berkeley Handicap as well as a third last out in the Grade 3 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap.
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August 16, 2012 3:51 PM
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Darley Stud Management's British-bred Afsare, originally scheduled for a turf work Thursday morning, fulfilled an alternate plan and worked four furlongs in :48 over Arlington Park's Polytrack due to a steady rain that fell during training hours.
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August 16, 2012 3:51 PM
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The winner of the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes on Saturday will have a strong claim as America's best three-year-old turf male, but trainer Christophe Clement is more concerned with building Summer Front's resume for a lifetime achievement award.
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August 16, 2012 3:09 PM
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CRACKERJACK KING has been installed as the 4-1 favourite for Saturday's Arlington Million by William Hill.
The Marco Botti-trained colt, who has won seven of his nine races, is half a point shorter than Luca Cumani's contender Afsare.
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August 16, 2012 1:47 PM
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Bryan Beccia, the regular exercise rider for Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Monarchos and other top horses, has been granted a conditional license to resume his career in Kentucky.
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August 16, 2012 11:46 AM
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ANDREW BALDING landed his third success in the Sovereign Stakes, and his second in two years, after 11 4 shot Tullius, ridden by Jimmy Fortune, held off the gambled on Sovereign Debt.
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August 16, 2012 11:46 AM
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The Standardbred Retirement Foundation is pleased to be moving its horse headquarters to Walnridge Farm in Cream Ridge, N.J. With racing and breeding in New Jersey having its problems, the farm has plenty of room to accommodate SRF’s program that continues to have growing demand.
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August 16, 2012 11:43 AM
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Seven 3-year-old colt pacers were entered Thursday (August 16) for the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold elimination scheduled to be contested on Sunday (August 19) at Rideau Carleton Raceway.
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August 16, 2012 10:42 AM
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Normally on the dark day here, Tom Durkin sleeps late and catches up on bills and errands. It’s the only day off for the voice of New York racing when the Saratoga meet is in session, and Durkin cherishes his alone time and silence.
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August 17, 2012 9:17 AM
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At the wire for the July 25 Lake George Stakes (gr. IIT) at Saratoga Race Course, scarcely two lengths separated the top six finishers. Aug. 19 at the Spa, five of them, including top two Centre Court and Better Lucky, return to fight for supremacy in the $200,000 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid (gr. IIT).
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August 17, 2012 9:16 AM
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Stephanie's Kitten, regarded as an unlucky loser of the Grade 2 Lake George at Saratoga on July 25, will put that hypothesis to the test in Sunday's Grade 2, $200,000 Lake Placid Stakes back at the Spa.
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August 16, 2012 5:02 PM
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Dual grade 1 winner Jackson Bend breezed a half-mile over the Oklahoma training track on the morning of Aug. 16 under exercise rider Maxine Correa, covering the distance in :49.33 as he preps for the $500,000 Forego Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 1 at Saratoga Race Course.
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August 16, 2012 4:56 PM
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The injury that will keep Acclamation from defending his championship in the TVG Pacific Classic Aug. 26 has been determined to be a mild strain of a ligament in the area of the left front pastern.
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August 16, 2012 4:56 PM
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British-bred Afsare, originally scheduled for turf work on the morning of Aug. 16 in preparation for the Arlington Million (gr. IT), instead drilled a half-mile over the Arlington Park main track due to a steady rain.
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August 16, 2012 3:51 PM
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H. Graham Motion has 15 Grade 1s throughout his career, including in such prestigious events as the Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Turf, but one race still on the trainer's bucket list is the Beverly D. Stakes at Arlington Park.
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August 16, 2012 3:51 PM
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Northfield Park will host Ohio Sires Stake races for 3-year-old fillies of both gaits on Friday (August 17).
Sophomore fiily trotters will lead off Friday's show in a $ 17,000 Ohio Sires Stakes division. Rose Run Nellie (Trainforthefuture-Lilyad-Armbro Iliad) is the morning line favorite in the opener for owner Scott Cox Stable. Cox is also the filly's trainer and driver.
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August 16, 2012 1:47 PM
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KING GEORGE and Eclipse winner Nathaniel is among nine potential rivals to Frankel in the Juddmonte International at York following Thursday's confirmation stage.
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August 16, 2012 1:47 PM
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Grade 1 winners Lady of Shamrock, the leader among three-year-old turf fillies on the West Coast, and Eden's Moon, who posted an impressive win in her first start on the surface, meet for the first time in the Del Mar Oaks (G1) Saturday at Del Mar.
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August 16, 2012 11:46 AM
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Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs will host under saddle exhibition races in September as part of the Cane Pace Final card on Monday (Sept. 3) at Tioga and part of the End of Summer Showdown at Vernon on Sept. 7.
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August 16, 2012 11:44 AM
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Hap Proctor knows better than to take any credit for the run of good fortune his brother’s had at Del Mar this summer. The Tom Proctor stable, led by the horses of Leonard Lavin’s Glen Hill Farm, is on a giddy roll, winning with six of the first 14 starters it has sent forth, including Old Time Hockey in the La Jolla Handicap last weekend.
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August 16, 2012 10:42 AM
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Stefan ”Tarzan” Melander, the world famous harness racing photographer, winner of the 2001 Hambletonian and one of the leading trainer/drivers in his native country, Sweden, was in focus on Wednesday night (August 15) at Solvalla. Melander won three races -- two of them with offspring sired by his Hambletonian winner, Scarlet Knight.
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