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August 6, 2012 9:56 AM
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Sunday’s (August 5) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Batavia Downs and Ocean Downs.
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Drivers Mark Headworth, Lindsy Moen and Ronnie Wrenn Jr. and Jason Merriman were involved in a racing accident in race 9 at Raceway Park on Sunday night. Headworth, Moen and Wrenn were checked out by Raceway Park's EMT staff and resumed driving. Merriman was transported to St. Vincent's Hospital in Toledo by the Toledo Fire/EMS Department. Merriman had severe lower back pain and pain in his left ankle. The extent of his injuries was not immediately known.
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August 6, 2012 9:54 AM
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Helene Gregory has been in the winner’s circle many times as the wife of a leading harness driver and as track photographer at Freehold Raceway.
The difference on Hambletonian Day [August 4, 2012] was that she was the winner, guiding Master Pine to victory in a Racing Under Saddle [RUS] Trot at the Meadowlands Racetrack.
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Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert paid Executiveprivilege high compliments following her victory in the July 14 Landaluce Stakes at Hollywood Park, describing her as a "female version of Lookin at Lucky" and mentioning her in the same breath as Hall of Famer Silverbulletday. On Wednesday, the undefeated two-year-old filly will try to keep the accolades coming as she lines up in the Grade 3, $150,000 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar.
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Robert S. Evans' Irish Mission struck out in the first two legs of the Canadian Triple Crown, running second in the Queen's Plate and sixth in the Prince of Wales, but gutted out victory in the third and final jewel when taking Sunday's $506,739 Breeders' Stakes at Woodbine by a half-length over a tenacious Aldous Snow.
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August 6, 2012 9:52 AM
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Surging Poseidon's Warrior produced a 36-1 upset in the $400,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. I) when heavy favorite Shackleford failed to handle a muddy track at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 5.
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Apprentice rider Keiber Coa suffered a fractured bone in his left hand after being unseated in the sixth race Aug. 4, according to his agent, Cory Moran.
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August 6, 2012 9:48 AM
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Royal Delta, last year's champion three-year-old filly, breezed five furlongs in 1:02 2/5 Sunday morning over Saratoga's fast Oklahoma training track in preparation for her next start, the Grade 1, $600,000 Personal Ensign on August 26.
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August 6, 2012 9:48 AM
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Fort Larned captured his first Grade 1 race on Saturday and earned a trip to the Breeders’ Cup Classic as he held on for a 1 ¼-length victory over favored Ron the Greek in the $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap at Saratoga Race Course.
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August 6, 2012 9:47 AM
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Moonlight Cloud swept past longtime leader The Cheka in the final furlong and cruised to a sharp five-length victory in the Prix Maurice de Gheest (Fr-I) at Deauville Aug. 5.
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August 6, 2012 9:45 AM
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Hurrikane Kingcole flashed past three quarters in a world record 1:18.2, but it was pocket sitter Panther Hanover that surged late to win the $275,000 New Jersey Classic for sophomore pacers Saturday at the Meadowlands, stopping the clock in 1:47.2. Driven by Sylvain Filion for trainer James Dean, the Rocknroll Hanover colt earned his fifth win in six starts this season.
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August 6, 2012 9:43 AM
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Pacers were in the spotlight as the Ohio State Fair stakes wrapped at Scioto Downs on Saturday night. A huge crowd came out to watch the action on a humid summer evening.
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August 6, 2012 9:43 AM
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Mohawk Racetrack fans were treated to another exciting performance by the province’s top 3-year-old pacing colts on Saturday evening.
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August 6, 2012 9:56 AM
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The toughest time of a young jockey's career often is the months after apprentice status ends, when he or she no longer benefits from the weight allowances granted to encourage horsemen to use inexperienced riders.
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August 6, 2012 9:55 AM
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J. Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O'Neill have been known to take their chances, and their latest paid off when first-time starter Know More surged late to prevail in the $150,000 Best Pal Stakes (gr. II) Aug.5 at Del Mar.
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Poseidon's Warrior rallied through the middle of Saratoga Race Course's muddy stretch on Sunday to score an upset win in the $400,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1), stealing all of the thunder from classic winner and fan favorite Shackleford, who never fired in a disappointing performance.
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Fillies accounted for two-thirds of the 2012 Canadian Triple Crown when the late-running Irish Mission outfought Aldous Snow to capture the $506,739 Breeders' Stakes by a half-length on the Woodbine turf Aug.5.
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Heston Blue Chip (1:50.4) and Bettor's Edge (1:51.2) captured the two eliminations of the Empire Breeders' Classic races on Sunday afternoon (Aug. 5) at Tioga Downs.
In the first elimination on Sunday afternoon, Heston Blue Chip (Tim Tetrick) was the overwhelming favorite and settled in fourth as the field went by the quarter in :26. As the field headed toward the half-mile mark, Breakin The Law (Yannick Gingras) pulled from third to begin a first-over journey with Heston Blue Chip pressed tight on his helmet.
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For the second straight year, George Strawbridge's homebred Moonlight Cloud scored an authoritative victory in the $325,913 Prix Maurice de Gheest (Fr-G1), one of France's premier sprint races, on Sunday at Deauville.
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August 6, 2012 9:49 AM
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Gold Edge and All Her Class, first and second, respectively, less than a length apart at the finish in Arlington Park's Lisa M Stakes on Saturday, might well be matching strides again in Chicago's centerpiece race for two-year-old fillies, the upcoming Grade 3, $150,000 Arlington-Washington Lassie to be contested at one mile on September 8.
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Salomina charged through a gap along the rail and swept to an impressive 3 1/2-length victory in the Henkel-Preis der Diana, or German Oaks (Ger-I) at Dusseldorf Aug. 5.
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August 6, 2012 9:47 AM
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THE Ayr Gold Cup could be the scene of a mass Stewards' Cup reunion, including the two horses separated by a nose at the end of Saturday's Goodwood dash, it emerged on Sunday.
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August 6, 2012 9:46 AM
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Palace Malice, who became the first North American winner sired by two-time Horse of the Year Curlin with a dominant 3 1/2-length maiden score Saturday at Saratoga, is the latest addition to New York Watch. The Dogwood Stable colorbearer will now be pointed for the Grade 2 Hopeful on September 3.
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August 6, 2012 9:44 AM
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With Grace Hall seemingly thriving at Delaware Park, trainer Tony Dutrow is in no hurry to ship her to Saratoga, where she will make her next start in the $600,000 Alabama Stakes on Aug. 18.
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August 6, 2012 9:43 AM
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The morning of Michael Phelps's last day of Olympic competition, the eventual winner of 22 career Olympic medals took the time to discuss wit...
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