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August 3, 2012 10:11 PM
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Hiram C. Polk and J. David Richardson's homebred Harrods Creek, who has been knocking on the door in stakes company, finally broke through decisively in Friday's $100,000 John's Call Stakes at Saratoga. With new rider Junior Alvarado engineering a well-judged trip, the Bill Mott veteran surged past 6-5 favorite Tahoe Lake and Hailstone and stretched clear by 3 3/4 lengths.
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August 3, 2012 10:10 PM
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C C's Pal closed into a torrid pace and held off a late run from Island Bound to get the victory Aug. 3 in the $200,000 Honorable Miss (gr. II) at Saratoga Race Course.
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August 3, 2012 10:08 PM
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The $1 million TVG Pacific Classic (gr. I) at Del Mar Aug. 26 could be the next stop for Dullahan, his enthusiastic owner said Aug. 3.
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August 3, 2012 3:32 PM
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Dogwood Stable's Aikenite, a multiple graded stakes winner who was retired earlier this year, has returned to trainer Todd Pletcher's barn at Belmont Park.
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August 3, 2012 2:45 PM
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With his eye on the $500,000 Foxwoods King’s Bishop (gr. I) this month, three-time graded stakes winner Trinniberg had his first breeze at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 3, traveling four furlongs on the Oklahoma training track in :49.41 with jockey Willie Martinez aboard.
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August 3, 2012 9:34 AM
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Thursday’s (August 2) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Vernon Downs, Saratoga Casino and Raceway, Plainridge Racecourse and Monticello Raceway.
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August 3, 2012 9:32 AM
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Considering the frequency with which New York’s racecourses opened and closed in the last two centuries, Saratoga is fortunate to be open, claimed Paul Roberts, the British strategic development adviser to NYRA and historian, at a presentation held Thursday evening at Fasig-Tipton’s Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion.
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August 3, 2012 9:32 AM
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Parlee Beach distinguished herself as one of North America’s top rookie pacing fillies as she lowered the stakes record to 1:50.4 in the $50,000 Whenuwishuponastar final on Thursday evening at Mohawk.
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August 3, 2012 9:31 AM
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Yonkers Raceway continued its statebred baby shower with Thursday night's $285,840 New York Mike Cohen Trot for 2-year-old fillies.
Five divisions went at it, with a resurgent Crazy Grigio (Stephane Bouchard, $9.70) leading the parade by winning the opening ($56,968) division in a life-best 2:01. Leaving outside her six rivals, she was a two-move, three-quarters of a length swifter than 3-2 fave Fifty Shades (Eric Goodell), with pace-setting Amor Deo (Trond Smedshammer) third.
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August 2, 2012 10:26 PM
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Yonkers Raceway hosted Thursday night's $285,840 New York Mike Cohen Trot for 2-year-old fillies.
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August 2, 2012 10:19 PM
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Nine 3-year-old filly trotters were entered today (Thursday) for the OSS Gold Elimination scheduled to be contested on Sunday, August 5 at Flamboro Downs.
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August 2, 2012 10:19 PM
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Modestly-bred Scherer Magic, a $50,000 claim who captured a graded stakes in just his second start, takes another big step in his progression with the $150,000 Best Pal Stakes (gr. II) for 2-year-olds at Del Mar Aug. 5.
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August 2, 2012 10:18 PM
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At this time last summer, future Kentucky Derby and Preakness star I'll Have Another finished a solid runner-up in the Grade 2 Best Pal Stakes in his second career start. The same connections -- owner J. Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O'Neill -- are back with another promising youngster in Sunday's renewal of the $150,000 Best Pal at Del Mar. But their current contender, Know More, has yet to race, and will be making an audacious career debut.
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August 3, 2012 10:10 PM
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Trainer Jimmy Takter was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in July, but he hopes he’s not finished adding to his resume.
Takter’s Uncle Peter received the nod as the 5-2 morning-line favorite in Saturday’s 87th running of the $1.5 million Hambletonian at Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, N.J.
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August 3, 2012 10:09 PM
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Japhet Ward, longtime private clocker on the Southern California circuit, died Aug. 1. He was 83.
“The best way to put it is that he was called the 'Dean of Clockers' by his colleagues,” said Toby Turrell, a clocker/handicapper for more than two decades himself. “He was an original.”
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August 3, 2012 3:32 PM
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An extended delay prior to the first race brought about by periods of excessive lightning led officials at Calder Casino & Race Course to cancel its 11-race live racing program for Aug. 3.
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August 3, 2012 2:45 PM
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The 138th running of the Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (gr. I) heads a schedule of 12 stakes races with total purses of $1.8 million set for the Oct. 28-Nov. 25 Fall Meet at Churchill Downs, but the purse of the race will be reduced $100,000.
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August 3, 2012 2:13 PM
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Despite her long odds and modest past performances, Sassy Syrinx has something to prove in Saturday’s $714,050 Hambletonian Oaks at the Meadowlands Racetrack. Scoring from post 10, she is listed as 30-1 on the morning line.
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August 3, 2012 9:32 AM
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While the leading dirt runners of the 3-year-old division have fallen by the wayside, Silver Max steadily has been establishing dominance of the second-season runners on the turf. His victory July 21 in the Virginia Derby (gr. IIT) was his sixth consecutive triumph on the lawn, and he’s undefeated on that surface in 2012.
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August 3, 2012 9:32 AM
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Long before he gets on a thoroughbred, Hall of Fame jockey Russell Baze pulls out his iPad and watches video footage of the horse's most recent races.
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August 3, 2012 9:31 AM
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Pink Camo set a new track record for her new owners and trainer on Thursday night with her 1:52.4 victory in a division of the State Fair Managers Pace for driver Tony Hall.
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August 2, 2012 10:31 PM
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Joe Talamo booted home five winners at Del Mar Aug. 2, including a brilliant performance by Irish-bred Obviously in the feature, a one-mile grass contest.
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August 2, 2012 10:25 PM
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Parlee Beach distinguished herself as one of North America’s top rookie pacing fillies as she lowered the stakes record to 1:50.4 in the C$50,000 Whenuwishuponastar final on Thursday evening at Mohawk.
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August 2, 2012 10:19 PM
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Onetime Washington resident Russell Baze will be inducted into the Washington Sports Hall of Fame on Longacres Mile Day Aug. 19.
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August 2, 2012 10:18 PM
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Of the 11 horses that have won Triple Crown races since 2009, only three remain in training, and just one -- the powerhouse called Shackleford -- ranks among the elite performers in the sport. Winner of the 1 3/16-mile Preakness Stakes last year over Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, the gleaming chestnut has transformed his game this year, from speedball that runs his heart out in route races to fearsome sprint and middle-distance star.
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