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August 1, 2012 11:09 PM
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James Street is back to defend his title in the $150,000 Seagram Cup (Can-III) against six opponents over the Polytrack Aug. 4 at Woodbine.
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August 1, 2012 11:09 PM
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Harness racing’s top-ranked older trotters – Chapter Seven and Mister Herbie – are ready to renew acquaintances in Saturday’s $250,000 Nat Ray Invitational at the Meadowlands Racetrack as part of a star-studded Hambletonian Day card.
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August 1, 2012 11:08 PM
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The focus may be on the trotters Saturday afternoon at the Meadowlands, but for those looking for the best pacers on the planet, the $242,500 U.S. Pacing Championship, race 13, should be a spectacle.
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August 1, 2012 8:57 PM
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August 1, 2012 8:56 PM
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The top three finishers from the Victory Ride Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park, along with the once-beaten favorite from that event, return to tangle in the $300,000 Prioress Stakes (G1) for three-year-old fillies Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.
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August 1, 2012 4:55 PM
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Harness racing’s top-ranked older trotters -- Chapter Seven and Mister Herbie -- are ready to renew acquaintances in Saturday’s $250,000 Nat Ray Invitational at the Meadowlands Racetrack as part of a star-studded Hambletonian Day card.
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August 1, 2012 4:54 PM
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Undefeated in six races before losing badly in her last start, Agave Kiss will attempt to start a new streak at a new track when she faces six rivals in the $300,000 Prioress Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 4.
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August 1, 2012 2:31 PM
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FANS of Frankel, who cemented his status as the world's best racehorse with another ultra-impressive performance in Wednesday's Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, could get an extra chance to see the superstar in action this season with connections considering a surprise tilt at the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp.
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August 1, 2012 12:35 PM
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“Inside Harness Racing” presents a full preview of the $1.5 million Hambletonian, including interviews with top human connections and a review of the eliminations.
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August 1, 2012 12:34 PM
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The Wood County Fair at Bowling Green, Ohio, held its lone session of harness racing on Tuesday night (July 31). Eight 2-year-old and 3-year-old colt and filly stakes, plus two overnight races, were contested on a beautiful July evening.
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August 1, 2012 12:34 PM
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Frankel again showed just why he is the best racehorse in the world with another dominating, dismissive, destructive performance to make it 12 wins from 12 in the Sussex Stakes.
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August 1, 2012 10:20 AM
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It’s been a tremendous year so far for Bill Mott, who will attempt to add the prestigious Whitney Invitational Handicap (gr. I) to his list of accomplishments when he saddles grade I winners Ron the Greek and Flat Out in the 1 1/8-mile test Aug. 4.
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August 1, 2012 10:19 AM
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Statebred 2 year olds were on display Tuesday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $288,360 New York Sire Stakes Clyde Hirt Pace. Five divisions went postward, and the outcomes were not to the liking of the chalk players.
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August 1, 2012 11:09 PM
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Trainer Bobby Raymond enjoyed a remarkable day at Suffolk Downs Aug. 1, saddling four winners on the 10-race card, three of which came with veteran Jill Jellison in the irons.
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August 1, 2012 11:09 PM
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While the future is now for the Hambletonian finalists, 39 rookie pacers and trotters will face their first true tests in four rich events at the Meadowlands on Saturday.
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August 1, 2012 8:57 PM
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It began 15 years ago in Elmira as a dream to improve the quality of horses produced in Ontario.
Monday afternoon, Grand River Raceway in Elora will celebrate—with equal parts pride and frivolity—the incredible strides made toward that dream when the $300,000 Battle of Waterloo goes to post as part of the track’s annual Industry Day card.
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August 1, 2012 8:56 PM
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Coming off of her fourth career graded stakes victory, the consistent Switch stretches back out to two turns in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) Saturday at Del Mar.
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August 1, 2012 8:55 PM
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Ron Anderson has taken the book of jockey Joel Rosario and will represent the rider in New York while handling his mount assignments at Saratoga Race Course, the agent confirmed Aug. 1.
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August 1, 2012 4:55 PM
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Everyone associated with the sophomore filly pacer Major Look enjoyed the month of July, a month that was filled with three important stakes victories and a conquest of the leading performer in her division. And a month now capped with July Horse of the Month honors as presented by the U.S. Trotting Association.
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August 1, 2012 3:41 PM
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The second annual "Fillies Race for Hope," a day of horse racing and fundraising to benefit Hope Chest for Breast Cancer Foundation and Pay It Forward Fund, will be held Aug. 4 at Canterbury Park.
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August 1, 2012 1:39 PM
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A total of 17 runners go for the Group 2, £100,000 King George Stakes over five furlongs at Glorious Goodwood on Friday. They are headed by Australian raider Ortensia, who will carry a four-pound penalty after a pair of Group 1 successes - the Winterbottom Stakes in Australia in November and the Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai in March. She disappointed on her first start in the United Kingdom when coming home ninth in the five-furlong Group 1 King's Stand at Royal Ascot, but ran better when fourth over six furlongs in the Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket on July 14.
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August 1, 2012 12:35 PM
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Ron the Greek has risen through the handicap ranks from a horse who couldn't win a graded stakes race last year to a multiple grade I winner in 2012. On Aug. 4, the 5-year-old son of Full Mandate will head a 9-horse field as the 3-1 morning line favorite for the $750,000 Whitney Invitational (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course.
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August 1, 2012 12:34 PM
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Michael Phelps, who became the most decorated Olympic competitor of all time in London this week, may become involved in Thoroughbred ownership in the future.
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August 1, 2012 12:33 PM
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This Week: Meadowlands Grand Circuit, the Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey
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August 1, 2012 10:19 AM
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Southwind Jazmin set a track record and matched a world record for 4-year-old pacing mares on a five-eighths mile oval with her victory in 1:49:2 in the featured pace on Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The race, a condition pace for mares who were non-winners of $30,000 in their last five starts, carried the night's top purse of $21,000.
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