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Tracy Farmer’s La Gran Bailadora, fifth in last year’s Hillard Lyons Doubledogdare Stakes (gr. III) after a slow start, will give it another try April 20 in the 1 1/16-mile stakes for fillies and mares at Keeneland. 
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Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid al Maktoum’s Nahrain (GB), whose runner-up finish to Perfect Shirl in the Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) at Churchill Downs in November is the lone blemish among her five career starts, will remain in training at four, trainer Roger Varian reported on his website.
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Churchill Downs has announced the addition of four late nominees for the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (gr. IT), a 1 1/8-mile grass race for 4-year-olds and up which will be run immediately prior to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) on Saturday, May 5.
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Jockey Russell Baze, already a member of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame, heads the list of 2012 inductees to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
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Rick Porter announced that his Horse of the Year, Havre De Grace, would not race Friday at Oaklawn Park because of the weight assignments.
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Last year's Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner, Peachtree Stable's Plum Pretty, will carry top weight of 117 pounds in the 1 1/16-mile event for fillies and mares on the main track.
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Sullimar Stables' Get Stormy will take on six rivals as he attempts to become just the second repeat winner of the $300,000 Maker's 46 Mile (gr. IT) April 13 at Keeneland.
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The 2012 schedules for South Dakota’s two racetracks have been set, with 12 combined race dates, featuring both Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing.
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Flying Instructor followed flight instructions well to win $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) final, while Warning Zone won the photo in the $37,000 Preferred/Handicap pace on Monday, April 9 at Dover Downs.
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If you liked the finish of Saturday’s Grade 1 Carter, then you’ll want to be at Belmont Park on May 28 when Jackson Bend and Caleb’s Posse renew what could be a budding rivalry in the Grade 1 $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap.
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Highlighted by seven Grade 1 races, two new juvenile events on the grass, and notable purse increases to ten of its major offerings, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club will present a robust summer schedule of stakes with a total value of $7,775,000 during its 37-day summer meeting.
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Trainer Peter Moody announced that super mare Black Caviar will run in the Sportingbet Sprint (Aust-I) April 28 and then the Goodwood Handicap (Aust-I) May 12 at Australia's Morphettville track in Adelaide before heading to England for the Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot June 23.
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SUNLAND PARK — The feelings of bitterness and hate could easily be a part of Jacky Martins daily life as he struggles with his paralysis and inability to breathe without a ventilator.
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Sullimar Stables’ Get Stormy started his 2012 campaign with a game front-running win in the 1 1/8-mile Gulfstream Park Handicap (G1) on February 11, and the classy veteran will cut back to his favorite distance on Friday at Keeneland Race Course in an attempt to secure his second consecutive win in the $300,000 Maker’s 46 Mile Stakes (G1).
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Havre de Grace to be paraded at Keeneland on Sunday...
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Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino has changed the entry schedule for its 2012 Thoroughbred meet, which begins Friday, April 20.
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Watching the slow death spiral of a job-producing industry is painful, especially to us equine lovers, including more than 40,000 horse owners in Minnesota.
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It certainly wasn’t planned but as it worked out Monticello Raceway’s Passover Pace will become the Passover Trot this year. And though the gait of the horses for the race has changed the race will still be presented on Thursday, April 12---- which falls during the Passover Holiday.
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Musical Romance, the 2011 champion female sprinter, tops the field of 10 fillies and mares set to contest the $300,000 Vinery Madison Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland on April 12.
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