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September 26, 2016 10:36 AM
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Horse Racing news: Songbird Stays Perfect with Cotillion Win.
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September 21, 2016 5:13 PM
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Albuquerque Downs will close its 2016 racing season with a bang this weekend, as the track will pay out a track-record total of $1.25 million in purses on Saturday and Sunday. The Downs' closing weekend action consists of 22 races, including five stakes, four for Quarter Horses and one for Thoroughbreds. Racing secretary Jim Collins …
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September 21, 2016 1:01 PM
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Santa Anita Park, rich in racing lore for nearly eight decades, enhances its storied reputation come Saturday, Oct. 1, when reigning Thoroughbred king California Chrome seeks his sixth straight victory, this in the Awesome Again Stakes, one of five Grade I Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” Challenge Races in a stellar lineup that stacks …
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September 21, 2016 12:52 PM
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When Fioretti crossed the finish line first in Saturday's $100,000 Open Mind Stakes, the tangible excitement in the air at Churchill Downs wasn't just due to the mare's 14-1 odds. Nor was the excitement entirely due to the fact that it was the Anthony Hamilton trainee's first win in nearly a year. The excitement dancing …
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September 19, 2016 1:25 PM
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Betting Line and Racing Hill have been installed as 3-5 favorites in their respective divisions of the $577,000 Little Brown Jug, which drew a small field of 11 3-year-old pacers for the race Thursday at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.
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September 16, 2016 10:00 AM
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Horse owners selling Kentucky-bred yearlings this fall have a distinct advantage: increased purses and opportunities to race in multiple jurisdictions' sire stakes programs. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's (KHRC) Sire Stakes Advisory Panel recommends increased purses for the 2017 Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) and Kentucky county fair circuit. 2017 will be the first year that …
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September 13, 2016 10:54 AM
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September 13, 2016 10:52 AM
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One Horse Will Do Corporation's O B Harbor was voted Horse of the Meeting, Top Sprinter and Top Handicap Horse as Emerald Downs announced its 2016 season honors Sunday on closing day of the track's 21st season. A 4-year-old Oregon-bred gelding by Harbor the Gold-Flying Memo, O B Harbor won four of five starts including …
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September 13, 2016 10:42 AM
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Horse Racing news: Japan gets their own "Road to the Kentucky Derby".
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September 11, 2016 3:19 PM
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Little Talks Speaks Loudly in PCQHRA Breeders' Derby Trials
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September 11, 2016 3:15 PM
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Turf Paradise Releases Stakes Schedule for 2016-17 Season
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September 11, 2016 3:03 PM
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Old Harbor blazed to a Delaware Park track record in winning the Rosenberger today, while Ain't Got Time defended his title in the Governors Day.
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September 11, 2016 2:50 PM
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Spendthrift Farm has partnered with Churchill Downs to create the Spendthrift Stallion Stakes – a new $300,000-guaranteed stakes race to be run this fall for 2-year-olds that are sired exclusively by Spendthrift Farm stallions, and a race designed to be run annually to benefit both racehorse owners and breeders. “We couldn't be happier to be …
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September 26, 2016 10:34 AM
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Danny Keene's Texas Chrome showed the racing world the size of his heart Sunday evening at Remington Park, bulling his way through the narrowest of holes along the inside rail to defeat Sticksstatelydude by a half-length in the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby. The sophomore son of Grasshopper and jockey C.J. McMahon raced to a tough …
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September 21, 2016 5:11 PM
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Wall Street financiers Sol Kumin and James Covello have sold their spot in the starting gate to the $12 million Pegasus World Cup, reports drf.com. In a transaction which was finalized last week, the pair transferred the berth to real estate developer and owner-breeder Earle Mack, for “very, very, very close to the original price” …
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September 21, 2016 1:00 PM
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Horse Racing news: Pennsylvania Derby 2016: Odds and Analysis.
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September 21, 2016 12:49 PM
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Plenty of Grace, winner of the Grade 1 Yellow Ribbon Invitational and G2 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, died recently at age 29. The Daily Racing Form reports that the daughter of Roberto has been buried at Darby Dan Farm, where she was bred. Trained by John Veitch for Darby Dan Farm, Plenty of Grace (Roberto-Wings of Grace, …
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September 16, 2016 10:07 AM
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Nominations for the Dec. 3 Claiming Crown at Gulfstream Park will close Nov. 6. Scheduled to be hosted by Gulfstream for the fifth consecutive year, the 18th Claiming Crown will offer nine starter stakes for a total of $1.11 million in purses for horses (3-year-olds and up) that have raced in a claiming race at …
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September 16, 2016 9:58 AM
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International turf talent descends on Canada, 2017 Derby and Oaks hopefuls try out Churchill Downs, Winx is back on track in Australia and the Grey Gatsby goes in England, all in weekend racing.
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September 13, 2016 10:53 AM
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September 13, 2016 10:44 AM
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Chantilly Racecourse, which will host the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe for the first time on Oct. 2, will likely be the venue for the 2017 edition as well after French racing officials determined that the timetable for completing construction at Longchamp would be too tight. The Racing Post reports that officials with France Galop have agreed that the Arc …
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September 13, 2016 10:38 AM
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Weekend Thoroughbred racing included two St Legers, preps for the Arc weekend in France, the start of international competition in Korea and some tough turf racing in the US -- plus much more.
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September 11, 2016 3:16 PM
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Zia Park Opens 56-Day Meet on Saturday
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September 11, 2016 3:06 PM
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Group I-winning son of Mendez sired 73 black-type winners, including 1995 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Sagamix.
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September 11, 2016 2:52 PM
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Fan favorite Juba has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Taylor Mountain Farm in Charles Town, West Virginia for the 2017 season. The popular son of leading sire Tapit retires with three wins and earnings in excess of $175,000. After an injury derailed his sophomore season, Juba's good looks, captivating personality, and …
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