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November 19, 2015 11:24 AM
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Katies Rocker rolled in his Governor’s Cup elimination last weekend and he will try to provide an encore in the $413,000 final for 2-year-old male pacers Saturday at the Meadowlands Racetrack.
The Governor’s Cup is part of a busy weekend at the Meadowlands. Other top races Saturday include the $489,400 Valley Victory Stakes for 2-year-old male trotters, the $173,500 Tarport Hap for 3-year-old female pacers and the $144,000 Continentalvictory for 3-year-old female trotters, plus the $400,000 TVG Free For All Series championships for male pacers and trotters.
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November 19, 2015 11:24 AM
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An attractive bonus could see a top U.S. steeplechase runner make the trip to Cheltenham, or vice versa.
The Brown Advisory Iroquois Cheltenham Challenge will offer a $500,000 bonus for any horse to win both the Ladbrokes World Hurdle and the 2016 Calvin Houghland Iroquois Steeplechase—the 75th year for the race at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tenn.—within 12 months. Both races are three miles over fences and carry group I/grade I status as steeplechase races.
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November 18, 2015 2:31 PM
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In 1981, a youngster named George Brennan drove a horse named Myron's Bunny to a fifth place finish in an amateur contest at Monticello Raceway. His entire $2.50 in driver earnings was donated to charity.
Little did anyone know that this inauspicious appearance in the sulky was the beginning of a storied career that would bring Brennan perennially towards the top of the leader board at our nation's top harness ovals.
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November 18, 2015 12:01 PM
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This Week: Fall Final Four finals, TVG Series finals, Tarport Hap and Continentalvictory, Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, N.J.
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November 18, 2015 12:00 PM
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Two horses hit the wire virtually inseparable in the seventh race at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Tuesday night. One was the even-money favorite, a daughter of Andover Hall out of Classical Flirt, the dam of world champion Market Share. The other was 198-1. Which one do you think won the photo?
Well -- if the chalk had won, would you be reading a story about it?
Lady Of The Lake, a daughter of CR Excalibur, proved a shade more photogenic than Amorous Flirt for trainer/driver Joe Antonelli in the contest, taking a new mark of 1:58.4 while breaking her maiden in her 30th lifetime start.
And paying $398.60 for a $2 win ticket, having captured only $23 of a $5659 total win pool.
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November 18, 2015 12:00 PM
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S S G Stables’ Mach Me Not, handled by Wally Hennessey for trainer Jim Mc Donald, took top honors in Pompano Park’s feature for the mares on Tuesday night, stopping the timer in 1:52.1. This rugged nine year-old daughter of Mach Three won for the 37th time during her lengthy career now stretching 209 starts and sent her lifetime bounty over the $350,000 mark--$352,492 to be precise.
The victory on this night—her 10th of the year in 30 starts—was especially impressive as she was on the outside for the first five-eighths of the mile grinding towards the top spot, finally reaching the lead with three-eighths remaining and never threatened thereafter. Her winning margin was a length over Skyway Dusty (Aaron Byron) who led through panels of :27.1 and :55.4 before being out-brushed on the backside by the winner, who got to the third station in 1:24.1.
Im Gracie's Wigwam (Ed Hensley) was third, 1 ½ lengths away, while All Charged Up and Fiesta Camcun were next in the field of 10.
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November 18, 2015 11:52 AM
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Chipoffthewall overpowered his rivals in one Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) Two-Year-Old Male Trot while Elton J won photo in the other $20,000 second-leg prelim at Dover Downs on Tuesday (Nov. 17).
For the fourth consecutive start in DSBF prelims, Chipoffthewall finished first, but three starts back, in the $100,000 DSBF final at Harrington, after finishing first by 9 ½-lengths, the Master Lavec-Off The wall gelding was disqualified for an early race interference and placed last. Tony Morgan drove the Syl King leased and trained winner to an untested 1:59.2 victory. Mondello (Art Stafford Jr.) was runner-up. Popcorn Machine (Jim Morand) was the show horse. The win was the fifth in 10 starts for the $51,440 winning juvenile.
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November 18, 2015 11:47 AM
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Javier Castellano, who has secured the past two Eclipse Awards as outstanding rider, eclipsed his own single-season earnings mark Sunday, Nov. 15, ending the day with purse earnings of $26,237,639.
According to figures tracked by Equibase, Castellano passed his 2013 earnings mark of $26,219,907 when he guided Saythreehailmary'sto a second-place finish in the eighth race atAqueduct Racetrack Sunday.
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November 18, 2015 11:31 AM
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The horse who ran fourth in the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) will get a chance to run that same distance on dirt in the Cigar Mile (gr. I) at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Bradley Weisbord, advisor to Al Shaqab Racing, said 5-year-old Mshawish will make his dirt debut at the highest level Nov. 28 after 19 turf starts and one synthetic surface outing in his 20-race career.
"We'd been trying to run him on dirt since last winter," Weisbord said of the Todd Pletcher trainee. "We made a plan to run him in the Dubai Turf (UAE-IT), so we couldn't run him on dirt then. When we came back our goal was the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) with the idea of trying the Forego (gr. I) between as a prep, but he popped a foot bruise a week before the race in New York and had to go to the Mile off no prep, not being able to try dirt.
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November 17, 2015 3:39 PM
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The family horse keeps making the family proud. Dog Gone Lucky will try to finish his season with a fifth consecutive win when he faces nine rivals in Saturday's $489,400 Valley Victory Stakes for 2-year-old male trotters at the Meadowlands Racetrack. The colt, who last week won his Valley Victory elimination by one length over Make Or Miss, will start the final from post five with Corey Callahan driving for trainer Chuck Sylvester. For the year, Dog Gone Lucky has won six of 13 races and earned $331,493 while finishing off the board only twice. His victories include the Matron Stakes and Kindergarten Classic championship, plus two preliminary divisions of the New York Sires Stakes series.
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November 17, 2015 2:09 PM
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Mission Brief, who won last week’s Matron Stakes for 3-year-old female trotters with a world-record 1:50.2 performance at Dover Downs, moved into the top five in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll. The filly improved one spot, from sixth, to join the upper half of the group.
Wiggle It Jiggleit, who won the Matron Stakes for 3-year-old male pacers, remained No. 1 in the rankings, followed by Freaky Feet Pete, Southwind Frank, and Pinkman.
The final Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll will be released Nov. 24.
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November 17, 2015 11:03 AM
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The Meadowlands will host a bevy of Grand Circuit stakes this coming weekend with total purses in excess of $3.3 million combined for the Friday and Saturday cards. Friday is ladies night with the finest in female Standardbred talent on display. The inaugural $200,000 TVG Mare Open finals take place with seven well-matched pacing mares vying for the title. Breeders Crown winner Color's A Virgin, trained by Brian Brown and driven by David Miller, takes on series point leader Venus Delight and last week's TVG Open winner Sandbetweenurtoes in the seventh race.
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November 17, 2015 10:55 AM
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Ontario sired two-year-old fillies were in the spotlight Monday night at Woodbine Racetrack for a pair of Autumn Series finals. The $29,400 final for trotting fillies and $31,800 final for pacing fillies wrapped up the three-week series event. In the trotting final, Liberty Lane (pictured) picked the perfect time to break her maiden, as she scored a 6/1 upset in 1:57.3. Driven by Sylvain Filion, Liberty Lane started from post seven in the field of seven and trotted out strong to try for the lead. After being parked by the opening-quarter, Liberty Lane eventually cleared to the front ahead of the favourite Haileysgonedancing.
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November 19, 2015 11:24 AM
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The $1.95 million stakes schedule for the 2016 winter meet at renovated Laurel Park includes "Win and You're In" races for the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) and $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (gr. II) during the spring meet at Pimlico Racecourse.
Laurel and Pimlico are both operated by the Maryland Jockey Club.
The $100,000 Federico Tesio at 1 1/8 miles is a "Win and You're In" race for the May 21 Preakness, and the $100,000 Weber City Miss at 1 1/16 miles is a "Win and You're In" for the May 20 Black-Eyed Susan. The Federicao Tesio and Weber City Miss will both be run Saturday, April 9.
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November 19, 2015 11:24 AM
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Shotgun Kowboy, winner of the Oklahoma Derby (gr. III) and Oklahoma Classics Cup at Remington Park, turned in his final breeze Nov. 18 at his home track leading up to the $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (gr. I).
Prepping for his first start outside Oklahoma and his first in grade I company for owner C.R. Trout, who also bred and trains the horse, the Kodiak Kowboy gelding breezed a half in :49.44 with jockey Cliff Berry in the irons.
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November 18, 2015 12:05 PM
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Headed by Victor Espinoza and Ryan Moore, some of the world's top riders will compete in the Longines International Jockeys' Championship Dec. 9 at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong.
Eight international riders will compete alongside four of Hong Kong's top jockeys in the annual four-race showpiece that offers a first prize of HK$500,000 (about US$64,510), with HK$200,000 ($12,902) to the runner-up and HK$100,000 ($25,804) to the third-placed rider.
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November 18, 2015 12:01 PM
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Citing dangerous wind conditions,Hawthorne Race Course canceled live racing for Nov. 18.
According to the Chicago-area track, a recent system through the Midwest that included rain and heavy winds Tuesday led to increased winds out of the south with gusts in excess of 50 miles per hour Wednesday.
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November 18, 2015 12:00 PM
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When Hi Sir shows up at Rosecroft in the Open Handicap Pace, he normally doesn't let his backers down. Tuesday night, the seven-year old gelded son of of Sir Luck came up big again, rallying past the pace setting Hot Art (Frank Milby) and Varsity Hanover (Donald Dancer) to score in 1:52.2.
Driver Russell Foster followed Varsity Hanover and tipped three-wide down the stretch to score his fourth win in six Open Handicap paces at Rosecroft in the Fall meet. It was the ninth win of the year for Hi Sir, owned and trained by Foster and pushed his seasonal earnings over $68,000. Hot Art's four race win streak came to an end by a head in a three horse photo, finishing third.
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November 18, 2015 11:57 AM
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It’s been one of the biggest talking points in the sport over the past few weeks - sexism in racing: how much of it is there, and why does it exist at all? And now we want to know what you think.
It surged onto the agenda on November 3 after Michelle Payne’s stunning triumph in the Melbourne Cup aboard 100-1 outsider Prince Of Penzance. Any thoughts that this, the first victory by a female in the great race’s 155-year history, was evidence of a modern, inclusive sport in which female riders are now getting a fair crack of the whip, so to speak, didn’t last beyond the first post-race interviews.
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November 18, 2015 11:52 AM
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The lone 3-year-old in the field, Barn Girl, took it to her elders Tuesday (Nov. 17) at The Meadows when she captured the $18,000 Filly & Mare Winners Over $10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap Trot.
Barn Girl quarter-poled to the lead for Dave Palone, but was under serious siege around the final turn. The daughter of Cash Hall-Turquoise Sweetie found another gear, clicking off the final quarter in 28.1 to score in 1:55.1. Mistress Valentine was 3/4 lengths back in second, with Whata Donato third.
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November 18, 2015 11:47 AM
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Stonestreet Stables' homebred La Appassionata will be chasing her first graded win Nov. 21 in the $400,000 Delta Downs Princess Stakes (gr. III) at Delta Downs, as the runners she easily conquered last out face her for another try.
In the Oct. 23 My Trusty Cat Stakes at the Louisiana oval, the 2-year-oldBernardini filly ran away from the field to win the seven furlong test by seven lengths. It was her second run for trainer Steve Asmussen; she won a maiden special going six furlongs atChurchill Downs at first asking by 4 1/2 lengths.
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November 18, 2015 11:30 AM
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Just a few days remain in the 50th Anniversary season for the Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, and the track in Northeast PA is honoring the standouts of the 2015 season on Wednesday and closing night, Saturday, November 21.
Wednesday night, the award for the Pacer of the Year will be presented to 4-year-old Luck Be Withyou. The stallion from the Chris Oakes barn topped some of the world’s best pacers on July 4, winning the Ben Franklin Pace in 1:49, going gate-to-wire from an outside post. He also had a spectacular fall, returning from Canada to chalk up three straight condition wins in September and October.
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November 17, 2015 3:39 PM
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Yonkers Raceway has announced the 2016 Yonkers International Trot is set for Saturday afternoon, Oct. 15. The are a handful of similarities to the race's revival, held last month and won by Norway's Papagayo E. First is the purse – a cool million dollars. Second is the number of invitees – 10. Third is the distance – one-and-one-quarter miles. All other pertinent information, including first post for the card, feature race post time, accompanying stakes/invitationals and promotions geared around the event, have yet to be worked out. "We were very excited to bring this race back after 20 years and even more excited to have it return in 2016,” Raceway president Tim Rooney said. "The response was overall very positive and we learned quite a bit, so we're already starting to look into what we can do to make the event even better.
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November 17, 2015 1:00 PM
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The 2015 Big Sport of Turfdom Award, recognizing a person or group of people who enhance coverage of Thoroughbred racing through cooperation with media and racing publicists, has been awarded to the connections of American Pharoah , the Turf Publicists of America (TPA) announced Nov. 17.
"Team American Pharoah," led by owner Ahmed Zayat, trainer Bob Baffert, jockey Victor Espinoza, and Zayat Stables racing manager Justin Zayat, won in a landslide vote determined by the nearly 150 active members of the TPA, a trade organization of Thoroughbred racing publicists and marketing executives.
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November 17, 2015 11:02 AM
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Escuela scored a repeat win in Pompano Park's $10,000 Open Handicap Trot on Monday night. The 5-year-old daughter of ABC Garland, driven by Ed Hensley and dead last early on, used her patented devastating closing punch to score by a length over She's All In, handled by Rick Plano with Cashahallic and Aaron Byron teaming up for third and just another neck back in the mile timed in 1:55.2. Rainbow Gold was fourth while Pounce Hanover picked up the nickel in the "million dollar” octet.
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