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Leatherbury: Ben's Cat 'doesn't seem to get older'
Edited Maryland Jockey Club release
Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury, 83, will saddle his 10-year-old gelding Ben’s Cat Friday at Pimlico Race Course in Friday’s $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint, a race he’s won three consecutive years and fo ...
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Still Trying to Beat Nyquist? You bet.
by BRUNO DE JULIO
Horseplayers are a determined bunch, and though we took our licks trying beat undefeated champion Nyquist in the Kentucky Derby , that won’t stop us from trying to beat him again in the Preakness Stakes . It’s just what we do ...
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‘Battle’ On At Northfield; Sophs And Grads Cross Swords For Super Cash
Older pacers and trotters are at it again, this time in Ohio for Northfield’s Battle of Lake Erie and in New Jersey for the Meadowlands opening of the Graduate series (four-year-olds). We have sophs, too, at the Big M—filly pacers in the New Jersey S ...
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Weekend Wealthy With State-Bred And Grand Circuit Stakes
Hambletonian-hopefuls continue their journey towards August in sires stakes and Grand Circuit action as colts and fillies compete in the first round of the New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) at the Meadowlands on Friday, May 20, as well as in splits of t ...
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Northfield Park, Yonkers offer top Saturday night action
While many thoroughbred racing fans will be looking to unwind after Saturday's running of the Preakness Stakes regardless of how well Nyquist performs in the middle jewel of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown, serious standardbred fans will turn thei ...
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Nyquist seeks to keep Triple Crown hopes alive
One year after thoroughbred racing fans finally welcomed back the thrill of celebrating a Triple Crown winner when American Pharoah completed the rare feat to taking the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes, Nyquist will look to keep his hope ...
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Grand Arch makes return in competitive Dixie
Grand Arch , who proved himself one of America's top turf milers last season when taking the Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) and Fourstardave H. (G2), returns to action Saturday in the $250,000 Dixie (G2) .
The historic 1 1/16-mile, which immediately pre ...
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Post 3 does Nyquist no favors
Nyquist rated as far back as eighth during the early stages of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), traveling widest on both turns before rallying to seize control by the top of the stretch. He’s towered over divisional rivals throughout his career, but ...
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O'Neill on Nyquist's post 3 in Preakness: 'we're going to leave there running'
Edited Preakness press release
Draw quotes, in order of morning-line odds
Trainer Doug O’Neill (Nyquist, Post 3; 3-5 ): “I think we're going to leave there running and just kind of play it by ear. If they're not showing a lot of pace, we're ...
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Trainer Judd Kearl Adds Second Title of the Year
Trainer Judd Kearl (second from left) honored Monday, May 16 at Sam Houston Race Park Kearl's stakes wins in Houston included Jessies First Down, who won the $50,000 Sam Houston Classic; Moe Lassus in the $30,597 Bank of America Texas Maiden Ch ...
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No obvious concerns for Nyquist drawing post 3 in 11-horse Preakness
Juvenile champion and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Nyquist will attempt to stay unbeaten Saturday in the $1.5 million Preakness (G1), and will break from post 3 in the 1 3/16-mile classic at Pimlico.
With only 11 horses entered in the Preakness, p ...
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2016 Preakness field with post positions and morning line
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Roman Approval primed for first graded win in Louisville
Roman Approval , who has placed in four of six graded stakes outings since last summer, has a strong chance to finally break through at the level Saturday in the $100,000 Louisville H. (G3) over the turf at Churchill Downs.
The 1 1/2-mile distan ...
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Desormeaux on Exaggerator, training in California, & 'what’s great about owning a racehorse'
Edited Preakness press release
Keith Desormeaux entertained the media with his homespun way on a dreary Wednesday morning, spending about five seconds perched on the interview podium before vaulting over a rail to stand on the ground with t ...
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Nyquist to be saddled for Preakness inside rather than infield
Edited Preakness press release
Wednesday was jog day at Pimlico Race Course for Reddam Racing LLC’s Nyquist, who has been on a somewhat unusual training schedule of alternating days of jogging and galloping throughout the Kentucky Derby (G1) winn ...
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Canterbury: rooting for a big 2016 meet at my home track
Aside from this week's Preakness (G1) and the surrounding hoopla at Pimlico, Canterbury Park kicks off what I hope will be a highly successful 2016 meet Friday night.
The Minnesota track owns a special place in my heart as it's my home track, the ...
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Lani breezes five furlongs at Belmont
Edited Press Release
Japanese invader Lani took his time out at the Belmont Park main track Wednesday morning, turning in his final breeze ahead of the Preakness (G1) on Saturday.
Lani, who finished ninth in the Kentucky Derby (G1) ...
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Bad to the bone: Why we’re nuts for Lani in the Preakness Stakes
by MELANIE MARTINES
Lani was one of the most-fit contenders during Kentucky Derby week. During morning training, it was not unusual to see him gallop around the track two, three or even four times.
At times, he seemed to have so much energy ...
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Big Event Mentality Dulls Preakness Stakes Buzz
In a recent horseplayer conversation blog post , John Scheinman and Action Andy discussed the buzz—or lack thereof—surrounding this year’s Preakness Stakes in the week leading up to the race.
I can’t disagree. As discussed with Vance Hanson on ...
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Ranking the Preakness competition for Nyquist
Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist has a lot going for him entering the Preakness, but anything can happen in horse racing. He’s facing a short two-week turnaround at Pimlico and uncertain track conditions, with rain expected Saturday.
It’s difficult t ...
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Southland - Round 1 of the RAZORBACK CLASSIC STAKES is in the books
Round 1 of the very competitive 2016 RAZORBACK CLASSIC STAKES is now in the books after Sunday's start of the competition . Round 2 will be run on Friday, May 20 and should prove just as exciting and entertaining as the first round was. The 96 tal ...
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Jim McCue: Maryland racing's photographic chronicler for 47 years
Edited Press Release
Visitors who find their way up several flights of stairs and navigate a maze of hallways to Jim McCue's small cluttered office behind Laurel's grandstand are immediately greeted by a massive, full-color print of Secretariat h ...
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Unified, Cavorting & Wake Forest distinguish themselves, could return for Belmont Day stakes
BELMONT NOTEBOOK
There was a quartet of graded races during the weekend at Belmont Park, all serving as preps for stakes races on the dynamite June 11 Belmont Stakes program.
Man o’ War S. (G1) : Michael Dubb et al’s WAKE FOREST (Sir Percy) c ...
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Both ovals play fairly at Santa Anita; d’Amato & McCarthy place multiple horses on Watch List
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A single graded race topped the second weekend at Santa Anita.
Lazaro Barrera S. (G2) : Hans Poetsch’s homebred I WILL SCORE (Roman Ruler) opened up a lead in the lane and held off a stern test late to post a neck victory ...
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6 Horses that Should Run in Next Year's Pegasus World Cup
Effinex - Effinex's win in the Oaklawn Handicap really excited me. I didn't get excited because I had money on Effinex. I didn't even bet the race. I got excited as a fan because jockey Mike Smith decided to challenge Melatonin early and it worked ...
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Awesome Speed, Abiding Star work; Lani enjoying quiet of Belmont
Edited Press Release
Awesome Speed put in his final timed workout for the Preakness (G1) Tuesday morning at owner Richard Santulli's training facility in New Jersey, breezing a half-mile in :47.40 over a fast track, according to trainer Alan Go ...
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Nyquist, Exaggerator teams scout the opposing side
Edited Press Release
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Nyquist galloped a mile at Pimlico on Tuesday, finishing his morning training session with good energy under exercise rider Jonny Garcia.
Trainer Doug O'Neill sent the son of Uncle Mo to th ...
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New shooters historically up against it in Preakness
It’s a rite of spring for Triple Crown fans: the allure of the “new shooter,” the fresh-faced talent who didn’t compete in the Kentucky Derby (G1) for one reason or another, but now shows up with designs on crashing the party in the Preakness (G1).
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'He might have hit the board in the Derby' & other quotes on Preakness 2016
Selected quotes from Monday’s Preakness notes
Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who seeks a record-tying seventh Preakness (G1) victory with Collected:
“He’s fast. He’s won on turf and dirt, which makes him an exceptional horse. The only bad race ...
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Pletcher rebuts claim of Preakness 'allergy'
Edited Preakness press release
Todd Pletcher knows his Preakness (G1) reputation: That he’s “allergic” to the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course. The seven-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer said nothing is farther from the t ...
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Gun Runner 'worked beautifully' as Preakness decision awaits; Dazzling Gem to Sir Barton
Edited Preakness press release
Winchell Thoroughbreds, Three Chimneys Farm and Besilu Stables’ Gun Runner worked a half-mile in :51.40 Monday morning at Churchill Downs.
With exercise rider Carlos Rosas aboard for trainer Steve As ...
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Exaggerator in good heart, and appetite, ahead of Preakness
Edited Preakness press release
It’s well documented that Kent Desormeaux’s Hall of Fame riding career exploded once he moved from Louisiana to Maryland, where he became a record-setting apprentice jockey. But his older brother Keith, the 49-year- ...
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Stanford the one to beat in Pimlico Special if he runs
Stanford , wire-to-wire winner of last month's Charles Town Classic (G2), is an early favorite to make it two in a row in Friday's $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3) , but as of Monday afternoon trainer Todd Pletcher wasn't firmly committed to running th ...
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Nyquist 'a true professional' seeking Kentucky Derby-Preakness double
Edited Preakness press release
Reddam Racing LLC’s Nyquist jogged two miles at Pimlico Race Course Monday morning, taking a break between circuits of the racetrack to school in the paddock in preparation for a highly anticipated start i ...
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Often the bridesmaid, Land Over Sea the star of Black-Eyed Susan
Land Over Sea has been second best five times to Songbird and one time to Cathryn Sophia, the latter in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (G1). On Friday at Pimlico, owner J. Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O'Neill hope the daughter of Bellamy Road will simply b ...
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The history behind beating a Derby winner that's odds-on in the Preakness
After running 18 rivals off their feet and safely holding off a belated rally by Exaggerator in the Kentucky Derby (G1), undefeated champion Nyquist is expected to be an odds-on favorite to take Saturday's Preakness (G1) at Pimlico.
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Hansel, oldest living Preakness winner, still as beautiful and spirited as ever
Edited Preakness press release: feature by Sandy McKee
UPPERVILLE, VA -- When you drive up to Hansel’s private pasture here at Lazy Lane Farm, you can see his proud head over the rise of a lush green hill. His ears are pricked as he trots towar ...
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Triple Crown Hangover: Does Preakness lack buzz? A horseplayer conversation
by John Scheinman
The assignment offered was to write about the mood leading up to Preakness Stakes with an undefeated Kentucky Derby winner coming to Baltimore in the wake of the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years.
“Mood” is the temporary ...
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Van Berg confident in his stable for Churchill Downs spring meet
Edited Churchill Downs press release
Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg has returned to Churchill Downs for the 2016 Spring Meet with high hopes for his stable of 30 horses following a successful winter at Oaklawn Park.
“We got some ...
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Stidham looks to keep momentum going at Arlington
Edited Arlington press release
In all his 37 years in the business Mike Stidham had never landed a title at any race meet. That all changed this past winter when Stidham secured his first leading trainer title at Fair Grounds.
“When we went in ...
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Place-Price Profit Bonanza; H2W List Delivers 42-Percent Rate Across The Board
On Wednesday, May 11, we brought our Twitter spot plays back to Buffalo Raceway, aiming at four on the evening program. We almost nailed a huge winner in Race 7 but had to settle for second with Big Unit ($15.00, $8.60). The 21-1 shot needed a photo ...
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Gun Runner to breeze Monday with Preakness status pending; Dazzling Gem still on fence after Sunday work
Edited Preakness press release
The Preakness (G1) status of Gun Runner, the Louisiana Derby (G2) winner and Kentucky Derby (G1) third-place finisher, will remain undecided until after the Candy Ride colt works a half-mile Monday at Churchil ...
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O'Neill on Nyquist: 'you know you're right alongside greatness'
Edited Preakness press release
Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Nyquist galloped a strong mile Sunday morning at Pimlico Race Course in preparation for Saturday’s 141st Preakness S. (G1).
“He’s a special horse. When you get here ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 5/15/2016
When there is a huge Triple Crown race coming up, you can expect ginormous interest not only in the horse racing world, but with greyhound racing as well. Last weekend for the Kentucky Derby, large crowds flocked to Palm Beach to watch and wager ...
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Frosted to Met Mile, Cavorting to Ogden Phipps, Mohaymen to Saratoga
Edited NYRA press release
Stonestreet Stable's Cavorting emerged from her five-length romp in Saturday's Ruffian (G2) in good shape, according to trainer Kiaran McLaughlin on Sunday morning.
"She came back great," he reported.
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Peter Pan one-two Unified, Governor Malibu keeping all options on the table
Edited NYRA press release
One day removed from Unified's win in Saturday's $200,000 Peter Pan (G2) at Belmont that kept the Centennial Farms' 3-year-old undefeated, trainer Jimmy Jerkens was pleased to report the colt returned from the ...
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Preakness hopeful Abiding Star awaiting lifting of quarantine at Parx base
Edited Preakness press release
Trainer Ned Allard has been forced to alter Abiding Star ’s racing schedule this spring due to a quarantine in effect at Parx Racing since April 1 due to equine herpesvirus. The veteran conditioner is hopeful ...
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New shooters Stradivari, Uncle Lino just needed time to shine
Edited Preakness press release
After Stradivari broke his maiden in his second lifetime start by a handy 11 1/4 lengths at Gulfstream Park December 5, trainer Todd Pletcher had to scrap a plan to point the son of Medaglia d’Oro to so ...
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Why Lani's team changed plans and added Preakness to itinerary
Edited Preakness press release
Koji Maeda’s Lani turned in a leisurely, unofficial half-mile work of approximately 50 seconds at Belmont Park Sunday morning during the 45 minutes he spent on the main track.
Keita Tanaka, who serves ...
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Harrington, Rosecroft kick off week
Thoroughbred racing fans are already eager for this Saturday's Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, harness racing fans will look to jump start their week by playing Harrington on Monday and Rosecroft on Tuesday. Monday's second race at Harrington is a non- ...
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Ward leans toward Commonwealth Cup for Acapulco, but Coolmore will decide Royal Ascot target
Edited Churchill Downs press release
Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith’s Acapulco, winner of Saturday’s featured Unbridled Sidney at Churchill Downs, exited the race in good order according to trainer We ...
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Is Nyquist a Lock in the 2016 Preakness Stakes?
Potential For Biggest Underlay: Collected, 20/1 I'll be very surprised if Baffert's entry into the 2016 Preakness Stakes goes off at 20/1. He'll likely go off at less odds than Uncle Lino, which makes him an underlay in my eyes. Collected looked ...
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Wake Forest cuts them down in Man o’ War
Trainer Chad Brown appeared to hold a strong hand in Saturday’s $400,000 Man o’ War (G1) , saddling one-third of the nine-horse field. His team represented both quantity and quality, and a bit of value too, for German-bred 2-1 favorite Wake Forest d ...
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Unified stretches out successfully, remains unbeaten in Peter Pan
Unified displayed his versatility in Saturday’s Peter Pan (G2) at Belmont Park, carrying speed over a route of ground in the 1 1/8-mile race. Owned by Centennial Farms, the Jimmy Jerkens-trained colt improved to 3-for-3 overall and stopped the tele ...
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Rawnaq holds off Shaneshill to claim Iroquois
Rawnaq shook off two European invaders trained by Willie Mullins, first Nichols Canyon and finally Shaneshill, to score a narrow victory in Saturday's $200,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois (NSA-G1) hurdle at Percy Warner Park, the first top-level jump e ...
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Charmer strikes in Beaugay
It would have been understandable if Courtlandt Farms’ Donald Adam had retired his homebred Strike Charmer over the winter. After all, the Smart Strike mare had already earned a graded laurel in the 2014 Cardinal H. (G3). But Adam decided to keep her ...
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Cavorting back to her best, wins Ruffian by five
Cavorting ended a three-race losing skid in terrific style Saturday at Belmont Park, romping by five lengths in the $250,000 Ruffian (G2) .
Unplaced in two previous attempts at a one-turn mile, Cavorting found the distance and conditions well to ...
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Acapulco scores easily in Royal Ascot prep
Acapulco will make a return trip to England for next month's Royal Ascot meet on a two-race win streak after defeating five older rivals in Saturday's $63,433 Unbridled Sidney at Churchill Downs.
Ridden by Robby Albarado, Acapulco was part of a ...
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Belardo overhauls Euro Charline late in Lockinge
Belardo is capable of delivering a grand performance in the right conditions, as illustrated once again in Saturday’s Lockinge (G1) at Newbury. The 2014 Dewhurst (G1) winner, and runner-up to Solow in last October’s Queen Elizabeth II (G1), swept fro ...
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Southland 2016 Razorback Classic Stakes competition gets underway with Round 1 on Sunday, May 15
This weekend's greyhound racing at Southland is highlighted by the start of the always exciting and entertaining 2016 RAZORBACK CLASSIC STAKES. Round 1 will be run on Sunday, May 15 with 12 stakes races on the schedule as 96 hard running greyhounds ...
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Cherry Wine, Laoban post final Preakness works
Edited Press Release
Cherry Wine finished his major preparations for the Preakness (G1) on Saturday by working five furlongs on a fast Churchill Downs track in 1:01.60.
Working on his own and with regular exercise rider Faustino Agui ...
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Nyquist jogs, Garcia reflects on riding two Derby winners
Edited Press Release
Nyquist jogged twice around the Pimlico racetrack Saturday morning, a week before a highly anticipated bid to complete a Kentucky Derby (G1)-Preakness (G1) double in next Saturday's middle jewel of the Triple Crown.
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Intriguing Peter Pan features Belmont Stakes hopefuls, highlights All-Stakes Pick 4
The Peter Pan (G2) holds the most interest of four graded stakes races at Belmont Park Saturday, with the 1 1/8-mile event having the potential to produce multiple starters for the Belmont Stakes (G1) four weeks later. It’s the third leg of an All-St ...
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Exaggerator to van to Pimlico, unlikely to breeze before Preakness
Edited from Preakness and Santa Anita press releases
Kentucky Derby runner-up Exaggerator walked the shedrow at trainer Keith Desormeaux’s Churchill Downs barn Friday morning.
“Keith decided to give him an extra walk day,” said Julie Clark, a ...
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Sam Houston Race Park Quarter Horse Meet Wraps on May 16
Teardrops At the Bar runs Saturday in the John Deere Texas Juvenile Challenge at Sam Houston Race Park Trainer Rolando Almanza also qualified two finalists: Shez Freaky and Maxx. Shez Freaky, owned by Mario Lozano-Cantu, ran fourth in the $26 ...
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Myeress rallies to win inaugural Kentucky Derby Betting Championship
The inaugural winner of the 2016 Kentucky Derby Betting Championship (KDBC) sealed his victory with a bet on Nyquist. The two-day Championship came down to the final race with 53 players vying for the $100,000 first prize.
Ron Myeress bet $9,400 ...
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Suddenbreakingnews and Destin targeting Belmont Stakes
Edited Press Release
Midwest-based trainer Donnie K. Von Hemel hasn't started a horse in the Empire State since 2012, when he campaigned a small contingent over two seasons on the New York circuit.
Led by 2011 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) win ...
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Frankel’s first starter makes winning debut at Newbury
The Frankel legend is entering a new phase. An unbeaten world champion, Frankel is now a freshman sire, and the Juddmonte stallion wasted no time in recording his first winner – from his very first starter, Cunco, at Newbury on Friday.
Cunco also ...
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Lani settling in at Belmont before Preakness run
Edited Press Release
Lani, the Koji Maeda-owned gray colt, drew headlines when he became just the second Japan-based horse to compete in the Kentucky Derby (G1). He ended up finishing ninth in the Run for the Roses while steadily making up groun ...
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Land Over Sea gallops at Pimlico for possible Black-Eyed Susan bid
Edited Press Release
Grade 2 heroine Land Over Sea had her first gallop over the main track at Pimlico Race Course Friday morning ahead of a possible engagement in the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) on May 20.
Like Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning ...
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Romans feeling better after Derby night accident, plans to work Preakness hopeful Cherry Wine at Churchill
Edited Press Release
With trainer Dale Romans back at his Churchill Downs barn for the first time since being involved in an automobile accident Kentucky Derby (G1) night, his Preakness S. (G1) hopeful and Blue Grass (G1) third-placer Cherry Win ...
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Collected, Stradivari and Uncle Lino work for Preakness
Edited Press Release
Collected, Stradivari and Uncle Lino – a trio of new faces to the Triple Crown campaign expected to start in Saturday’s $1.5 million Preakness (G1) – had their final serious tune-ups Friday morning for the second jewel of th ...
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O’Neill ‘really happy’ with Nyquist heading into Preakness
Edited Press Release
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Nyquist stretched his legs during a Friday morning gallop at Pimlico Race Course in preparation for the 141st running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) on May 21.
The undefeated three-year-old colt, ...
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Demonstrative seeks third Iroquois but Rawnaq the horse to beat
Two past winners of the race, both former champions, are among eight geldings entered in Saturday's $200,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois (NSA-G1) . However, Rawnaq might be the horse to beat in the three-mile hurdle at Percy Warner Park in Nashvill ...
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Meadowlands, Yonkers offer solid Saturday cards
While many thoroughbred racing enthusiasts might simply view this Saturday as the weekend between the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, standardbred racing fans will have ample opportunities to make some plays with quality events at The Meadow ...
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Palm Beach Fabulous Friday Matinee Preview 5/13/2016
Palm Beach always sets up the end of the week with superb cards that feature the best talent in South Florida that certainly will be action packed from Friday all the way through Sunday.
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Royal Ascot-bound Acapulco preps in Unbridled Sidney
Exactly one week after a blockbuster Derby Day highlighted by Nyquist and Tepin, Churchill Downs will get to see another marquee name in action – Acapulco , who raises the $65,000 Unbridled Sidney S. to a rather higher profile. The Wesley Ward-tra ...
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Powell: 142nd Kentucky Derby ‘a bit anti-climactic’
by Dick Powell
The 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) is in the books, and for me it was a bit anti-climactic.
We talk all year about how the big field of 20 runners provides an opportunity for a life-changing score and we wound up with ...
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Tepin headed to Royal Ascot while Catch a Glimpse has Belmont Oaks as early goal
Edited Press Release
Trainer Mark Casse enjoy a successful Derby Week even though he didn’t have a starter in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs.
His two 2015 Breeders’ Cup champions, Catch a Glimpse and Tepin, ...
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O’Neill watches Nyquist jog with ‘good energy’
Edited Press Release
Trainer Doug O’Neill rejoined Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist at Pimlico Thursday morning after spending the previous few days overseeing his Southern California-based stable. The veteran conditioner liked what he saw in the ...
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Churchill Downs Kentucky Derby Hangover Carryover
Nobody picked 6 on Kentucky Derby day at Churchill Downs, which means (among other things) there is $343,154 available to Pick 6 players today with the special wrinkle that the sequence is now a $0.20 minimum wager.
The change from the Derby week ...
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Yonkers and Meadowlands focus on Friday
Then across the Hudson River at The Meadowlands in New Jersey on Friday, much of the attention will be focused on the sixth race, an Open event disguised as a conditioned event in which four-year-olds of varying bankrolls are eligible. One of those ...
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Kentucky Derby Odds Recap: Dead On the Board in the Derby?
My biggest takeaway from wagering on tthis year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands is that it actually is possible to be dead on the board in the most bet on race in North America.
Like anything with racing, we got some things right and s ...
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‘Wiggle’ On Target In Confederation Cup Field of Nine; Glamour Pacers At Pocono
The concentration this week once again falls upon the older set and one in particular pacer that has entered the division this year with a great deal of focus and question—Wiggle It Jiggleit. The $244,000 Confederation Cup from Flamboro Downs on May ...
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Trot Trail Travels Through The Meadows, Yonkers
The Meadows will host four divisions of the $167,318 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PASS) for colt and gelding trotters during their matinee card on Saturday, May 14.
Division one brings together three Hambo hopefuls: Tight Lines, Love Matters, an ...
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New Shooters Pose Biggest Challenge to Nyquist in Preakness
Laoban - I can write about Laoban what I wrote about Dazzling Gem. Loaban is going to have to run much faster than he did in the Bluegrass Stakes where he finished 4th. He could set some things up for Nyquist and Stradivari, both of whom have the a ...
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Heritage Place Futurity Trials Set at Remington Park
Duponte, winner of the Harrah's Entertainment Futurity, runs in trials for the Heritage Place Futurity at Remington Park on Saturday night Two dozen 350-yard trials with a total of 198 runners will be run this weekend. The five fastest qualifie ...
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Nyquist a towering figure despite any possible Preakness obstacles
Nyquist will be odds-on to win the Preakness Stakes on May 21 and another impressive victory is the most probable outcome given his immense talent and ability to carry speed a classic distance.
The Doug O’Neill-trained colt confirmed his superiori ...
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Adventist headlines Peter Pan; Cavorting goes in Ruffian
The Peter Pan S. (G2) has become known as a prep for the third jewel of the Triple Crown, the Belmont S. (G1), and this year’s edition features eight runners hoping to parlay victory on Saturday into a classic berth.
The top prospect in the nine ...
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Stronach Group announces inaugural $12 million Pegasus World Cup
Edited Press Release
The Stronach Group announced Wednesday that the inaugural running of the $12 million Pegasus World Cup -- the world's richest Thoroughbred race -- has been scheduled for Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Gulfstream Park.
T ...
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Younger pacers highlight Thursday Harrington card
While there may not be any stakes races on the card tomorrow, the Thursday evening card at Harrington Raceway will give several horses a chance to prep for the upcoming Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund events for sophomore pacers of both genders. ...
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Kaigan, Wake Forest set for rematch in Man o' War
Trainers Mark Casse and Chad Brown started off the Belmont Park spring/summer meet hot, with Casse winning with four of his first 10 starters and Brown hitting with six of his first 18. Saturday's $400,000 Man o' War (G1) could easily fall to eithe ...
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My 5 favorite Dave Rodman Preakness calls
5. American Pharoah 2015 It took 24 Preakness races before Dave got to call an eventual Triple Crown winner. Many horses would win in Baltimore and look like they were mortal locks going to New York and not get the win. But even the pre-race rain ...
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Nyquist takes in jog around Old Hilltop
Edited Press Release
Nyquist returned to the track Wednesday morning for the first time since scoring an impressive triumph in last Saturday's Kentucky Derby (G1), acquainting himself with the Pimlico racing surface during a once-around jog in ...
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Ironicus returns a winner, Sea Calisi runs big in U.S. debut as Jose Ortiz sweeps three graded stakes Saturday at Belmont
BELMONT NOTEBOOK
A trio of graded races took place during the second week at Belmont Park.
Sheepshead Bay S. (G2) : Martin Schwartz’s SEA CALISI (Youmzain) was last early, made a big move to take the lead in early stretch, and cruised home to ...
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Beholder stars in opening week at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A superstar topped the stakes action over the opening weekend of the winter/spring meeting at Santa Anita.
Adoration S. (G3) : Spendthrift Farms’ champion BEHOLDER (Henny Hughes) swept to the lead in early stretch and cru ...
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Wayne Wright, Tom Ochiltree elected to Hall of Fame
Edited Press Release
Jockey Wayne D. Wright , who won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness S. and Belmont S. in separate years and was America's leading rider in 1934 and 1936, and the 19th century racehorse Tom Ochiltree , winner of the 1875 Preaknes ...
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Harrington offers trotting events
Most harness racing tracks find it difficult to fill races for trotters, but Harrington Raceway in Delaware will offer nine of them on a 12-race card on Wednesday and several of them offer potential genuine upset plays. In the second race on the car ...
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