DRF | 6 days ago
The elements of the Thoroughbred racing game are too vast and varied for a single person to make a fundamental difference, but Ramon Dominguez has come close.
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Emerald Downs: Our Eagle Boy takes big drop in claimer
DRF | 6 days ago
A couple of horses on their way up the class ladder will tackle a handful of runners headed in the other direction Saturday in the feature race at Emerald Downs.
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Impact of Cecil’s standout runners seen through Royal Delta, Palace Malice
DRF | 6 days ago
The legendary trainer Henry Cecil, who died on Tuesday at age 70 following a battle with cancer, trained several top-level runners who went on to make an impact on American racing and breeding. Among those was Group 2 winner Lyphard’s Delta—who could provide another fitting coda to Cecil’s legacy when her champion daughter Royal Delta starts as the heavy favorite in the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis Stakes Saturday at Churchill Downs.
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Equine Advocates to honor Knowlton, Tedisco
DRF | 6 days ago
Equine Advocates will recognize Jack Knowlton of Sackatoga Stable and New York Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R-Schenectady) as its 2013 honorees this summer in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Hollywood Park: More Chocolate, Lady of Fifty better than their last
DRF | 6 days ago
A muddled cast of fillies and mares race for a $250,000 purse on Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park, where the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap offers a chance at redemption for two key starters.
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Belmont Park: Infinite Magic back on turf for Hill Prince Stakes
DRF | 6 days ago
After a failed experiment on dirt in the Grade 2 Peter Pan Stakes, Infinite Magic will return to turf in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Hill Prince Stakes at Belmont Park.
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Meadowlands: Saturday 6/15 Analysis
DRF | 6 days ago
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 6/15 card at The Meadowlands.
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Monmouth Park: Jewel of a Cat returns to turf for Crank It Up Stakes
DRF | 6 days ago
Jewel of a Cat should benefit from a cutback in distance and a return to turf on Saturday in the $60,000 Crank It Up Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Monmouth Park.
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Woodbine notes: Northern Passion eyes confidence-booster in Zadracarta
DRF | 6 days ago
On Saturday, Northern Passion will be dropping in class to face Ontario-breds in the $125,000 Zadracarta and looms as the one to beat in the seven-furlong turf race for fillies and mares.
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Belmont Park: My Happy Face wins comeback, Coaching Club may be next
DRF | 6 days ago
On Thursday, in the one-mile Lotka Stakes at Belmont Park, My Happy Face edged clear for a 2 1/2-length victory that likely will set her up for a return to Grade 1 company in next month’s Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga.
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Hollywood Park: Willard Proctor contender Willie B Awesome kin to Grade 1 winner
DRF | 6 days ago
Willie B Awesome will start from post 6 when he makes his stakes debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Willard Proctor Memorial Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park.
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Calder notes: Trinniberg flies in work for Smile
DRF | 6 days ago
Looking more like the reigning Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner and Eclipse Award champion than the horse who has been beaten a combined 26 1/2 lengths in his two starts this season, Trinniberg worked a half-mile in 46.89 seconds Thursday at Calder as he prepares for the Grade 2 Smile Sprint Handicap on July 6.
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Churchill Downs: Successful Dan seeks elusive Grade 1 win in Stephen Foster
DRF | 6 days ago
There’s nothing official about it, but the symbolism is hard to miss. The second half of the 2013 racing season in North America gets under way Saturday night with the Stephen Foster Handicap, a Grade 1 race that relegates the Triple Crown to the rearview mirror while shifting a forward focus onto the Breeders’ Cup.
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Churchill Downs: Hard to look beyond Royal Delta in Fleur de Lis
DRF | 6 days ago
Champion mare Royal Delta, winner of the past two Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classics, towers over four rivals, and anything other than a runaway victory is improbable in Saturday's Fleur de Lis Handicap at Churchill Downs.
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Indiana Downs: Free World will gun for lead in Centaur
DRF | 6 days ago
According to trainer Tom Amoss, Free World will have the early lead in the $200,000 Centaur Stakes on Saturday at Indiana Downs.
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Churchill Downs: Abstraction getting test in Matt Winn
DRF | 6 days ago
With just three career starts, Abstraction is the least experienced of the 11 3-year-olds who make up a terrific field for the Grade 3, $100,000 Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs.
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Hastings: MacPherson goes three deep in Saturday allowance feature
DRF | 6 days ago
Trainer Craig MacPherson is hoping to have the trifecta in a first-level allowance race for 3-year-olds Saturday at Hastings.
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Churchill Downs: Fort Larned seeks fresh start in Stephen Foster
DRF | 6 days ago
Trainer Ian Wilkes sees Saturday's Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs as a chance for Fort Larned to start over after flopping in his first two starts since winning the Breeders' Cup Classic.
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Belmont Park: Dance to Bristol comes up to graded company in Bed o’ Roses
DRF | 6 days ago
Coming off dominant wins at Charles Town and Pimlico, Dance to Bristol comes to New York for her first attempt at a graded stakes victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Bed o’ Roses Handicap at Belmont Park.
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Golden Gate: Lost in the Fog speed test for Olympic Jumble
DRF | 6 days ago
Olympic Jumble was never headed winning his debut last month at Golden Gate Fields, and on Saturday he faces four other 2-year-olds in the $50,000 Lost in the Fog Stakes at the Albany, Calif, track.
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Delaware Park: Bryan’s Jewel back on short rest off sharp score
DRF | 6 days ago
Clearly, trainer Mac Robertson doesn’t fear doing things in an unconventional way. Just one week after watching his 5-year-old mare Bryan’s Jewel match her career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 91 by scoring an easy victory in the off-the-turf John Rooney Memorial Stakes, Robertson is giving serious consideration to bringing her right back in Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Obeah Stakes at Delaware Park.
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Northlands Park: Tracy sends two in both Chariot Chaser, Western Canada
DRF | 6 days ago
Trainer Greg Tracy has an excellent chance of sweeping the $50,000 Chariot Chaser and the $50,000 Western Canada for 3-year-olds at Northlands Park on Saturday.
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Ross Brinson, longtime California trainer, dies at 101 – 1371144521
DRF | 6 days ago
Former California trainer Ross Brinson, whose career spanned close to 70 years, died June 13 in Lakewood, Calif. He was 101.
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Ross Brinson, longtime California trainer, dies at 101
DRF | 6 days ago
Former California trainer Ross Brinson, whose career spanned close to 70 years, died June 13 in Lakewood, Calif. He was 101.
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Weekend Warrior for June 15: Picks for Stephen Foster, Centaur, Matt Winn
DRF | 6 days ago
I’m giving Fort Larned another chance when he runs in the Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs.
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Animal Kingdom in pursuit of history at Royal Ascot
DRF | 6 days ago
In the final race of his career, Animal Kingdom caps an unconventional yet successful career path by running in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 18, 11 weeks after winning the Dubai World Cup.
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Yonkers: New pick five wager and ADW launched
DRF | 6 days ago
Yonkers Raceway will debut their new pick five wager on Friday, June 14 and the wager will offer a $10,000 guarantee on Mondays and Tuesdays.
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Woodbine: Ultimate Destiny should challenge Fifty Proof in Steady Growth Stakes
DRF | 6 days ago
Fifty Proof is the class of Saturday’s $125,000 Steady Growth Stakes, but Ultimate Destiny brings a two-race winning streak into the 1 1/16-mile route for Ontario-sired stock at Woodbine.
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2013 Remington Park Stakes Schedule
DRF | 6 days ago
Stakes schedule and track information for the 2013 Remington Park meet (celebrating its 25th anniversary), which begins on Friday, August 16, highlighted by the G3 $400,000 Oklahoma Derby on Sunday, September 29.
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Ramon Dominguez retires as jockey due to injuries from spill
DRF | 6 days ago
Advised by doctors that another spill could do more serious damage to him, jockey Ramon Dominguez on Thursday announced his retirement from riding.
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North America Cup: Is Captaintreacherous invincible?
DRF | 6 days ago
Captaintreacherous, the horse and its connections, have more pressure on them heading into Saturday’s $1 million North America Cup at Mohawk than the other nine rivals combined. That pressure is leveled by high expectations of a defending Pacer of the Year.
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Half-sister to Wise Dan sparkles in career debut
DRF | 7 days ago
Enchanting Lisa, a half-sister to reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan and to multiple graded stakes winner Successful Dan, was a dominant winner in her career debut Wednesday night at Presque Isle Downs.
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Mohawk: Czernyson looks to continue his hot start with Maven in the Armbro Flight
DRF | 7 days ago
Trainer Jonas Czernyson has 33 starts (through June 11) with 11 wins and 6 seconds in 2013. On Saturday he sends out his prized pupil Maven in the $271,470 Armbro Flight Final, plus Shared Past and Mistery Woman in the $364,266 Elegantimage Final.
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Hastings: Dance the Wind maturing for Lausten
DRF | 7 days ago
Trainer Carl Lausten said Dance the Wind came out of her win in the $50,000 Vancouver Sun last Sunday in great shape and likely will be pointed to the $50,000, 1 1/16-mile Monashee on July 1.
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Belmont Park: Mucho Macho Man could be done in by weather
DRF | 7 days ago
The connections of several graded stakes winners will keep an eye to the sky as the first of five “Party of the Park” Fridays is highlighted by a pair of $90,000 overnight stakes. First post is 3 p.m. Eastern, as it will be each Friday through the end of the meet.
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New York Racing Association tells panel of Belmont Stakes marketing plans
DRF | 7 days ago
The New York Racing Association intends to step up its marketing efforts surrounding the Belmont Stakes to draw more attention to the track in the week leading up to the third leg of the Triple Crown, NYRA’s chief marketing officer, Rodnell Workman, told a government oversight agency Wednesday.
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French Derby winner Le Havre gets off the mark with first winner
DRF | 7 days ago
Le Havre, winner of the 2009 French Derby and freshman sire, was represented by his first winner on Wednesday, when La Hoguette won a maiden race at Chantilly in France by 1 1/4 lengths.
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Jay Hovdey: Palace Malice puts Aiken in a New York state of mind
DRF | 7 days ago
No longer will the deeply loyal Dogwood fans of Aiken be satisfied by merely hitting the board in a classic, or making the lively pace. If the local reaction to the Belmont is any indication, nothing less than a grand triumph will ever be tolerated again.
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Emerald Downs: Pick four enhanced by crowded fields
DRF | 7 days ago
In the featured sixth race Friday at Emerald Downs, a $10,000 claimer for fillies and mares at six furlongs, Touch of Elegance headlines an evenly matched field of nine, but there are wagering opportunities up and down the card.
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Louisiana Downs: Ardoin joining state’s Sports Hall of Fame alongside Shaquille O’Neal
DRF | 7 days ago
Ronald Ardoin will join elite company on June 29 when the former jockey is inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
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Woodbine notes: Last bullet in Baker’s arsenal for Queen’s Plate is a maiden
DRF | 7 days ago
On June 1, trainer Reade Baker had four Canadian-bred 3-year-olds eligible for the Queen's Plate. His hopes are now down to the maiden Scipio, who runs Friday at Woodbine.
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Hollywood Park: For Cecil, famed uncle paved the way
DRF | 7 days ago
Ben Cecil was a young teenager when he accompanied his uncle, Henry, to Newbury Racecourse near London in the early 1980s. It turned out to be more than a day at the races. It was a life-changing outing.
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Marquis Downs begins 26-day meeting
DRF | 7 days ago
Marquis Downs begins its 2013 meeting here Friday evening with an eight-race program that attracted a solid 74 horses.
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Northlands: Salsa Express capable of repeat while rising in class
DRF | 7 days ago
Salsa Express shoots for her second-straight win, and there is a good chance she will get it when she runs in a first-level optional $35,000 claiming race for fillies and mares at Northlands Park on Friday.
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