DRF | 5 days ago
For the second time in 12 days, Battier and Declan’s Warrior are entered in the same race, but their connections have different paths mapped out for their 3-year-olds moving forward.
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Delaware Park: Bryan’s Jewel won’t find much class relief in Winter Melody
DRF | 5 days ago
The drop from a Grade 1 race to an overnight stakes on a Wednesday at Delaware Park is usually a steep plunge. But not this time, in the $50,000 Winter Melody for fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles.
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Arlington Park: Agent brings strong riding pair in Torres, Castro
DRF | 5 days ago
Agent Dennis Cooper, who has regularly handled the business of Arlington’s leading riders during the last decade, swooped into town with two jockeys this past weekend, both of whom figure to do meaningful business at the meet.
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Arlington Park: Willcox Inn returns in good shape after Dixie loss
DRF | 5 days ago
Willcox Inn has returned to Arlington Park no worse for the wear after contesting the Dixie Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico, but with another tough loss hung on his résumé.
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Encke among seven Al Zarooni-trained horses banned for steroid use
DRF | 5 days ago
Encke, the winner of the Group 1 English St. Leger Stakes last September, was among seven horses formerly trained by Mahmood Al Zarooni who have been banned from racing for six months after testing positive for steroids in recent out-of-competition testing, the British Horseracing Authority announced Monday.
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Belmont Stakes: Oxbow, Orb among 15 under consideration
DRF | 5 days ago
The upset victory by Oxbow in the Preakness on Saturday at Pimlico extinguished the Triple Crown chances of Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner. Yet while the Belmont Stakes on June 8 at Belmont Park won’t have the drama of a Triple Crown bid, it could very well match up Oxbow and Orb, as well as prominent runners from the Derby who skipped the Preakness, and a filly.
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Arlington Park: Nates Mineshaft ready to return in Hanshin Cup
DRF | 6 days ago
Nates Mineshaft, who for a period of about three months last year was one of the top horses in the country, is set to return from a lengthy layoff in the Hanshin Cup here at Arlington Park on Saturday.
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JRHA releases catalogs for select July sale
DRF | 6 days ago
The Japan Racing Horse Association has released the catalog for its select July sale of yearlings and foals. The JRHA has cataloged 261 yearlings and 229 foals for the sale, which is scheduled for July 8-9 at the Northern Horse Park on the island of Hokkaido.
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Kenny Noe Jr., former NYRA chairman, dead at age 84
DRF | 6 days ago
Kenny Noe Jr., former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the New York Racing Association, died Sunday evening following a long illness. He was 84.
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Barretts grads take three on Saturday’s card at Hollywood Park
DRF | 6 days ago
A trio of graduates from the Barretts October yearling sale found the winners’ circle on Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park, including Unusual Hottie, winner of the Fran’s Valentine Stakes.
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Harness Racing: Sharp Horses and Track Trends for May 13 – May 15
DRF | 6 days ago
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Balmoral, Monticello, Northfield, Yonkers and others.
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European champion Authorized to shuttle to Chile
DRF | 6 days ago
Authorized, Europe’s champion 3-year-old colt of 2007, will shuttle to Chile to stand at Haras Cordilliera, Racing Post reports.
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Jay Bergman: Ryder’s hopes are high for I Luv The Nitelife
DRF | 6 days ago
When one trainer can purchase two fillies by the same sire three years apart and capture the prestigious Shes A Great Lady with both as juveniles, people are going to draw parallels.
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Balmoral: Aliyah Maria scores in Violet Stakes
DRF | 6 days ago
Aliyah Maria handily knocked off nine other Illinois conceived and foaled three-year-old pacing fillies in the first “major” stake of the season, winning the $55,300 Violet Stake Final by a widening length in a career best of 1:52 4/5 for driver Todd Warren.
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Los Alamitos: Glitter in My Face remains undefeated with Kindergarten Futurity win
DRF | 6 days ago
Glitter in My Face remained unbeaten in three starts after the Quarter Horse filly won her stakes debut in Sunday’s $281,100 Kindergarten Futurity at Los Alamitos.
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LIVE VIDEO: 2013 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale
DRF | 6 days ago
Live video from the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale on May 20-21, 2013. Sales previews and updates from DRF Breeding.
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Harness Racing: Captaintreacherous wins 2013 debut in Sire Stakes at Pocono
DRF | 6 days ago
Captaintreacherous easily crushed the competition by 3 1/2 lengths in his 2013 pari-mutuel debut at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
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Emerald Downs: Hoist wires Governor’s Handicap
DRF | 6 days ago
Hoist jumped out to a quick lead and led every step of the way to score a mild upset Sunday in the $50,000 Governor’s Handicap at Emerald Downs.
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Hollywood Park: Iotapa delivers as favorite in Railbird
DRF | 6 days ago
Iotapa, claimed for $50,000 in a maiden race last June, rallied wide under red-hot jockey Joe Talamo to win Sunday’s $74,920 Railbird Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park.
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Hollywood Park: California Chrome eyes Hollywood Juvenile Championship
DRF | 6 days ago
California Chrome will be a California-bred 2-year-old colt to follow this summer. On Friday, in his second start, California Chrome won a maiden special weight race over 4 1/2 furlongs by 2 3/4 lengths in 52.42 seconds. A colt by Lucky Pulpit, California Chrome was second in his debut April 26.
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Hollywood Park: Unusual Hottie getting a rest after stakes win
DRF | 6 days ago
Unusual Hottie will have a brief vacation following her first stakes win in Saturday’s $100,500 Fran’s Valentine Stakes for California-bred females on turf.
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Hollywood Park: New rule used for first time to void claim of unsound horse
DRF | 6 days ago
A $10,000 claim submitted for race winner Plenny of Henny in Sunday’s first race at Betfair Hollywood Park was voided after the 4-year-old gelding was ruled to be unsound in the receiving barn after the race, stewards said.
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Woodbine: Coffee Clique scores in Selene Stakes
DRF | 6 days ago
The improving Coffee Clique came from off a sizzling pace to land her first stakes win in the Grade 3, $156,300 Selene at Woodbine on Sunday.
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Beulah Park: Deniro’s Saint takes Tomboy Stakes
DRF | 6 days ago
Deniro's Saint, under jockey Rodrigo Vergara, prompted the pace to the outside of heavy favorite Blazing Bling to upper stretch and drew clear to win by two lengths in the $50,000 Tomboy Stakes at Beulah Park on Sunday.
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Military Attack strikes in Singapore Airlines International Cup
DRF | 6 days ago
Military Attack, one of the stars on the Hong Kong circuit this year, extended his winning streak to four races with a convincing victory in Sunday’s $2.4 million Singapore Airlines International Cup at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore.
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Preakness Stakes: Oxbow delivers for new Calumet owner Kelley
DRF | 7 days ago
While the Triple Crown hopes of Kentucky Derby winner Orb, who represents decades of involvement in the racing industry for the Phipps and Janney families, were dashed in the Preakness Stakes, another historic name landed in the winner's circle Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.
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Preakness Stakes: Oxbow fulfills potential of stellar pedigree with win
DRF | 7 days ago
Oxbow’s 1 3/4-length win in the 138th Preakness Stakes on Saturday can be attributed to several factors, including Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas’ confidence and handling of his charge, and fellow Hall of Famer Gary Stevens’ masterful pace-controlling ride. Furthermore, his pedigree was one of the strongest among all classic contenders this year.
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Preakness Stakes: Oxbow fulfills potential of stellar pedigree with win
DRF | 7 days ago
Oxbow’s 1 3/4-length win in the 138th Preakness Stakes on Saturday can be attributed to several factors, including Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas’ confidence and handling of his charge, and fellow Hall of Famer Gary Stevens’ masterful pace-controlling ride. Furthermore, his pedigree was one of the strongest among all classic contenders this year.
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Preakness Stakes: Oxbow wins for breeder Santulli’s Colts Neck Stables
DRF | 7 days ago
Oxbow’s upset victory in the Preakness Stakes was a triumph for a trio of established names in the racing industry—trainer D. Wayne Lukas, jockey Gary Stevens, and owner Calumet Farm—but it was also the first classic win for a fairly new entity, Richard Santulli’s Colts Neck Stables.
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Einstein sires first winner at Lone Star Park
DRF | 7 days ago
Multiple Grade 1 winner and freshman sire Einstein was represented by his first winner on Saturday when E Equalsmcsquared won a maiden claiming race at Lone Star Park.
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Winslow Homer, Grade 3 winner, retired
DRF | 7 days ago
Grade 3 winner Winslow Homer has been retired with a suspensory injury, owner Rick Porter of Fox Hill Farm announced Saturday.
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Champion Benny the Bull’s first winner scores in Puerto Rico
DRF | 7 days ago
Champion sprinter Benny the Bull was represented by his first winner May 11, when Joe Pike won his career debut at Camarero Race Track in Puerto Rico.
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Prairie Meadows: Wolf Pack Jack, Jumped the Harbor get stakes wins
DRF | 7 days ago
The Ray Tracy-trained duo of Wolf Pack Jack and Rushin' Rubietta dominated their Iowa-bred foes Saturday evening in the $68,650 Gray's Lake Stakes, a six-furlong race that attracted seven 3-year-old geldings.
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Evangeline Downs: Cho Cho Cat rallies to win Tellike Stakes
DRF | 7 days ago
Taking advantage of a blistering early pace, Cho Cho Cat staged a furious rally from last in the final furlong to win Saturday night’s $50,000 Tellike Stakes at Evangeline Downs.
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Preakness Stakes: Plesa pleased with Itsmyluckyday’s performance
DRF | 7 days ago
Trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. expressed satisfaction Sunday morning that his 3-year-old Itsmyluckyday bounced back from his 15th-place non-effort in the Kentucky Derby with a solid second-place finish in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.
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Belmont Stakes: Oxbow, Orb might meet again in New York
DRF | 7 days ago
Oxbow, the winner of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, left Pimlico Race Course early Sunday morning, and a couple of hours later, so too did Orb, who won the Kentucky Derby and was fourth in the Preakness. But there is a good chance they could meet again June 8 in the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown.
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Meadowlands: Sevruga and Sweet Lou get their noses up to win Cutler, Maturity
DRF | 7 days ago
Sevruga kept his nose in front of the competition despite being put to intense pressure from the halfway mark to capture the $180,000 Arthur Cutler Memorial. Then Sweet Lou overcame post nine to capture the $100,000 Meadowlands Maturity.
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Andrew Beyer: At 77, Lukas rolls the dice and wins
DRF | 7 days ago
When Oxbow led all the way to score a 16-to-1 upset in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, the result confirmed one tent of trainer Wayne Lukas’s philosophy: You can’t win if you don’t run.
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Preakness Stakes handle down 3.2%; handle for card rises 2.0%
DRF | 7 days ago
Betting on the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Racecourse in Baltimore on Saturday was $54.15 million, according to the official chart of the race, down 3.2 percent from wagering on the race last year and nearly $5 million off the record set in 2009.
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Hollywood Park: Talamo gets perfect trips to sweep Everett Handicap, Fran’s Valentine
DRF | 7 days ago
The strategy worked on turf early in the afternoon and again later in the day on the main track. Jockey Joe Talamo swept the two stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park aboard 4-year-old fillies that had perfect trips from off the pace.
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Preakness Stakes: McGaughey disappointed after Orb struggles home fourth
DRF | 7 days ago
Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey admitted to allowing himself to dream about the possibility of going for a Triple Crown with Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the June 8 Belmont Stakes. But after Orb finished a disappointing fourth, nine lengths behind the front-running winner Oxbow in Saturday’s 138th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, there is no chance for racing’s first Triple Crown since 1978.
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Preakness Stakes winners for D. Wayne Lukas, Gary Stevens, and Calumet Farm
DRF | 7 days ago
D. Wayne Lukas has won the Preakness six times. Gary Stevens has three Preakness wins. Calumet Farm has won the Preakness eight times.
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Preakness Stakes order of finish
DRF | 7 days ago
Find the complete order of finish for the Grade 1, $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday here.
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Canterbury Park: Heliskier remains unbeaten with 10,000 Lakes romp
DRF | 7 days ago
Heliskier went postward as the 2-5 favorite in the $50,000 10,000 Lakes, the longest odds since his 2012 debut in a statebred allowance, and proved that even those odds were too high with a 5 1/2-length win that moved his record to 7 for 7.
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Monmouth Park: Za Approval overcomes traffic in Red Bank Stakes
DRF | 7 days ago
Za Approval, a gray horse whose hair has gone nearly white, usually is not hard to pick out in a race, but so buried was he in traffic Saturday at Monmouth Park during the Red Bank Stakes that the striking coat was difficult to locate. But, finally extricated from trouble at the top of the stretch, there came Za Approval, running down another light gray horse, Tune Me In, to win the Red Bank in a game performance.
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Preakness Stakes: Oxbow leads throughout under Gary Stevens; Orb fourth at 3-5
DRF | 7 days ago
Jockey Gary Stevens, who came out of a seven-year retirement in January, and trainer D. Wayne Lukas, still going strong at age 77, put added shine on their Hall of Fame careers and put an end to the Triple Crown aspirations of Orb by teaming to win the138th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course with the 15-1 longshot Oxbow.
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Belmont Park: Glorious View digs in to win Vagrancy
DRF | 7 days ago
Glorious View became a graded stakes winner in her first try, gamely turning back a stretch-long bid from Fantasy of Flight to register a hard-fought, half-length decision in Saturday’s $200,000 Vagrancy Handicap at Belmont Park. Withgreatpleasure finished third.
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