New York Times Horse Racing | 183 days ago
Ramon Dominguez, who has found a lucrative home at New York racetracks, is about to lead riders in the United States in earnings for the third consecutive year.
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Five Nominated for Europe’s Top Horse
New York Times Horse Racing | 193 days ago
Frankel joins Cirrus des Aigles, Excelebration, Nathaniel and Camelot as a nominee for Horse of the Year.
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Havre de Grace Race Horse Is Sold for $10 Million
New York Times Horse Racing | 197 days ago
Havre de Grace, the reigning Horse of the Year, sold for $10 million at the Fasig-Tipton November sale in Lexington, Ky.
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At Breeders’ Cup, Soul-Stirring Results
New York Times Horse Racing | 198 days ago
Two days of horse races, including Royal Delta’s victory in the Ladies’ Classic, added weight to the argument that the caliber of the Breeders’ Cup is on par with the Kentucky Derby or the Belmont Stakes.
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Ever-Growing Purse Draws Strong Field to Melbourne Cup
New York Times Horse Racing | 198 days ago
The Melbourne Cup, with a purse of more than $6 million, has drawn an international mix of thoroughbreds, with the top competitors from Europe.
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A Day for Thoroughbreds and the Fully Festive
New York Times Horse Racing | 198 days ago
The Melbourne Cup kicks off the Australian summer with a pageant of horse racing.
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Unbeaten Shanghai Bobby Adds Breeders’ Cup Win
New York Times Horse Racing | 199 days ago
Shanghai Bobby, undefeated in five starts, held off He’s Had Enough to win the Juvenile and allow Rosie Napravnik to join Julie Krone as the only female jockeys to win Breeders’ Cup races.
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A Fresh but Dusty Face Rules the Breeders’ Cup
New York Times Horse Racing | 199 days ago
Brian Hernandez Jr. and a colt named Fort Larned upset the best jockey in the United States, Mike Smith, and the race favorite Mucho Macho Man at the Breeders’ Cup on Saturday.
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Smith Guides Royal Delta to Ladies’ Classic Win
New York Times Horse Racing | 200 days ago
As Royal Delta glided to victory at Santa Anita Park, Hall of Famer Mike Smith became the winningest jockey in the history of the Breeders’ Cup event.
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Racehorses Seized in Raid on Drug Cartel Are Sold at Auction
New York Times Horse Racing | 200 days ago
The quarter horses, bred from champion lineage, won some of the industry’s biggest races.
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Resilience of 2011 Derby Winner Will Be Tested
New York Times Horse Racing | 200 days ago
Animal Kingdom, a Kentucky Derby winner who has been twice injured, will make his second start in 16 months in the Breeders’ Cup Mile.
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A Trainer With Patience Sees Another Big Run
New York Times Horse Racing | 201 days ago
Horses trained by Bill Mott will be trying to capture the Ladies’ Classic and the Classic at the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita.
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Rescuing Horses as Industry Bides Its Time
New York Times Horse Racing | 201 days ago
Rescue groups are on the lookout for former racehorses that have landed at auctions and are en route to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico.
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After Heart Attack, Baffert Plans to Keep Winning Big
New York Times Horse Racing | 202 days ago
The Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who had a heart operation in March, will saddle the 9-5 favorite Game On Dude in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.
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Critics Boycott Breeders’ Cup After Drug Ban
New York Times Horse Racing | 203 days ago
The ban on furosemide, a diuretic sold under the name Lasix or Salix, has been met with resistance, leading to smaller fields in Breeders’ Cup races.
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Baffert, at Santa Anita, Has a Home-Track Edge
New York Times Horse Racing | 204 days ago
Even without Hurricane Sandy thinning the field, trainer Bob Baffert will likely have a powerful home-course advantage for the Classic at Santa Anita Park with the favorite horse, Game On Dude.
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Crossing the Ocean to See a One-of-a-Kind Horse
New York Times Horse Racing | 206 days ago
Frankel, the charismatic British superhorse, looked to retire undefeated in his final race, which was run at Ascot.
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180 Entered in the Breeders’ Cup
New York Times Horse Racing | 209 days ago
Game On Dude, who lost in the Breeders’ Cup Classic last year, was one of 180 horses, including eight defending or former champions, entered in the 15 Breeders’ Cup races Nov. 2-3 at Santa Anita.
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Trainer’s Appeal of Ban Is Rejected
New York Times Horse Racing | 210 days ago
New York’s top court rejected the Kentucky Derby-winning thoroughbred trainer Rick Dutrow Jr.’s appeal to overturn his 10-year ban by state regulators because of what he claimed were substantial civil rights issues.
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Favorite Frankel Wins in His Final Race
New York Times Horse Racing | 213 days ago
Frankel finished his dazzling career unbeaten by winning the Champions Stakes at Ascot, England, on Saturday for a 14th straight victory.
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Favorite Frankel Wins in His Final Race
New York Times Horse Racing | 214 days ago
Frankel finished his dazzling career unbeaten by winning the Champions Stakes at Ascot, England, on Saturday for a 14th straight victory.
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Cornell President to Lead Horse Racing Board
New York Times Horse Racing | 215 days ago
As chairman of the New York Racing Association Reorganization Board, David Skorton, president of Cornell University, will be in charge of overseeing new drug rules for horse racing.
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New York State Tightens Drug Rules for Racehorses
New York Times Horse Racing | 222 days ago
An increase in deaths at Aqueduct Racetrack this year prompted the state oversight board to impose new prescription limits and disclosure requirements.
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A Winning Pauper in the Sport of Kings
New York Times Horse Racing | 228 days ago
In horse racing, although the rich guys usually win, every now and then fate smiles on the little guy, as it has done with Jean-Pierre Gauvin and his colt Saonois, a favorite in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
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Victory Takes More Than the Best Laid Plans
New York Times Horse Racing | 228 days ago
To win a race like the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, everything has to go right. But even then, disaster can strike.
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Flat Out Takes Gold Cup at Belmont Park
New York Times Horse Racing | 234 days ago
Flat Out made his first win of the year a big one, edging Stay Thirsty in the final strides to take the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park.
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Thoroughbred Survival at the Racetrack
New York Times Horse Racing | 235 days ago
A report warns that far tighter controls for horse safety are needed to prevent further compromise of racing’s integrity.
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Lunaire Wins Steeplechase at Belmont Park
New York Times Horse Racing | 236 days ago
Pierrot Lunaire, a 48-1 shot, held off Spy in the Sky by a nose to win the $150,000 Lonesome Glory Steeplechase at Belmont Park.
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Lunaire Wins Steeplechase at Belmont Park
New York Times Horse Racing | 236 days ago
Pierrot Lunaire, a 48-1 shot, held off Spy in the Sky by a nose to win the $150,000 Lonesome Glory Steeplechase at Belmont Park.
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Inquiry Faults Racing Officials in Horse Fatalities at Aqueduct
New York Times Horse Racing | 236 days ago
A New York State report says a spike in horse fatalities at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens might have been prevented had racing authorities more closely monitored the use of prescription drugs.
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Cuomo Says Private Companies Could Run State Racetracks
New York Times Horse Racing | 239 days ago
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Monday that a newly formed board overseeing horse racing in New York could bid out Belmont and the state’s two other racetracks to private gambling companies.
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At the Track, Racing Economics Collide With Veterinarians’ Oath
New York Times Horse Racing | 242 days ago
Horse-racing veterinarians are both doctor and drugstore; the more drugs they prescribe, the more money they make.
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Changes at the Grand National After Deaths of Horses
New York Times Horse Racing | 244 days ago
Changes will be made at the Grand National after an official inquiry into the race’s safety following the deaths of four horses in the last two years.
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Trainer Fights Ban
New York Times Horse Racing | 246 days ago
The Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. asked New York’s top court to overturn his 10-year drug ban, saying it raised substantial civil rights issues.
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Horse Trainer Appeals 10-Year Ban in New York
New York Times Horse Racing | 247 days ago
The Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. asked New York’s top court to overturn his 10-year drug ban, saying it raised substantial civil rights issues.
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Bid for English Triple Crown Fails
New York Times Horse Racing | 248 days ago
Camelot’s bid to become the first horse to win the English Triple Crown since 1970 was foiled when Encke, a 25-1 shot, won the St. Leger.
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Bid for English Triple Crown Fails
New York Times Horse Racing | 249 days ago
Camelot’s bid to become the first horse to win the English Triple Crown since 1970 was foiled when Encke, a 25-1 shot, won the St. Leger.
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Horses’ Ability to Pace Is Written in DNA
New York Times Horse Racing | 253 days ago
Researchers in Sweden have discovered a single gene that could explain why some horses can trot or pace and why others cannot, a finding that could greatly affect harness racing.
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Shanghai Bobby Wins Hopeful Stakes
New York Times Horse Racing | 261 days ago
Shanghai Bobby rallied to the lead with less than a furlong to go in the Hopeful Stakes for 2-year-olds by three and three-quarter lengths at Saratoga Race Course.
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Trainer Richard Dutrow Keeps Winning Even After Suspension
New York Times Horse Racing | 266 days ago
Richard Dutrow was barred for 10 years after the latest of nearly 70 violations in nine states, but he is fighting the charges and keeps winning on the track.
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Watsdachances Wins by a Neck at Saratoga
New York Times Horse Racing | 266 days ago
Watsdachances survived a four-horse battle in the final sixteenth of a mile and won by a neck in the $100,000 P. G. Johnson Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Saratoga Race Course.
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Near Saratoga Race Course, Streets Buzz With Stories
New York Times Horse Racing | 270 days ago
For six weeks each summer, the Saratoga Race Course hosts its annual thoroughbred meet, and the air is thick with stories.
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Travers Ends in Dead Heat Between Alpha and Golden Ticket
New York Times Horse Racing | 270 days ago
Heads were shaking at the finish line at Saratoga after Alpha caught Golden Ticket to finish the race in a dead heat.
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‘Wild Horse Wild Ride,’ From Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus
New York Times Horse Racing | 272 days ago
“Wild Horse Wild Ride” is a documentary about the Extreme Mustang Makeover, a competition that assigns 100 trainers 100 wild mustangs to tame in 100 days.
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More Disclosure Ahead of the Travers Stakes
New York Times Horse Racing | 272 days ago
The disclosure, on the Web, of each medication dose administered to the competing thoroughbreds before the Travers Stakes is a praiseworthy but overdue step.
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Bodemeister, Derby Runner-Up, Retired With Injury
New York Times Horse Racing | 273 days ago
Bodemeister, the runner-up in this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, was retired to stud because of an injury to his left shoulder.
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In Travers Stakes, Trainer Contessa Takes a Shot
New York Times Horse Racing | 273 days ago
Gary Contessa, who in 1981 walked the upset winner Willow Hour to the summer’s marquee event at the Saratoga Race Course, has entered Speightscity, a 30-1 dark horse, this year.
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A Solitary Jockey Charges Hard at Saratoga
New York Times Horse Racing | 276 days ago
Rosie Napravnik is the sole denizen of the women’s jockey room at the summer Saratoga meet, and that’s fine by her. She likes the solitude, and competing.
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Top Horse in Accident at Saratoga
New York Times Horse Racing | 276 days ago
The multiple Grade I winner Jackson Bend was involved in a mishap Saturday morning on a training track at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., but he appeared to have sustained no serious injuries.Jackson Bend and the exercise rider Carlos C...
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Jackson Bend Involved in Accident at Saratoga Race Course
New York Times Horse Racing | 277 days ago
Jackson Bend and the exercise rider were going on a morning gallop when the 7-year-old gelding Little Nick ran into the 5-year-old horse at the Saratoga Race Course, Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito said.
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