DRF | 11 years ago
Byrama worked five furlongs in 59.60 seconds at Del Mar on Sunday, a workout that left trainer Simon Callaghan debating whether to start the 4-year-old filly against males in the $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 25.
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Del Mar: Game On Dude skips over Polytrack in Pacific Classic work
DRF | 11 years ago
Fourth in the Pacific Classic in 2011 and second last year, Game On Dude will come into this year’s edition of the Grade 1, $1 million race on Aug. 25 riding a five-race win streak.
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Del Mar notes: Fury Kapcori set for highly anticipated 3-year-old debut
DRF | 11 years ago
On Thursday at Del Mar, Fury Kapcori finally gets back to the races following an injury. He makes his 3-year-old debut in the day’s sixth race, a six-furlong optional claimer in which Fury Kapcori is using his second-level allowance condition.
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Del Mar: Kettle Corn, Paynter could get rematch in Pacific Classic
DRF | 11 years ago
Kettle Corn and Paynter, the first two finishers of Saturday’s Grade 2 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar, might have a rematch in the $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 25.
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Del Mar: Game On Dude works toward Pacific Classic
DRF | 11 years ago
Game On Dude, unbeaten in four major stakes in California and West Virginia, worked a half-mile in 48.60 seconds at Del Mar on Saturday, his first workout since a win in the Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup on July 6.
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Del Mar opening day something to cheer about
DRF | 11 years ago
The Del Mar meeting is the racing highlight of the year for many fans as well as people directly involved in the sport. It begins Wednesday at 2 p.m., and when the gates open for the first race, the massive crowd will cheer heartily from start to finish.
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Hollywood Park: Yakteen believes he has a good one in Freakin Rocket
DRF | 11 years ago
Unbeaten in two starts at Betfair Hollywood Park in May and June, Freakin Rocket makes his stakes and turf debut in the first division of Wednesday’s $100,000 Oceanside Stakes on Del Mar’s opening day. The colt’s career is only 60 days old, but he may be the best horse Tim Yakteen has trained in his nine-year career, even if the trainer was reluctant to say so Sunday.
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Hollywood Park: Game On Dude likely to start next in Pacific Classic
DRF | 11 years ago
Game On Dude will have a clear goal in the second half of 2013 after extending his winning streak to five races in Saturday’s $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at Betfair Hollywood Park. “We need to win the Breeders’ Cup,” trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday.
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Hollywood Gold Cup: Game On Dude successfully defends title under 127 pounds
DRF | 11 years ago
Game On Dude was good even before jockey Mike Smith got on him, but he seems to have gotten even better since. They ran their record to 5 for 5 on Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park with a front-running victory in the Grade 1, $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup.
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Jay Hovdey: Last call for Hollywood’s Gold Cup
DRF | 11 years ago
Saturday’s final running of the Hollywood Gold Cup has fans and media scrambling for the misty-eyed reminiscences, and there are plenty, from the three-peats of Native Diver and Lava Man, to the isolated splendor of Ack Ack and Cigar, to the inspiring professionalism of Gallant Man, Affirmed, and Best Pal.
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Hollywood Park: Game On Dude, Smith tough team in Gold Cup
DRF | 11 years ago
Mike Smith is unbeaten in four stakes on Game On Dude, and he is confident that streak will be stretched to five in the Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup on Saturday.
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Hollywood Park: Batti Man could pressure Game On Dude in Gold Cup
DRF | 11 years ago
Trainer Dan Hendricks said he planned to enter front-runner Batti Man in the Hollywood Gold Cup on Saturday, which would give Game On Dude company up front.
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Hollywood Park: Game On Dude to shoulder career-high weight in Gold Cup
DRF | 11 years ago
Game On Dude was assigned 127 pounds Sunday for the Grade 1, $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup this coming Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park. Should he run, that would be the highest impost carried by Game On Dude in his career, which now numbers 25 races. He has carried 126 pounds four times, all losses.
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Hollywood Park notes: Only nine nominated to Gold Cup
DRF | 11 years ago
Saturday’s $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup, the richest race of the Betfair Hollywood Park spring-summer meeting, drew just nine nominations.
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Game on Dude Heads Noms for Hollywood Gold Cup
Michael Compton | 11 years ago
Defending champion Game On Dude and 2011 CashCall Futurity winner Liaison head the list of nominees to the Grade 1, $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup. The signature race of the Spring/Summer meet, the Gold Cup, which is run at 1 ¼ miles over Cushion Track, will be renewed for the 74th time Saturday, July 6 at [...](Read more...)
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Hollywood Park: Game On Dude back on target for Gold Cup
DRF | 11 years ago
Game On Dude, California’s top handicap horse, is back on course for the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at Betfair Hollywood Park on July 6 after a brief illness scare last week.
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Hollywood Park: Game On Dude resumes training
DRF | 11 years ago
Game On Dude, who won $1.5 million Charles Town Classic and the San Antonio and Santa Anita handicaps earlier this year, resumed training Sunday after missing a workout because of concern over his health.
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Hollywood Park: Game On Dude misses training; still on track for Gold Cup
DRF | 11 years ago
Game On Dude did not train Friday at Santa Anita, and a workout scheduled for Sunday has been postponed after the 6-year-old showed signs of viral illness.
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Hollywood Park notes: Baffert splitting up Liaison, Game On Dude
DRF | 11 years ago
Over the next six weeks, trainer Bob Baffert’s runners will be tough to beat in major stakes for older horses on the main track at Betfair Hollywood Park.
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Dick Jerardi: Charles Town deserves credit for handling of Classic timing error
DRF | 11 years ago
Every race track in America can learn a lesson from how Charles Town management handled the timing issue in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic.
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Final time of Charles Town Classic adjusted
DRF | 11 years ago
David Grening
The official final time of last Saturday night’s $1.5 million Charles Town Classic – won by Game On Dude – has been changed to 1:49.93, which is 2.34 seconds faste...
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Dick Jerardi: Pimlico plans events for 40th anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown
DRF | 11 years ago
Dick Jerardi
One can debate which of Secretariat’s Triple Crown races was the most impressive. Was it the Kentucky Derby win in a time that has not been surpassed in 40 years, the run aroun...
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Charles Town Classic winner Game On Dude likely to focus on California stakes
DRF | 11 years ago
David Grening
Game On Dude returned to Southern California Sunday afternoon, less than 24 hours after earning a $1 million payday for his hard-fought, half-length victory over Clubhouse Ride in S...
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Charles Town Classic: Game On Dude refuses to lose
DRF | 11 years ago
David Grening
CHARLES TOWN, W. Va. - Mike Smith wasn’t concerned when longshot Percussion outbroke him and Game On Dude in Saturday night’s $1.5 million Charles Town Classic.
He...
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Game On Dude, Ron the Greek top Charles Town Classic field of seven
DRF | 11 years ago
David Grening
Led by Game On Dude and Ron the Greek, the last two winners of the Santa Anita Handicap, a field of seven was entered Wednesday for Saturday’s $1.5 million Charles Town Classi...
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Dick Jerardi: Mid-Atlantic uniform Thoroughbred drug-testing program is within reach
DRF | 11 years ago
Dick Jerardi
Getting horsemen, management, racing commissions, and state legislatures to agree on anything is difficult. Getting all of those disparate interests to agree on uniform medication an...
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Santa Anita: Four turf stakes on closing weekend
DRF | 11 years ago
Steve Andersen
Hollywood Park opens its spring-summer meeting on April 25. The Santa Anita winter-spring meeting closes on Sunday.
There are four turf stakes on Saturday and Sunday at Santa Anita...
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Dick Jerardi: Charles Town Classic, with $1 million prize to winner, luring top runners
DRF | 11 years ago
Dick Jerardi
It is one thing to put a $1 million stakes race on your calendar. It is another to make that race worth $1 million to the winner. That is what they have done with the now $1.5 millio...
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Santa Anita notes: Game On Dude still sharp
DRF | 11 years ago
Jay Privman
ARCADIA, Calif. - Game On Dude won the Santa Anita Handicap for the second time last month, and he continues to train strongly in preparation for his next start, the $1.5 million Char...
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Santa Anita: Chantal Sutherland considering riding comeback
DRF | 11 years ago
Steve Andersen
ARCADIA, Calif. – Retired jockey Chantal Sutherland exercised horses at Santa Anita on Thursday for the second time this month and said a comeback in the coming months is on ...
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Santa Anita: Game On Dude tunes up for $1.5 million Charles Town Classic
DRF | 11 years ago
Jay Privman
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Barbara D. LivingstonGame On Dude, winner of the Santa Anita Handicap in his most recent start, is being pointed to the Grad...
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Santa Anita: Game On Dude being considered for Charles Town Classic
DRF | 11 years ago
Steve Andersen
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Emily ShieldsGame On Dude pulls away in the stretch to win the Santa Anita Handicap by 7 3/4 lengths.ARCADIA, Calif. &nda...
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Santa Anita Handicap: Game On Dude wins his second Big Cap
DRF | 11 years ago
Steve Andersen
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Barbara D. LivingstonGame On Dude, the heavy favorite under Mike Smith, sets a Santa Anita Handicap record with his 7 3/4...
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Santa Anita: Game On Dude will concede three to 10 pounds in Santa Anita Handicap
DRF | 11 years ago
Steve Andersen
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Shigeki KikkawaGame On Dude’has been assigned 125 pounds for next Saturday's Santa Anita Handicap.ARCADIA, Calif.- Game...
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Santa Anita: Weights key for Clubhouse Ride in Santa Anita Handicap
DRF | 11 years ago
Steve Andersen
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Shigeki KikkawaClubhouse Ride is being considered for a start in the Santa Anita Handicap on March 2.The $750,000 Santa A...
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Santa Anita: Game On Dude posts 116 Beyer in San Antonio; Santa Anita Handicap next
DRF | 11 years ago
Steve Andersen
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Shigeki KikkawaGame On Dude’s 116 Beyer Speed Figure not only equalled a career high, but is the top mark so far in 201...
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Santa Anita: Game On Dude overpowers three foes in San Antonio
DRF | 11 years ago
Steve Andersen
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Benoit & AssociatesGame On Dude, ridden by Mike Smith, pays $2.10 to win after cruising to a 6 1/2-length win in the San ...
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Jay Hovdey: Game On Dude may still have history to write at age 6
DRF | 11 years ago
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Jay Hovdey
Shigeki KikkawaGame On Dude alrerady has a Big Cap and a Hollywood Gold Cup on his resume.That sound you hear is the gnashing...
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Santa Anita: Few willing to face Game On Dude in San Antonio
DRF | 11 years ago
Brad Free
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Shigeki KikkawaOverwhelming favorite Game On Dude may have only three rivals in Sunday's San Antonio Stakes.ARCADIA, C...
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Santa Anita: Arcadia’s large cast expected to include world traveler Vagabond Shoes
DRF | 11 years ago
Steve Andersen
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Benoit & AssociatesSilentio, winner of the Sir Beaufort last month, is among a large group of probables for Saturday's Gr...
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2012 Year In Review: I’ll Have Another embodied season of defections, debate
DRF | 11 years ago
Jay Privman
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Barbara D. LivingstonView SlideshowMay 19: I'll Have Another (left) runs down Bodemeister again to win the Preakness.I&rsquo...
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Hollywood Park: San Antonio first up for Game On Dude in 2013
DRF | 11 years ago
Steve Andersen
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Shigeki KikkawaTrainer Bob Baffert says that aside from skipping a trip to Dubai, Game On Dude's schedule for 2013 will c...
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Game On Dude Rebounds With Win in Native Diver
Michael Compton | 11 years ago
Game On Dude rebounded from a poor performance in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Nov. 3, winning the $242,500 Native Diver Stakes Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park. The 10th lifetime victory for the 3-10 favorite did not come easy. The 5-year-old Awesome...
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Hollywood Park: Smith’s clutch decision helps Game On Dude win the Native Diver
DRF | 11 years ago
Jay Privman
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Benoit PhotoAfter breaking a bit slowly and being gunned to the lead, Game On Dude, right, turned back a strong challenge fr...
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Hollywood Park notes: Smith will ride Game On Dude in Native Diver
DRF | 11 years ago
Steve Andersen
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Tom KeyserMike Smith will replace Rafael Bejarano (above) on Game On Dude in the Native Diver Handicap on Dec. 1.INGLEWOO...
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