May 23, 2013

Horse Racing: Super Ninety Nine romps in slop at Southwest Stakes / Road to Derby: Meaty part of prep season kicks off

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Super Ninety Nine and jockey Rafael Bejarano easily won the $300,000 Southwest Stakes horse race in Hot Springs, Ark., Monday.(Photo: Danny Johnston, AP) Story Highlights Super Ninety Nine is one of the top horses from the stable of California trainer Bob Baffert This was the final race where the winner got 10 points in the [...]

NASCAR: Johnson holds off Keselowski to win at Texas

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Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, leads the field during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 4, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. (November 3, 2012 – Source: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP) — FORT WORTH, Texas — Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Hessonite, Lubash win stakes at Belmont Park

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NEW YORK (AP) – Hessonite and Lubash won the $150,000 stakes for New York breds Sunday over the soggy turf at Belmont Park. Hessonite, the 3-5 favorite, captured a third straight state bred stakes with a 5 1/4-length victory over Freedom Rings in the John Hettinger for fillies and mares. Ramon Dominguez rode for trainer [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Currency Swap wins Amsterdam Stakes at Saratoga / Paynter wins Haskell Invitational

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(Bill Denver/AP Paynter, Rafael Bejarano up, wins $1 million Haskell for trainer Bob Baffert Sunday at Monmouth Park. AP) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) – Currency Swap beat Doctor Chit by 1 3/4 lengths Sunday in the $200,000 Amsterdam Stakes for 3-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course. Ridden by Rajiv Maragh and trained by Terri Pompay, Currency [...]

Formula 1: Justin Wilson gets surprise win in Texas race of attrition

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(By Chris Graythen, Getty Images) FORT WORTH — Justin Wilson saw it coming. Not his first career oval-track race; the slide of race leader Graham Rahal into the Turn 4 wall Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Wilson got the surprising win in the Firestone 550 when Rahal hit the wall. Actually, he still had [...]

Track Talk: I’ll Have Another’s scratch spreads sadness across Belmont Park

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Trainer Doug O’Neil walks with I’ll Have Another during a press conference outside of barn two on June 8, 2012 in Elmont, New York. It was announced earlier in the day that I’ll Have Another has been scratched from the 2012 Belmont Stakes, ending his bid for a Triple Crown. (June 7, 2012 – Source: [...]

Tennis Recap: Djokovic beats Berdych to reach Monte Carlo final

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia in action against Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic in their semi-final during day seven of the ATP Monte Carlo Masters, at Monte-Carlo Sporting Club on April 21, 2012 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. (April 20, 2012 – Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Europe) LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – Jockey Julien Leparoux equaled a 22-year-old [...]

Horse Racing: Union Rags easily wins Fountain of Youth Stakes

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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Union Rags dominated the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, bolstering his credentials as one of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby. Trained by Michael Matz, Union Rags won his first race since he lost to Hansen by a head in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at [...]

NASCAR: Stewart and Kenseth hit Victory Lane in Daytona qualifying races

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Tony Stewart, driver of the #14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Gatorade Duel 1 at Daytona International Speedway on February 23, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (February 22, 2012 – Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images North America) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Matt Kenseth used a [...]

Horse Racing: Hymn Book wins by a nose at Donn Handicap

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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Hymn Book won the $500,000 Grade 1 Donn Handicap on Saturday, holding off a field that also included Preakness winner Shackleford and Belmont champion Rule On Ice. Hymn Book ran 1 miles in 1:49.16 and paid $1, $7.80, and $5.60. Mission Impazible was second and returned $9.20 and $5.80. Redemeemed [...]