June 19, 2013

Horse Racing Recap: Verrazano regains No. 1 spot in AP Derby rankings

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NEW YORK (AP) – Verrazano will attempt to break a longstanding Kentucky Derby jinx – win the race without having run as a 2-year-old. It’s been done before, but only once in 138 previous runnings, and that occurred in 1882 when Apollo won the Run for the Roses. Since 1937, 57 3-year-olds have tried and [...]

Horse Racing: Algorithms injured, off Triple Crown trail

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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Trainer Todd Pletcher says Kentucky Derby hopeful Algorithms is off the Triple Crown trail because of a leg injury that will require surgery. Algorithms was the morning-line favorite for the Fountain of Youth Stakes last weekend at Gulfstream Park. He was scratched before the race with a splint bone injury [...]

Horse Racing: Matz has a new dream horse in 2-year-old Union Rags

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Michael Matz the trainer of Visionaire talks to the media during the morning training for the Kentucky Derby on April 28, 2008 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, kentucky. (April 28, 2008 – Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — LOUISVILLE – When Michael Matz initially qualified for the Olympics as [...]