May 26, 2013

Horse Racing Recap: Halo Dolly wins Yellow Ribbon at Del Mar

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DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) – Halo Dolly took command in the stretch and went on to a 11/4-length win over City to City in the $250,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap for older fillies and mares at Del Mar on Monday. Ridden by Joe Talamo, Halo Dolly ran 1 1/16 miles on the turf in 1:40.52 and [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Risky Rachel wins $100K Union Avenue at Saratoga

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) – Heavily favored Risky Rachel took the lead with a furlong to run and drew away to a 31/2-length win in the $100,000 Union Avenue Stakes for fillies and mares bred in New York at Saratoga Race Course. Javier Castellano was aboard the Juan Coronel-trained 5-year-old, who ran six furlongs in [...]

Horse Racing Recap: So You Think wins at Royal Ascot

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ASCOT, England (AP) – So You Think won the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday ahead of Carlton House, the horse owned by Queen Elizabeth II. It’s the 10th Group One victory for the six-year-old So You Think, trained by Aidan O’Brien and ridden by his son, Joseph. He was narrowly beaten [...]

Horse Racing: Frankel, Black Caviar set to dazzle at Royal Ascot

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LONDON (AP) – It’s Frankel versus Black Caviar at Royal Ascot this week – just not in the same race. The top-ranked horse in the world, Frankel, and Australian sensation Black Caviar can both extend their unbeaten records at the five-day meet after their much-anticipated showdown failed to materialize. Frankel is at 1-6 with bookmakers [...]

Track Talk; Dullahan, Union Rags gear up for Belmont Stakes

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ELMONT, N.Y. – When Javier Castellano and John Velazquez showed up in the Belmont Park jockeys’ room to ride Sunday, their conversation ultimately turned to what they’d done that morning: Which was working their new mounts for the first time in preparation for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. Triple Crown hopeful I’ll Have Another looms as the [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Drill wins San Vicente Stakes by a nose

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ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) – Drill defeated American Act by a nose to win the $150,000 San Vicente Stakes and snap a five-race skid on Sunday at Santa Anita, although trainer Bob Baffert isn’t rushing him onto the Kentucky Derby trail. Ridden by Martin Garcia, Drill ran seven furlongs in 1:21.28 and paid $9.60 and $5 [...]

Horse Racing: Churchill Downs staking its spring meet on Saturday nights

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(PhatzRadio / The (Louisville) Courier-Journal) — Churchill Downs is staking its reputation on Saturday night racing this spring. Into the fourth year with its popular “Downs After Dark” special-event cards, Churchill is switching the cards held under the lights from predominantly falling on Fridays to staging them on Saturdays during the April 28-July 1 meet. [...]

Uncle Mo, Stay Thirsty get outside posts for Classic

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Uncle Mo works out along side Stay Thirsty during the morning exercise session in preparation for the 137th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 1, 2011 in Louisville, Kentucky. (April 30, 2011 – Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — LOUISVILLE – Breeders’ Cup Classic favorite Uncle Mo and [...]