May 23, 2013

Horse Racing Recap: Orb roars to victory in $1M Florida Derby

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Story Highlights Orb, ridden by John Velazquez, overtook Itsmyluckyday to win the Florida Derby Shanghai Bobby, the 2-year-old champion, finished fifth and did not clinch a Kentucky Derby spot Itsmyluckyday got 40 Kentucky Derby pointrs and clinched a spot in the race. (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – John Velazquez had another [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Itsmyluckyday early favorite for $1M Florida Derby

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Story Highlights Itsmyluckyday is the early favorite in the Florida Derby draw Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Shanghai Bobby drew the No. 1 post for Saturday’s race The $1M Florida Derby is probably the top Kentucky Derby prep race (PhatzRadio / USA Today) —- HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — A field of 10 was entered Wednesday for [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Ain’t No Other wins Sensational Star Stakes

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ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) – Ain’t No Other defeated Starspangled Heat by three-quarters of a length to win the $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes for older California-bred horses at Santa Anita on Sunday. Ridden by Rafael Bejarano, Ain’t No Other ran 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course in 1:11.53 and paid $11.40, $6 and $4. [...]

Horse Racing: Injury knocks Violence off road to Kentucky Derby

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Violence, right, finished just behind Orb, left, on Saturday in the Fountain of Youth stakes at Gulfstream Park. Violence injured his right front ankle (sesamoid).(Photo: AP) Story Highlights Violence won all three of his races as a two-year-old His loss to Orb Saturday was the first of his career A fractured sesamoid knocks Violence off [...]

Horse Racing: Violence set to break out at Fountain of Youth Stakes

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Violence and Javier Castellano won the $750,000 CashCall Futurity on Dec. 15 at Betfair Hollywood Park.(Photo: Benoit Photo) Story Highlights Violence, who will run in the Fountain of Youth Stakes, is undefeated in three races Normandy Invasion heads a list of strong horses for the Risen Star Stakes in New Orleans Trainers Todd Pletcher and [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Race to Urga wins at Gulfstream

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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Race to Urga raced to her third straight victory at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, beating Frontside by three lengths in the $70,000 Wait A While on the final day of the meeting. Ridden by Jose Lezcano and trained by Christophe Clement, the 4-year-old filly ran 1 1/16 miles on the [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Take Charge Indy pulls off Florida Derby upset

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Take Charge Indy, riden by Calvin Borel, races down the final streatch during the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on March 31, 2012 in Hallandale, Florida. (Matthew Stockman, Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / AP) — HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Thoroughbred racing fans looked for Union Rags to use Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby to stamp himself [...]

Horse Racing: Jockey Club makes horse-racing fatality database available

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — LOUISVILLE – More than a dozen racetracks that participate in a horse-racing industry fatality database have agreed to release statistics for their properties, according to the group that is the Thoroughbred breed registry for North America. The database was launched after the breakdown of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro in [...]

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 [...]

Horse Racing Roundup: Animal Kingdom wins first race since injury

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(Animal Kingdom wins first race after injury. Updated 09:41 p.m., Stamford Advocate) HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Kentucky Derby champion Animal Kingdom won a $60,000 turf allowance race at Gulfstream Park on Saturday in his first start since June. Last year’s Eclipse Award champion 3-year-old moved in front during the turn into the homestretch and [...]