May 25, 2013

Horse Racing Recap: Verrazano, Flashback in key tests on opposite coasts

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Flashback with jockey Julien Leparoux aboard, wins the Robert B. Lewis Stakes in February. Flashback is favored in Saturday’s San Felipe Stakes.(Photo: Benoit Photo) Story Highlights Flashback and Goldencents are the 1-2 favorites in the San Felipe Verrazano is the heavy favorite in the Tampa Bay Derby Wins in either race are worth 50 points, [...]

Horse Racing Recap: My Miss Aurelia wins Mandy’s Gold at Saratoga

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) – My Miss Aurelia won the $100,000 Mandy’s Gold Stakes for fillies and mares Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course in the 2011 2-year-old filly champion’s injury-delayed return to competition. She was making her first start since taking the Nov. 4 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Churchill Downs and was last from [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Shanghai Bobby wins Belmont’s Track Barron Stakes

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NEW YORK (AP) – Shanghai Bobby improved to 2 for 2 on Wednesday, beating Handsome Jack by a length in the $85,000 Track Barron Stakes for 2-year-olds at Belmont Park. Shanghai Bobby, trained by Todd Pletcher, broke alertly to engage Cay to Pomeroy in a spirited duel for the lead. After racing that rival into [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Diamond Duchess wins at Betfair Hollywood Park

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) – Diamond Duchess wore down 5-2 favorite Danderek in the final yards to win the $53,400 feature by 1 1/2 lengths over the boys at Betfair Hollywood Park on Thursday. Ridden by Edwin Maldonado, Diamond Duchess ran 1 1/2 miles on the turf in 2:29.94 and paid $22.40, $10.20 and $6.60 at [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Union Rags gives trainer Michael Matz hopes for roses

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — LOUISVILLE – Michael Matz knows the feeling of watching his horse enter the spotlight on the first Saturday in May, having brought Barbaro to the fore in 2006. “I was lucky enough to have one horse run real well here,” Matz said Monday as he stood in his barn on [...]

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 Recap: Pedulla’s Derby Dozen

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — USA TODAY’s Tom Pedulla takes an in-depth look at the Derby Dozen, his ranking of the most promising 3-year-olds on the road to the 1¼-mile Kentucky Derby on May 5 at Churchill Downs. 1. Union Rags Trainer: Michael Matz MORE: El Padrino looks to punch ticket to Derby Jockey: Julien [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Leparoux lands a Derby favorite, and a bride-to-be

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Jockey Robby Albarado aboard Court Vision #9 (R) edges out jockey Julien Leparoux on Turallure #13 (L) to win the Breeders’ Cup Mile a during the 2011 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs on November 5, 2011 in Louisville, Kentucky. (November 4, 2011 – Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA [...]

Derby Kitten rallies for Lexington

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(PhatzRadio/ESPN – Brisnet.com) In keeping with the twists and turns of the Kentucky Derby trail this spring, Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Lexington at Keeneland served up another upset, as Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s homebred Derby Kitten surged past the entire field to win going away by 1 1/2 lengths. Making his first start on a [...]