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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) – The Spa can work wonders for some racehorses. It sure was a big boost for Alpha. Taking the lead from the start, Alpha cruised to a 2-length, wire-to-wire victory in the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday for his first victory in nearly six months. Alpha [...]
NEW YORK (AP) – First I’ll Have Another, now Union Rags. Injuries to the left front legs of both 3-year-old colts have left thoroughbred racing without its classic winners for the rest of the year, and beyond. Belmont Stakes winner Union Rags is out with a ligament injury, but could return to the races next [...]
NEW YORK (AP) – The owner of I’ll Have Another says he sold his Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner to a farm in Japan for $10 million, a price that far exceeded any amount he was offered in the United States. J. Paul Reddam made his comments in a blog appearing on the bloodhorse.com website. [...]
Union Rags ridden by John Velazquez narrowly beats Paynter ridden by Mike Smith during the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on June 9, 2012 in Elmont, New York. (June 8, 2012 – Source: Alex Trautwig/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP) —- Union Rags came to New York as a Belmont [...]
Union Rags is riden by Julien Laparoux during the morning excercise session in preparation for the 138th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on April 28, 2012 in Louisville, Kentucky. (April 27, 2012 – Source: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — ELMONT, N.Y. – Union Rags by the narrowest of margins is [...]
Dullahan gets a bath following a morning workout in preparation for the 144th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on June 7, 2012 in Elmont, New York. (June 6, 2012 – Source: Rob Carr/Getty Images North America) NEW YORK (AP) – All along, trainer Dale Romans said he had the horse to beat in the Belmont [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — I’ll Have Another went into lockdown on Wednesday, moving into a secured barn shortly after the colt was made the early 4-5 favorite to win the Belmont Stakes in his quest to become the 12th Triple Crown champion and first in 34 years. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner was the [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — History says I’ll Have Another won’t do it. Odds say he will. The 3-year-old is trying to become horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. Sportsbook.ag (courtesy of covers.com) has the colt at 3-1 to win the June 9 Belmont and sweep the Triple Crown. TRIPLE CROWN: [...]
(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 [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Churchill Downs oddsmaker Mike Battaglia will wait until post positions are drawn Wednesday to decide whether he will establish Bodemeister or Union Rags as the early favorite for the 138th Kentucky Derby. “If Bodemeister has a bad draw, then it’s got to be Union Rags,” Battaglia told USA TODAY Sports. [...]
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