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Resplendency splendid in the slop
Resplendency, a 3-year-old filly trained by Bob Baffert, held off a late charge from Puxa Saco to win the $113,550 Monrovia Handicap by a length as jockey Casey Fusilier won his first stakes ever at ......
Posted on: Friday, December 31, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Pimlico: Legal Control in charge in Maryland Juvenile Championship
Overlooked at 7-1 odds, Legal Control tracked lone speedster Busy Prospect down the backstretch and into the turn, then wrested command at the top of the lane and powered to victory by 2-1/2 widening ......
Posted on: Friday, December 31, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Expect an Angel soars to upset victory
Expect an Angel sprang a huge upset when she came from last to win the $100,000, grade III Chaposa Springs Handicap on Friday at Calder Race Course. Alix M was second and Habiboo third in a field of ......
Posted on: Friday, December 31, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Coolmore donates stallion nominations to aid tsunami victims
Coolmore stallion owners are donating one nomination to every one of their stallions worldwide to aid humanitarian efforts following last weekend's earthquake-tsunami catastrophe in Asia and Africa, ......
Posted on: Friday, December 31, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Eclipse Awards: Six months for each superstar
The year 2004 - like the Carolinas, the Dakotas, and Korea - was divided into two distinct halves. The first half, which encompassed the Triple Crown, belonged to Smarty Jones. He picked up where ......
Posted on: Thursday, December 30, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Fair Grounds: Stewart has prime stock ready
NEW ORLEANS - Dallas Stewart had every reason to smile Wednesday morning outside of barn 4 on the Fair Grounds backstretch. He had just watched his string of in-form runners go through their morning ......
Posted on: Thursday, December 30, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Alphabet Kisses wins La Brea Stakes
ARCADIA, Calif. - Alphabet Kisses, the third longest shot in a field of 10, scored the biggest win of her brief career in Monday's $250,000 La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita. The victory was not easy ......
Posted on: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Rock Hard Ten flexes muscle in Malibu
The hole opened up for Rock Hard Ten near the eighth pole and the strapping colt burst through to win the $250,000 Malibu Stakes (gr. I) for 3-year-olds in the season-opening headline event at Santa ......
Posted on: Sunday, December 26, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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TVG to present live coverage of Eclipse Awards
TVG will break new ground when it presents a live telecast of the 34th annual Eclipse Awards, Monday, Jan. 24 from 6-10 p.m. PT. The network's telecast, from the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los ......
Posted on: Sunday, December 26, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Haskin: Analyzing the 3-Year-Old Scene in 2004
Editor's note: The following analysis of this year's 3-year-old racing season contains the observations of Steve Haskin, senior correspondent for The Blood-Horse. Whether you felt this year's ......
Posted on: Saturday, December 25, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Santa Anita: Dreams for a new year begin
ARCADIA, Calif. - The slates are all clean on Sunday, opening day of the 2004-2005 winter racing season Santa Anita. It will not stay that way. Between now and closing day, April 18, the only ......
Posted on: Thursday, December 23, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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House of Fortune eyes Millions
ARCADIA, Calif. - House of Fortune would have been one of the leading contenders in Monday's Grade 1 La Brea Stakes, but trainer Ron McAnally opted to keep her out of the race and instead await the 6 ......
Posted on: Thursday, December 23, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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California dreamin' Kentucky Derby
ARCADIA, Calif. - Beginning with Silver Charm in 1997, through Fusaichi Pegasus in 2000, the Kentucky Derby winner emerged from California for four straight years. A four-year drought has since ......
Posted on: Thursday, December 23, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Leading female earner, Horse of the Year Azeri retired
Azeri, the world's all-time leading money-earning female, has been retired from racing. Michael Paulson, who heads his father's Allen Paulson Living Trust that raced Azeri, made the decision to ......
Posted on: Thursday, December 23, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Minister Eric adding blinkers for Malibu return
Minister Eric, who ran third in his only race since an eventful 16th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) May 1, will wear blinkers when he tackles a competitive field in the Malibu Stakes (gr. ......
Posted on: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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