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Santa Anita carryover hits $587,000
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Many racing fans won't be able to party quite as late as they might desire on Monday night because a huge pick six carryover of $587,644.60 will be awaiting them on Tuesday's New ......
Posted on: Monday, December 31, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Louis Wolfson, raced Affirmed, dead
Louis Wolfson, whose homebred Affirmed became the 11th and most recent Triple Crown winner, died the night of Dec. 30 at his Bal Harbour, Fla., home. He was 95 and had suffered from Alzheimer's ......
Posted on: Monday, December 31, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Oprah Winney gets a rematch in Interborough
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Oprah Winney and Control System are scheduled to continue their budding rivalry in the filly and mare sprint division when they meet in Tuesday's $75,000 Interborough Handicap at ......
Posted on: Monday, December 31, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Daytona peaks in San Gabriel H. win
Reliable Daytona earned his third consecutive major victory in Southern California with a front-running effort in Santa Anita's $150,000 San Gabriel Handicap (gr. IIT) on the grass Sunday. The ......
Posted on: Sunday, December 30, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Dearest Trickski wires La Brea S.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Dearest Trickski, who was running in $10,000 claiming races in Texas as recently as April, won her stakes debut in Saturday's $250,000 La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita. Despite her ......
Posted on: Saturday, December 29, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Cannonball battles Cowboy Cal in derby
MIAMI - Cannonball, who turned into one of the top 2-year-old turf horses in the country after trainer Wesley Ward switched him to the grass during the fall, will share top billing with Cowboy Cal ......
Posted on: Saturday, December 29, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Two straight for Junior College; 'Saint sixth
Junior College, coming off a five-length score in the Bet on Sunshine Stakes over Churchill Downs's dirt course, proved similarly adept over the synthetic Polytrack surface Saturday, winning the ......
Posted on: Saturday, December 29, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Monrovia H. lacks a standout
ARCADIA, Calif. - The moody mare Strong Faith will have trainer Jeff Mullins guessing before Tuesday's $100,000 Monrovia Handicap at Santa Anita. If she runs her race, Strong Faith has an ......
Posted on: Saturday, December 29, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Genter: Rutherienne captures close one
MIAMI - Rutherienne capped off a successful but somewhat nerve-wracking afternoon for trainer Christophe Clement with a game neck victory in Saturday's $100,000 Frances Genter Stakes for 3-year-old ......
Posted on: Saturday, December 29, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Idiot Proof figures best in El Conejo
ARCADIA, Calif. - Idiot Proof's first assignment of 2008 - Tuesday's $100,000 El Conejo Handicap at Santa Anita - may seem a lot easier by post time. The runner-up in the Breeders' Cup Sprint at ......
Posted on: Saturday, December 29, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Stage Door Betty: Bayou's Lassie holds on
Bayou’s Lassie scored her first victory in nearly a year, outdueling Amazing Speed in the stretch to take the $100,000 Stage Door Betty Handicap (gr. III) by a neck Saturday on the dirt at Calder ......
Posted on: Saturday, December 29, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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City Attraction grinds to Gravesend H. win
City Attraction ground past pacesetter Debussy mid-stretch and proved best in the final strides to win the $105,100 Gravesend Handicap (gr. III) for sprinters on a muddy and sealed Aqueduct inner ......
Posted on: Saturday, December 29, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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2007: A vintage crop of 3-year-olds
Had the year merely included a filly beating the boys in the Belmont Stakes, for only the third time in the 139 runnings of the longest and most demanding Triple Crown race, that would have been ......
Posted on: Friday, December 28, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Rutherienne in her banner-year finale
MIAMI - Christophe Clement calls Rutherienne "one of the best fillies I've trained in a long time." That is high praise indeed from a man who has orchestrated the careers of such outstanding fillies ......
Posted on: Friday, December 28, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Last year's Derby favorite returns
Where does a beaten Kentucky Derby favorite go for the rest of his career? Apparently a lot of places. Sweetnorthernsaint races at his seventh different track and returns to Kentucky for the first ......
Posted on: Friday, December 28, 2007 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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