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Lava Man gets precautionary exam
Lava Man, the seven-time Grade 1 winner who finished last in Sunday's Grade 2 San Gabriel Handicap in his first start in 18 months, was scheduled to be sent to the Alamo Pintado Equine Clinic in Los ......
Posted on: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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McCarthy mulls options for General Quarters
General Quarters did not win his comeback race on Saturday at Fair Grounds, but his return to the races following a long injury layoff could easily be called a success. Racing at a six-furlong ......
Posted on: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Slew's Tiznow now in Lloyd's barn
Slew's Tiznow, a two-time stakes winner, has joined trainer Jamie Lloyd's stable. The 4-year-old Slew's Tiznow has not started since finishing 10th of 11 in the Grade 2 New Orleans Handicap last ......
Posted on: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Pletcher plans to run two in Hal's Hope
Trainer Todd Pletcher said he'll likely run two of his top handicap performers, Quality Road and Harlem Rocker, in Sunday's $100,000 Hal's Hope Handicap at Gulfstream. The Grade 3 Hal's Hope ......
Posted on: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Bit more rest for This Ones for Phil
MIAMI - This Ones for Phil coughed a few times on Saturday morning, just hours before he was to go postward as the likely favorite in Calder's Grade 3 Kenny Noe Jr. Handicap. And his trainer, Rick ......
Posted on: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Farish to receive Eclipse Award of Merit
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers Association today announced that William S. Farish, owner of Lane's End Farm and a pre-eminent ......
Posted on: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Lava Man might start in January
ARCADIA, Calif. - The last-place finish by Lava Man in Sunday's $150,000 San Gabriel Handicap at Santa Anita left trainer Doug O'Neill blaming himself for not having the 8-year-old gelding fit enough ......
Posted on: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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San Marcos may be next for Proudinsky
Proudinsky's win in Sunday's $150,000 San Gabriel at Santa Anita could lead to a start in the $150,000 San Marcos Stakes at 1 1/4 miles on turf here Jan. 18, trainer Humberto Ascanio said. The San ......
Posted on: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Evita Argentina, M One Rifle to keep sprinting
Evita Argentina and M One Rifle, winners of Grade 1 sprints for 3-year-olds on Saturday, are expected to stay in the sprint division. Evita Argentina, who won the $300,000 La Brea Stakes for ......
Posted on: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Bribon sold, turned over to Pletcher
MIAMI - Bribon, winner of the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap earlier this year, has been purchased privately for an undisclosed sum by Derrick Smith from former owner Marc Keller and turned over to ......
Posted on: Monday, December 28, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Santa Anita opener draws more than 35,000
ARCADIA, Calif. - Santa Anita drew its largest ontrack crowd for an opening day in 10 years when 35,292 attended Saturday's 10-race program. The opening day audience was a 6 percent increase from ......
Posted on: Sunday, December 27, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Lava Man's future up in the air
ARCADIA, Calif. - Lava Man's last-place finish in Sunday's $150,000 San Gabriel Handicap at Santa Anita after an 18-month break may result in the conclusive retirement of the 8-year-old ......
Posted on: Sunday, December 27, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Proudinsky repeats in San Gabriel Handicap
ARCADIA, Calif. - Proudinsky ended a three-race losing streak with a successful defense of his title in the $150,000 San Gabriel Handicap at Santa Anita on Sunday. Lava Man, the winner of 17 of 46 ......
Posted on: Sunday, December 27, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Tough acts to follow at Mountaineer
Syriana's Song, based in New Orleans this winter, and the Chicago-based filly Mindy Queen will try to prove their first visit to Mountaineer Racetrack was no fluke when they challenge defending ......
Posted on: Saturday, December 26, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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Asmussen duo tests Lydia's Last Step
Lydia's Last Step will need to fight off the Steve Asmussen-trained pair of Grand Slam Andre and Calibrachoa to win the second stakes race of his career Tuesday in the $107,000 Riley Allison Futurity ......
Posted on: Saturday, December 26, 2009 |  Comments (0) |  Rating 
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