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Wise Dan named Horse of the Year
For the majority of the voters who cast their Eclipse Award ballots, there indeed was no horse in North America above Wise Dan. As he did on the track, Morton Fink's homebred gelding strode into rarefied company Saturday night when he was named ...Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/927/index.html#storylink=cpy
Will Take Charge wins Oaklawn stakes
Two days after they teamed to capture the Fair Grounds’ Lecomte with Oxbow, trainer D. Wayne Lukas and jockey Jon Court were at it again at Oaklawn Park, this time with Will Take Charge taking the $150,000 Smarty Jones on Monday’s holiday card in Hot Springs, Ark.CJ.com
Thoroughbreds, trail-riding top Kentucky horse survey; $23.4 billion in assets identified
Kentucky can rightly claim its title as the "horse capital," at least of the United States, according to results from the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey. Figures released by the University of Kentucky show that there are 242,400 horses in the state..Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/927/index.html#storylink=cpy
Shanghai Bobby heads a field of 10 in Saturday's $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes
Unbeaten champion Shanghai Bobby heads a field of 10 newly turned 3-year-olds in Saturday's $400,000 Holy Bull cj.com
Cold cancels Aqueduct racing ThursdayAqueduct has canceled the Thursday card because of cold temperatures in the New York area.
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Road to Kentucky Derby 2013 | After Oaks win last year, Rosie Napravnik aims for the Roses
Rosie Napravnik fantasized of someday winning the Triple Crown. Now that she’s a professional, 24-year-old Napravnik realizes how tough the odds are just to have a shot to win the Kentucky Derby CJ.com
New Kentucky Derby points system changes the game
Just as Shanghai Bobby and his fellow Triple Crown contenders will be analyzed to the fullest between now and the first Saturday in May, so too will be the new points system that will determine who breaks from the Kentucky Derby starting gate.
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Shanghai Bobby's a winner, even if he doesn't win every race
Well before Saturday's Grade III Holy Bull Stakes, Starlight Racing managing partner Jack Wolf put having an unbeaten champion in perspective.CJ.com
Shanghai Bobby the top choice in 2012 Experimental Free Handicap
Shanghai Bobby, the overwhelming choice as 2-year-old champion after winning all five of his starts last year, is the 126-pound high-weight on the 2012 Experimental Free Handicap released Wednesday by The Jockey Club.- 9:58 AM CJ.com
2013 Triple Crown early nominations total 369
A total of 369 three-year-olds have been made early nominations to the 2013 Triple Crown races, including virtually all of last year's top 2-year-olds currently in training. Horses could be made eligible for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for $600 per horse by midnight Jan. 26. There remains a late nomination deadline ($6,000 per horse) on March 23.CJ.com
Horse Racing | Game On Dude on top of his game
Game On Dude, $2.10, with Mike Smith aboard, overpowered an overmatched group of three rivals in successfully defending his title in Sunday’s $200,000, Grade II San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita, winning by 6½ lengths over Clubhouse Ride, while covering 11/8 miles in a rapid 1:47.53. CJ.com
Kentucky Derby 139 | Weekly update
Verrazano caught your breath with his sheer brilliance in a 16 1/4-length Gulfstream Park allowance victory at a one-turn mile. He powered through swift early fractions to destroy a nice field.CJ.com
Trainers Pletcher, Baffert have big hands in first Kentucky Derby Future Wager
In another sign that East Coast-based Todd Pletcher and his West Coast counterpart Bob Baffert hold the deepest hands on the lead up to the Kentucky Derby, the two trainers combine for 10 of the 23 individual horses making up the Pool 1 field for Churchill Downs’ 2013 Kentucky Derby Future Wager. CJ.com
Trainers Pletcher, Baffert have big hands in first Kentucky Derby Future Wager
In another sign that East Coast-based Todd Pletcher and his West Coast counterpart Bob Baffert hold the deepest hands on the lead up to the Kentucky Derby, the two trainers combine for 10 of the 23 individual horses making up the Pool 1 field for Churchill Downs’ 2013 Kentucky Derby Future Wager.CJ.com
Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom out for one more US win
Animal Kingdom achieved immortality on May 7, 2011 — forever to be remembered as a Kentucky Derby champion. Team Valor International’s classic winner, though, has some unfinished business before he’s scheduled to begin stallion duty later this year.CJ.com
Derby Dozen: Four new trends emerge in picking champion
In an effort to take some of the mystique out of identifying which of the more than 27,000 foals born in 2010 will prevail, here are some of the traits that have become the new normal on the road to the Kentucky Derby.Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/927/index.html#storylink=cpy
Derby Dozen: The 12 horses with the best shot at reaching the Churchill winner's circle
The 12 horses we believe have the best chance of wearing the winner's circle roses on May 4 at Churchill Downs.
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Road to the Kentucky Derby 2013 | Park City on the upswing
Park City ran his record to 2 for 2 by taking a 61/2-furlong Gulfstream Park allowance race by a neck over Declan's Warrior. Being by Harlan's Holiday and out of a Pleasant Colony mare, two-turn racing should not prove a problem.CJ.coom
6 Derby preps in NBC's plans
The Jockey Club, in collaboration with the NBC Sports Group and six racetracks, will provide live coverage of six major prep races for the 2013 Kentucky Derby during the last two Saturdays in March and the first two Saturdays in April, it was announced Tu..CJ.com
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