Blog: Horse Racing

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Inside: Daily Racing Form, race results from all tracks running (LINKS)
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Breeders Cup 2012 | Groupie Doll carries hopes of small Kentucky bandThe Sport of Kings will be on grand display Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita with the $25.5million, 15-race Breeders' Cup World Championships. There will be horses owned by royalty, titans of industry, oil and financial barons.
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[h=3]KEENELAND[/h][h=3]Newsdad wins Fayette; Keeneland sets fall attendance record[/h]Newsdad shook off an early stumble to put in a huge stretch run, drawing off for a 2-length win over Nikki's Sandcastle and eight others in the Grade II, $150,000 Fayette Stakes on Saturday.

 

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[h=3]Wise Dan's exercise rider not an easy job[/h]Damien Rock has the job a million riders would kill for, and that brings a wry smile to his face.

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[h=3]Game On Dude returns as favorite in $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic[/h]After winning a mile maiden race at Gulfstream Park in his second start, Game On Dude was purchased as a 2010 Kentucky Derby prospect. That flamed out with a drubbing in the Florida Derby.

 

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[h=3]Breeders' Cup Juvenile | A tip you can't refuse: Capo[/h]If you're looking for a price horse in Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita, take a hard look at 15-1 Capo Bastone (whose name means underboss).

 

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[h=3]HORSE RACING[/h][h=3]Breeders' Cup: Point of Entry carries America's hopes in Turf[/h]Point of Entry is the first American grass contender to be morning-line favorite in the 11/2-mile Turf, but even if he fails Saturday, the dark bay son of Dynaformer undoubtedly stands as one of the strongest U.S. contenders in the last decade.



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[h=3]Havre de Grace brings $10 million at Fasig-Tipton, third-highest price ever for broodmare at public auction[/h]A total of 87 horses sold for $60,220,000, nearly double the $32,745,000 generated by 79 horses in 2011.

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[h=3]$4.5 million horse tops Wednesday's Keeneland sale[/h]At the very top end of the Thoroughbred market where only a select handful can compete, the desire to own those horses deemed collector's items can at times outweigh the rationale behind the final price.

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[h=3]Churchill Downs adds 3,000 stadium-style seats for Derby, Oaks[/h]Churchill Downs is moving the Infield Club out of the infield. Next year, the track will unveil Section 110, stadium-style seating on the first turn, for the Kentucky Derby and the Oaks.

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[h=3]Recovering from ankle chip, Take Charge Indy looks promising heading into Clark[/h]The bumper crop of 3-year-olds — where 11 of 13 horses in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Juvenile became graded-stakes winners and nine made it to the Kentucky Derby — has been decimated by injury-related retirements to some of its biggest stars.

 

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[h=3]Uncaptured recapturing his form; flop in Grey Stakes meant revising route to Kentucky Derby[/h]Uncaptured went into Canada's Oct. 7 Grey Stakes not only unbeaten but the earliest of Kentucky Derby favorites. Trainer Mark Casse admits thinking it was a question of by how much Uncaptured would win the 1-1/16-mile Grey, and then it would be on to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in Santa Anita. Oops.

 

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[h=3]Jeter takes the Aqueduct feature[/h]Jeter romped in the $54,000 Aqueduct allowance feature, beating N. F.'s Destiny by five lengths on Sunday.

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[h=3]30-1 shot Keep Up rallies to win River City 'Cap[/h]After 30-1 Keep Up rallied from near-last to win the $115,700 River City Handicap by a half-length over Boisterous on Sunday's closing card at Churchill Downs, red-hot rider Miguel Mena called the 5-year-old horse 'a Grade I horse.'

 

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[h=3]Jennie Rees | Fall meet showed Churchill Downs at its finest[/h]Final thoughts on Churchill Downs' 2012 fall meet: The meet started out with the glow of Louisville- and Lexington-based horses dominating the Breeders' Cup. Showing Churchill at its finest, the track staged a terrific 'Parade of Champions' celebration the Sunday after the Breeders' Cup winners returned home.

 

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[h=3]FIELDS OF DREAMS[/h][h=3]Video: Lane's End Farm
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[h=3]Follow That Horse | Son's story might never match mom's[/h]Gail Vacca, president of the Illinois Equine Humane Center, went to a low-end horse auction in northern Indiana on June 6, 2009, looking for any thoroughbreds being sold for slaughter — a violation of the Illinois racetracks’ zero tolerance for such practices. She wound up paying $300 for a mare...CJ.com

 

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[h=3]Miss Valentine wins the Big A's Lottsa Talc Stakes[/h]Miss Valentine improved to 4 for 5 at Aqueduct, beating Jitney by 1 1/4 lengths on Sunday in the $73,500 Lottsa Talc Stakes for New York bred fillies and mares.

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[h=3]Horse wagering down slightly in November, remains up for year[/h]With one month left in the year, thoroughbred pari-mutuel wagering in the United States appears headed for its first annual gain since 2006. cj.com

 

[kyallie]

[h=3]Acclaimed stallion Pulpit dies unexpectedly at age 18[/h]Claiborne Farm homebred stallion Pulpit died unexpectedly Thursday in his paddock at the storied farm in Paris.

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[Tider n LA]

Pretty sad about Pulpit. Kyallie, I love your passion for the horses.

 

[kyallie]

Yes I love'em! And I'm really happy and appreciate, the support Y'all have shown, for this little part of TideFans. I wish I had more time to devote to it..I'm lucky to be living in the Bluegrass, Heart of racing. and horse lore. Kentucky, known for fast women, and beautiful Horses!