Blog: Horse Racing

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[h=3]2009 Derby winner Mine That Bird to return to Churchill Downs[/h]Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird is coming back to Churchill Downs for the spring meeting to be the thoroughbred in residence at the Kentucky Derby Museum.CJ.com

 

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[h=3]Road to the Kentucky Derby | Verrazano takes big step in Tampa[/h]Unbeaten Verrazano more than lived up to the pre-race hype in Saturday's $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby and confirmed his position in the upper echelon of Kentucky Derby contenders.


[h=3]Horse Racing Roundup | Discreet Dancer steers clear at Gulfstream[/h]One jump out of the starting gate and the anticipation of witnessing the 2013 debut of Fort Larned spiked Saturday at Gulfstream Park. CJ.com

 

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[h=3]Mesmerizing 'horse whisperer' event rides into Lexington[/h]Ten years ago, Texas horsewoman Tootie Bland thought she had witnessed a miracle: a green Quarter Horse so gentled in just a few hours that a rider could stand on his back and crack a whip.

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[h=3]Kentucky Derby 2013 Update | Verrazano workmanlike in latest win[/h]Verrazano did nothing to rattle his status as the top-ranked horse in The Courier-Journal's Kentucky Derby poll.CJ.com

 

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[h=3]Rachel Alexandra healing well following procedure[/h]Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year, is healing well following a surgical procedure performed last Thursday to drain an abscess that developed adjacent to her reproductive tract and rectum, Lexington's Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital said Tuesday.CJ.com

 

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Rescue foal Magna Fortuna wins first race[/h]It was the second race at Hawthorne Race Course on a frigid afternoon in Chicago, with seven Illinois-bred maidens going to the post. But it could have been the Kentucky Derby for the partners in Rescue Me Racing, as their 3-year-old gelding Magna Fortuna led all the way for a 9 3/4-length victory Wednesday. Magna Fortuna blog | Follow the story of rescue mare Silver Option and her colt

• Mar 13, 2013

 

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[h=3]Jockey Julien Leparoux gets bumped off of Flashback[/h]Trainer Bob Baffert has replaced jockey Julien Leparoux with Garrett Gomez on Flashback for the Santa Anita Derby. Leparoux rode Flashback to two impressive wins before finishing second by a half-length behind Hear the Ghost in last Saturday's San Felipe.CJ.com

 

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Rebel Stakes | D. Wayne Lukas sitting pretty as his horses finish 1-2[/h]Will Take Charge, sent off at 28-1 odds, pushed ahead of stablemate Oxbow to win the $600,000, Grade II Rebel Stakes by a head at Oaklawn Park, putting both of the D. Wayne Lukas-trained horses on track for the May 4 Kentucky Derby.

 

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Derby Watch: Baffert has two contenders in Rebel Stakes[/h]Verrazano was a fearsome favorite in last weekend's Grade II Tampa Bay Derby because, despite questions about his inexperience, there was just no arguing how superior his form was compared to his opponents that day.

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[h=3]Kentucky Derby 2013 | Lukas has a hot hand after Rebel Stakes exact[/h]D. Wayne Lukas finished 1-2 in Oaklawn's Rebel Stakes Saturday as first Oxbow ran down the leaders and then Will Take Charge ran down Oxbow for the head decision.

 

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[h=3]Mac the Man poised for run at big-time in Turfway's Spiral Stakes[/h]Jeff Greenhill has enjoyed his status as an under-the-radar trainer but that time might come to an end this weekend if he can win Saturday's $550,000 Spiral Stakes, a prep race for the Kentucky Derby at Turfway Park.

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[h=3]Inside: Daily Racing Form, race results from all tracks running (LINKS)[/h][h=3]Engineer-turned-trainer gives Mac the Man a test in Saturday's Spiral Stakes[/h]When Jeff Greenhill saddles Mac the Man in Saturday's Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral Stakes, it will be the biggest race ever for the one-time chemical engineer who is never far removed from a one-liner.

• Mar 21, 2013CJ.com

 

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[h=3]Turfway Park glad casino is in its corner[/h]Turfway Park General Manager Chip Bach is encouraged that Horseshoe Cincinnati has made the health of its horse racing product a priority.

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Jennie Rees' Road to the Kentucky Derby 2013 | Several 3-year-olds to make seasonal debuts[/h]The most accomplished horses in the Spiral's capacity field of 12 are tepid 3-1 favorite Uncaptured and 7-2 second choice Balance the Books. Uncaptured's only defeat in seven starts came in Canada's Grey Stakes when he found himself in trouble and also might have been suffering effects of a virus that infiltrated trainer Mark Casse's Woodbine barn.CJ.com

 

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[h=3]Spiral Stakes | Black Onyx states his case for trip to Derby[/h]The Turfway Park crowd sent Black Onyx off at 15-1 in Saturday's $550,000 Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral StakesCJ.com.

 

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Jennie Rees' Road to the Kentucky Derby 2013 | Sunland success credit to Pegram's program[/h]Owner Mike Pegram and his breeding program, including the Hill 'n' Dale stallion Midnight Lute, continue to find success. CJ.com

 

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Orb might be McGaughey's winning Derby ticket[/h]Flash back some 24 years and Shug McGaughey's long-term future on the first Saturday in May seemed like such a given.

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[h=3]Inside: Daily Racing Form, race results from all tracks running (LINKS)Orb, rich in Kentucky champion bloodlines, running in Florida Derby[/h]His name is Orb, and the son of Malibu Moon has a pedigree that has been circling in the Janney family for 65 years and seven generations of race horses, much of it at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky.CJ.com

 

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Jennie Rees' Road to the Kentucky Derby 2013[/h]A lot of people are taking stabs in the Florida Derby's field of 10. But it's hard to imagine anyone other than Itsmyluckyday (the Holy Bull winner in track-record time), Shanghai Bobby (the Holy Bull runner-up in the champion's first career defeat) and Orb (Fountain of Youth winner) as the victor.CJ.com

 

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Jockey John Velazquez guides Orb to masterful victory in Florida Derby[/h]John Velazquez had another huge Florida Derby Day, but this time he wasn't teaming with his main man, trainer Todd Pletcher.

 

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Kentucky Derby 2013 Update | Shanghai Bobby's run ends in Florida Derby[/h]Kentucky Derby update Jennie Rees takes stock of the contenders Follow the road to the Derby at www.courier-journal.com/Kentucky Derby CJ.com