Blog: Horse Racing

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Undefeated Verrazano makes winning look easy, headed for Wood Memorial[/h]A horse who never ran until January, never participated in a stakes until a month ago and heretofore has raced only three times seeks to solidify his claim as the favorite for Kentucky Derby 139. That’s how brilliant Verrazano has been heading into Aqueduct’s $1 mil.lion Wood Memorial on Saturday in New York. CJ.com

 

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Bargain colt is proving golden: Goldencents to use Santa Anita as final Kentucky Derby prep[/h]When Glenn Sorgenstein and Josh Kaplan were looking to name a promising 2-year-old last year, they opted for Goldencents in part as a way to promote their precious-metal and coin auction website. CJ.com

 

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[h=3]Inside: Daily Racing Form, race results from all tracks running (LINKS)[/h][h=3]The Day at the Races: Keeneland's opening day draws 22,921[/h]Friday's figures: On-track attendance, 22,921 ; on-track betting, $1,343,951.90; total betting including simulcast, $9,398,395.61. 3 hours ago

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Rick Pitino-owned Goldencents wins Santa Anita Derby to claim spot in Kentucky Derby 2013[/URL][/h]Rick Pitino's horse had an easier time than his Cardinals. Goldencents, in whom the Louisville basketball coach owns 5 percent, pressed a fast early pace before taking command at the top of the stretch to a 11/4-length victory over heavy favorite Flashback in Saturday’s $750,000 Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park. CJ.com

 

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  KEENELAND[/h][h=3]Wise Dan set for 6-year-old debut after monster season[/h]Five months after his triumph in the Breeders' Cup Mile last November, Wise Dan is on track to make his 2013 debut at Keeneland on Friday in the Grade I Maker's 46 Mile on the turf.
  
  
  
  
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[URL="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130401/SPORTS08/304010100/Kentucky-Derby-2013-Update-Shanghai-Bobby-s-run-ends-Florida-Derby"]Inside: Daily Racing Form, race results from all tracks running (LINKS)Kentucky Derby Update | Flashback off the trail But Verrazano in stride[/URL][/h]Flashback, who was second to Goldencents in Saturday's Santa Anita Derby, is off the Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown trail. Trainer Bob Baffert tweeted that Flashback will have a knee chip removed this week. CJ.com

 

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[h=3]The Jockey Club's bus looks to attract young fans to horse racing[/h]The centerpiece of The Jockey Club's $5 million marketing campaign to attract more young fans to Thoroughbred racing rolled into Lexington this week.

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Uncaptured made favorite for Saturday's Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland[/h]Saturday's $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass attracted an overflow field of 15 entries Wednesday, with Uncaptured installed as the 7-2 morning-line favorite.CJ.cm

 

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Blue Grass Stakes | Trainer found his Derby colt, Rydilluc, very early[/URL][/h]When trainer Gary Contessa emailed his owners last May to round up investors to buy the colt now known as Rydilluc, he predicted that the dark bay son of Medaglia d'Oro would be their Kentucky Derby horse. Contessa knows something about Derby horses. He's picked them out, bought them and trained them — and then sold them before they made it to Churchill Downs.

 

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[h=3]Derby Watch: Crucial time for jockeys seeking run at roses[/h]A weekly guide to the top contenders for the Kentucky Derby.

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[h=3][h=3]John Clay: Several trainers earn multiple shots at Derby title

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[/URL] [/h][h=3][h=3]Inside: Daily Racing Form, race results from all tracks running (LINKS)[/h]Clay: Several trainers earn multiple shots at Derby title[/h]Trainer Todd Pletcher could have as many as four starters in the May 4 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs after his charges won the Arkansas Derby and finished second and third in the Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday. He is not the only trainer with multiple potential Derby entrants.

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Kentucky Derby 2013 | Churchill whittles down potential field[/h]With only the two “wild-card” races left for determining which horses make the May 4 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs’ points system largely has accomplished what it set out to do: getting into the Derby field those horses who have demonstrated ability in the longer races and are in good form.

• Apr 14, 2013 CJ.com

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[h=3]Ciao Bella Luna wins Beaumont Stakes at Keeneland[/h]It came a couple days later from a bit of an unexpected source. But Gillian Campbell and her fellow partners nevertheless ended up happily breathless while trailing one of their fillies into a winner's circle.

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Kentucky Derby | WinStar puts Borel on Revolutionary[/h]Calvin Borel has been named to ride WinStar Farm's Louisiana Derby winner Revolutionary in the Kentucky Derby. CJ.com

Albeit cold as per usual!
[h=3]Derby festival: Events will go on[/h]Officials with the organization that puts on dozens of events in Louisville in the weeks before the Kentucky Derby said Monday those events will go on despite the bombings at the Boston Marathon.

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Rudy Rodriguez, who trains Derby contender Vyjack, gets Kentucky license[/h]After hours of testimony, including some from top Thoroughbred trainer Dale Romans and New York racehorse owner Michael Dubb, a panel of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted to recommend licensing Rudolpho "Rudy" Rodriguez, trainer of

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[h=3]KEENELAND[/h][h=3]McPeek takes shot at Lexington Stakes with filly Pure Fun[/h]Lest anyone think Ken McPeek is done working the pre-Derby trail after Java's War's triumph in Saturday's Grade I Toyota Blue Grass Stakes and Frac Daddy's runner-up effort in the Grade I Arkansas Derby, the Lexington-based trainer will be back in the fray Saturday to put the finishing touches on...



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[h=3]Healthy at last, Successful Dan retu[h=3]Borel will ride Revolutionary in Kentucky Derby[/h]Calvin Borel will ride Louisiana Derby winner Revolutionary in the Kentucky Derby
rns for Keeneland's Ben Ali[/h]On Sunday, the half-brother to reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan will make his latest comeback since being sidelined last summer when he breaks from the rail against six rivals in the Grade III, $150,000 Ben Ali Stakes at Keeneland

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Jennie Rees' Road to the Kentucky Derby | Is Lexington Stakes an Oaks prep?[/h]Since it was moved to two weeks before the Kentucky Derby, the Lexington Stakes has been more likely to produce horses for the Preakness than the Derby. Charismatic, winning both the Lexington and Derby in 1999, is the last horse to wear the roses after racing back in two weeks earlier.

• Apr 19, 2013

[h=3]Road to the Derby[/h]Results of the Kentucky Derby prep races

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[h=3]Keeneland: Winning Cause takes Coolmore Lexington, might give Pletcher a sixth contender for roses[/h]As if he didn't have enough of a foothold in the current Kentucky Derby landscape, trainer Todd Pletcher keeps going down his bench to add to his total on the scoreboard.

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Updated Kentucky Derby leaderboard
h]Road to the Kentucky Derby points standings. 1 hour ago

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[h=3]Kentucky Derby 2013 Notebook | Ears up, Oxbow and Stevens pointed in right direction[/h]Jockey Gary Stevens, who gave up the microphone as a TV analyst and returned to riding in January after a seven-year absence, is back at Churchill Downs and likes what he sees in his Kentucky Derby