Blog: Horse Racing

kyallie · Dec 1, 2013

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Vexed takes Golden Rod Stakes at Churchill Downs

Vexed outfinished Bird Maker for a length triumph in Saturday's $169,050 Golden Rod Stakes as historic Claiborne Farm tied iconic Calumet Farm's record for Churchill Downs stakes victories at 32.

kyallie · Dec 3, 2013

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Mutuel field, Honor Code close as 2014 Kentucky Derby Future Wager favorites

The mutuel field encompassing 'all of the 3-year-olds' closed as the prohibitive 4-5 favorite in Churchill Downs' new November Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool where fans try to pick the winner for the 140th edition of the Run for the Roses in May.

kyallie · Dec 4, 2013

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Jennie Rees: Churchill Downs' fall meet left a lot to be desired

The final three days — with progressively warmer weather, good and enthusiastic crowds and terrific stakes — let the meet end on a very high note. But make no mistake: This was a bad meet for Churchill Downs.

kyallie · Dec 5, 2013

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Up the Backstretch: Mucho Macho Man brings smiles to racing fans

The good news came Wednesday from Gulfstream Park that Breeders' Cup Classic champ and Horse of the Year contender Mucho Macho Man will remain in training and continue to race in 2014 as a 6-year-old.

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kyallie · Dec 6, 2013

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Horse racing | Mucho Macho Man to return in '14

Breeders' Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man will race next year at age 6 with the goal of defending his title in the $5 million Classic at Santa Anita, his team announced Wednesday in a Gulfstream Park press release.

kyallie · Dec 7, 2013

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Louisville trainer Dale Romans seeks Hong Kong win

Louisville’s Dale Romans will attempt to become the third American trainer to win one of Hong Kong’s International Races when he sends out 2012 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Little Mike in Sunday’s $2.8 million Hong Kong Cup at about 1-1/4 miles over the Sha Tin grass.

kyallie · Dec 8, 2013

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Louisville trainer Dale Romans seeks Hong Kong win

Louisville’s Dale Romans will attempt to become the third American trainer to win one of Hong Kong’s International Races when he sends out 2012 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Little Mike in Sunday’s $2.8 million Hong Kong Cup at about 1-1/4 miles over the Sha Tin grass.

kyallie · Dec 9, 2013

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Csaba defends his crown in Grade III Hooper Handicap

Streaming, with Martin Garcia riding, became a Grade I winner with an impressive 11/2-length victory over Taste Like Candy in the $500,500 Hollywood Starlet for 2-year-old fillies at Betfair Hollywood Park on Saturday.

kyallie · Dec 10, 2013

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Will Take Charge will race at 4 after big success as a 3-year-old

Will Take Charge, winner of Saratoga's Grade I Travers and Churchill Downs' Clark Handicap in thrilling fashion, will run next year as a 4-year-old, owner Willis Horton said by phone Monday afternoon from Arkansas.

Dec. 9, 2013

kyallie · Dec 11, 2013

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Will Take Charge will race at 4 after big success as a 3-year-old

Will Take Charge, winner of Saratoga's Grade I Travers and Churchill Downs' Clark Handicap in thrilling fashion, will run next year as a 4-year-old, owner Willis Horton said by phone Monday afternoon from Arkansas.

kyallie · Dec 12, 2013

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Kentucky racing commission votes to change medication rules

Kentucky's horse racing regulators voted Wednesday to change medication rules, bringing the state closer to becoming the 11th racing jurisdiction to adopt a proposed uniform rule that supporters hope will be followed nationwide.

kyallie · Dec 13, 2013

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Preakness Stakes raises purse from $1 million to $1.5 million

The Preakness Stakes is getting a purse hike to $1.5 million, up from $1 million.

kyallie · Dec 16, 2013

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Shared Belief gathers believers in CashCall win

Shared Belief romped to a 5¾-length victory as the even-money favorite in Saturday’s $750,000 CashCall Futurity for 2-year-olds at Betfair Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Calif., the final Grade I race to be run before the 75-year-old track closes for good next weekend.

kyallie · Dec 17, 2013

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Churchill Downs mega video board gets zoning approval

Churchill Downs received approval for its extra-large LED video board on Monday from the Louisville Metro Board of Zoning Adjustment — the final approval needed for the project, which is on schedule to be completed for the April 26 opening night.

kyallie · Dec 18, 2013

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Study: More racehorses bled with Lasix than without

According to data collected during the Breeders' Cup World Championships in November, horses that ran on the drug furosemide — known as Lasix or Salix — were more likely to bleed in their airways, not less likely.