Through The Binoculars
By: JOHN PIESEN
The Road to the Triple Crown winds up Saturday afternoon with the $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland Racetrack in Lexington, Ky., and the $1 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark.
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Double Action Angle
By: Ray Taulbot
This angle was originally devised for the purpose of getting a price on a fit, well-meant horse. Its one weakness, however, is that horses frequently are dropped in class or claiming price for reasons other than a trying effort next start. This being so, the handicapper is frequ
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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD
By: JOE GIRARDI
The Wood Memorial, the Illinois Derby and the Santa Anita Derby were all run on Saturday April 7th and the outcome of t
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Hard Spun on his way to Kentucky Derby - Maybe
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Trainer Larry Jones has decreed that Hard Spun likes the Churchill Downs track and the colt will run in the Kentucky Derby.
"He went over the track very nice and came back very fresh afterwards," said Jones. "That
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Long-shot Tiago steals the 70th Santa Anita Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Long-shot Tiago came flying down the stretch to win Saturday's $750,000 Santa Anita Derby.
Tiago was sent off at odds of 29-1 with jockey Mike Smith in the saddle. Racing far off the pace, the bay colt was about 10 len
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Cowtown Cat captures Illinois Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Cicero, IL (Sports Network) - Trainer Todd Pletcher's decision to run Cowtown Cat in Saturday's $500,000 Illinois Derby at Hawthorne proved to be a wise one, as the three-year-old colt went wire-to-wire in winning the 1 1/8-mile race over eight rivals.
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Nobiz Like Shobiz wins Wood Memorial at Aqueduct
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - Odds-on favorite Nobiz Like Shobiz put away his rivals down the stretch to capture Saturday's $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. The time for the 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Derby prep was 1:49.46
Sent off as the 3-5 favor
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Weekly Television Schedule
- April 14
- Horse Racing: Toyota Blue Grass Stakes, 5:00-6:00pm, ESPN
- April 21
Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
- April 14
- Aqueduct, Comely S. (G2), $150,000, 3yo f, 8f
- Atlanta, Georgia Cup Hurdle (G2), $75,000, 4&up, 16f T
- Bay Meadows, Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Oaks, $100,000, 3yo
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