Through The Binoculars
By: JOHN PIESEN
Other than the Maryland Million at Laurel Park (see below) this is a relatively light weekend for thoroughbred racing. Then again, it's only 13 days and counting until the Breeders' Cup.
The Belmont feature, for example, is a bummer - the 30th r
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Speed Ratings, Final Times and Current Condition g
By: Ray Taulbot
We believe that there is no easier or better way to discover the true contenders in a race than by using pace handicapping. At the same time, however, we are the last to suggest that the logical investment is always the horse withthe highest pace rating.
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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD
By: JOE GIRARDI
The road to the Breeders’ Cup at
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Lava Man to bypass Breeders' Cup
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Trainer Doug O'Neill has announced that Santa Anita Handicap and Hollywood Gold Cup winner Lava Man will not compete in any Breeders' Cup race this year. The six-year-old was last in Sunday's Oak Tree Mile here on the turf.
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John Henry euthanized
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - John Henry, a two-time Horse of the Year, was humanely euthanized Monday night at Kentucky Horse Park. He was 32 years old.
John Henry, who spent the last 22 years of his life at the Kentucky Horse Park following a b
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John Henry - Thoroughbred
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - I remember watching John Henry run in the 1982 Meadowlands Cup Handicap in the early days of simulcasting. The evening race was only simulcast within New Jersey, so I made the drive to Atlantic City Race Course from Philadelphia.
The gelding was the even-m
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Out of Control wins Oak Tree Mile
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Trainer Bobby Frankel's Out of Control posted a nose victory over Zann to take Sunday's $250,000 Oak Tree Mile on the turf at Santa Anita Park. The win by the four-year-old puts him into the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile through the "Win and You're
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Panty Raid captures Juddmonte Spinster Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Panty Raid, ridden by Garrett Gomez, outlasted 2-1 favorite Lady Joanne to win Sunday's $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes at Keeneland. The victory, part of the "Win and You're In" program, guarantees Panty Raid a spot in the Breeders' Cup Dista
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Weekly Television Schedule
- October 14
- Breeders' Cup Selection Show, 5:00-5:30pm, ESPN
- October 26
Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
- October 12
- Belmont Park: Life's Magic S., $75,000, 3yo f, 7f
- Belmont Park: Roman Envoy S., $75,000, 3&up, 6f T
- Keeneland: Buffalo Trace Franklin County S., $100,000, 3&
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