Through The Binoculars
By: JOHN PIESEN
DERBY PREPS FROM A TO Z
Trainers Nick Zito and Steve Asmussen -- in the shocking absence of Todd Pletcher -- are clearly dominating the Triple Crown Trail hype this season. This does not necessarily translate into a w
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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD
By: JOE GIRARDI
On March 8th there were three Kentucky Derby Preps where one of the winners you could see winning, another was hard to
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Nine set to go in Rebel Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - Trainers Nick Zito and Steve Asmussen will butt heads on Saturday in the $300,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park. A total of nine Kentucky Derby hopefuls have been entered in the 1 1/16 mile race.
Zito will be shippi
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War Pass one to beat in Tampa Bay Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Oldsmar, FL (Sports Network) - Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner War Pass will be the overwhelming favorite for Saturday's $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby. The 2007 champion two-year-old will face six challengers in the 1 1/16 mile race.
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WinStar Derby attracts 10 three-year-olds
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Sunland Park, NM (Sports Network) - A competitive field of 10 three-year-olds has been entered for Sunday's sixth running of the $600,000 WinStar Derby at Sunland Park. The 1 1/8 mile Kentucky Derby prep has a scheduled post-time of 7:30 p.m. (et).
The 3-1 morning-line
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Will the Derby be a replay of the BC Juvenile?
By: by Jeff Frank, Contributing Editor; SPORTS NETWORK
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - War Pass and Pyro ran one-two in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last year at Monmouth Park, after finishing in that same exact order in the Champagne at Belmont three weeks earlier.
So far in 2008, the two top-rated three-year-olds have combined for three vict
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Visionaire surges to victory in Gotham Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - Morning-line favorite Visionaire caught Texas Wildcatter at the wire to win Saturday's $250,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct. The 1 1/16 mile Gotham is the final prep race for the A
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Pyro burns brightest in Louisiana Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Odds-on favorite Pyro put himself at the head of the three-year-old class Saturday with a convincing victory in the $600,000 Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds. The 1 1/16 mile race is a major event on the way to the Kentucky Derby.
Ridden by regular jocke
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Weekly Television Schedule
- March 22
- Lane's End Stakes, 6:00-7:00pm, ESPN
- March 29
Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
- March 16
- Gulfstream Park, Mac Diarmida H. (G2), $150,000, 4&up, 11f T
- Oaklawn Park, Honeybee S. (G3), $100,000, 3yo f, 8.5f
- Santa Anita, Crystal Water H., $100,00
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Weighing In On Class And Condition
By: Ray Taulbot
Every turf investor of any real experience knows thatclass is one of the two most important factors in the production of winning selections.Condition, of course, is the other. These two factors combine to produce more winners thanany other two factors in the handicapping p
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