THRU THE BINOCS
By: JOHN PIESEN
WHERE HAVE ALL THE 3 YEAR OLD GONE?
I know racing folks seem to ask the same question about this time every year: Where have all the 3-year-olds gone?
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Betting Trainer Angle
By: Ray Taulbot
Many players believe that horse trainers are crooks. Instead of making their selections on the basis of sound handicapping and logic, they work with a presumptive idea that there is skullduggery in every race.
We have
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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD
By: JOE GIRARDI
The Oak Tree meeting at
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Afleet Express shelved for rest of year
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Travers Stakes winner Afleet Express has been taken out of training for the remainder of the year due to a ligament tear. Trainer Jimmy Jerkens said Wednesday that the three
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Bonus payments coming to Del Mar horsemen
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Del Mar, CA (Sports Network) - The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club announced Tuesday it will release, retroactively, additional monies from its recently concluded 2010 racing season. The horsemen will soon receive upwards of $900,000 in additional purses.
"Our horsemen were, along with racing fans
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Seven set for Pennsylvania Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Bensalem, PA (Sports Network) - A small, but solid field of seven three-year- olds has been entered for Saturday's 31st running of the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing, formerly known as Philadelphia Park.
Eclipse Award winning trainer Todd Pletcher will saddle Exhi in an attempt
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NTRA Poll shows minor reshuffling
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - All but two of the horses in the top 10 retained their positions in week 29 of the NTRA National Thoroughbred Poll. None of the thoroughbreds dropped out, but there was a minor switch near the bottom of the top 10.
Two-time cha
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Woodbine Mile goes to Court Vision
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Sunday's racing program at Woodbine Race Course featured three turf stakes leading to the Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs in November.
The featured race was the $1 million Woodbine Mile which was won by Court Vision and rider R
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Breeders' Cup preview held at Presque Isle
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - A pair of potential Breeders' Cup champions were on display this past weekend at Presque Isle Downs in beautiful Erie, PA. Gayego and Informed Decision posted victories in stakes races on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
Former Arkansas Derby winner Gaye
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WEEKLY TELEVISION SCHEDULE
September 25
- Run for the Roses: The Kentucky Derby and the Business of Horse Racing, 11:00-12:00pm, CNBC
October 2
- Racing from Belmont, 5:00-6:00pm, MSG (Jockey Club Gold Cup)
- Breeders' Cup Challenge, 6:00-7:30pm, ESPN Classic
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
September 25
- Belmont Park: Gallant Bloom H, (G2), $150,000, 3&up, F&M, 6.5f
- Belmont Park: Brave Raj Breeders' Cup S., $85,000, 2yo f, 8.32f
- Belmont Park: Foolish Pleasure Breeders' Cup S., $85,000, 2yo, 8.32f
- Delaware Park: Kent Breeders' Cup S, (G3),
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