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HRRN recognized with Media Eclipse Award
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - The Media Eclipse Award in the Audio/Multi- Media Internet category has been given to the Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN) for its live coverage of the 2010 Breeders' Cup World Championships.
"It's overwhelming to win the Eclipse Award," said Mike Penna, Pres
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Laurel Park stakes schedule released
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Laurel, MD (Sports Network) - Now that an agreement has been reached that will allow thoroughbred racing to be conducted in Maryland during 2011, the Maryland Jockey Club has been able to finalize its stakes schedule for the Laurel Park winter meet.
"We couldn't focus on the stakes schedule
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ESPN wins second straight Media Eclipse Award
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - For the second straight year ESPN has been awarded the Media Eclipse Award for Television - Live Racing Programming. The network was recognized for its 2010 broadcast of the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Last year ESPN won the prize for its telecast of th
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Bobby Frankel to be honored by Santa Anita
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - The late Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel will be remembered with the renaming of a stakes race at Santa Anita Park.
The track has announced that the $150,000 San Gorgonio Handicap is to be renamed the Robert J. Frankel Memorial Handicap. The 1 1/8-mile turf
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Two trainers with different situations
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Gulfstream Park is the winter home for many top racing stables, mainly from the northeast, in the nation. Well known names in the training profession populate Gulfstream's barns.
Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito is a regular during the Gulfstream meet while
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HRTV garners Media Eclipse Award
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - A documentary about 1984 Kentucky Derby winner Swale has given HRTV its third Media Eclipse Award for Television Feature programming. The Eclipse Awards are voted on by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Wri
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
December 30
- Sunland Park: Red Hedeman Mile, $120,000, 2yo, 8f
January 1
- Calder Race Course: Stage Door Betty H., $100,000, 3&up f&m, 8.5f
- Calder Race Course: Tropical Park Derby, $100,000, 3yo, 9f T
- Golden Gate Fields: Cal
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