THRU THE BINOCULARS
By: JOHN PIESEN
TIZ THE SEASON
It's three months and change to the Kentucky Derby, which means it's time to get started on my personal Road to the Triple Crown. <
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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
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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD
By: JOE GIRARDI
In an article in the Daily Racing Form it states that a judge dismissed the New York City Off-Track Betting Bankruptcy case.
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Nine entered for Holy Bull Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - The Gulfstream Park trail to the Kentucky Derby begins in earnest Sunday with the 22nd edition of the $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes. The one-mile race has attracted ni
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Eclipse Award winners to mate
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Versailles, KY (Sports Network) - Horse of the Year Zenyatta will be bred to a former Triple Crown race winner as she begins her life as a broodmare.
Jerry and Ann Moss, owners of the four-time Eclipse Award champ. announced Wednesday that the seven-year-old mare will be bred to 2006 Preakne
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Grant goes to Keeneland for library
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington. KY (Sports Network) - Keeneland Race Course will receive a national grant for its library of thoroughbred history. The Keeneland Library is one of the world's largest institutions devoted to preserving thoroughbred racing information.
The National Endowment for the Humanities is a
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Wednesday racing coming to Arlington Park
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arlington Heights, IL (Sports Network) - Arlington Park, home of the Arlington Million, has decided to rearrange its weekday racing schedule. The first two months of the 2011 season will have racing on Wednesday instead of Thursday.
"Racing on Wednesdays during May and June will better posit
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An early look at the Handicap division
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The new year in horse racing means a rekindling of interest in three-year-old thoroughbreds being readied for the Kentucky Derby. However, the older horses are just as intriguing as their younger counterparts.
It's a long way until the Breeders' Cup, but n
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Derby hopeful Soldat takes allowance
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Three-year-old colt Soldat, trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, began his path on the Kentucky Derby Trail with a victory in Friday's ninth race at Gulfstream Park. The colt was the 6-5 favorite in the seven horse field off his second-place finish in last year's
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Overnight purses to go up at Laurel Park
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Laurel, MD (Sports Network) - Slot machine gambling has proven to be of benefit to the horse racing industry in Maryland. The Maryland Jockey Club announced Friday that overnight purses will increase, beginning February 2.
The daily purses are expected to go up by an average of $26,000 per d
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
January 29
- Gulfstream Park: Sunshine Millions Classic, $500,000, 4&up, 9f
- Gulfstream Park: Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf, $300,000, 4&up f&m, 9f T
- Gulfstream Park: Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Sprint, $200,000, 4&up f&m, 6f
- Por
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