THRU THE BINOCULARS
By: John Piesen
A SATURDAY SIX-PACK
By John Piesen:
The Road to the Triple Crown broadens somewhat Saturday with no less than six stakes carded for Kentuc
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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
Let’s take a look at a few prep races run over the weekend of February 19th-21st at three different tracks. There is only two
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Uncle Mo to debut in Timely Writer Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Breeders' Cup Juvenile champ Uncle Mo will make his three-year-old debut in the $100,000 Timely Writer Stakes next month at Gulfstream Park. The one-mile race will
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To Honor and Serve meets Soldat in the Fountain of Youth
By: By Jeff Frank, Contributing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Two of the leading Kentucky Derby contenders will square off in Saturday's Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park when To Honor and Serve and Soldat headline the Grade II event at 1 1/8 miles.
The race sports a purse of $400,000. The winner will gain
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Zenyatta and Bernardini brought together
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Versailles, KY (Sports Network) - Former Horse of the Year Zenyatta has been bred to 2006 Eclipse Award winner Bernardini. It is the second celebrity mating of the week in thoroughbred racing.
According to Zenyatta's website, the 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic winner was vanned from her Lane's E
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Queen's Plate leads over-stuffed Woodbine stakes schedule
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - The 152nd running of the Queen's Plate highlights the 2011 Woodbine Racecourse stakes schedule. The $1 million race for three-year-olds is one of 102 stakes worth $22 million.
Woodbine's 2011 racing season, with 167 days, gets underway on Saturday, April 2 and
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Triple Crown races to be on NBC
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - All three Triple Crown races will be broadcast by the NBC Sports Group, an agreement that begins this year and runs through 2015.
NBC Sports Group chairman Dick Ebersol made the announcement Tuesday morning along with Tom Chuckas, Maryland Jockey Club Presiden
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Archarcharch surprises to win Southwest Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - Archarcharch, ridden by Jon Court, swung wide around the final turn and went on to capture Monday's $250,000 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The Southwest Stakes is the first of Oaklawn's three major Kentucky Derby preps followed by the Rebel Stakes on March 1
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Horses of the Year meet in the breeding barn
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Two recent Horses of the Year were brought together Monday morning for the purpose of producing an offspring. Rachel Alexandra, 2009 Horse of the Year, and two-time Horse of the Year Curlin were bred at Lane's End Farm.
Both champion thoroughbreds are owned b
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Mutuel field and Uncle Mo favored in Kentucky Derby Future Wager
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - The first of three Kentucky Derby Future Wagers closed Sunday night with the mutuel field and Eclipse Award winner Uncle Mo getting the bulk of the backing. There were 24 betting interests including 23 individual three-year-olds along with a mutuel field.
Th
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
February 26
- Gulfstream Park: Fountain of Youth S. (G3), $400,000, 3yo, 9f
- Gulfstream Park: Davona Dale S. (G3), $250,000, 3yo f, 8f
- Gulfstream Park: Hutcheson S. (G3), $150,000, 3yo, 7f
- Santa Anita: Valentine Dancer H., $100,000, 4&up f&m, 8f T
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