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63 remain eligible for 2011 Queen's Plate
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - A total of 63 three-year-olds remain eligible for this year's 152nd running of the $1 million Queen's Plate at Woodbine Racecourse. The 1 1/4-mile Queen's Plate will be held on Sunday, June 26 and is open to thoroughbreds foaled in Canada.
Among the three-year-
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Compare and contrast Animal Kingdom races
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Animal Kingdom is proving to be a most consistent thoroughbred. The three-year-old colt has posted consecutive 2 3/4- length victories in the Kentucky Derby and Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes.
In both races the Graham Motion-trained horse came from well off t
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Autopsy performed on Michael Baze, inconclusive
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - An autopsy performed Wednesday on jockey Michael Baze has proven to be inconclusive for the cause of the 24-year-old's death. Baze was discovered dead Tuesday afternoon in his car at Churchill Downs.
The Jefferon County, KY coroner's office was unable to det
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Animal Kingdom headed back to Maryland for Preakness
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom will take the long van ride from Louisville to Maryland on Tuesday morning as he and his connections prepare for the 136th Preakness Stakes. The middle jewel in racing's Triple Crown will go off at Pimlico Racecourse on Satu
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Archarcharch retired with fracture
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Arkansas Derby winner Archarcharch has been retired from racing after suffering an injury during the running of Saturday's 137th Kentucky Derby. The colt underwent surgery on Sunday for a broken leg.
"The horse came through it really good, but there was too
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Could a Triple Crown champion finally emerge?
By: by Jeff Frank, Contributing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed...Animal Kingdom? That phrase sounds eerily similar to Sesame Street's "one of these things is not like the others." However, if Animal Kingdom should win the Preakness, the Triple Crown will be a forgone conclusion since no
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Uncle Mo continues treatment at WinStar Farm
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Eclipse Award winner Uncle Mo has been sent to WinStar Farm to continue his medical treatment. The three-year-old colt was scratched from last week's Kentucky Derby after being examined by three veterinarians on Thursday.
"It makes sense to keep him in the L
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Plum Pretty is sweet in winning Kentucky Oaks
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Plum Pretty, ridden by Martin Garcia, held off the late running St. John's River to capture Friday's $1 million Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/8-mile race for three-year-old fillies is the companion event to the Kentucky Derby.
Breaking from the 1
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Animal Kingdom captures the 137th Kentucky Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Animal Kingdom, ridden by John Velazquez, surged down the stretch to capture Saturday's 137th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The time for the 1 1/4-miles was 2:02.04 on a fast track.
Animal Kingdom now has the opportunity to become the fir
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American Turf Club Lead
By: Joe Girardi
Kentucky Derby 137 has now come and gone and with the amount of stories leading into the race—when the race was over there was another story. Ninete
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