PICTURE PERFECT?
By: by John Piesen
At times, we all have been wrong calling photos, but I've never seen a case quite like the fifth race at Keeneland last Sunday.
Fort Harrod, the favorite, looked home free when he opened a two-length lead at the eighth pole of the mile and a half-grass race. But Carnival Ride, running like
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Class Moves and Those Suspicious Odds Patterns
By: Ray Taulbot
There are several reasons for shifts up and down in claiming price. For example, when a horse is being raced into condition the class in which it is ente
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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD-SYSTEM GIVING POINTS
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Gio Ponti secures Breeders' Cup spot
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - He was probably going to get in anyway. But Saturday, three-time Eclipse Award winner Gio Ponti made it official he was going to have a place reserved in
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Woodbine forced to cancel Thursday program
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Unsafe track conditions prompted Woodbine Race Course to cancel Thursday's racing card. Heavy overnight rain caused the synthetic main track to become unsafe.
"Extraordinary rains have simply overwhelmed our drainage," said Woodbine Entertainment Group's vice-p
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Havre de Grace in high spirits at Keeneland
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Top rated thoroughbred Havre de Grace is less than a week away from taking to the track for a timed workout ahead of this year's Breeders' Cup. Owned by Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farm, the four-year-old filly is currently stabled at K
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Pender Harbour versus 12 in Bunty Lawless
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Prince of Wales Stakes winner Pender Harbour heads a field of 13 Ontario-breds for Saturday's $125,000 Bunty Lawless Stakes at Woodbine Race Course. The three-year-old gelding will start from post 10 with Luis Contreras again riding.
Trained by Michael De Paulo
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Sprinters work for Breeders' Cup
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - A pair of highly regarded sprinters took to Churchill Down's main track Wednesday morning in preparation for the 28th Breeders' Cup on November 5. Chamberlain Bridge and Giant Ryan each had workouts on a track listed as 'wet fast.'
Chamberlain Bridge, defend
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Jamie Frost elevated at Castleton Lyons
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Longtime horseman Jamie Frost has been appointed as Equine Manager at Castleton Lyons. The farm posted the promotion on its website.
Frost had been serving as the Broodmare Manager at Castleton Lyons for the last three years. He had previous positions at top
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Frankel shows his class in the Queen Elizabeth II
By: by Jeff Frank, Contributing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Breeders' Cup is still weeks away but this year the two-day event will not showcase the top horse of 2011.
Frankel, fresh off his ninth consecutive victory in Saturday's Queen Elizabe
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Big smile for Sarah Lynx in Canadian International
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Sarah Lynx, the only filly in the field, took command at the top of the stretch and went on to capture Sunday's $1.5 million Canadian International at Woodbine Race Course. The four-year-old covered the 1 1/2-miles in 2:34.90 on a tu
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Queen Elizabeth II Turf comes Together
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Together, just one week after her last race, captured Saturday's 28th edition of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup on the turf at Keeneland. The filly defeated seven other three-year-old females in the $400,000 stakes.
Winter Memories was sent off as the 7
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Weekly Television Schedule
October 23
- The Black Stallion, 6:00-8:00PM, TCM
November 4
- Breeders' Cup World Championships, Churchill Downs, 4:00PM-8:00PM, ESPN2
November 5
- Breeders' Cup World Championships, Churchill Downs, 2:00-3:30PM, ABC
- Breeders' Cup Wo
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
October 21
- Keeneland: Pin Oak Valley View S. (G3), $150,000, 3yo f, 8.5f T
October 22
- Belmont Park: Empire Classic H., $200,000, 3&up, 9f
- Belmont Park: Hudson H., $125,000, 3&up, 6f
- Belmont Park: Iroquois H., $125,000, 3&up
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