BREEDERS' CUP POST-MORTEMS
By: John Piesen
I've had better Breeders' Cups, but this wasn't bad.
I nailed two double-digit winners (Caleb's Posse, $15.60 and Hansen, $16.20) on Saturday's nine-race BC program, but, with any luck, it could have been much better
Force Freeze (7-1) and Sea Moon (3-1) finished second, Farraaj w
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Betting Trainer Angle
By: Ray Taulbot
Many players believe that horse trainers are crooks. Instead of making their selections on the basis of sound handicapping and logic, they work with a presumptive idea that there is skullduggery in every race.
We have
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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD
By: JOE GIRARDI
The 2011 Breeders’ Cup is in the books, 15 races encompassed the Breeders’ Cup this year and it came over two days. We will take a look at some of the highlights of these two days. The newest race, the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint
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Ladies' Classic champ Royal Delta sold
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Champion filly Royal Delta was sold Tuesday night at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The winner of last week's Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic went for $8.5 mil
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Owner setting 2012 plans for Havre de Grace
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Stanton, DE (Sports Network) - Four-year-old filly Havre de Grace will recuperate from this year's Breeders' Cup Classic and then begin training for another racing season in 2012. The top vote getter in the final NTRA Poll is back home from Churchill Downs for her owner Rick Porter and trainer La
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Keeping Breeders' Cup Classic winner in training
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - These days top flight thoroughbreds rarely keep racing beyond the age of four. So it's news when there is even a suggestion that a leading racehorse might remain in training.
Breeders' Cup Classic winner Drosselmeyer was to be retired from racing after las
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Easy win for Mucho Macho Man in return
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - Former Triple Crown contender Mucho Macho Man made a successful return to the races Wednesday at Aqueduct. The three- year-old was making his first start since the Belmont Stakes.
Starting in an optional/allowance race for trainer Kathy Ritvo, the colt quick
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2012 Kentucky Derby preps to be shown on NBC
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Six important races leading to the 2012 Kentucky Derby will be broadcast by NBC Sports. Next year's Run for the Roses will shown by NBC on Saturday, May 6.
NBC Sports, which includes NBC, CNBC and the NBC Sports Group, will begin the series on March 24 with th
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Uncle Mo retired from racing
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Eclipse Award winning colt Uncle Mo has been retired from racing with a recurrence of a medical condition. The three-year- old's owner Mike Repole made the announcement on Monday.
Uncle Mo, who finished 10th in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic, was found to have
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Breeders' Cup 2011 - What a mess!
By: by Jeff Frank, Contributing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - There have been multiple reasons why horse racing has declined as a viable sport over the last five years. The three main causes that come to mind are drug scandals, race-day medication debates, and the breakdown of high profile horses such as Barbaro and Eight
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Weekly Television Schedule
November 12
- Movie: April Love, 8:30-10:00AM, FMC
November 14
- Movie: Secretariat, 2:45AM-4:50AM, Starz
- Movie: Secretariat, 10:15AM-12:25PM, Starz
- Movie: Secretariat, 6:30-8:38PM, Starz
November 16
Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
November 11
- Remington Park: Clever Trevor S., $100,000, 2yo, 7f
November 12
- Aqueduct: Long Island H. (G3), $150,000, 3&up f&m, 12f T
- Calder Race Course: Carl G. Rose H., $150,000, 3&up, 9f
- Calder Race Course: Elmer Heubeck
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