The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues as we take a look at some prep races that were run over the last fe
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Union Rags debuts in Fountain of Youth
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Early Kentucky Derby favorite Union Rags heads the field for Sunday's $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/16-mile stakes has attracted eight three-year-olds on the Kentucky Derby trail.
Owned by Chadds Ford Stable, Union Rags
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Major jump in Oaklawn purses
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Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - Just weeks after Oaklawn Park announced a $5,000 a day increase in purses, the track will boost overnight purses an additional $100,000 per week. The $800,000 total increase puts the track's 2012 purse distribution at nearly $18
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Let's be Frank: Don't overlook Discreet Dancer this weekend
By: By Jeff Frank, Contributing Editor
(Sports Network) - With the top two early Kentucky Derby favorites - Union Rags (trainer Michael Matz) and Algorithms (Todd Pletcher) - lining up for Sunday's Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park, it is easy to forget about another of Pletcher's top 3-year-olds, Discreet Dancer.
The s
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Royal Delta set for Sabin
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Champion filly Royal Delta is ready to make her 2012 debut in Saturday's $100,000 Sabin Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The four-year-old will face four challengers in the 1 1/6-mile race.
Royal Delta, winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic, wi
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Queen's Plate highlights Woodbine stakes
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - The 153rd edition of the $1 million Queen's Plate headlines the 2012 Woodbine Race Course stakes schedule. The historic track will offer 102 stakes worth a total of $23 million.
The 1 1/4-mile Queen's Plate for three-year-olds is the premier race offered at Woo
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Havre de Grace headed to Oaklawn Park
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Reigning Horse of the Year Havre de Grace will start her 2012 racing season at Oaklawn Park in the Azeri on March 17. The champion mare won the 1 1/16-mile stakes last year to begin her four-year- old campaign.
"Larry (trainer Larry Jones) and I have mapped
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Up the backstretch: Turf horse took to Golden Gate's artificial track
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - A 3-year-old colt that had never won a race except on the grass came away Saturday with a key victory on a synthetic surface. The change in surfaces for Daddy Nose Best proved to be beneficial for him to win the El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields.
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Baffert takes both Southwest Stakes divisions
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Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - Trainer Bob Baffert sent two horses to Oaklawn Park for the Presidents' Day running of the Southwest Stakes hoping to come away with one victory. However, the race drew 21 entries splitting it into two divisions, each worth $250,000.
Baffert came away from
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Weekly Television Schedule
February 26
- Luck (ep.5), 9:00PM-10:00PM, HBO
- Luck (ep.5), 11:00PM-12:00AM, HBO (there will be multiple repeats, check your local guide)
March 24
- Vinery Spiral and Bourbonette Oaks, 5:00PM-6:00PM, NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus)
March
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
February 25
- Aqueduct: Busher S., $75,000, 3yo f, 8.5f
- Fair Grounds: Risen Star S. (G2), $300,000, 3yo, 8.5f
- Fair Grounds: Rachel Alexandra S. (G3), $200,000, 3yo f, 8.5f
- Fair Grounds: Fair Grounds H. (G3), $125,000, 4&up, 9f T
- Fair Grounds: Mineshaft H.
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