There were two Kentucky Derby Prep races run over the February 25-26th weekend, with the Risen St
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New Jersey Horsemen to lease Monmouth Park
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Trenton, NJ (Sports Network) - Under terms of a lease signed by the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority (NJSEA) the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NJTHA) will operate Monmouth Park. The NJSEA signed the lease Thursday and a closing is expected by the first week in May 20
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Purses to be reduced at Turfway Park
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Florence, KY (Sports Network) - Because race days have not had to be canceled this year, Turfway Park is forced to reduce overnight purses by 25 percent beginning with Saturday's program.
Turfway, home of the Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes, is trying to make up for an overpayment of purses due
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Let's be Frank: Kentucky Derby Pool 2 top plays
By: By Jeff Frank, Contributing Editor
(Sports Network) - Union Rags cemented his spot as the early favorite for the 2012 Kentucky Derby with his smashing win in last Sunday's Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Now the big question is, will the public make him the betting choice in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager?
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Hansen back in action for Gotham Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - Champion colt Hansen will try to make amends for a season-opening loss when he starts in Saturday's $400,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct. The Eclipse Award winner will take on 12 rivals in the 1 1/16-mile race leading to the $1 million Wood Memorial on April 7.
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13 for Santa Anita Handicap, no Game On Dude
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - The 75th running of the Santa Anita Handicap (Big 'Cap) on Saturday will have a field of 13 older thoroughbreds with the notable absence of last year's winner Game On Dude. The five-year-old gelding is skipping the $750,000 1 1/4-mile race for the $10 million Dubai
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Purse increases for New York stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - The New York Racing Association (NYRA) has released it's schedule of stakes races for this year's Belmont Park spring and Saratoga Race Course meets. Both meetings will have boosts to purses for all levels of races.
"The purse increases for overnight and sta
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Mutuel field and Union Rags head Kentucky Derby Future Wager
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - The mutuel field and leading three-year-old Union Rags headline the second of three Kentucky Derby Future Wagers for the 2012 Run for the Roses.
The Future Wager, comprised of 23 individual three-year-olds plus the mutuel field, opens Friday at noon (ET) and
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Injury forces Algorithms off Triple Crown trail
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Boynton Beach, FL (Sports Network) - X-rays taken of three-year-old colt Algorithms' right front leg have revealed a fractured splint that will require surgery. The colt's trainer Todd Pletcher and owner Jack Wolf put out a statement Tuesday afternoon.
"We are hoping that he only requires a
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Pimlico Special added to Black-Eyed Susan card
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Pimlico Race Course's 2012 spring stakes schedule and racing days have received final approval from the Maryland Racing Commission. The eight-week race meet is highlighted by the 137th $1 million Preakness Stakes on Saturday, May 19.
An added bonus to the sta
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Weekly Television Schedule
March 4
- Luck (ep.6), 9:00PM-10:00PM, HBO
- Luck (ep.6), 11:00PM-12:00AM, HBO (there will be multiple repeats, check your local guide)
March 11
- Luck (ep.7), 9:00PM-10:00PM, HBO
- Luck (ep.7), 11:00PM-12:00AM, HBO (there will be multiple repeats, check
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
March 3
- Aqueduct: Gotham S. (G3), $400,000, 3yo, 8.5f
- Aqueduct: Tom Fool H. (G3), $200,000, 3&up, 6f
- Aqueduct: Top Flight H. (G2), $200,000, 3&up, f&m, 8.5f
- Aqueduct: Kings Point S., $75,000, 3&up, 8.5f
- Delta Downs: Azalea S., $75,000, 3yo f,
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