There was one prep race over the weekend of March 17th and 18th. It came on St. Patric
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Field of 12 entered for Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Florence, KY (Sports Network) - An evenly matched field of 12 three-year-olds has been entered for Saturday's $500,000 Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park. The 1 1/8-mile race will be run on Turfway's all-weather main track.
Last year Animal Kingdom won the Spiral Stakes as his last
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"Win and You're In" expands for 2012
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - A total of 73 races have been scheduled as part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" program for this year. Racetracks in 10 countries will participate in the program where winners of designated races gain automatic entry into Breeders' Cup races.
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Race schedule forming for Havre de Grace
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Owner Rick Porter and trainer Larry Jones are formulating a schedule of upcoming races for reigning Horse of the Year Havre de Grace. The five-year-old mare began the year last week with a decisive win in the $150,000 New Orleans Ladies Stakes at Fair Grounds Ra
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Gemologist coming north for Wood Memorial
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - Fresh off a commanding season opening win at Gulfstream Park, three-year-old colt Gemologist will make his next start in the $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 7. Trainer Todd Pletcher confirmed the decision from Gulfstream.
"I thought it was a te
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Castaway headlines Sunland Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Sunland Park, NM (Sports Network) - Castaway, winner of a division in the Southwest Stakes, tops a field of eight three-year-olds for Sunday's $800,000 Sunland Derby at Sunland Park. This is the 10th running of the 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Derby prep.
Trained by Bob Baffert, Castaway will again b
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Mark Valeski working towards Louisiana Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Risen Star Stakes runner-up Mark Valeski put in his first workout Tuesday morning at Fair Grounds Race Course since his narrow loss to El Padrino.
The colt, trained by Larry Jones, was timed in 59 2/5 seconds for five- furlongs with jockey Rosie Napravnik r
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Animal Kingdom's people go for another Spiral Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Florence, KY (Sports Network) - This Saturday mark's an anniversary of sorts for Eclipse Award champion Animal Kingdom and his connections. It will be just under a year that the champion three-year-old of 2011 won the Spiral Stakes prior to capturing the Kentucky Derby.
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Derby winner will not come from Rebel Stakes
By: By Jeff Frank, Contributing Editor
(Sports Network) - No one can doubt the ability of Secret Circle, last Saturday's Rebel Stakes winner at Oaklawn Park. The 3-year-old has now picked up five victories in six lifetime starts, including a win in the inaugural Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint last November. But the son of Eddington wil
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Up the Backstretch: Secret Circle a sprinter no longer
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The main concern for trainers and owners with hopes of competing in the Kentucky Derby is whether their 3-year-old can handle the 1 1/4 miles of the Run for the Roses. As 2-year-olds and in the races leading to the first Saturday in May, the 10-furlong distance
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Havre de Grace and Union Rags lead NTRA Polls
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Havre de Grace, 2011 Horse of the Year, moved into the lead in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) National Poll off her commanding victory in Saturday's New Orleans Ladies Stakes. Union Rags remains atop the NTRA Three-Year-Old Poll
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Weekly Television Schedule
March 24
- Vinery Spiral and Bourbonette Oaks, 5:00PM-6:00PM, NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus)
March 25
- Luck (ep.9, Finale), 9:00PM-10:10PM, HBO
- Luck (ep.9, Finale), 11:10PM-12:20AM, HBO (there will be multiple repeats, check your local guide)
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
March 24
- Aqueduct: Broadway S., $75,000, 3&up, f&m, 6f
- Fair Grounds: Happy Ticket S., $75,000, 4&up, f&m, 5.5f T
- Gulfstream Park: Pan American S. (G2), $150,000, 4&up, 12f T
- Oaklawn Park: Hot Springs S., $75,000, 4&up, 6f
- Santa Anita:
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