The thir
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Don’t Be Afraid to Swing for the Fences
By: By Ray Taulbot
For more than a year, we tracked the effectiveness of an angle that was des
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Winslow Homer working toward return
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Ocala, FL (Sports Network) - Fox Hill Farm's Winslow Homer is making progress in his effort to return to the races. Owner Rick Porter notes on the farm's website that the five-year-old should shortly be joining trainer Larry Jones' stable.
"One of my favorite Fox Hill F
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Points system to determine Kentucky Derby entry
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - The process for determining entry into the Kentucky Derby will be changing beginning with the 139th Run for the Roses. A point system will replace the use of graded stakes earnings as the criteria for the 20 Kentucky Derby starters.
"Our primary driving moti
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Heavyweights collide in Stephen Foster Handicap
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Saturday's 31st running of the $400,000 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs is an early summer preview of the Breeders' Cup World Championships. In fact, the winner of the race automatically gains entry into the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Nine of the best
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Up the Backstretch: New look at 1973 Preakness
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - The recently concluded Triple Crown brings yearly focus to the three races in the series and the fact that no thoroughbred has swept the series since 1978. When it comes to winning the Triple Crown, however, one name stands above all others: Secretariat.
Secretariat, also
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Secretariat's Preakness time to be reviewed
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Now that the 2012 Triple Crown races have concluded a new look has been proposed into the running of the 1973 Preakness Stakes won by Secretariat. The final Preakness time record is the only one of the three races that is not currently held by the 1973 Triple Crow
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I'll Have Another finishes first in final poll
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - The results of the final NTRA Three-Year-Old Poll for 2012 are in and first place belongs to Kentucky Derby and Preakness champ I'll Have Another. The National Poll continues through the Breeders' Cup with a tie in the latest voting.
I'll Have Another, a unani
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Union Rags redeems himself in Belmont Stakes
By: By Jeff Frank, Contributing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - In a race that lacked any sort of luster due to the scratching of I'll Have Another, Union Rags picked up the pieces to defeat Paynter by a neck in the slowest (2:30 2/5) Belmont Stakes run on a fast track since 2000.
It also was the third slowest in over
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Weekly Television Schedule
November 2
- Breeders' Cup Friday, 4:00-8:00PM, NBC Sports Network
November 3
- Breeders' Cup Saturday, 3:30-8:00PM, NBC Sports Network
- Breeders' Cup Classic, 8:00-9:00PM, NBC
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
June 15
- Penn National: Lyphard S., $75,000, 3&up, f&m, 8.5f T
June 16
- Arlington Park: Black Tie Affair H., $125,000, 3&up, 8.5f T
- Arlington Park: Isaac Murphy H., $125,000, 3&up, f&m, 6f
- Arlington Park: Lincoln Heri
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