AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD
By: JOE GIRARDI
Saratoga got their meeting underway on Friday July 20th and they will run through Labor Day Septe
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MONEY MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS
By: RAY TAULBOT
We are keenly aware that what one player considers a good winning percentage may not appear very good to another player. Likewise, what one bettor considers good odds maybe regarded by another bettor as something less than satisfactor
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Hansen not ducking anyone
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Champion colt Hansen will be making his second start since finishing ninth in the Kentucky Derby in Saturday's $750,000 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Park. The nearly all white three- year-old will face nine rivals in the 1 1/8 mile stakes.
The West V
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Nine to do battle in Whitney Handicap
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports Network) - Nine of the finest older thoroughbreds in training will face each other Saturday in the $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap at Saratoga Race Course. The 1 1/8 mile stakes is a "Win and You're In" race for this November's Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa An
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Paynter shows improvement
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports Network) - Haskell Invitational winner Paynter showed improvement Wednesday morning one day after spiking a fever. The colt is scheduled to make his next start in the 143rd Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 25.
Trainer Bob Baffert tweeted Wednesday, "Paynter muc
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Up the Backstretch: Three-year-olds start second season
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - The second half of the 2012 racing season for three-year- olds began this past weekend with a pair of dominating victories. Since the two horses that won the Triple Crown races are both retired, the division crown is still up for grabs.
First up Saturday at Saratoga was th
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Game On Dude in first, Paynter enters NTRA Poll
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Trainer Bob Baffert watched from Del Mar on Sunday as his three-year-old colt Paynter won convincingly at Monmouth Park in the $1 million Haskell Invitational.
The win put the lightly-raced horse into the National Thoroughbred Poll for the first time. Baffert
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Paynter gives trainer sixth Haskell
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Oceanport, NJ (Sports Network) - Even-money favorite Paynter ran away down the stretch in winning Sunday's $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. The victory is the third in a row for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert and sixth overall in the 1 1/8 mile stakes.
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Rail Trip captures San Diego Handicap
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Del Mar, CA (Sports Network) - Rail Trip, racing just off the rail, snapped an eight race losing streak by winning the 71st running of the San Diego Handicap on Saturday at Del Mar. The San Diego is the major prep race for the $1 million Pacific Classic on Sunday, August 26.
The San Diego is
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Alpha is top dog in Jim Dandy Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports Network) - A sloppy track did not stop Alpha from posting a wire-to-wire victory in Saturday's $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. The 1 1/8 mile stakes for three-year-olds leads into the $1 million Travers on August 25.
Breaking from the inside po
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Weekly Television Schedule
August 11
- Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga, 6:00-7:00PM, NBC Sports Network
August 12
- Adirondack and Saratoga Special at Saratoga, 6:00-7:00PM, NBC Sports Network
August 18
Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
August 3
- Del Mar: Real Good Deal S., $200,000, 3yo, 7f
- Penn National: Robellino S., $75,000, 3&up, Pennsylvania bred, 8.5f T
- Russian Rhythm H, $75,000, 3&up, f&m, 5f T
- Saratoga: Honorable Miss H (G2), $200,000, 3&up, f&m, 6f
- John's Call P
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HOOFBEATS FROM THE PAST-JOCKEYS
By: HOWARD ROWE
The following is an ar
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