Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Wigmore Hall, a two-time winner of the Northern Dancer Stakes, tops a field of 11 for Sunday's $1.5 million Canadian International at Woodbine Race Course. The 1 1/2-mile turf race is one of three Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" races on the day.
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Animal Kingdom, 2011 Kentucky Derby winner, continues to train for a return to the races in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, Nov. 3. The 4-year-old has not raced since winning on the turf at Gulfstream Park on Feb.
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Up the Backstretch: Classy mare heads into retirement
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - Word came out of Maryland Thursday that multiple stakes- winning mare Aruna has been retired from racing. The 5-year-old ran her last race at Keeneland on Sunday in the Spinster Stakes.
It was appropriate that the Spinster was Aruna's final start. She won the race last yea
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Dullahan recoups for Breeders' Cup
By: JOE GIRARDI
Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Dullahan's disappointing fifth-place finish in last week's Jamaica Handicap at Belmont Park proved to trainer Dale Romans that the 3-year-old only runs well on firm turf courses and not the 'good' course that showed up for the 1 1/8-mile stakes.
"He has proven t
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile next for Champagne champ
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Champagne Stakes winner Shanghai Bobby will make his next start in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita on Saturday, Nov. 3.
The 2-year-old colt is owned by Starlight Racing and trained by Todd Pletcher.
"Todd and I discussed our optio
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Wise Dan regains lead from Game On Dude in NTRA poll
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - The back and forth between Wise Dan and Game One Dude for leadership of the NTRA National Thoroughbred Poll continues in week 32 of the voting.
Following a decisive victory Saturday in the Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland, Wise Dan returns to first-place over G
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Acclamation to miss Breeders' Cup
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Eclipse Award winner Acclamation will again miss the Breeders' Cup World Championships due to injury. He was held out of last year's Breeders' Cup with an injury.
Trainer Don Warren reported that the 2011 champion older male thoroughbred has a sprained ligament
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Wise Dan runs away with Shadwell Turf Mile
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Odds-on favorite Wise Dan served notice for next month's Breeders' Cup with a dominating victory in Saturday's 27th running of the $750,000 Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland Racecourse. The win came less than three weeks after the gelding captured the Woodbine Mile.
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King David reigns in Jamaica Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Longshot King David got rolling in late stretch to capture Saturday's $400,000 Jamaica Handicap for 3-year-olds at Belmont Park. The colt covered the 1 1/8-miles on Belmont's inner turf course in 1:52.91.
Leading the seven-horse field was 17-10 favorite Dullahan
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Power Broker and Steeler are first under new Derby points system
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - The first two races in the new points-based "Road to the Kentucky Derby" series are in the books, giving a pair of 2-year- olds the early lead. The new system replaces the use of graded stakes earnings as the criteria for the 20 Kentucky Derby starters.
Pick
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Up the Backstretch: Romans' 3-year-olds in Eclipse mix
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - Trainer Dale Romans is having the kind of year that any conditioner would love to have. The Kentucky native will continue his high- flying season Saturday afternoon when he sends out his two best 3-year-olds.
In about a 15-minute span, Romans will have Dullahan and Silver
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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
October 12
- Keeneland: Buffalo Trace Franklin County S., $100,000, 3&up, f&m, 5.5f (turf)
- Thistledown: Best Of Ohio Distaff, $75,000, 3&up, f&m, 9f
- Thistledown: Best Of Ohio Endurance, $75,000, 3&up, 10f
- Thistledown: John W. Galbreath Memorial
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