As we move towards the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May let’s take a look at a few of the preps tha
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Rosario to ride Animal Kingdom
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - With jockey Ramon Dominguez hospitalized after suffering a fractured skull, trainer Graham Motion and owner Team Valor International have named Joel Rosario as Animal Kingdom's jockey.
Rosario will be aboard the 2011 Kentucky Derb
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Smarty Jones winner doing fine
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Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - Smarty Jones Stakes winner Will Take Charge gave his trainer a start after stumbling when being pulled up after winning by a neck at Oaklawn Park.
"He's fine and was fine when we got him back to the barn (Monday) afternoon," said Hall of Fame trainer D. Way
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Application set for racing at Woodbine
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - An application for 133 thoroughbred race days in 2013 at Woodbine will be made by the Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG). The announcement comes one day after an agreement was reached between WEG and the province of Ontario.
"I am delighte
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Up the Backstretch: Champion gets party started
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - The first of the year is the historic beginning of the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The early stakes are preliminary tests, however, for the lesser regarded 3-year-olds.
It's not until the previous year's champion 2-year-old makes his first start does the actual trek begin
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Infection hampered Brown Almighty
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - Brown Almighty, the 3-1 second pick in Monday's Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park, was hampered during the race with a lung infection. The 3-year-old colt finished fifth behind longshot Will Take Charge.
"He scoped a five out of five," trainer Tim Ice con
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Racing to continue at Woodbine
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Horse racing will continue for at least the next two years at Woodbine and Mohawk Racetracks after an agreement in principle has been reached between Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) and the province of Ontario.
"This long-awaited agreement offers stability w
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Shanghai Bobby headlines Holy Bull Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Champion colt Shanghai Bobby begins his road to the Kentucky Derby on Saturday with the $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The Eclipse Award winning colt will take on nine challengers in the 1 1/16-mile stakes.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, last
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Six entered for inaugural Houston Ladies Classic
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Houston, TX (Sports Network) - The first ever running of the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic on Saturday at Sam Houston Race Park has attracted a field of six females. The richest race in Texas history will be conducted at the distance of 1 1/16-miles with a post-time of 10:45 p.m. (ET).
Lea
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Dominguez improving, moved to new hospital
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - Eclipse Award winning jockey Ramon Dominguez continues to show improvement as he recovers from a fractured skull. The champion rider has been transferred from Jamaica Hospital in Queens to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan.
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Turfway Park adds February dates
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Florence, KY (Sports Network) - Turfway Park has elected to pick up the option to add four racing days to its February schedule. The track, home of the Spiral Stakes, will conduct race cards on all four Fridays and Saturdays in February.
"Our decision to race these dates was influenced by ou
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Fleur de Lis purse bump aimed at Royal Delta
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Two-time Eclipse Award winner Royal Delta has an added 25,000 reasons for returning to Churchill Downs in June. The champion mare will have the opportunity to defend her crown in the Fleur de Lis Handicap with more money on the line than last year.
Churchill
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Purse increases announced by Churchill Downs
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Churchill Downs' 2013 spring race meet gets underway on Saturday, April 27, highlighted by the 139th Kentucky Derby on May 4. The meeting, ending on June 30, will feature several stakes races getting significant purse increases.
The 1 1/8-mile Stephen Foster
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Will Take Charge steals Smarty Jones Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - Longshot Will Take Charge, breaking from the outside post, captured Oaklawn Park's $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes on Monday to begin the track's series for Kentucky Derby hopefuls.
The one-mile Smarty Jones is the first of three stakes leading up to the $1 mi
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Is Oxbow a legitimate Kentucky Derby contender?
By: By Jeff Frank, The Sports Analyst
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - D. Wayne Lukas has not been much of a factor in the Triple Crown races in recent years but the Hall of Fame trainer unleashed a runaway winner in the Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds this past Saturday.
Oxbow, ridden by Jon Court, demolished Golden Soul by 1
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Wise Dan voted 2012 Horse of the Year
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Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Wise Dan, winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Mile, has been voted the 2012 Horse of the Year. The announcement came Saturday night during the 42nd annual Eclipse Awards dinner at Gulfstream Park.
Wise Dan, owned by Morton Fink, was a finalist for thor
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Weekly Television Schedule
June 8
- Belmont Stakes, 5-7:00PM, NBC
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
January 26
- Fair Grounds: F.W. Gaudin Memorial S., $75,000, 4&up, 6f
- Fair Grounds: To Be Announced, $75,000, 3yo, 5.5f (turf)
- Gulfstream Park: Holy Bull S. (G3), $400,000, 3yo, 8.5f
- Gulfstream Park: Forward Gal S. (G2), $200,000, 3yo f, 7f
- Tampa Bay Downs
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