With a brief break in the Kentucky Prep schedule we will take this week to write who we think our top three ye
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Shanghai Bobby and Goldencents lead under new Derby points system
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Saturday's Fountain of Youth and Risen Star Stakes mark the initial two races in the "Championship Series" part of the new "Road to the Kentucky Derby" points system. The 19-race "Prep Season" finished on Presidents' Day with the Southwest Stakes.
Leading th
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Heaven's Runway staying put for Arkansas Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - Third in Monday's Southwest Stakes, Heaven's Runway is now being pointed to the $1 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on April 13. The 3-year-old colt is trained by Joe Martin for owners Dr. K.K. Jayaraman and wife Dr. Devi Jayaraman.
"The Doc seems to
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Tough draw for Stall in Risen Star Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - When the field was drawn for Saturday's $400,000 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course, trainer Al Stall Jr. was obviously hoping his two 3-year-olds would get in with good post positions.
The two colts, Departing and Sunbean, both got into the race
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Up the Backstretch: New points system bringing out the horses
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - This is the first year of a new system for determining the field for the Kentucky Derby. Unlike previous years when earnings from graded stakes decided the 20-horse field for the Run for the Roses, Churchill Downs has instituted a points system for that purpose.
Not all gr
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Hollywood Park ready for 75th anniversary season
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Inglewood, CA (Sports Network) - Hollywood Park begins its 75th anniversary season on Thursday, April 25 with a schedule of stakes that totals more than $6.8 million. The 2013 spring/summer meeting extends through Sunday, July 14.
The premier event of the season will be the 74th running of t
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Rachel Alexandra improving after week from surgery
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Retired champion Rachel Alexandra remains in stable condition one week after undergoing abdominal surgery at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky.
The 2009 Horse of the Year has been taking short walks and has an improved appetite this week. She
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Brown Almighty through with dirt
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - It appears that 3-year-old colt Brown Almighty is off the Kentucky Derby trail and headed back to the turf. The chestnut colt finished up the track in Monday's Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park.
Trained by Tim Ice, Brown Almighty didn't
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Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan highlight Pimlico stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Pimlico Race Course's 10-week spring race meet gets underway April 4 highlighted by the 138th running of the $1 million Preakness Stakes on Saturday, May 18.
The middle jewel of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown is the centerpiece of Pimlico's stakes program
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Up the Backstretch: Time to get serious about Derby preps
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - The fields have already been drawn for the two important Kentucky Derby prep races to be held on Saturday. A total of 26 3-year-olds were entered for the Fountain of Youth and Risen Star Stakes as the trail get serious for Derby contenders.
Using Jeff Frank's "Dirty Dozen"
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Blacker back at HRTV
By: By Michael Fenrich, Contributing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - In many professions, people sometimes go back to where they started. As people go from job to job, they bring their past experiences to the new job.
For horse racing analyst Christina Olivares Blacker, she began her career at The Network for Horse Sports,
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Baffert wins third Southwest Stakes in two years
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - Even-money favorite Super Ninety Nine set the pace and never looked back Monday to win Oaklawn Park's $300,000 Southwest Stakes. The 1 1/16-mile stakes is a prep for the $1 million Arkansas Derby on April 13.
Trained by Bob Baffert, Super Ninety Nine took t
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Weekly Television Schedule
March 23
- Road to the Kentucky Derby preview show, 6:00–6:30PM, NBC Sports Network
March 30
- Florida Derby and Louisiana Derby, 6:00–7:00PM, NBC Sports Network
April 6
Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
February 23
- Fair Grounds: Risen Star S. (G2), $400,000, 3yo, 8.5f
- Fair Grounds: Rachel Alexandra S. (G3), $200,000, 3yo f, 8.5f
- Fair Grounds: Fair Grounds H. (G3), $150,000, 4&up, 9f (turf)
- Fair Grounds: Mineshaft H. (G3), $150,000, 4&up, 8.5f
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