There was just one Derby Prep over the weekend of March 16th-17th. That race was the Reb
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Shakin It Up stretches out in Sunland Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Sunland Park, NM (Sports Network) - San Vicente Stakes winner Shakin It Up tops a field of nine 3-year-olds in Sunday's $800,000 Sunland Derby at Sunland Park. The 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Derby prep will have an approximate post-time of 7:40 p.m. (ET).
As part of the "Road to the Kentucky Derby"
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Field of 12 ready for Spiral Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Florence, KY (Sports Network) - A full field of 12 3-year-olds has been entered for Saturday's $550,000 Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park. The 1 1/8-mile stakes is Turfway's main prep event for the Kentucky Derby.
Winning the Spiral will be worth 50 points in the new Kentucky Derby points system
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Verrazano favored in final Derby Future Wager
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Tampa Bay Derby winner Verrazano has been installed as the 7-2 morning line favorite for the third and final Kentucky Derby Future Wager of 2013.
The Future Wager consists of 24 betting interests, including 23 individual 3- year-olds an
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General Election leads Spiral Stakes probables
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Florence, KY (Sports Network) - General Election, winner of the John Battaglia Memorial, is one of 16 3-year-olds who are listed as probable for Turfway Park's $550,000 Spiral Stakes on Saturday, March 23.
The field of the 1 1/8-mile Spiral will be limited to 12 with th
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Rachel Alexandra coming along well with treatment
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Former Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra is progressing well to the treatment she is receiving at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital and has a strong appetite.
The 7-year-old mare remains at the hospital almost two weeks after having an abscess drained on Mar
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Verrazano and Game On Dude remain atop NTRA Polls
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Week 3 of the NTRA Polls shows few changes among their respective Top 10s as Verrazano remains first in the NTRA 3-Year- Old Poll and Game On Dude leads the national rankings.
Verrazano, winner of the Tampa Bay Derby, received 25 first-place votes, a drop of t
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Queen's Plate highlights early Woodbine stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Canada's most prestigious thoroughbred race, the $1 million Queen's Plate, tops the stakes schedule at Woodbine during the track's opening half of its 2013 meeting. The stakes schedule was released Monday by Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG).
"We release this
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D. Wayne Lukas - Back on top
By: By Jeff Frank, The Sports Analyst
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - D. Wayne Lukas was the leading trainer in the United States (by earnings) for 10 straight years between 1983-1992. The venerable trainer also has four Kentucky Derby victories but the last one came way back in 1999.
The past 15 years has seen the likes of
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Will Take Charge rebounds to take Rebel Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - Will Take Charge, winner of the Smarty Jones Stakes, captured his second stakes of the year at Oaklawn Park by defeating a stablemate in the $600,000 Rebel Stakes.
The 1 1/16-mile Rebel is a prep for the $1 million Arkansas Derby on April 13 and offered 50
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Tiz Miz Sue posts surprise repeat win in Azeri Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - Tiz Miz Sue, ridden by Joe Rocco Jr., ran down the leaders to successfully defend her crown in Saturday's $150,000 Azeri Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The 6-year-old mare covered the 1 1/16 miles in 1:45.26 on a fast track.
My Miss Aurelia, the 2011 champion 2-ye
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Baffert finds another Derby horse
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - As if he didn't have enough 3-year-olds on the Kentucky Derby trail, trainer Bob Baffert may have found another after an allowance race Friday at Santa Anita.
War Academy posted a 3 1/2-length victory on Friday in a 1 1/16-mile allowance contest and has Baffert
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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
- Florida Derby and Louisiana Derby, 6:00–7:00PM, NBC Sports Network<
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
March 23
- Aqueduct: Excelsior S. (G3), $150,000, 3&up, 9f
- Gulfstream Park: Pan American S. (G2), $150,000, 4&up, 12f T
- Laurel Park: Conniver S., $100,000, 3&up f&m, Maryland-bred, 7f
- Oaklawn Park: Hot Springs S., $75,000, 4&up, 6f
- Santa An
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