We are
getting ever closer to the first Saturday in May and the big Kentucky Derby
Preps are comin
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Last two races of Derby Championship Series
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Saturday's Blue Grass Stakes and Arkansas Derby will mark the end of the Second Leg of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series.
Each 1 1/8-mile stakes offers 100 points for first, 40 for second, 20 for third and 10 for fourth as part of the "Road
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Up the Backstretch: Look out, Derby straight ahead
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - Where has the time flown? Wasn't it just yesterday that the 2013 trail to the 139th Kentucky Derby began with Itsmyluckyday winning the Gulfstream Park Derby on New Year's Day?
Now we're down to the last two major prep races on Saturday, with the Blue Grass Stakes and
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Velazquez nearing return
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez, who suffered minor fractures last Sunday, will be able to return to riding in time for the Kentucky Derby on May 4.
According to Dr. Stephen O'Brien on the NYRA website, Velazquez can resume riding in races "on
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Normandy Invasion to arrive at Churchill on Sunday
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Wood Memorial runner-up Normandy Invasion will be arriving at Churchill Downs on Sunday, April 14 ahead of the Kentucky Derby on May 4.
"Normandy Invasion did his job Saturday in the 89th running of The Wood Memorial," owner Rick Porter p
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Baffert colt tops Arkansas Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - Lightly raced War Academy, from the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, headlines a field of 10 3-year-olds for Saturday's $1 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. The 1 1/8-mile race is a final steppingstone to the Kentucky Derby on May 4.
The
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Full field of 14 set for 89th Blue Grass Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Saturday's 89th Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland will feature a full gate of 14 3-year-olds for the $750,000 Kentucky Derby prep over 1 1/8 miles. A total of 15 were entered.
Winning the Blue Grass will be worth 100 points in the Kentucky Derby points
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Agreement reached for Del Park 2013 season
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Wilmington, DE (Sports Network) - An agreement has been reached between Delaware Park and the Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association on a multi-year pact. The agreement, subject to enactment of legislation by the Delaware General Assembly, will allow Delaware Park to b
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Wise Dan debuts Friday in Maker's 46 Mile
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Horse of the Year Wise Dan gets back to the races Friday in Keeneland's $300,000 Maker's 46 Mile on turf. The 6-year-old gelding will take on four challengers in the mile grass event.
Owned by Morton Fink, Wise Dan will start from the outside post wit
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New races announced for Breeders' Cup Challenge
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - A total of 67 races have been scheduled as part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" program for this year. That is six fewer than 2012's 73 races.
Racetracks in 10 countries will participate in the program where winners of designated races
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Game On Dude tops Charles Town Classic nominations
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Charles Town, WV (Sports Network) - Leading thoroughbred Game On Dude heads a list of 52 nominees for this month's $1.5 million Charles Town Classic. The 1 1/8-mile stakes will be conducted on Saturday, April 20.
Trained by Bob Baffert, Game On Dude won this year's Santa Anita Handicap a
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Verrazano back in first for 3-year-old poll
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - The game of musical chairs atop the NTRA 3-year-old poll continued this week with Verrazano moving ahead of Orb in the latest voting. The National Poll remained mainly unchanged with Game On Dude and Animal Kingdom leading the way.
Verrazano, winner
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Spill results in Velazquez injuries
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez suffered some minor fractures Sunday when a horse he was riding fell. The 41-year-old rider was injured during Aqueduct's seventh race.
Velazquez's valet Tony Millan said the jockey has a slight fracture of his first
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Weekly Television Schedule
April 13 - Toyota Blue Grass Stakes, 4:30–6:00PM, NBC
- Arkansas Derby, 6:00–7:00PM, NBC Sports Network
May 1 - Kentucky Derby Post Position Draw, 5:00PM, NBC Sports Network
May 2
Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
Apr 12 - Keeneland: Maker's 46 Mile (G1), $300,000, 4&up, 8f T
- Oaklawn Park: Apple Blossom H. (G1), $500,000, 4&up f&m, 8.5f
- Oaklawn Park: Instant Racing, $75,000, 3yo f, 8f
Apr 13
Another Addition to Your OTB Arsenal
By: By Ray Taulbot
Many readers that wish to take
advantage of off-track betting and simulcasting have written to ATM asking for
a method which will e
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