We have to wait another year to see if we can get our first Triple Crown winner since 1978. ORB, the winner of
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Sahara Sky bound for Breeders' Cup Sprint
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Inglewood, CA (Sports Network) - Met Mile winner Sahara Sky is safely back at his Hollywood Park barn after posting a nose victory Memorial Day in the $750,000 stakes at Belmont Park.
"He was happy to be home," noted Dan Ward, assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. "We put him
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Up the Backstretch: Brand new stakes brings champs to Penn National
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - Penn National, the little track in central Pennsylvania, has decided to take some of its casino money and begin a new tradition Saturday night with the $500,000 Penn Mile Stakes.
Conveniently located in Grantville, Pa., north of Ephrata, west of Wyomissing, east of Duncanno
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Preakness champ has workout for Belmont Stakes
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas sent his two Belmont Stakes candidates out Thursday morning for six-furlong workouts in preparation for the 1 1/2-mile Test of the Champion on June 8.
Preakness winner Oxbow covered the distance in 1:14 3/5 while stablemate
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Charming Kitten highlights Penn Mile field
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Grantville, PA (Sports Network) - Eight grass running 3-year-olds have been entered in the brand new $500,000 Penn Mile Stakes at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course. The Saturday stakes will go off at 7:26 p.m. (ET).
Topping the field is Charming Kitten, ninth in the Kentucky Derby
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Velazquez and Animal Kingdom at Royal Ascot
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Ascot, England (Sports Network) - Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez made the trip to England to workout Animal Kingdom at Ascot Racecourse Wednesday morning.
Animal Kingdom, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby and this year's Dubai World Cup, worked four furlongs over a soft turf course. The 5
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Sahara Sky joins NTRA Poll off Met Mile win
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Sahara Sky jumped into the NTRA National Poll this week off his nose victory in the Met Mile at Belmont Park on Memorial Day. The 5-year-old is the only new addition in both the national rankings and 3-year-old poll.
Trained by co-owner Jerry Hollendorfer, Saha
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Sahara Sky posts determined Met Mile victory
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Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Sahara Sky, ridden by Joel Rosario, charged through the stretch and was able to catch Cross Traffic at the wire to capture Monday's $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap (Met Mile) at Belmont Park.
Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, Sahara Sky, the 9-2 third pick in the nin
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Tiz Miz Sue captures Ogden Phipps
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Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Tiz Miz Sue, ridden by Joe Rocco Jr., came from off the pace to win Monday's $400,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park.
Trained by Steve Hobby, Tiz Miz Sue, the 4-1 co-second pick in the six-horse field, raced off the pace that was being set by even-money fa
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Fort Larned has workout for Foster Handicap
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Breeders' Cup Classic winner Fort Larned put in a workout Friday morning at Churchill Downs as he prepares for the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap on June 15.
Trained by Ian Wilkes, the 5-year-old worked five furlongs in 59 4/5 seconds with Hall of Fame jock
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Game On Dude working his way back
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Santa Anita Handicap winner Game On Dude has begun workouts and is on target for the Hollywood Gold Cup thus summer.
Trained by Bob Baffert, Game On Dude had a half-mile workout at Santa Anita on Monday, his first timed work since winning the Charles Town Classi
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Up the Backstretch: Lukas still beaming after Preakness win
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - It may have been his fifth time winning the Preakness Stakes, but Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas didn't feel any less happy than if it had been the first time.
Lukas, a 14-time winner of Triple Crown races, is now getting Preakness winner Oxbow and Will Take Charge pre
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International and E.P. Taylor set for late October
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Woodbine Race Course released its complete stakes schedule for 2013, with significant changes to major races.
As previously announced, the 154th Queen's Plate will go off on Sunday, July 7 with a $1 million purse. However, the Canadian International and E.P. Tay
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Weekly Television Schedule
June 8
- Belmont Stakes, Belmont Park, 5-7:00pm, NBC
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
June 1
- Arlington: Purple Violet S., $100,000, 3yo f, Illinois-registered, 8f
- Arlington: Springfield S., $100,000, 3yo, Illinois-registered, 8f
- Belmont Park: Commentator S., $150,000, 3&up, New York-bred, 8.5f
- Belmont Park: Bouwerie S., $125,000, 3yo f, New York-
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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD-PICK FOUR LEAD
By: JOE GIRARDI
The following is a lead on playing the pick four, the BEST BET at the racetrack. With many of these major tracks putting up a guaranteed pool give you even more incentive to make this bet.
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