With the year almost half way gone we will take a look at our half year Horse of the Year leaders. There is plenty of racing left including the Breeders’ Cup World Championships but we will take a look now and see how many are still
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Normandy Invasion training for Jim Dandy Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Saratoga Springs NY (Sports Network) - Wood Memorial runner-up Normandy Invasion has been shipped to Saratoga by his owner Fox Hill Farm. Trained by Chad Brown, the 3-year-old colt is scheduled to compete in Saratoga's 3-year- old stakes.
"We moved Normandy Invasion up to Saratoga as planned
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Belmont Stakes horses gallop over track
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Kentucky Derby winner and Belmont Stakes favorite Orb led a contingent of 3-year-olds to the track Thursday morning for gallops ahead of Saturday's 145th Test of the Champion.
Orb, trained by Shug McGaughey, galloped 1 3/8 miles at Belmont Park. The colt is the 3
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Gulfstream Park to again host Eclipse Awards
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Gulfstream Park will play host to the 43rd annual Eclipse Awards ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced Thursday afternoon.
It will be the second consecutive year the event will be held at Gulfstream P
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Belmont Stakes - A wide-open affair
By: By Jeff Frank, The Sports Analyst
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Kentucky Derby winner Orb has been installed as the 3-1 morning line favorite, but four of the other 13 horses also are lower than 10-1 in what is expected to be a wide-open Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
The third leg of the Triple crown usually does not have
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Connections happy with Belmont Stakes post positions
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - The first important activity for the 145th Belmont Stakes has been completed. The post position draw for the 1 1/2-mile Test of the Champion went off Wednesday morning with most, if not all, the connections pleased with the outcome.
"I think we overanalyze (the p
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Inaugural Pillars of the Turf Hall of Fame inductees announced
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports Network) - The National Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame announced Wednesday the inaugural inductees for the new Pillars of the Turf category.
August Belmont II and Paul Mellon are being recognized as the first Pillars of the Turf. The new classification is an eff
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Up the Backstretch: Test of the Champion
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - The Kentucky Derby is the biggest and best known horse race in America and probably the world. However, the Belmont Stakes is known as the "Test of the Champion" as confirmation of its "make or break" status in the sport.
This year, with no Triple Crown on the line, the Bel
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Rydilluc captures inaugural Penn Mile
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Grantville, PA (Sports Network) - Post-time favorite Rydilluc pressed the pace and took control down the stretch to win Saturday's inaugural running of the $500,000 Penn Mile Stakes at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course.
Trained by Gary Contessa and ridden by Edgar Prado, Rydilluc
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Likely Foster Handicap favorite puts in workout
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Take Charge Indy, winner of the Alysheba and probable race favorite, had a five-furlong workout Friday at Churchill Downs for next month's Stephen Foster Handicap.
Trained by Pat Byrne, Take Charge Indy went the five furlongs in 1:03 4/5 with jockey Rosie Nap
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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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Weekly Television Schedule
June 8
- Belmont Stakes, Belmont Park, 5-7:00pm, NBC
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
June 7
- Belmont Park: Brooklyn H. (G2), $200,000, 3&up, 12f
- Belmont Park: Jaipur S. (G3), $150,000, 3&up, 7f T
- Prairie Meadows: Hawkeyes H., $75,000, 3&up, f&m, Iowa-bred, 8.5f
June 8
