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Trojan Horse is a tale from the Trojan War when the Greeks used a “Trojan
Horse” to enter the city of Troy and w
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Voting underway for 2013 NTRA Moment of the Year
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New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Voting for the 15th annual "NTRA Moment of the Year" is underway online at the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) website, www.ntra.com.
A dozen important events during 2013 in thoroughbred racing are nominated. Results will be revealed on Satu
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Turfway Park increases stakes purses
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Florence, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - The purses of stakes races at Turfway Park will be increased beginning next month through the remainder of the race meet that ends in March. The track made the announcement Friday.
"After meeting with the KTDF (Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund) Advis
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Normandy Invasion ready to go in 2014
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Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Former Kentucky Derby contender Normandy Invasion is healthy and ready for a 2014 campaign.
"He just started back galloping a couple of weeks ago, and he's about ready to breeze," trainer Chad Brown said. "We're just taking it day by day. We'll
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Final Hollywood Park program coming together
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Inglewood, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - The final racing program in the history of Hollywood Park will feature a stakes and two $50,000 starter allowance races. The historic track closes for good after its Sunday, Dec. 22 program.
Headlining the card will be the $200,000 King Glorious Stake
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Risen Star Stakes on Ria Antonia schedule
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New Orleans, LA (SportsNetwork.com) - Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Ria Antonia will be coming to Fair Grounds Race Course for the winter with her sights set on the boys.
Trained by Jeremiah Englehart for owners Christopher Dunn and Loooch Racing Stable, Ria Antonia will be ar
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Preakness to receive purse boost
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Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) - The 2014 Preakness Stakes, second leg of racing's Triple Crown, will receive a 50 percent purse bump to $1.5 million. The 139th Preakness will be conducted at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17.
"The Preakness Stakes is the centerpiece of a te
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Itsmyluckyday on the road back to racing
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Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Preakness Stakes runner-up Itsmyluckyday is being readied for a return to the racetrack in 2014 after recovering from an injury.
Trained by Ed Plesa Jr., Itsmyluckyday has been away from the races following the detection of a pelvic fra
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Castellano closing in on earnings mark
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Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Leading jockey Javier Castellano is closing in on the single season earnings mark currently held by Ramon Dominguez.
Entering the weekend's racing, Castellano is standing at $25,626,003 for 2013 just $8,850 behind the record Dominguez set last year o
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Up the Backstretch: Gearing up for a 10th anniversary
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Four weeks away from the start of the 2014 racing season at Oaklawn Park. The Hot Springs, Ark. track has become the hot location for 3-year-olds headed to the Triple Crown series.
Actually, after the results of 2013's 3-year-old stakes, Oaklawn Par
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Maryland Jockey Club initiates new fundraising concept
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Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) - The Maryland Jockey Club announced Wednesday the implementation of a new fundraising concept built around the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.
"For the last four years, Pimlico has celebrated and supported the empowerment of wome
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La Troienne Stakes elevated to Grade I
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Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - The La Troienne Stakes has been assigned the highest classification for a stakes race in the United States. The 1 1/16- mile race for fillies and mares is now a Grade I stakes, an advancement from Grade II.
The American Graded Stakes Committee of the
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McCarthy back at Fair Grounds as General Quarters finds new home
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New Orleans, LA (SportsNetwork.com) - Senior citizen trainer Tom McCarthy made a name for himself in 2009 by winning the Blue Grass Stakes with the only horse in his stable.
General Quarters became a Kentucky Derby contender that year for the former high school principal and went
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Mucho Macho Man to race in 2014
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Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Breeders' Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man will remain in training for a 2014 campaign. The 5-year-old's connections made the announcement Wednesday.
"We just decided for sure (Tuesday) that we're going to target the Breeders' Cup again
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
December 14 - Queens County H., Aqueduct, $80,000, 3&up, 1 1/8m, Dirt
- Kenny Noe Jr. H., Calder Race Course, $75,000, 3&up, 6.5f, Dirt
- Louisiana Champions Day Classic S., Fair Grounds, $150,000, 3&up, 1 1/8m, Dirt
- Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile S., Fair Grounds, $100,0
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