Believe it or not as summer is winding down so are the meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar. With less than two
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Royal Delta one to beat in Personal Ensign Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports Network) - Champion filly Royal Delta looms large over five rivals in Sunday's $600,000 Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. The six older females will travel 1 1/8-miles with the winner going to the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic.
The Personal Ensign i
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Up the Backstretch: Sophomores gather for Travers
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - The 2012 class of 3-year-old thoroughbreds has been decimated by early retirements and injury. This week alone, Kentucky Derby and Preakness runner-up Bodemeister has been retired and 2011 champion 2-year- old Hansen is on the verge of retirement.
However, races must still
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Pacific Classic headed by Game On Dude
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Del Mar, CA (Sports Network) - Leading thoroughbred Game On Dude heads a field of 10 for Sunday's $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar. The 1 1/4 mile test will have a post-time of 8:20 p.m. (ET).
Unable to defend last year's Pacific Classic win is Acclamation. The Ecl
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Alpha headlines field for Travers
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports Network) - Jim Dandy Stakes winner Alpha goes for his second Saratoga stakes win Saturday in the $1 million Travers Stakes. The 1 1/4 mile "Mid-Summer Derby" has attracted a field of 11 three-year-olds.
Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, Alpha is
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Hansen injured, retirement near
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports Network) - Champion colt Hansen has an injured leg and will miss Saturday's Travers Stakes with retirement probable.
Hansen, the 2011 champion two-year-old colt, has a tear of a tendon in his left front leg. Trainer Mike Maker posted the news on his website.
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Bodemeister retires with injury
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - A shoulder injury has forced the retirement of three-year-old colt Bodemeister. Runner-up in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, Bodemeister has been diagnosed with an injury to his left shoulder.
"Bodemeister has a peripheral nerve i
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Questing and Little Mike enter NTRA Poll
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Respective victories in Saturday's Alabama and Arlington Million, have enabled Questing and Little Mike to join this week's NTRA National Thoroughbred Poll's top 10 for week 25. Keeping their hold, however, on the first three spots are Game On Dude, Mucho Macho Man
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Alabama winner likely for Cotillion
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Bensalem, PA (Sports Network) - Questing, winner of last week's Alabama Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, is a probable starter in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes at Parx Racing.
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin indicated on Sunday that the three-year-old filly will likely start in the 1 1/16 mile Co
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Little Mike comes up big in Arlington Million XXX
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arlington Heights, IL (Sports Network) - Little Mike, ridden by Ramon Dominguez, took the lead out of the gate and led the entire way to capture Saturday's Arlington Million XXX at Arlington Park.
The 1 1/4 mile Million is part of the Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" program. The win puts L
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Questing dominates in Alabama
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports Network) - Questing, ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., set the pace and was never challenged in winning Saturday's $600,000 Alabama Stakes for three-year-old fillies at Saratoga Race Course.
Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, Questing broke sharply from the gate and quickly t
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Weekly Television Schedule
August 11
- Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga, 6:00-7:00PM, NBC Sports Network
August 12
- Adirondack and Saratoga Special at Saratoga, 6:00-7:00PM, NBC Sports Network
August 18
Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
August 24
- Del Mar: CTT & Thoroughbred Owners of California H., $85,000, 3&up, f&m, 11f T
- Saratoga: Ballerina S. (G1), $500,000, 3&up, f&m, 7f
August 25
