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it or not we as less than three months away to the Kentucky Derby so lets take
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Groupie Doll closes career in Hurricane Bertie
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Champion sprinter Groupie Doll will close out her award winning career with a start in Sunday's $150,000 Hurricane Bertie Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The race will be broadcast as part of "The Jockey Club Tour on Fox" by Fox Sports.
Owned b
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Beholder back in trainer's fold
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Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Champion filly Beholder has returned to the barn of her trainer Richard Mandella ahead of the start of her 2014 campaign.
Owned by Spendthrift Farm, Beholder was given a vacation after winning last November's Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita.
"She
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Will Take Charge headlines Donn Handicap
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Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Eclipse Award winner Will Take Charge heads a field of 11 for Sunday's $500,000 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park.
The 1 1/8-mile race will be broadcast as part of "The Jockey Club Tour on Fox" by Fox Sports.
Will Take Charge, trained by H
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Spring stakes schedule set for Churchill Downs
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Louisville, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - The 2014 Spring schedule of stakes races has been finalized for Churchill Downs with the 140th runnings of the $2 million Kentucky Derby and $1 million Kentucky Oaks topping the list.
The 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby will be run Saturday, May 3 with t
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Up the Backstretch: Game On Dude back for another go-around
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - The last two years have been examples of great highs and unexpected lows for the people running the career of 7-year-old gelding Game On Dude.
Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert and owned by several people, including recent baseball Hall of Fame v
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Top Billing - Top pick in Kentucky Derby Futures
By: By Jeff Frank, The Sports Analyst
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - It took trainer Shug McGaughey an eternity to win the Kentucky Derby. Now it looks as if he could duplicate what only Bob Baffert and D. Wayne Lukas have accomplished over the last 40 years.
Baffert and Lukas are the only two trainers to win the Ken
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Game On Dude goes for third San Antonio win
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Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Game On Dude, the two-time defending winner, goes for a third straight victory Saturday in Santa Anita Park's $200,000 San Antonio Stakes.
The 7-year-old gelding heads a field of seven older thoroughbreds in the 1 1/8-mile prep for the Santa Anita Ha
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Baffert pair top Lewis Stakes
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Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will go for a fifth victory in Saturday's $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park with a pair of 3-year-olds leading the seven-horse field.
Baffert, who won the Lewis last year with Flashback, will saddle Midnigh
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General Challenge euthanized
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Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Former Santa Anita Derby winner General Challenge was euthanized Tuesday at Golden Eagle Farm. The 18-year-old gelding had been suffering from poor health.
"Its with a heavy heart that we announce the great GENERAL CHALLENGE has been euthanized," the
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Verrazano headed to Europe for races
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Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Verrazano, winner of last year's Wood Memorial, will continue his racing career in Europe under trainer Aidan O'Brien.
"It makes sense for Verrazano to move to Europe as he has achieved so much already here," said the colt's former train
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Risen Star to mark 2014 debut for Rise Up
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New Orleans, LA (SportsNetwork.com) - Delta Jackpot winner Rise Up is headed for the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes on Feb. 22 at Fair Grounds.
The 1 1/16-mile Risen Star will be the colt's debut race as a 3-year-old.
"He's had two works now since he got back from his brief vacation in Ocal
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Vinceremos edges stablemate in Davis Stakes
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Oldsmar, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Longshot Vinceremos, ridden by Edgar Prado, was able to nose out stablemate Harpoon to win Saturday's $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.
The 1 1/16-mile Sam F. Davis is the opening leg of the Tampa Bay Downs Million Dollar Derby Bonus. T
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Samraat remains perfect with Withers win
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Ozone Park, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Co-favorite Samraat kept his record perfect Saturday by winning the $250,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct. The 1 1/16-mile stakes is a prep for Aqueduct's $1 million Wood Memorial on April 5,
Trained by Richard Violette and ridden by Jose Ortiz, S
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Cairo Prince targets Florida Derby
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Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Holy Bull Stakes winner Cairo Prince will have his training geared toward starting in the $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin may have his 3-year-old colt train up to the 1 1/8- mile stakes on Saturday, March 29
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
February 8 - Aqueduct: Dearly Precious S., $100,000, 3yo f, 6f
- Fair Grounds: Tiffany Lass S., $100,000, 4&up f&m, 8.5f
- Gulfstream Park: Donn H. (G1), $500,000, 4&up, 9f
- Gulfstream Park: Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship (G3), $100,000, 4&up, 7f
- Gulfstream Park
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