Lexie Lou, making her first start at
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Gary Stevens accepts Breeders' Cup mount
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens will mark his return to race riding in next week's Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita. The rider announced Thursday he will be aboard Sivoliere in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf on Friday, Oct. 31.
"It was someth
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Fayette Stakes marks Keeneland debut for Departing
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Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - Saturday's $200,000 Fayette Stakes will mark the Keeneland debut for multiple stakes winning 4-year-old Departing. Trained by Al Stall Jr., Departing is the 5-2 morning line favorite versus seven for the 1 1/8-mile stakes.
Departing will again ha
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Tampa Bay Derby set for early March
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Oldsmar, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - The 2015 running of the $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby will continue to highlight Tampa Bay Downs' stakes series on the road to the Kentucky Derby.
The 2014-15 racing season gets underway Saturday, Nov. 29 and runs through June 30.
Won this year by 14-1
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Coltimus Prime to face older horses in Fayette Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - Coltimus Prime, one of the top Canadian 3-year-olds this year, will take on older horses for the first time Saturday in the $200,000 Fayette Stakes at Keeneland.
Trained by Justin Nixon, Coltimus Prime will be the only 3-year-old among the eight-horse
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Breeders' Cup pre-entries revealed for 31st edition
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Pre-entries for the 13 Breeders' Cup World Championship races have been announced with a total of 201 horses.
The 31st Breeders' Cup will be held for a third straight year at Santa Anita Park with four races set for Friday, Oct. 31 and nine on Saturday, N
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Shared Belief re-establishes top position
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New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Eclipse Award winner Shared Belief has returned to the top position in the latest NTRA Thoroughbred Poll.
Shared Belief, the expected favorite for the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Classic, was put back into first-place over Wise Dan by the voters with 27 top
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Up the Backstretch: Strange circumstance changes race
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - It was unlike anything most racing fans have ever seen at the track. The favorite in a major stakes race began acting strangely during warm-ups for no apparent reason.
Sunday's $1 million Canadian International at Woodbine had its usual meeting of top gra
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Untapable blazes through workout
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Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Kentucky Oaks winner Untapable and stablemate Tapiture each had five-furlong workouts Sunday morning at Santa Anita ahead of starts in the upcoming Breeders' Cup.
Both trained by Steve Asmussen, Untapable went the five furlongs in 58.60 sec
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Hillstar takes 77th Canadian International
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Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) - Post time favorite Hillstar surged through the stretch on his way to winning Sunday's $1 million Canadian International run over Woodbine's E. P. Taylor turf course at 1 1/2 miles.
The start of the International was delayed after morning line favorite B
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Beholder to miss Breeders' Cup after spiking fever
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - One day after having a workout, two-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder spiked a fever Sunday and has been withdrawn from defending her title in this year's Breeders' Cup Distaff.
"When I came to the barn this morning," said trainer Richard Man
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
October 24 - Delta Downs Race Track: My Trusty Cat S., $100,000, 2yo f, 7f
October 25 - Belmont Park: Bold Ruler H. (G3), $200,000, 3yo & up, 7f
- Belmont Park: Chelsey Flower S., $100,000, 2yo f, 8f
- Delta Downs Race Track: Jean Lafitte S.
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