There
have been plenty of cancellations over the last few weeks at Aqueduct, frigid
temperatures and extreme cold ha
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Mike Ziegler named Executive Director of Racing at Churchill Downs
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) announced
Friday the creation of the new position of Executive Director of Racing with
Mike Ziegler assuming the post.
Ziegler will begin his new duties on Monday, Jan. 26 and will report directly
to
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Solid nine entered for Smarty Jones Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hot Springs, AR (SportsNetwork.com) - Monday, while the nation observes
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Oaklawn Park begins its series of stakes for 3-
year-olds with the one-mile, $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes.
The Smarty Jones, named for the locally raced colt that wo
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California Chrome's Derby win voted 2014 Moment of the Year
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Thoroughbred racing fans have
voted as the top racing moment of 2014 the Kentucky Derby victory of California
Chrome.
Of the 10 nominated events for the 2014 National Thoroughbred Racing
Association (NTRA) Moment of th
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Tom Durkin joins West Point Thoroughbreds
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Saratoga Springs, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Former New York track announcer
Tom Durkin has joined West Point Thoroughbreds. The retired announcing legend
will be an equity partner on horses within the West Point Thoroughbred
partnerships.
"We are thrilled to welco
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Bayern recovering from injury
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Horse of the Year finalist Bayern is
recuperating from a quarter crack of the hoof which has halted his training.
Trainer Bob Baffert reports that the injury is not a major one but is cause
for concern.
"It's not that serious,
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Canada's Lexie Lou goes for La Canada victory
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Lexie Lou, last year's top Canadian 3-year-
old filly, heads a field of eight older females for Saturday's $200,000 La
Canada Stakes at Santa Anita.
Owned by Gary Barber and trained by Mark Casse, Lexie Lou is the 6-5 morning
lin
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Nick Eaves to leave as Woodbine president and CEO
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) - Nick Eaves, president and CEO of Woodbine
Entertainment Group (WEG), will be leaving the company on March 31, 2015. The
announcement was made Thursday.
"As I look back on the last 20 years, I am very proud to have been part of a
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Jeff Mullins to saddle favorite in California Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Berkeley, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Trainer Jeff Mullins is sending Soul
Driver north from Santa Anita for Saturday's $100,000 California Derby at Golden
Gate Fields.
The 1 1/16-mile stakes is the local prep for the $200,000 El Camino Real
Derby at the track and h
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California colts are early Kentucky Derby favorites
By: By Jeff Frank, The Sports Analyst
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - California-based horses won just one
Kentucky Derby between 2001 and 2011 but have taken two of the last three. They
could have another winner in 2015 as the most accomplished 3-year-olds reside in
the Golden State.
Trainer
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
January 17 - Aqueduct: Interborough S., $100,000, 4&up f&m, 6f
- Fair Grounds: Col. E.R. Bradley H. (G3), $100,000, 4&up, abt 8.5f
- Fair Grounds: Lecomte S. (G3), $200,000, 3yo, 8.32f
- Fair Grounds: Louisiana H., $75,000, 4&up, 8.5f
- Fair Groun
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