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summer for racing fans begins when the Del Mar and Saratoga meetings get
underway. Del Mar will start there summ
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Stanford tries to shake seconditis in Long Branch Stakes
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Oceanport, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) - Second-place finishes have become all too common for trainer Todd Pletcher's Stanford, but the 3-year-old colt is the 7-5 morning line favorite for Saturday's $100,000 Long Branch Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Coming into Saturday after crossing th
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Two 'Super" Saturdays to be offered at Belmont Park 2015 fall meet
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Elmont, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Belmont Park will be conducting consecutive "Super" Saturdays during its 38-day fall championship meet which will run from Friday, Sept. 11 through Sunday, Nov. 1.
Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" races will be offered on Saturday, Sept. 26 and Saturday,
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Lovely Maria returns in Delaware Oaks
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Stanton, DE (SportsNetwork.com) - Kentucky Oaks winner Lovely Maria is the even-money favorite versus seven rivals for Saturday's $300,000 Delaware Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at Delaware Park.
Trained by Larry Jones for Brereton Jones, Lovely Maria will start the 1 1/16- mile Oaks from
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Unbeaten Lady Eli soars into poll off Belmont Oaks win
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New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Undefeated filly Lady Eli galloped into this week's NTRA National Thoroughbred Poll after winning Saturday's Belmont Oaks.
Trained by Chad Brown for Sheep Pond Partners, Lady Eli captured the $1 million Oaks and entered the top 10 in fifth-place
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American Pharoah has workout at Santa Anita
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Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Monday morning Triple Crown winner American Pharoah put in his second workout since returning to Santa Anita from Churchill Downs.
Trained by Bob Baffert for Zayat Stables, American Pharoah worked a half- mile, with Martin Garcia riding, in
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Favorite Tale tops Work All Week in Smile Sprint Handicap
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Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Favorite Tale went out and set the entire pace on his way to defeating champion sprinter Work All Week in Sunday's $250,000 Smile Sprint Handicap at Gulfstream Park.
Trained by Guadalupe Preciado and ridden by Edgard Zayas, Favorite Tale jum
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Shaman Ghost tops Danish Dynaformer to win 156th Queen's Plate
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Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) - Shaman Ghost got the best of his co-favorite Danish Dynaformer to win Sunday's $1 million Queen's Plate at Woodbine Racetrack.
The 1 1/4-mile Queen's Plate is Canada's most prestigious thoroughbred race and begins the Canadian Triple Crown, which
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Big Blue Kitten gets his second United Nations Handicap
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Oceanport, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) - Big Blue Kitten, ridden by Joe Bravo, came from off the pace to capture his second United Nations Handicap at Monmouth Park.
Big Blue Kitten was the 4-1 second pick behind defending winner and 8-5 favorite Main Sequence in the 1 3/8-mile grass
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Effinex edges Tonalist to win Suburban Handicap
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Elmont, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Effinex, ridden for the first time by Junior Alvarado, edged out 2014 Belmont Stakes winner Tonalist in Saturday's $500,000 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park.
Tonalist, ridden by Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez, was the 2-5 favorite for the 1 1/4-mile
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Speightster tops Texas Red in Dwyer Stakes
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Elmont, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Speightster secured his third win in as many career starts as he defeated Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Texas Red in Saturday's $500,000 Dwyer Stakes for 3-year-olds at Belmont Park.
Texas Red, in his first start since Feb. 1, went off as the 19-10 fa
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Weekly Television Schedule
Aug. 2
Haskell Invitational, 5-6 p.m., NBCAug. 8
Whitney Handicap and Test Stakes, 5-6 p.m., NBCAug. 29
Travers and Sword Dancer, 4-6 p.m., NBCSept. 5
Woodward and Spinaway, Saratoga, 5-6 p.m., NBCSN.Oct. 3
Breeders' Futurity, Shadwell Turf Mile
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