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2010 Breeders' Cup Classic Field
Sorry I just have never seen Rail Trip in the Classic when I picture it. I don't see Rachel in it anymore either. These factors would help Quality Road's chances. But even ideal trip I see him...
BC Classic next for Quality Road
so he is giving QR with stamina problems a BREAK? The races were the only thing where he was asked a little to improve. If he would be running him in the mile, no big deal. But 10f. Unless he is...
BC Classic next for Quality Road
How about follow the rules. Yes he was a better horse but HE IMPEDED ANOTHER AND THAT MEANS take him down. Betting has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT - rules and the fairness of the race do! Those stewards...
Del Mar Derby
Talking about Mr. Prospector (king of speed) he sired Miswaki AWD 7.91f. from 64 sw enter Marystead Farm KY. they breed him to Allegretta (GB). Her and the 2nd & 3rd dames all dropped 3sw's all...
This group of 3YO's is pathetic
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Fox Hill Farm's Havre de Grace was named in honor of the famous racetrack of old bearing the same name. The racetrack, affectionately nicknamed "The Graw", was a popular Maryland track in the 1920s and hosted some of the greats of the sport. Citation, War Admiral, Sir Barton, Seabiscuit, Equipoise, Exterminator, Discover, Sarazen, Sun Beau, and Crusader were among the legends who raced over the 1-mile oval.
The best horse to race at Havre de Grace, though, was the great Man o' War. It was at Havre de Grace, the late Sam Riddle said, that Man o' War ran his greatest race. That was in 1920, when Riddle's Big Red, carrying the heaviest weight he had ever been made to carry (138 lbs.), ran away with the Potomac Handicap and set a new track record for the mile-and-a-sixteenth.
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Champion mare Zenyatta and Whitney champ Blame continue to lead the NTRA National Thoroughbred Poll. The top five positions remain unchanged from last week.
Zenyatta, perfect this year in four starts, again received 14 first-place votes, but saw her total points fall from 181 to 174. On Saturday, August 7 the six-year-old mare won the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar for the third straight year. The two-time Eclipse Award winner may make her next start at Santa Anita Park in the renamed Zenyatta Stakes,
Four-year-old colt Blame had moved into second after winning the Whitney Handicap at Saratoga on August 7. This week he again garnered four top votes and added two points over last week to total 160. His next start is expected to be the Jockey Club Gold Cup in October.
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A group of men have been charged with animal cruelty and illegal gambling for operating a clandestine horse-racing circuit in San Joaquin County, Calif., that involved doping horses with methamphetamine and cocaine, The Record reported Sunday.
Nine men have been charged along with the lead defendants, Manuel Monroy and his son, Simon Monroy-Segovia, who both stand charged with more than 30 counts, including animal cruelty, horse doping, bookmaking and holding bets.
According to investigators, the clandestine horse races often drew big crowds that lined the quarter-mile straight tracks to watch so-called match races of two horses ridden by jockeys dressed in traditional racing silks.
In one event, the jockeys drove directly from the California Exposition & State Fair, where they also raced, investigators said.
http://msn.foxsports.com/horseracing...ng-ring-081510
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Whether you’re a Quality Road fan or not, you had to feel good for Blame and Claiborne Farm, who combined not only to win the historic Whitney Handicap (gr. I), but turn back the clock to a time when homebreds ruled the sport – horses that were bred tough and ran tough.
In Blame, Claiborne has bred a near-perfect racing machine, a gritty, in-your-face type of horse who gets dirt kicked in his face and keeps coming at you – a strong-boned horse, sound, kind, and professional, who doesn’t let anything bother him. Watching him run is like going through a time portal back to the 1950s and ‘60s. Rest of Article
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with the end of an era in your life? You go along with day to day stuff and suddenly you realize that something precious that you took for granted has passed and may never come back.
Over ...
I plan to keep this updated. Included are just drug rulings (or others of interest):
Rulings for 5 prior days
Compiled 7/20/10
Vincent W. Reedy
Claxton, 1st, Rc ...
With the Derby past us I'm already looking forward to the Breeders' Cup. On the first Monday of each month from now to the Breeders' Cup I'll try to post my top 5's in each race where I actually have ...
The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission will begin testing thoroughbred race horses for total carbon dioxide, or TCO2, after approving a policy to conduct the testing at its meeting on June 17.
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In terms of national significance, except for a few days each year, Texas horse racing has become irrelevant. And so horsemen and racetrack operators have been meeting for months trying to figure out ...
Horseracing is slow. When the Atlantic City track was still running many years ago, I used to go often with a friend of mine, TJ McCarthy, who handicapped the races. He used the 20 minutes between races ...
