Horses Articles

Up the Backstretch: Test of maturity arrives Saturday

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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – As summer gives way to fall, eyes among those in the thoroughbred racing world turn toward the upcoming Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita. Especially concerned with the Breeders’ Cup races are the connections […]

Field of 10 for Awesome Again Stakes

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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) – An evenly matched field of 10, including a 3- year-old, will do battle in Saturday’s $250,000 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita Park. The 1 1/8-mile race will be without two-time winner Game On Dude. […]

Dates set for Tampa Bay Derby and preps

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Oldsmar, FL (Sports Network) – The 88th racing season at Tampa Bay Downs will again feature a series of stakes for 3-year-olds leading to the $2 million Kentucky Derby on May 3. Won in 2013 by Verrazano, the $350,000 Tampa […]

Flat Out goes for third straight Jockey Club Gold Cup

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Elmont, NY (Sports Network) – Only one horse in the history of the Jockey Club Gold Cup has won the race more than two times in a row, that being the great Kelso who captured the stakes five straight times […]

Royal Delta ready for Beldame repeat

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Elmont, NY (Sports Network) – Champion female Royal Delta will face five challengers Saturday as the 5-year-old mare goes for a second straight win in the $400,000 Beldame Invitational at Belmont Park. Last year in the 1 1/8-mile stakes, Royal […]

Injury forces Richard’s Kid into retirement

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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) – Richard’s Kid, two-time winner of the Pacific Classic, has been retired from racing with a leg injury. The announcement was posted on trainer Doug O’Neill’s Facebook page. “It is with regret that we announce the […]

Hollywood Park releases final stakes schedule

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Inglewood, CA (Sports Network) – Twenty one stakes have been scheduled for the final race meet in Hollywood Park history. The 29-day meeting begins Thursday, Nov. 7 and concludes Sunday, Dec. 22. The 21 stakes have a worth of $4 […]

Will Take Charge wins PA Derby and joins top 10

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New York, NY (Sports Network) – Will Take Charge, winner of Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby, enters the NTRA National Thoroughbred Poll in eighth-place for week 30 of the voting. Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Will Take Charge won his second straight […]

Inaugural Homecoming Classic has solid field

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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) – Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Fort Larned will take on six challengers in his final race before he defends his title in five weeks at Santa Anita. The 5-year-old, trained by Ian Wilkes, headlines the inaugural […]

Will Take Charge controls 34th PA Derby

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Bensalem, PA (Sports Network) – Travers Stakes winner Will Take Charge found room along the rail and cruised to victory Saturday in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing. The 1 1/8-mile stakes was the co-feature with the $1 […]