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Carve prevails in winning West Virginia Governor’s Stakes

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Chester, WV (SportsNetwork.com) – Carve, ridden by Jesus Castanon, outdueled a pair of rivals to capture Saturday’s $200,000 West Virginia Governor’s Stakes at Mountaineer Park on the West Virginia Derby card. Trained by Brad Cox for Michael Langford, Carve went […]

Tapiture gets nose on the wire to win West Virginia Derby

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Chester, WV (SportsNetwork.com) – Tapiture, the 9-5 second choice, rallied through the stretch to nip 8-5 favorite Candy Boy at the wire in winning Saturday’s 45th running of the $750,000 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Park. Louisiana Derby winner Vicar’s […]

Moreno proves too tough in winning Whitney Handicap

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Saratoga Springs, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Moreno, second in last year’s Travers, proved again his liking of Saratoga as he went wire-to-wire Saturday to win the $1.5 million Whitney Handicap. Trained by Eric Guillot and ridden by Junior Alvarado, Moreno was […]

Wise Dan continues training for comeback race

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Saratoga Springs, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Wise Dan, the reigning two-time Horse of the Year, had a workout Saturday morning at Saratoga Race Course. The 7-year-old gelding, trained by Charlie LoPresti, put in a five furlong workout in 1:02.04 over Saratoga’s […]

Hospitalized Catalano gains 1,000th Arlington win

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Arlington Heights, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – Long time trainer Wayne Catalano picked up his 1,000th Arlington Park victory Thursday even as he recovers from pneumonia. An 11-time Arlington training champion, Catalano got the milestone victory with Arapaho LLC’s Royal Alluvial scoring […]

Wildcat Red likely for King’s Bishop Stakes

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Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) – Wildcat Red, third in the Haskell Invitational, has his sights set on the $500,000 King’s Bishop Stakes on Aug. 23 at Saratoga. “We have two options on August 23,” trainer Jose Garoffalo said. “We […]

Arkansas Derby to again highlight Oaklawn season

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Hot Springs, AR (SportsNetwork.com) – Oaklawn Park’s 2015 racing season will again be highlighted by the $1 million Arkansas Derby with the Kentucky Derby prep coming on the track’s closing card. Oaklawn’s 2015 season will begin Friday, Jan. 9 and […]

Up the Backstretch: Whitney to offer rivalry renewal

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – There’s no Eclipse Award specifically for 4-year-olds, but if there were the division title could well be determined with the running of Saturday’s Whitney Handicap at Saratoga. Of the nine horses entered in the $1.5 million, […]

Palace Malice and Will Take Charge to lock up in Whitney

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Saratoga Springs, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Leading thoroughbred Palace Malice and champion colt Will Take Charge renew their rivalry, along with seven other horses, in Saturday’s $1.5 million Whitney Handicap at Saratoga Race Course. Part of the Breeders’ Cup “Win and […]

Coltimus Prime gets it done in Prince of Wales Stakes

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Fort Erie, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Coltimus Prime, once on the Kentucky Derby trail, went wire-to-wire to win Tuesday’s 79th edition of the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie. The 1 3/16-mile Prince of Wales, the second leg of […]