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Blue Grass contenders have workouts

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Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) – Stakes winning colt Bobby’s Kitten had his final Blue Grass Stakes workout Saturday at Keeneland ahead of the 1 1/8- mile, $750,000 stakes on April 12. With Marino Garcia aboard the colt for trainer Chad Brown, […]

Kid Cruz scratched from Wood Memorial

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Ozone Park, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Kid Cruz, trained by Linda Rice, will be scratched from Saturday’s $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct with a bad shoulder. “He was showing a little soreness after his last race (the Private Terms at […]

Coastline has final Blue Grass workout

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Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) – Coastline, third in the Spiral Stakes last month, put in his last workout Friday morning ahead of the $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on April 12. Trained by Mark Casse, Coastline and jockey Stewart Elliott […]

Social Inclusion invades New York’s Wood Memorial

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Verrazano and Gemologist, the last two Wood Memorial winners, came up from Florida to grab New York’s final Kentucky Derby prep race. Social Inclusion looks to complete the hat trick on Saturday. Trained by 85-year-old Manny […]

Up the Backstretch: A back-to-nature movement in racing

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Following several years of pronouncements that synthetic surfaces for thoroughbred racetracks were much better and safer for race horses, the era of the artificial racetrack is nearing an end. Wednesday of this week, Keeneland announced it […]

Wood Memorial attracts 11 Kentucky Derby hopefuls

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Ozone Park, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Gotham Stakes winner Samraat and highly regarded colt Social Inclusion top a field of 11 3-year-olds in Saturday’s $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. The 1 1/8-mile race offers a total of 170 points in […]

Keeneland main track to once again be dirt

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Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) – Another major racetrack is replacing its synthetic main track with a dirt one. Keeneland announced Wednesday that it will be replacing its synthetic Polytrack surface with a a state-of-the-art dirt track. “Keeneland’s mission is to provide […]

Ring Weekend highlights Calder Derby

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Miami Gardens, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Tampa Bay Derby winner Ring Weekend tops a field of 10 3-year-olds for Saturday’s $250,000 Calder Derby at Calder Race Course. Trained by Graham Motion, Ring Weekend will start from post 2 in the 1 […]

California Chrome is new 3-year-old leader

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New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – California Chrome, a likely favorite for Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby, has assumed the lead in the National Thoroughbred Association 3-year-old Poll for the week ending March 30. Trained by Art Sherman, California Chrome, winner of […]