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Smarty Jones Stakes attracts 10 3-year-olds

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Hot Springs, AR (SportsNetwork.com) – Oaklawn Park’s stakes series for 3-year- olds gets underway Monday with the running of the one-mile Smarty Jones Stakes. The $150,000 stakes will have a field of 10 Kentucky Derby hopefuls. The Smarty Jones is […]

2013 NTRA Moment of the Year goes to Breeders’ Cup Classic

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New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Fan voting has determined that Mucho Macho Man’s nose victory over Will Take Charge in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic is the 2013 National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Moment of the Year. “Mucho Macho […]

Shared Belief recovering from injury

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Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Early Kentucky Derby favorite Shared Belief is recovering from a foot injury that caused the 3-year-old gelding to miss a scheduled workout last Sunday at Santa Anita. Dan Ward, assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Jerry […]

Up the Backstretch: Mucho Macho Man swings for triple

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Saturday could well be a triple dose of good news for the connections of Mucho Macho Man. The Breeders’ Cup Classic winner is a finalist in two Eclipse Award categories and is entered in the Florida […]

Double dose of Del Mar in 2014

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Del Mar, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Historic Del Mar Racetrack will have two separate race meets in 2014. The San Diego track will conduct its normal summer meet followed in November with a second meeting. “Our fall race meeting starting this […]

Exit Stage Left tops California Derby field

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Berkeley, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer will saddle two of the eight 3-year-olds entered for Saturday’s $100,000 California Derby at Golden Gate Fields. The 1 1/16-mile stakes is the local prep for the $200,000 El Camino […]

Nine to go in Lecomte Stakes

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New Orleans, LA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Louisiana road to the Triple Crown begins Saturday with the running of the 70th edition of the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course. Nine 3-year-olds have been entered in the one-mile, 70-yard […]

Mucho Macho Man reappears in Sunshine Millions Classic

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Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man will make his 2014 debut Saturday in the $400,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream Park. A finalist for 2013 Horse of the Year, Mucho Macho Man will […]

Top 10 in the ‘Road to the Kentucky Derby’

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Louisville, KY (SportsNetwork.com) – Following the first full week of 2014, 10 3-year-olds have at least 10 points in the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” points system. This past Saturday, the $100,000 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita was the lone […]

Injury sidelines Shared Belief

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Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – A foot injury forced 3-year-old gelding Shared Belief from his scheduled workout Sunday at Santa Anita. “An abscess busted out on his right front foot,” Dan Ward, assistant to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said. “As soon as […]