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 MIGHTY
B VALIANT IMPRESSES AS TOP QUALIFIER DURING FIRST NIGHT OF REMINGTON
PARK FUTURITY TRIALS - OKLAHOMA CITY - The first dozen
trials for 2-year-olds were conducted Saturday night to send five
qualifiers to the Remington Park Futurity. Mighty B Valiant scorched the
track in his career debut, winning easily while setting the standard for
the evening. Dustin Orona Photography |
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MS RIPTIDE TRIUMPHS IN THE $30,015 MERIAL TEXAS DISTAFF CHALLENGE AT SAM
HOUSTON RACE PARK - Houston, TX - April 2, 2011 - A talented
field of fillies and mares went to the starting gate for the $30,015
Merial Texas Distaff Challenge at Sam Houston Race Park.
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A Late Check Impressive in the $20,475 Pfizer Texas Allowance Starter
Challenge - Houston, TX - April 2, 2011 - A Late
Check under confident handling by Jarrod Deschamp lived up to his post
time favoritism in the $20,475 Pfizer Texas Allowance Starter Challenge.
The 4-year-old gelding was bred by the late Blane Schvaneveldt and is
owned by Richard K. McGehee. Trained by Glen Atkinson, A Late Check won
three in a row in 2010 and ran a game second in a starter allowance at
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$100,000 LAS FLORES BELONGS TO BAFFERT AS GILDED
GEM DEFEATS STABLEMATE - ARCADIA, Calif.
(April 2, 2011) – The three entrants saddled by
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert thoroughly
impacted Santa Anita’s 59th running of the Grade
III, $100,000 Las Flores Stakes for fillies and
mares on Saturday as 5-2 second choice Gilded
Gem defeated 9-2 stablemate Subsidized by 1 ¼
lengths. © BENOIT PHOTO
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All Saint Goes All The Way
- Phoenix, AZ - April 2, 2011 -
Increased distance just aided Pascual Gamez’s All Saint
when he ran away with the $25,000 Wildcat Handicap over
one-and-three-eighths mile on the turf for his
fourth-straight win on Saturday at Turf Paradise.
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COMEDERO RETURNS WITH FLASHY NODOUBLE STAKES WIN
HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, April 2, 2011) – Peter
Redekop B.C. Ltd.’s Comedero, who was making his first
start of the year, showed why he was made the
prohibitive 1-9 favorite with an impressive front
running, 10 ¾-lengh victory in Saturday’s $50,000
Nodouble Breeders’ Cup Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The
Nodouble is named in honor the 1968 Arkansas Derby
winner and two time champion bred in Fayetteville, AR by
Gene Goff’s Verna Lea Farms. Oaklawn Park
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to the Top wins $160,400 West Texas Derby G3
- Sunland Park, NM - April 2, 2011 - Prospect to the Top
found his top speed in the final 100 yards to win the
$160,400 West Texas Derby G3 at Sunland Park Racetrack
and Casino on Saturday.
Tommie Morelos /
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 Make
It Bentley scores again -
Oklahoma City - April 1,
2011 - Following the Remington Park Derby trials Friday,
Make It Bentley won the $28,000 Mr Jet Moore Handicap for
Oklahoma-breds. Owned by Sills and Swindell, Make It Bentley
is trained by Willis and was ridden by Brooks, giving them
their third wins on the evening.
Dustin Orona Photography |
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PASSION FOR CORONA SETS STANDARD IN FIRST TRIAL AND IT HOLDS
FOR TOP REMINGTON PARK DERBY TIME |
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Rc Black Mamba is top qualifier for $253,004 West Texas
Futurity G1 |
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Miss Bullette Leads Copper Top Futurity (Fillies Division)
Qualifiers |
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My Homey Tops Copper Top Futurity (Colts and Geldings
Division) Finalists |
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 TWICE
THE APPEAL: STUNNING SUNLAND DERBY WINNER - Special report by PETE
HERRERA - SUNLAND PARK, N.M. - March 27, 2011 - Two years ago Mine That Bird
arrived at Churchill Downs from New Mexico in obscurity and then stunned the
horse racing world the first Saturday in May. Coady Photography |
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 $2.9
Million Dollar Day at Sunland Park - Sunland Park, NM –
March 27, 2011 - The Sunland Derby was one of six stakes contested on Sunland
Park's 13-race program. A record $2,963,240 was wagered on the all-Thoroughbred
card, of which $2,554,663 was bet off track. Coady Photography |
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REMINGTON
DASH BY A NOSE TO SPEEDING - OKLAHOMA CITY – March 27, 2011-
Specialists were featured Sunday at Remington Park in the $25,000 Remington
Dash, a 250-yard event. Speeding managed a quick start and showed great
determination in gutting out the victory by a nose. Dustin Orona
Photography |
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 CHURCH
CAMP GAINS FIRST STAKES WIN IN SUNDAY’S SANTA LUCIA
- ARCADIA, Calif. (March 27, 2011) – Church Camp, a 4-year-old filly ridden by
Corey Nakatani, achieved her first stakes victory on Sunday when scoring by 1 ¼
lengths over Burg Berg in Santa Anita’s 31st running of the $82,020 Santa Lucia
Stakes for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles.
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 COSMO
GIRL CLAIMS THE CAROUSEL BUT ARIENZA IS THE COVERGIRL
- HOT SPRINGS, AR (March 27, 2011) – After several stakes placings,
Baccari Racing Stable’s Cosmo Girl finally became a stakes winner with a
front-running victory in Sunday’s $75,000 Carousel Stakes at Oaklawn Park.
Coady Photography |
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LOUISIANA SENATOR CRUSHES TRACK RECORD, GLIDES IN LEO STAKES -
OKLAHOMA CITY – March 26, 2011 - Louisiana Senator is dominating the Remington
Park older horse series of stakes races this season. He won the Eastex Handicap
on March 6 by a length and made things look even easier in taking Saturday’s
Grade 1, $100,000 Leo Stakes while obliterating the 400-yard track record.
Dustin Orona Photography |
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LOUISIANA CARTEL WINS THE $100,260 BANK OF AMERICA TEXAS CHALLENGE AT SAM
HOUSTON RACE PARK - Houston, TX - March 26, 2011 - It was a big
night for American Quarter Horse trainer Jorge Haddad as he won both feature
races on the Saturday night Sam Houston Race Park program. He saddled The
Louisiana Cartel, who came very close to setting a new track record in the
$100,260 Bank of America Texas Challenge Championship (G2) as well as Jakes
Charming Jody who was an impressive winner of the $80,000 Sam Houston Maiden
Classic. Coady Photography |
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BOUNCES BACK FROM SPILL TO TAKE TOKYO CITY CUP ABOARD WORTH REPEATING IN 8-1
UPSET; VALENZUELA QUADRUPLES - ARCADIA, Calif. (March 26, 2011) – Jockey
Martin Pedroza, uninjured in a spill two races previous, directed 8-1 longshot
Worth Repeating to a determined upset victory Saturday in Santa Anita’s 55th
running of the Grade III, $100,000 Tokyo City Cup marathon at 1 ½ miles.
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Rule
By Force Determined In Coyote - Phoenix, AZ – March 26,
2011 - The Sandra Hall’s Trust’s Rule By Force made a tenacious move through the
stretch to score a mild-upset victory in the $25,000 Coyote Handicap over
six-and-one-half furlongs at Turf Paradise on Saturday afternoon.
Coady Photography |
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jock wins Louisiana Derby with Pants On Fire - NEW ORLEANS
(March 26, 2011) – Jockey Rosie Napravnik, riding in her first season at Fair
Grounds, has increased her lead in the local jockey standings throughout the
second half of the meeting, but she put the most appetizing garnish on her
Crescent City debut with a neck victory in the richest Thoroughbred race ever
run in New Orleans on George and Lori Hall’s Pants On Fire in Saturday’s $1
million Louisiana Derby. Hodges Photography / Lou Hodges, Jr. |
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Upsets In
Doubleheader at Fonner - Grand Island, NE – March 26, 2011 -
It was a day for odd-on favorites to meet their demise when Bach’s Homebrew won
the Ogataul Stakes and Nayborhood Affair won the Orphan Kist Stakes during a
doubleheader for Nebraska-breds on Saturday at Fonner Park. |
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Devine delivers in Fair Grounds Oaks - NEW ORLEANS
(Saturday, March 26, 2011) – James M. Miller’s Daisy Devine earned a trip to
Louisville with an impressive half-length win over Dede McGehee’s St. John’s
River in Saturday’s Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks, the richest prep race for
3-year-old fillies aspiring to the prestigious May 6 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill
Downs. Hodges Photography / Alexander Barkoff |
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Impazible wins New Orleans Handicap; Smart Bid Best in Mervin Muniz Memorial
Handicap - NEW ORLEANS (March 26, 2011) – The “Impazible”
dream came true for Twin Creeks Racing Stable, trainer Todd Pletcher and his
assistant Michael Dilger when Mission Impazible proved clearly best by a length
and a half in Saturday’s Grade II $400,000 New Orleans Handicap.
Hodges Photography / Lou Hodges, Jr. |
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Lioness Gives Berry Fourth Win of the Day In Prima Donna
- HOT SPRINGS, AR (March 26, 2011) – Oaklawn Park’s current leading rider, Cliff
Berry, padded his margin over defending champion Terry Thompson with four wins
on Saturday, including a front running victory aboard 2-5 favorite Gran Lioness
in the $75,000 Prima Donna Stakes. Through the conclusion of Saturday’s card,
Berry held a 13-win advantage over Thompson with 45 victories this meet.
Coady Photography
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Of Strife awarded 39th Crescent City Derby - NEW
ORLEANS - March 25, 2011 - Klaravich Stable and William Lawrence’s Populist
Politics, cross-entered in Saturday’s $1 million Louisiana Derby but scratched
out of that in favor of Friday’s 39th running of the $75,000 Crescent City Derby
at Fair Grounds, was first under the wire by a nose the easier assignment in the
Derby restricted to accredited Louisiana-bred 3-year-olds but was subsequently
disqualified to third with Heartlines Horse Ranch’s Man of Strife being awarded
the victory. Photo by Hodges Photography / Lou Hodges, Jr. |
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Deacon Speakin’ runs away with the Portland Mile - Portland,
OR—March 23, 2011 - Juan Gutierrez was more than happy to sit back in the garden
spot as Ladner Lad and Elusive Schemes set him and Deacon Speakin’ up perfectly
to pounce on them and pour it on down the lane to score in the $53,000 Portland
Mile at Portland Meadows. |
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RIDE BY BEJARANO GETS JUNIPER PASS HOME IN GRADE II SAN LUIS REY AFTER MARATHON
TAKEN OFF THE TURF; JOCKEY GAINS STAKES DOUBLE WITH EASY WIN ABOARD MILDLY
OFFENSIVE IN SANTA PAULA STAKES - ARCADIA, Calif. (March 20, 2011) – A
series of “off” conditions combined with jockey Rafael Bejarano getting on board
helped send 9-2 shot Juniper Pass to a one-half length victory over pacesetter
Dahoud in Santa Anita’s 60th running of the Grade II, $150,000 San Luis Rey
Stakes at 1 ½ miles on Sunday. ©
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Touch upsets field in $120,000 New Mexico State University Handicap
- Sunland Park, NM - March 20, 2011 - Spinning Touch came through with a
stirring stretch drive to win the $120,000 New Mexico State University Handicap
at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday. - Lisa Dominguez
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OF AFFAIRS EQUALS STAKES RECORD IN HOT SPRINGS - HOT SPRINGS, AR
(Sunday, March 20, 2011) – Chief of Affairs capped off a huge weekend at Oaklawn
Park with a dominating performance in Sunday’s $75,000 Hot Springs Stakes that
equaled the stakes record time of 1:08 2/5 for six furlongs. His win follows
victories on Saturday by Havre de Grace, who equaled the stakes record in the
$150,000 Azeri Stakes (G3), and The Factor, who jumped onto Kentucky Derby (G1)
trail with his eye-catching effort in the $300,000 Rebel Stakes (G2).
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TOP QUALIFIER ADOLPH TRES KNOCKOUT WINS OKLAHOMA FUTURITY
- OKLAHOMA CITY – March 19, 2011 - Adolph Tres Knockout posted the fastest
time from 14 trials on Opening Weekend at Remington Park for the
Oklahoma Futurity. Saturday night she took the historic main event by a
neck as the 8-5 wagering favorite.-
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FALL FOR IT RISES TO THE TOP OF LA PRIMERA QH TRIALS - CYPRESS, CA - MARCH 19,
2011 |
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Zoomin On By Tops Merial
Distaff Sam Houston Challenge Trials
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Factor Rolls to Front-Running Rebel Score; Havre de Grace Starts 2011 Strong in
Azeri - HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, March 19, 2011) – The
question asking if The Factor could carry his brilliant speed farther down the
Kentucky Derby (G1) trail was emphatically answered Saturday as the 3-year-old
colt owned by George Bolton and Fog City Stable rolled to a 6 ¼-length victory
in the $300,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) in front of 34,698 fans at Oaklawn Park.
- Coady Photography |
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JLS Party Wagon Lives Large In Harrah’s - BOSSIER CITY, LA
- March 19, 2011 - JLS Party Wagon dominated the $249,370 Harrah’s Entertainment
Futurity (G3) by a commanding three-quarters of a length on Saturday afternoon
at Louisiana Downs to establish himself as a juvenile worth following as the
futurities grow richer and longer. - Photos by Natalie Glyshaw
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 BEJARANO
GUIDES MALIBU PIER TO IMPRESSIVE SCORE IN GRADE II SANTA ANA STAKES; IRISH
O’BRIEN GOES TO LA NEZ AND PEDROZA - ARCADIA, Calif. (March 19, 2011) –
A crafty ride by Rafael Bejarano was instrumental in propelling Malibu Pier to a
one-length victory over Turning Top Saturday in Santa Anita’s 44th running of
the Grade II, $150,000 Santa Ana Stakes for older fillies and mares at 1 1/8
miles on turf. © BENOIT PHOTO |
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Alert The
Press Rebounds at Fonner - Grand Island, NE – March 19, 2011
- Alert The Press returned from a layoff to score his third win from five starts
by taking the $10,000 Bachman Stakes by two and a quarter lengths on Saturday at
Fonner Park. |
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Sophomore Turf Stakes Doubleheader at Turf - Phoenix, AZ -
March 19, 2011 - Forest Mouse beat the boys in the $25,000 Tempe Handicap and
Irenes Jackpot handled the girls in a stakes doubleheader for 3-year olds on the
grass at Turf Paradise on Saturday afternoon. - Coady Photography |
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Bonndaddy’s closes fast to win $100,000 Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap
- Sunland Park, NM - March 19, 2011 - Bonndaddy’s closed like a freight
train to win going away in the $100,000 Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap at Sunland Park
Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. - Tommie Morelos / Coady
Photography |
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 Wild
About Marie wins FG’s Bienville Stakes - Rosie Napravnik
Notches 100th Winner This Winter at Fair Grounds - NEW ORLEANS - March 19, 2011
– Ike and Dawn Thrash’s Wild About Marie, allowed to settle just behind the
early leaders, launched a strong bid in the final furlong to capture Saturday’s
25th anniversary edition of Fair Grounds’ $60,000 Bienville Stakes for older
fillies and mares at about 5 1/2-furlongs over the Stall-Wilson turf course by
three-quarters of a length. Hodges Photography / Lou Hodges, Jr. |
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HOME ON TURF, ODDS-ON CHOICE REGALLY READY CRUISES TO VICTORY IN JOE HERNANDEZ
STAKES - ARCADIA, CA - March 18, 2011 – Having found his niche on grass,
heavily-favored Regally Ready cruised to a 1 ¾-length victory over Leroy’s
Dynameaux in Friday’s fourth running of the $79,150 Joe Hernandez Stakes at 6 ½
furlongs over Santa Anita’s downhill turf course.
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ONE
SWEET JESS POSTS 400 YARD TRACK RECORD IN EL PRIMERO TRIALS |
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WEST TEXAS DERBY-G3 trials
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SPECIAL CANDY SETS NEW TRACK RECORD FOR 330-YARDS - OKLAHOMA CITY –
March 13, 2011 - Jess Special Candy rolled over 330 yards in Sunday’s $23,000
allowance feature at Remington Park, getting the victory and setting a new track
record for the distance. - Dustin Orona Photography |
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 FAVORED CAMBINA TAKES
CHINA DOLL ON THE STRETCH - OUT FOR SECOND
SUCCESSIVE STAKES VICTORY AT SANTA ANITA
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ARCADIA, Calif. (March 13, 2011) – After
rallying strongly to take the Grade III La
Habra Stakes at 6 ½ furlongs, Irish-bred
Cambina was just as forceful going one mile
on turf when she stretched out Sunday to
capture Santa Anita’s $80,500 China Doll
Stakes for 3-year-old fillies.
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Joy wins $100,000 Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap - Sunland
Park, NM - March 13, 2011 - The classy mare Jenuine Joy steamrolled her male
opponents with a sterling victory in the $100,000 Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap
at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday. - Lisa Dominguez
/ Coady Photography |
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WHOLE LOT OF KARMA LOOKS GOOD IN KATELLA HANDICAP - CYPRESS, CA -
MARCH 12, 2011 - It looks like Vessels Stallion Farm and Bud Feldkamp’s Whole
Lot Of Karma will be in the mix in all of the major Grade 1 stakes race at Los
Alamitos in 2011 based on his outstanding victory in Saturday’s $25,000 Katella
Handicap for 4-year-olds and upward and 350 yards.- photo Scott Martinez
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RC HADTOBEMOVIN SIZZLES IN THE $15,000 SILESTONE STAKES AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK
- Houston, TX - March 12, 2011 - The first stakes of the 2011 Sam Houston
Race Park American Quarter Horse meet featured a well-matched group of eight
accredited Texas-bred 3-year-old fillies. Rc Hadtobemovin powered to the wire of
the $15,000 Silestone Stakes under rider Santos Carrizales. -
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SKYLINE LOVER MOVES LATE TO WIN SLM BIG DADDY STAKES - OKLAHOMA
CITY – March 12, 2011 - A late rally over the final 200 yards propelled Skyline
Lover to his sixth consecutive win as he scored in his Remington Park debut
Saturday night to take the $50,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes. - Photo
Credit: Dustin Orona Photography
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 STUNNERS
AT SANTA ANITA: PREMIER PEGASUS WINS GRADE II SAN FELIPE BY A RECORD 7 ¾
LENGTHS; MISS MATCH TAKES GRADE I SANTA MARGARITA AT RECORD ODDS OF 45-1
- ARCADIA, Calif. (March 12, 2011) – Premier Pegasus, a son of 2000 Kentucky
Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus, burst into 2011 Derby prominence on Saturday at
Santa Anita when taking the Grade II, $250,000 San Felipe Stakes by 7 ¾ lengths,
the most decisive victory in the 74-year history of the final stepping-stone to
the April 9 Santa Anita Derby. © BENOIT PHOTO |
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24,111 TURN OUT TO SEE IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND JOYFUL VICTORY WIN STAKES
- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, March 12, 2011) – Great weather and two
Grade 3 stakes races led to a packed house Saturday as a crowd of 24,111, the
largest of the meet so far, turned out to watch Fox Hill Farms’ 3-year-old filly
Joyful Victory win the $125,000 Honeybee Stakes (G3) and Maggie Moss’ It
Happened Again win his third straight at Oaklawn Park in the $125,000 Razorback
Stakes (G3) for older male horses. It Happened Again - Oaklawn
Park / Coady Photography |
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Table Mesa Keeps Rolling at Turf Paradise - Phoenix, AZ -
March 12, 2011 - Dennis Weir’s homebred Table Mesa surged through the stretch to
keep her consistent Turf Paradise campaign intact with a victory in the $25,000
Mesa Handicap on Saturday afternoon. - Coady Photography |
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Camp wins $50,000 Bill Thomas Memorial Stakes at 23-1 -
Sunland Park, NM - March 12, 2011 - Winter Camp broke like a shot, set a furious
pace, and held on gamely to win the Bill Thomas Memorial Stakes at Sunland Park
Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. - Tommie Morelos / Coady
Photography |
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Song hits high note in New Orleans Ladies; Great Mills Goes Great Going Two
Turns in Grindstone Stakes - NEW ORLEANS (Saturday, March
12, 2011) – Mrs. Yoshio Fujita’s Ravi’s Song, allowed to settle, launched a bold
bid along the inside when set down for the drive and drew off for a convincing
length and a half score in Saturday’s second running of the $100,000 New Orleans
Ladies for older fillies and mares at Fair Grounds. - Hodges
Photography / Lynn Roberts |
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Sam Houston Maiden Classic QH Trial Qualifiers - March 11, 2011 |
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 Toast
To Patriot, Eyesa Flash Are Life of
Mardi Gras Party -
BOSSIER CITY, LA - March 8, 2011 - Toast
To Patriot raced like he’ll enjoy added
distance while winning the $264,876
Mardi Gras Futurity and Eyesa Flash blew
up the track record while taking the
$93,896 Mardi Gras Derby on a wet Fat
Tuesday at Louisiana Downs.
Photos by Natalie Glyshaw
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Storm surges in Mardi Gras Stakes
- NEW ORLEANS - March 8, 2011 – Right
Time Racing’s Street Storm, placed just
off the early pace by jockey Jesse
Campbell, challenged for command when
set down for the drive and out-footed
Adele Dilschneider’s favored Aide to
tally by a neck in Tuesday’s 67th
running of the $60,000 Mardi Gras Stakes
at Fair Grounds. Photo by
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Back of the Bus scores in the Willamette
River Stakes -
Portland, OR- March 7, 2011 - Back of
the Bus took command as the field came
into the stretch and was just able to
hold off a hard charging Littleman John
to score a slight upset in the $16,800
Willamette River Stakes at Portland
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LOUISIANA SENATOR CONTROLS EASTEX HANDICAP
- OKLAHOMA CITY – March 6, 2011 - The Opening
Weekend of the 2011 American Quarter Horse & Mixed-breed Season closed Sunday
afternoon featuring the $50,600 Eastex Handicap. Louisiana Senator led from
start to finish to win the first graded stakes race of the season by a length.
- Dustin Orona
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 Freighttrain
B fastest in OK Derby Trials -
Oklahoma City, March 6, 2011 - A series of five trials were held
earlier in the Sunday program to determine the qualifiers for the $135,000
Oklahoma Quarter Horse Derby on March 19. Freighttrain B posted the fastest
350-yard time in the second trial, crossing the finish in :17.455 seconds. - Dustin Orona
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ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BIG ’CAP VICTORY, COMEBACKING MISREMEMBERED WINS SANTANA
MILE—LOOKING AS IF HE COULD’VE BEEN DANGEROUS IN 2011 SANTA ANITA
HANDICAP - ARCADIA, Calif. (March 6, 2011) – One year to the day of his victory
in the 2010 Santa Anita Handicap, Misremembered appeared to pick up where he had
left off with a dazzling victory in Sunday’s $75,000 Santana Mile at Santa
Anita. © BENOIT PHOTO |
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HUMOR SHOWS HIS CLASS IN THE $150,000 MAXXAM GOLD CUP AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK
- Houston, TX - March 5, 2011 - The $150,000 Maxxam Gold Cup, the final stakes
of the 2011 Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred meeting, had a myriad of
compelling storylines. The ten horse field boasted earnings in excess of $3.5
million and included two horses that competed in the 2008 and 2009 Kentucky
Derby as well as several multiple graded stakes winners. - Jack
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HUMOR SHOWS HIS CLASS IN THE $150,000 MAXXAM GOLD CUP AT SAM HOUSTON
RACE PARK - Houston, TX -
March 5, 2011 - The $150,000 Maxxam Gold Cup, the final stakes of the
2011 Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred meeting, had a myriad of
compelling storylines. The ten horse field boasted earnings in excess of
$3.5 million and included two horses that competed in the 2008 and 2009
Kentucky Derby as well as several multiple graded stakes winners.
- Jack Coady/Coady Photography |
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GAME ON DUDE SURVIVES MIDSTRETCH CONTROVERSY IN SANTA ANITA HANDICAP
AS 1-2 FAVORITE TWIRLING CANDY GETS BOUNCED AROUND WHILE FINISHING
FIFTH; SUTHERLAND GAINS HISTORIC WIN; FLUKE TAKES KILROE; OAKS GOES TO
TURBULENT DESCENT - ARCADIA, Calif. (March 5, 2011) – Twirling Candy’s
expected coronation as the 1-2 favorite in Saturday’s 74th running of
the Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap presented by San Manuel
Indian Bingo & Casino was turned topsy-turvy by a virtual sigalert in
midstretch. © BENOIT PHOTO |
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 SMOKE
IT RIGHT REMAINS PERFECT WITH MOUNTAIN VALLEY SCORE
- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, March 05, 2011) – The heavy 3-2 favorite,
Smoke It Right, improved his undefeated record to four for four and
earned a shot at bigger races down the road with his front running
victory in Saturday’s $60,000 Mountain Valley Stakes at six furlong.
- Coady Photography
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JLS Party Wagon Wins
Definitive Harrah’s Entertainment Futurity Trial
- BOSSIER CITY, LA - March 5, 2011 -
Could John Soileau of JLS Speed Horse Ranch and
trainer Darrel Soileau have a top futurity
horses for the second straight year? They might.
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Tincup Cocktail upsets field in $98,376 West
Texas Maturity (G2) -
Sunland Park, NM - March 5, 2011 - Dismissed as
a 17-1 outsider, A Tincup Cocktail surged in
deep stretch to grab a neck win in the $98,376
West Texas Maturity (Grade 2) at Sunland Park
Racetrack and Casino on Saturday.
- Lisa Dominguez / Coady Photography |
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FAVORITES DELIVER
IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES IN THE YELLOW ROSE AND
TEXAS SIX SHOOTER AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK
- Houston, TX - March 4, 2011 - Two graded
stakes for Arabians were contested tonight at
Sam Houston Race Park and the favorites in both
prevailed in impressive fashion.
- Coady Photography |
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 Another World
Record at Sunland Park
- by Ty Wyant - Sunland Park, NM - March 1, 2011 - For
the second time in three weeks, the
330-yard world record and track record
fell at Sunland Park when Sheri Galvez
and Tony Sedillo’s Neversaynever raced
the distance in :15.859 on Sunday
afternoon. -Tommie
Morelos / Coady Photography |
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