Thoroughbred Racing
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Zenyatta Stablemate Life Is Sweet Ninth In Money
Zenyatta stablemate Life Is Sweet made life sweeter for her breeder/owners when she won the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (G1) and climbed to ninth on the 2009 money list.
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Win Place Show at The Breeders Cup Championships
The United States garnered eight wins at the 2009 Breeders' Cup Championships, while the Europeans scored six victories. Zenyatta (USA) and Ireland's Goldikova starred.
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Zenyatta First Female To Win BC Classic
Unbeaten Zenyatta put herself into Horse of the Year conversation with a last to first burst in the Breeders' Cup Classic. She's the first female to win the contest.
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Summer Bird Chasing Female Foes for HOY
Female Thoroughbreds Zenyatta, or Rachel Alexandra may lay claim to Horse of the Year over Belmont Stakes, Travers Stakes, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Summer Bird.
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Can Rachel Alexandra Vie for Horse of the Year?
How great is Rachel Alexandra? At only three, the Medaglia d'Oro filly has galloped by every challenger of both genders. Her Woodward win caused a Saratoga explosion.
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Forever Together Takes Diana Stakes Again
Turfer Forever Together took serious aim at a grass championship by winning the Diana Stakes, while Kensei also triumphed at Saratoga. Cardashi won at Penn National.
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Lion Heart and Smarty Jones Get Stakes Winners
Although 2004 Belmont Stakes champion Birdstone is the stallion of the season, classmates Lion Heart and Smarty Jones are also getting two- and three-year-old winners.
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Rachel Alexandra Records Easy Haskell Win
Munnings was just learning the how-to of winning; Summer Bird's Belmont Stakes stature impressed; but Rachel Alexandra ruled again. She romped over the Haskell boys.
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Eye of the Leopard and Gozzip Girl Win
Gozzip Girl joined stars in recent wins in the American Oaks, while Eye of the Leopard gave Sam-Son a fifth Queen's and Presious Passion rolled in the United Nations.
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Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta Dominate
Dominant performances by Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, piloted by regular jockeys Calvin Borel and Mike Smith, kept the two female stars on an honors collision course.
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Zenyatta A Perfect Ten Chasing Immortals
Can Zenyatta match Personal Ensign's perfect thirteen? She's three quarters of the way there and still galloping. Will she meet up with 2009's sweetheart, Rachel A.?
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Seattle Smooth Wins Ogden Phipps on Belmont Dirt
Quiet American daughter Seattle Smooth switched from artificial surfaces racing to traditional dirt in the East and continues her initial success for Mercedes Stables.
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Einstein Jammed In Stephen Foster by Macho Again
Jockey Robby Albarado took advantage of a traffic jam that walled in Santa Anita Handicap champion Einstein to pilot Macho Again to the Grade One Stephen Foster title.
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Gabby's Golden Girl Takes June Acorn Stakes
Garrett Gomez and Javier Castellano picked up pretigious wins on Belmont Stakes day with Gio Ponti and Gabby's Golden Gal, respectively. Oldster Better Talk Now showed.
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Stewart Elliott Has Winning Milwaukee Appeal
Milwaukee Appeal won the Woodbine Oaks with jockey Stewart Elliott in the irons guiding the filly for the first time. She is headed for the $1 Million Queen's Plate.
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Horse Racing Triple Crown Conspiracy Theories
In 2004, sure thing Smarty Jones lost the Belmont Stakes by a length after seemingly surviving the race's too-early speed and bursting to a long lead coming home.
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Parading Took Preakness Undercard Dixie Stakes
Jockey Kent Desormeaux took Parading to the winner's circle on the Preakness day undercard. Affirmatif and Everyday Heroes won three-year-old turf and sprint races.
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Payton d' Oro Wins Black Eyed Susans for Jones
Knowing his Thoroughbred from every angle helped jockey Terry Thompson get Payton d' Oro to the winner's circle for trainer Larry Jones on Black-Eyed Susan day.
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Barbaro Full Brother Nicanor Wins in Turf Debut
Nicanor was given five weeks to recover from a January quarter grab sustained in his first three-year-old racing season start. He's placed twice on dirt and won on turf.
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Preakness 2006 Was All Barbaro and Tragedy
Every so often, a Thoroughbred comes along who is charismatic, beautiful, and well connected. Barbaro was such a champion, ridden by Edgar Prado, trained by Michael Matz.
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Mine That Bird Ninth Gelding to Win Derby Roses
Just the ninth gelding in Kentucky Derby history to win the Run for the Roses, Mine That Bird joined a cast with speed pedigrees in Funny Cide and 1929's Clyde Van Dusen.
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April Race Results for Three-Year-Old Fillies
Hooh Why won her first stakes in the Ashland and Medaglia d' Oro daughter Rachel Alexandra rolled over her competition in the Fantasy Stakes by nearly nine lengths.
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Kentucky Derby Longshot Winners Led by Donerail
In 135 runnings of the Kentucky Derby, Mine That Bird became the second largest longshot behind 1913's Donerail to win. His jockey and trainer also set historic marks.
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Kentucky Derby Race Day Honored Eight Belles
The first running of the Eight Belles Stakes on the Kentucky Derby Day undercard May 2 featured Just Jenda, a filly trained by Eight Belles conditioner Larry Jones.
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Calvin Borel Wins Twice on Kentucky Oaks Day
Jockey Calvin Borel couldn't get enough of Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby days. On Oaks day he won twice, on Rachel Alexandra and Miss Isella, before his Derby win.
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Contributing Articles in Thoroughbred Racing
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How to Place a Bet in Horse Racing
Learn how to place a bet at the racetrack, what do a horse's odds mean, and an explanation on the different types of exotic bets.
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Dates For 2010 Classic Flat Races In England
The five classics are the most prestigious races of the United Kingdom flat racing calendar. Here are details of the 2010 1000 and 2000 Guineas, Oaks, Derby and St Leger.
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Canadian Horses Winless in 2009 Breeders' Cup
On November 6 and 7 at Santa Anita Park in California, 10 horses with Canadian connections raced for Breeders' Cup glory, but only one Canadian finished in the money.
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Breeders' Cup Friday Unlucky For Canadian Horses
Breeders' Cup weekend at Santa Anita Racetrack in California began with "Filly Friday" on November 6, with races held on turf and on the synthetic Pro-Ride surface.
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Zenyatta is America's New Super Horse
Now and then, a spectacular racehorse will lead the standings by winning constant races and earning top dollars. Zenyatta, a 5 year old filly is doing just that.
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New Racing Direction at Golden Gate Fields
Tough economic times are forcing Northern California's only major racetrack to approach its current meet with a reduction in opportunities for its higher quality horses.
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Man O' War
The career of thoroughbred racehorse Man O' War lasted sixteen months, but his power and grace inspired a post-war nation and revitalized a faltering sport.
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Roger Attfield Wins His 8th Breeders' Stakes
The $500,000 Breeders' Stakes on Woodbine's E.P. Taylor turf course on August 2 was dominated by Perfect Shower who, at 46-1, was the longest shot on the board.
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Pioneerof the Nile Retired, Musket Man Injured
It will be hard to evaluate the quality of this year's crop of 3-year-olds, as injuries are continuing to take their toll on the top-ranked runners.
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Rachel Alexandra Sets Record in the Mother Goose
It was a breathtaking show of dominance. Rachel Alexandra, ridden by Calvin Borel, soared to a 19-1/2-length win in the $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes (G1) on June 28.
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Stakes Winner Olredlgetcha Euthanized
June 2009 was a sad month at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto after three jockeys were hurt and two young horses, Oliver's Strike and Olredlgetcha, died suddenly.
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Eye of the Leopard Wins 150th Queen's Plate
Despite drifting wide in the stretch, Eye of the Leopard made a final surge to defeat Mr. Fouricos Two U by a neck in the Queen's Plate in Toronto, Ontario, on June 21.
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Oaks Star Rachel Alexandra To Be Bred to Curlin
Less than a week after devastating the field in the Kentucky Oaks, Rachel Alexandra has been sold to Jess Jackson's Stonestreet Stables and Harold T. McCormick.
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Kentucky Derby Winner Calvin Borel
For "Bo-Rail" Calvin Borel, Kentucky Derby life began at 40, with a win in 2007, a third in 2008 and a stunning victory in 2009 on 50-to-1 shot
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Todman Slipper Trial
The Todman Slipper Trial, or Todman Stakes, is the key lead up race for colts and geldings aiming at the Golden Slipper, one of the world's richest juvenile races.
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The Reisling Slipper Trial
The Reisling Slipper Trial is the main lead in race for fillies aiming at the Golden Slipper. The Golden Slipper is one of the world's premier 2yo races.
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Jet Master
Jet Master is an exciting stallion reflecting the growing stature of South African thoroughbred racing and breeding on the international stage.
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Hennessy
Hennessy stood in four different countries in a brief yet remarkable stud career that saw him die young while in South America.
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Catbird
Catbird died at a young age, but had made an immediate impact on Australian thoroughbred racing and breeding.
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Best In Show
Best In Show was a Champion Broodmare, but her continued influence places her as one of the most important thoroughbreds in the last 50 years.
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Secret Savings
Secret Savings died on Christmas Day, but was one of the most successful imported racehorses and sires to have been sent ot Australia.
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Vain
Vain won the 1969 Golden Slipper and went on to become one of the dominant speed influences in Australian racing.
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Skyline and Sky High
Skyline and Sky High are remarkable in that the full brothers won the prestigious Golden Slipper within two years of each other.
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Todman - the first Golden Slipper winner
Todman was the winner of the first Golden Slipper run in 1957. Victory by the champion colt helped establish the race as the greatest 2yo event in the world.
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Curlin; The Pedigree of a Champion
Curlin won his second consecutive US Horse Of The Year title in a runaway victory. Like his performances on the track, Curlin streeted his rivals in a dominant display.
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