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• in Sports
  Celebrating the Greatest Two Minutes in Sports
  “Happy Derby Day” in the Bluegrass
  by beenetworknews / on May 5, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “churchill downs”

 

• Wise Dan Pointed to Firecracker Next

  
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  Defending Horse of the Year Wise Dan breezed a “bullet” five furlongs on the Polytrack at Keeneland on Saturday in :58.40 and he could make his next start in the $150,000-added Firecracker Handicap (Grade II) at Churchill Downs on June 29. “He worked very well and galloped out really strong,” trainer Charlie ...
  3 days ago

• Sports Briefing | Horse Racing: Fort Larned Earns Breeders’ Cup Berth

  
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  Fort Larned won the $536,300 Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap by six and a quarter lengths over Golden Ticket at Churchill Downs.        
  3 days ago

• Kitten’s Dumplings Overcomes Wide Trip in Regret

  
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  Favored Kitten’s Dumplings overcame an extremely wide trip on the final turn to win the Grade 3 Regret Stakes on Saturday at Churchill Downs. Joel Rosario brought the Michael Maker-trained filly home by 2 ¼ lengths under the lights for her first graded stakes win. Kitten’s Dumplings is a homebred for owners Ken ...
  3 days ago

• Fort Larned Punches Breeders’ Cup Ticket with Stephen Foster Win

  
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  Fort Larned skipped to an easy wire-to-wire victory in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap under the lights at Churchill Downs on Saturday evening. Under Brian Hernandez, Jr., the 5-year-old led going into the first turn and never looked back through his easy stretch gallop during which Mark Johnson described him as ...
  3 days ago

• Code West Wins Matt Winn with a Head Bob

  
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  Code West and Rosie Napravnik bested a determined Uncaptured in the Churchill Downs stretch on Saturday to take home the Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes by just a head bob. Code West came out of the turn with the lead and fought neck and neck with Uncaptured all the way down to the wire for owners Gary and Mary West and ...
  3 days ago

• Funny Proposition Laughs Home in Fleur de Lis; Royal Delta Second

  
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  Funny Proposition and Joel Rosario laughed all the way home in the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis Handicap. The 4-year-old Mark Casse trainee, who went off at odds of 5-1, shot to the front by the quarter pole and never looked back, drawing off to win by five lengths. The race was her first graded stakes victory. Royal Delta ...
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• Stephen Foster Handicap Fun Facts

  
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  Three horses used victories in the Stephen Foster as part of their resumes in Horse of the Year campaigns. The three are Black Tie Affair (1991), Saint Liam (2005) and Curlin (2008). In addition, two runner-ups were crowned Horse of the Year: Mineshaft (2003) and Wise Dan (2012). Victory Gallop owns the stakes and ...
  4 days ago

• Azeri Daughter Will Take on Royal Delta in Fleur de Lis

  
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  Wine Princess, a 4-year-old chestnut daughter of 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper and 2002 Horse of the Year Azeri, won her 2013 debut by seven lengths on Opening Night at Churchill Downs and will make her second start of the year in Saturday’s $175,000-added Fleur de Lis Handicap Presented by Etihad Airways ...
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• Blackhawks announcer Olczyk won $497,000 betting on horses

  
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  For Eddie Olczyk, it’s a huge week. The Blackhawks start the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs versus the Minnesota Wild tonight; and the Kentucky Derby is Saturday. It’s the one day a year that the masses pretend to care about horse racing, so it’s high time we talk about someone who actually does truly care about ...
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• By Choosing Santa Anita, Breeders’ Cup Will Lose KY Tax Break

  
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  With the 2014 Breeders’ Cup set to be held once again at Santa Anita, a Kentucky law that authorized tax incentives for the Cup will expire. State law stipulates that the Breeders’ Cup must hold its two-day championships in Kentucky at least once every three years. If the incentive measure is to be revived in the ...
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• Man Arrested in Attempted Rape at Churchill Downs

  
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  Louisville police have arrested a man for the attempted rape of a woman in the loft of a barn at Churchill Downs. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, Joe Fernandez was arrested for attempted first-degree rape. Fernandez reportedly followed the victim up into the loft of Barn 41 when she went up to retrieve ...
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• Fort Larned Turns in Final Work for Stephen Foster

  
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  Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) winner Fort Larned continued his preparations for Saturday’s $500,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by Abu Dhabi (GI) with a five-furlong breeze in 1:01.40 on the muddy main track at Churchill Downs on Monday morning. Working under Brian Hernandez Jr., Fort ...
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• Orb Connections to Receive Derby Trophy June 15

  
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  Members of the team that guided Phipps Stable and Stuart Janney III’s Orb to victory in the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) are set to return to Churchill Downs on the Saturday, June 15 “Downs After Dark Presented by Stella Artois and Finlandia Vodka” and Stephen Foster ...
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• Wise Dan, Royal Delta Get Top Weights for Next Starts

  
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  Horse of the Year Wise Dan was assigned the top weight of 125 pounds by Racing Secretary Ben Huffman for the Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by Abu Dhabi (GI) and champion Royal Delta also was assigned 125 pounds for her defense of her title in the Fleur de Lis Handicap Presented by Etihad Airways (GII) at Churchill ...
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• Miz Ida Sprints Clear For Early Times Mint Julep Win

  
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  Miz Ida collected the fifth stakes win of her 12-race career with a 1 ¼-length victory over odds-on favorite Daisy Devine in Saturday’s 37th running of the $109,100 Early Times Mint Julep Handicap (Grade III) at Churchill Downs. Leading jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, carrying 117 pounds, rode the winner for ...
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• Daisy Devine Gets Top Weight in Early Times Mint Julep Handicap

  
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  Daisy Devine, winner of the 2012 Jenny Wiley (Grade I), will carry the top weight of 120 pounds when she takes on five fillies and mares in the 37th running of the $100,000-added Early Times Mint Julep Handicap (GIII) on Saturday at Churchill Downs. James Miller’s Daisy Devine, a winner of half of her 20 career ...
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• Orb Draws Gate 5 for Belmont Stakes

  
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  Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner, was made the 3-1 morning line favorite in the field of 14 starters for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.        
  2 weeks ago

• A Change for the Better: Garcia Confident Move to KY is the Right One

  
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  Jockey Alan Garcia has been a regular fixture on the New York circuit for several years now, even though he is only 27. The native of Peru has won several big races during his young career, including the 2008 G1 Belmont Stakes with Da’ Tara. In a recent interview with Jennie Rees of the Louisville Courier-Journal, ...
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• Groupie Doll’s Road to Return Slow and Steady

  
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  Groupie Doll, Champion Female Sprinter of 2012, took another step toward her 2013 debut and began galloping at Churchill Downs this weekend after a month of jogging beneath the Twin Spires. Groupie Doll was on the track Saturday shortly after it opened for training at 6 a.m. and jogged a mile and galloped a mile ...
  2 weeks ago

• Scatman Edges Jasizzle for Aristides

  
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  Scatman bested a hard-fighting Jasizzle in the stretch to capture the Grade 3 Aristides Stakes on Saturday at Churchill Downs. Leading Churchill rider Shaun Bridgmohan was in the irons for the win, which was the colt’s first graded stakes victory for trainer Bill Mott and owner/breeder JEOG Racing LLC. Scatman was ...
  2 weeks ago

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