Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Princess of Sylmar wins the Kentucky Oaks (photo: Anne M. Eberhardt) The best 3-year-old filly in the country might run the race...
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Party people who witnessed the last cocktails poured in the Caroline St. bars must have loved that some pilot in a Piper Cub airplane was buzzing the skies above Saratoga Racecourse at 6:00 AM. Whoever...
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For owners and trainers of 2-year-olds, autumn means a look into the proverbial crystal ball and seeing images beginning to take shape of the following spring’s classic horses, and sometimes even beyond...
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Let’s try and get through this with as little pain as possible. If you think you can nail this year’s Belmont Stakes winner through conventional handicapping methods you’re most likely in for a rude awakening...
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It has been 991 days since a big bay colt with a smashing white blaze hauled his handler through the ring at Keeneland’s 2010 September yearling sale, hammer falling on the winning $4.2 million bid of...
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You want Derby works, boy do we have Derby works. A total of eight Derby horses had their final drills Saturday morning, many of them moved back a day due to the impending rain expected later today and...
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Patton vs. Rommel! Lee vs. Meade! Washington vs. Cornwallis! Pletcher vs. Baffert? Yes, the armies are massing and they could confront each other on the banks of the Ohio on the first Saturday in May....
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Steeplechase racing makes every Thursday special. But this Thursday there were two steeplechase races and at least two other occurrences to make the day extra special. As part of the 11-race card, Saratoga...
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Nicole Russo, who used to write about 2-year-olds at Saratoga for the Pink Sheet, would advise her readers to keep an eye on those horses that competed but didn’t win in the maiden special weight races...
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Anna Ford, racing manager for E. Paul Robsham Stables, had some last minute shopping to do May 3. “We just decided on Sunday (April 29) that we’re going to the (Kentucky) Oaks (gr. I) and I still need...
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