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The 2007 Breeder’s Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is on October 26-27.
However, with the latest horse racing warfare merely a few weeks away, it seems there are quite a few horses who will miss horse racing’s biggest event yet.
The 2007 Breeder’s Cup World Thoroughbred Championships will be at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey to […]
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By GREG MELIKOV
Lava Man has gone where no horse has gone before on the Left Coast. Last year he became the first thoroughbred to win the Golden State’s Big 3 stakes in the same year.
This year the son of Slew City Slew is attempting to record his own version of Can You Top This – the popular radio show (1940-54) where three funny men attempted to top jokes offered on a variety of subjects from the studio audience.
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The Tin Man is primed to defend his Arlington Million title and become the only horse to record back-to-back victories in the 25-year history of Arlington Park’s premiere stakes race.
The 9-year-old gelding, who gets better with age, is one of the last siblings of ‘78 Triple Crown champ Affirmed, who passed away in ‘01.
Even the great John Henry, enjoying retirement at 32, didn’t accomplish that feat. But he also got better as he got older winning the first of two Arlington Millions at 6.
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Horses worth watching, a list of runners compiled by handicapper/turf writer Greg Melikov that should do well next time out or improve considerably, won four races, finished second six times and ran third three times since June 13.
ARLINGTON PARK
I Like Ike: Raced eighth more than six lengths behind after a half-mile, angled out for drive, rallied from fifth to make up more than 6 ¾ lengths in stretch and finished second beaten three-quarters of a length at 1 1/16 miles on a yielding turf course July 21.
Dubuque: Raced sixth early, dropped to seventh 3 ½ lengths behind after a half-mile, angled out for drive, rallied from fifth in stretch to make up more than 3 ¼ lengths and lost by a nose and 1 ¼ lengths at 1 1/16 miles on the turf July 13.
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The nation’s richest day for thoroughbred sprinters is Saturday at Calder Race Course where the eighth Summit of Speed features eight stakes worth $2 million.
The Smile Sprint Handicap for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs is one of two stakes with $500,000 purses. Two 4-year-olds regarded as America’s leading sprinters are scheduled to meet for the first time in the 24th running of the Grade 2 race honoring the top sprinter in ’86.
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By GREG MELIKOV
The long hot summer should be especially hot when it comes to stakes races. That’s because there is a plethora of stakes at tracks across the country worth big bucks.
For instance, Belmont Park offers the $400,000 Grade 1 Suburban for 3-year-olds and up on June 30. Invasor, 2006 Horse of the Year, hopes to become only the second thoroughbred in 121 runnings to post back-to-back victories. Crusader did in ’26 and ’27.
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Belmont Stakes, the third and oldest jewel of the Triple Crown at Belmont Park in New York appears to be a two-horse race between Curlin and Hard Spun.
The absence of Street Sense has ushered in a couple more challengers, but they shouldn’t alter the results. Here’s a look at the horses and how they should finish in the 139th Belmont…
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Welcome to horse racing’s Fear Factor. The television series that ran from 2001 through last year captured the attention of many viewers. Racing’s version goes back many decades. I’m talking years and years. But the measure of success depends on your point of view. Let me count the ways.
In ’73, only four horses challenged Secretariat in the third leg of his Triple Crown sweep for obvious reasons. Five years later the same number tried to derail Affirmed’s gallop into Triple Crown history, among them Alydar, the runner-up all three times.
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The 2007 Belmont Stakes should read a welcome to horse racing’s Fear Factor. “Fear Factor”, the television series that ran from 2001 through last year captured the attention of many TV viewers in America.
Horse racing’s version goes back many decades. I’m talking years and years. But the measure of success depends on your point of view. Let me count the ways.
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Horses worth watching, a list of runners compiled by handicapper/turf writer Greg Melikov that should improve in their next outing, won three races, ran second once and finished third once since April 17.
ARLINGTON PARK
Altercation: Bumped at break, trailed by more than six lengths after a half-mile, rallied from 10th to fourth in stretch, made up 2 ½ lengths and lost by a neck and 1 ¼ lengths at six furlongs on May 13; ran final quarter in 24 flat.
Sadler’s Trick: Taken up at break, raced seventh early, trailed 6 ½ lengths behind after a half-mile, ranged up six wide for drive, moved from eighth to fifth in stretch and rallied late to third beaten a nose and a neck at a mile on May 5.
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