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The Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird will have minor throat surgery Tuesday, and trainer Chip Woolley still hopes his race horse can run in the 2009 Travers Stakes on August 29 at Saratoga.
The operation on Tuesday is to clear a breathing passage. Race horse trainer Chip Woolley said the problem was discovered Monday after Mine That Bird returned from a workout at Saratoga Race Course.
The 3-year-old gelding Mine That Bird will be taken to the Ruffian Equine Medical Center near Belmont Park, home of the Belmont Stakes, for the procedure.
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Three-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Bob Baffert was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Friday along with trainer Janet Eliot, jockey Eddie Maple and 3 race horses.
Race horse trainer Bob Baffert, winner of 3 Eclipse Awards as the nation’s outstanding trainer, won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness with Silver Charm, Real Quiet and War Emblem. He has trained the winners of eight Triple Crown races, seven Breeders’ Cup races and developed 10 champions, including Silverbulletday, who was among Friday’s inductees.
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The Breeders’ Cup is expanding its steroid ban to include all drugs in two classifications for the 2-day Breeders’ Cup 2009 World Championships on November 6-7 at Santa Anita Park.
Trainers of horses that test positive for these drugs at this year’s event will face a one-year suspension from the Breeders’ Cup 2010 at Churchill Downs, and trainers who violate the policy 3 times will face a lifetime ban from participating in the Breeders’ Cup.
“The establishment of these new regulations strengthens our number one priority of preserving the integrity of our competition and protecting the welfare of our athletes at the world championships,” Breeders’ Cup president and CEO Greg Avioli said.
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Hall of Fame race horse trainer Nick Zito announced this morning that Tracy Farmer’s two-time Whitney Handicap winner Commentator has been retired after finishing third in Saturday’s $750,000 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga Race Course.
“He’s officially retired. We’ll let him go out on a high note,” race horse trainer Nick Zito said.
Commentator first made a name for himself in 2005 when he defeated Horse of the Year and Breeders’ Cup Classic champion Saint Liam in the Whitney Handicap. The 8-year-old New York-bred Commentator finishes his horse racing career with a record of 14-1-4 in 24 starts with earnings of $2,049,845.
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Tickets for the 2009 Breeders’ Cup World Championships on November 6-7 at Santa Anita Park are now available. General Admission tickets for both Breeders’ Cup days were reduced from last year’s $20 to $10.
The Breeders’ Cup has reduced ticket prices across the board and will offer single and 2-day options throughout the facility. Reserved grandstand ticket prices range from $40-$235 on Breeders’ Cup day Friday and from $55-$335 on Breeders’ Cup day Saturday.
The Breeders’ Cup consists of 14 Breeders’ Cup races with $25.5 million in purses. Horse racing fans can purchase Breeders’ Cup tickets online or by calling 1-877-TIX-4CUP.
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HIALEAH, Fla. (AP)–Hialeah Park, a historic Florida racetrack known for its flock of flamingos built in the 1920s and had its last live race in 2001, will begin quarter horse racing in December if possible or in early 2010, said the son of the park’s owner John Brunetti Jr. Monday.
Hialeah Park’s planned reopening is a result of a gambling bill Florida’s governor signed Monday and a change from 2 years ago when the park’s owner said horse racing would likely never return.
“Looks like we’re going to be here for a while,” said Brunetti, Hialeah Park’s vice president.
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Jockey Rene Douglas may be paralyzed after being thrown from his mount during a race at Arlington Park, his agent Dennis Cooper said.
Dennis Cooper said jockey Rene Douglas spent 7 hours in surgery on Sunday at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital and afterward doctors told him his client could not feel his lower limbs. Cooper said doctors won’t know Douglas’ status for certain until swelling reduces in about two weeks.
“They said he might not walk again … he’ll probably have use of his upper body, but they gave it to me straight that he’s not likely to walk,” Cooper told Bloodhorse.com.
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By GREG MELIKOV
Flamboyant financier Leonard W. Jerome and well-heeled friends, including banker August Belmont Sr., built a racetrack in the Bronx that opened on Sept. 25, 1866.
The crowd at Jerome Park, named for its founder, included Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and members of New York’s fashionable society. It was the first track to attract women in large numbers. Even the horses were chic — ribbons of owners’ colors were braided into their manes and tails.
On opening day, Jerome’s horse Kentucky visited the winner’s circle and the owner hoisted 12-year-old daughter Jennie on his shoulders.
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There are a number of factors that ultimately determine which horse wins the Kentucky Derby 2009, from speed, traffic, post positions, jockeys, trainers, etc. One factor that could trump all of those for the 2009 Kentucky Derby is the weather. There is a 70% chance of rain on Saturday and that would throw this year’s Kentucky Derby into a mud-filled guessing game.
Only six of the 20 horses entered in Kentucky Derby odds have ever run on a wet track. Only two Kentucky Derby entries have won, Desert Party and Friesan Fire. Let’s look at those two horses in addition to some others that might either like or hate the mud.
The three favorites in Kentucky Derby odds are likely to be I Want Revenge, Pioneerof the Nile and Dunkirk. If you like any of those three, the rain could be a major factor in Kentucky Derby betting.
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By GREG MELIKOV
Tradition! That’s the theme of the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” based on tales by Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916) defining the Jewish lifestyle in a Russian village in 1905.
Tradition! That’s a big part of the Kentucky Derby, which was first run three decades earlier. In ‘05, Agile won the 31st Kentucky Derby defeating two horses — second of the two smallest fields that includes 1892.
In 1895, the twin spires were erected over the grandstand at Churchill Downs — the signature depiction of the track and the Kentucky Derby.
There are many traditions associated with the “fastest two minutes in sports” from women in fancy hats and celebrities from every walk of life to the garland of roses draped over the winning thoroughbred and sipping a mint julep.
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