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Off Duty Trying For Third Straight Win in Ack Ack Looking for his third consecutive victory and fourth stakes win of the year, 4-year-old Off Duty hopes to keep the momentum going in the $200,000 Ack Ack Handicap (gr. III) Nov. 3 at Churchill Downs. […]

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Street Sense to stand at stud for $75K The stud fees are in from Darley America: Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense will stand for $75,000, Hard Spun for $50,000. Street Sense closed out his career with a disappointing fourth-place finish in the $5 million (?3.5 million) Breeders’ Cup at Monmouth Park on Saturday, with […]

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BREEDERS CUP; Curlin Overwhelms a Deep Field and Overcomes a Soggy Track Curlin, a 3-year-old son of Smart Strike, did his best to make everyone forget the unfortunate sideshows that surrounded his victory in the Classic.

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State Of Play Is On Song TRAINER Evan Williams can’t wait for State of Play to make his seasonal reappearance in the bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby on Saturday.

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Court Vision rallies to win Iroquois; Pure Clan wins Pocahontas (AP) Court Vision rallied to beat Halo Najib by a half-length Sunday in the $171,150 Iroquois Stakes for 2-year-olds at Churchill Downs. Court Vision, ridden by Julien Leparoux, ran a mile in 1:37.26, and paid $19.60, $9, and $5.20 […]

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War Pass Remains Perfect and Wraps Up 2-Year-Old Title Still undefeated in four career starts, War Pass skipped over the Monmouth Park slop Saturday to run away from 11 rivals in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and leave no question unanswered.

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Horse has herpes virus; Downs’ barn quarantined Two days before the beginning of Churchill Downs’ fall meet, a case of the equine herpes virus prompted the Kentucky Department of Agriculture to quarantine one of the track’s barns yesterday.

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New tactics prove right Approach Newmarket witnessed a fascinating glimpse of the future yesterday when New Approach defied a tardy start and sluggish ground on his way to a gritty triumph that advertised his claims for next year’s 2,000 Guineas. For most of the journey in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes, he appeared to […]

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Richard Carter, 89, Author of Racing Guides Richard Carter was a newspaper journalist and author best remembered for his books on race track handicapping he wrote under the pseudonym Tom Ainslie.

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Big gamble pays off for owners of Kip Deville in Breeders’ Cup Mile (AP) A hefty gamble paid off as Kip Deville won the $2.6 million Breeders’ Cup Mile on the turf Saturday at Monmouth Park. The ownership team of IEAH Stables, Andrew Cohen, John Roberts, Doug Robertson, Steve […]

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