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TV slot for Guernsey race meeting The vice-president of the Guernsey Race Club says national television exposure for the club's May Bank Holiday meeting will help attract more trainers. Satellite channel Racing UK is to show the cl…

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Music Note takes Belmont feature (AP)

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Hong Kong Stewards Drop Doleuze Case The nightmare is over for jockey Olivier Doleuze, who emerged from a May 21 inquiry by Hong Kong Jockey Club stewards into a drug “irregularity” without a case to answer.

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The Iranian Evolution and the Cross-Party Veep-Stakes McC short list . Buzz wonders if a (second) Lieberman veep-bid wouldn't become more likely if Obama crosses party lines first, with Chuck Hagel suddenly a popular figure in progressive/Democratic circ…

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Ayr Damp Squib Racing: Weld In No Hurry To Supplement Derby Fav Track Forced To Call Off Flat Card

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Kentucky racing officials discuss steroid ban (AP) Members of a Kentucky panel that oversees drug rules for horse racing got into a lively discussion Tuesday about whether the timing is right to tighten the reins on steroid use among four-legged athletes. With steroids getting increased national attention, particularly for […]

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Tariq may target Queen Anne Stakes Connections of Tariq are to give the Queen Anne Stakes 'very serious consideration' after the four-year-old made a pleasing return to action at Newbury on Saturday.

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Big Brown is not in legends Yesterday morning on the Pimlico backside, horse racing heresy was everywhere.The name of Big Brown — Saturday's Preakness winner who's now just a Belmont victory away from ending the 30-year Triple …

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Big win for Big Brown in Preakness Stakes BALTIMORE — With a kiss and a tap in yesterday's Preakness Stakes, Big Brown took off and left the field — if not the talk of whips and breakdowns and the death of filly Eight Belles in the Kentucky…

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Preakness winner just one win away from Triple Crown Rick Dutrow Jr. insisted there was no special motivation to wear this specific hat. The cap was simply available for the trainer’s trip to the barn. Still, the message on his hat conveyed the same thought on the minds of all those racing fans who […]

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