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Cheltenham Festival: Emotional Katie Walsh guides Poker De

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:06:02 +0000

Cheltenham Festival: Emotional Katie Walsh guides Poker De Sivola home to win National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup
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Canonize wins Santa Anita feature by 3\005C\005C lengths

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:05:57 +0000

Canonize wins Santa Anita feature by 3\005C\005C lengths (PA SportsTicker)
Canonize defeated Star Nicholas by 3\005C\005C lengths to win Wednesday’s $53,916 feature at Santa Anita.

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Monmouth announces $12.1M stakes package Aside from boosting

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:05:41 +0000

Monmouth announces $12.1M stakes package
Aside from boosting its overnight purses to projected record levels, Monmouth Park also will increase the gross payout in New Jersey stakes purses in 2010, officials at the Oceanport, N.J., track announced Tuesday.

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Obama, Hill Wage Intel Turf Battle Kara Rowland

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:05:37 +0000

Obama, Hill Wage Intel Turf Battle
Kara Rowland The Obama administration and Capitol Hill are engaged in a major turf battle as lawmakers face fresh resistance from the White House over a push to increase their oversight of the nation…

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Ny Horse Breeders Warn Of Risk If Otb

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:05:58 +0000

Ny Horse Breeders Warn Of Risk If Otb Funds Cut
NEW YORK - New York state will lose hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and the state's horse breeding industry will be destroyed if the funding provided by New York City's bankrupt Off-Track B…

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Huge rally gives Annihilation win at Santa Anita

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:05:54 +0000

Huge rally gives Annihilation win at Santa Anita (AP)
Annihilation rallied from eighth to beat favorite Czechers by a neck and win the $64,050 Clocker’s Corner Handicap on Sunday at Santa Anita. Czechers sat second in the field off 11 fillies and mares for most of the race and appeared perfectly poised for a win, but Annihilation and jockey Alex Solis, still eighth at the top of the stretch, staged a furious rally and passed the favorite in the…

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Solwhit gets Champion Hurdle green light after recovering

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:53 +0000

Solwhit gets Champion Hurdle green light after recovering from cough

Solwhit, one of the leading fancies for Tuesday’s Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, will travel over to England after scoping clean on Saturday morning.

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Warbling never headed in G2 Inside Information A

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:43 +0000

Warbling never headed in G2 Inside Information
A better start led to a better finish for Warbling in Sunday’s Grade 2 Inside Information Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

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John Motson and Sir Alex Ferguson hooked on

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:05:55 +0000

John Motson and Sir Alex Ferguson hooked on the Cheltenham Festival

The lure of the Festival will be too strong for Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and commentator John Motson despite it being the hectic part of the football season.

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Velazquez Picks Up Dubai World Cup Mount John

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:05:51 +0000

Velazquez Picks Up Dubai World Cup Mount
John Velazquez has picked himself up a Dubai World Cup ride in the shape of Crowded House. Velazquez will replace Jamie Spencer on the colt, a Rainbow Quest 4-year-old who was most recently a half-len…

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