Horse Racing News Blog

La Brea marred by Indyanne breakdown
Mike Curry Champion Indian Blessing scored her third Grade 1 win of the year and solidified her burgeoning resume for the Eclipse Awards as she captured the $250,000 La Brea Stakes (G1) on Saturday a…

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Kauto Star wins 3rd straight King George VI Chase (AP)
Kauto Star became the second horse to win the King George VI Chase title three years in a row, beating Albertas Run by eight lengths in the three-mile jump race on Friday. Kauto Star, the 10-11 favorite again ridden by Ruby Walsh and trained by Paul Nicholls, survived a shaky start to ease in front and hold off a challenge by Albertas Run in the final stretch.

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Bob Black Jack Deals a Winner in Malibu
Bob Black Jack went gate to wire to easily win the $250,000 Malibu Stakes (gr. I) for 3-year-olds on opening day of the 2008-09 season at Santa Anita Park Dec. 26. It was the first graded stakes win for the California-bred Bob Black Jack.

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Obama trounces Bush in admiration stakes
One-third of the 1008 respondents surveyed named Mr Obama as their first or second choice, with Bush falling to a distant second after seven years as the country's most-admired man. Thirty-two per cen…

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Tim Vaughan’s Kings Euro targets Welsh National glory
Dec 23 2008 by Our Correspondent, Western Mail EVAN WILLIAMS isn’t the only Vale of Glamorgan trainer setting his sights on Coral Welsh National glory. Tim Vaughan, who trains a few miles u…

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Bejarano completes Southern Cal sweep
Hollywood Park ’s 40-day Autumn Meet, which concluded Dec. 21. Bejarano, a 26-year-old native of Arequipa, Peru, moved his tack west during the 2007 Autumn Meet and became just the third jockey t…

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Truck with 10 race horses stolen from Moscow racetrack
MOSCOW, December 22 (RIA Novosti) - A MAN truck with 10 horses in its trailer was stolen on Monday evening from the Central Moscow Hippodrome, Russia's largest racetrack and horse breeding center, a p…

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Bejarano completes Southern California sweep
Rafael Bejarano officially completed a sweep of the riding titles for the five major Southern California meetings with 52 winners at Hollywood Park’s 40-day autumn meet, which concluded Sunday. …

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Vacare Goes Out a Winner in Dahlia ‘Cap
Odds-on choice Vacare gave trainer Christophe Clement his 1,000th lifetime win in her final career start when she rallied in the homestretch to win the $150,000 Dahlia Handicap (g. IIT) on closing day of the Hollywood Park Autumn Meet Dec. 21.

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Pioneer of the Nile wins feature at Hollywood Park (AP)
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