November 7th, 2009 12:29am
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Well the girls got their day in the sun yesterday, now it’s the boys turn. If only Rachel Alexandra would have been allowed to compete. Oh, well.
The second race at Santa Anita kicks of the Breeders’ Cup races with the third running of the $1,000,000 Juvenile Turf going one mile.
NICK’S PICKS – 1. Inteactif. 2. Viscount Nelson. 3. Codoy. 4. Kera’s Kitten.
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November 6th, 2009 05:39pm
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The Daily Racing Form’s Mike Welsch reports, Life Is Sweet, who has taken a back seat to her more accomplished stablemate Zenyatta all year long, finally got her due after exploding to an easy 2 1/2-length victory over Mushka in the $2 million Ladies’ Classic at Santa Anita. Careless Jewel, the 9-5 favorite, stopped badly after setting a lightning-fast pace and finished last in a field of eight fillies …
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November 6th, 2009 10:03am
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From PhilB – This is one of the greatest fields of all time. It is hard to pick the order since almost everyone in this race can win. I think Summer Bird and Quality Road will be going head to head down the stretch with Gio Ponti right behind them. The late runs of Zenyatta and Richards kid will make it interesting. I like Richards kid to nip the two …
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November 6th, 2009 12:48am
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Here are my selections for today’s Breeders’ Cup races at Santa Anita.
The third race kicks things off with the $500,000 Marathon.
NICK’S PICKS – 1. Father Time (sixth). 2. Man or Iron (first $14.80, $7.20, $4.40). 3. Mastery (third $2.40). 4. Nite Lite (eighth).
The fourth race is the $1,000,000 Juvenile Fillies Turf.
NICK’S PICKS – 1. Lillie Langtry (eighth). 2. Rose Catherine (second $6.80, $5.80). 3. House of …
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November 5th, 2009 05:04pm
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Well here we go with the Breeders’ Cup Classic. I’ve tried to include a photo, previous race and information on the owner, trainer and my opinion on the horse. Hope this helps some.
POST 13 – Awesome Gem: Shown here in the Pacific Classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDrMUSsV060 Awesome Gem, a 6-year-old gelding, is owned by West Point Thoroughbreds and trained by Craig Dollase. This chestnut has earned $1,695,682, with six lifetime wins out of …
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November 5th, 2009 05:00pm
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The Daily Racing Form’s Jay Privman reports, Indian Blessing, a two-time champion, was retired on Thursday morning, trainer Bob Baffert said.
Indian Blessing worked a half-mile in 47.40 seconds on Thursday at Santa Anita, but Baffert said he had no race in mind for her at the time. Instead, he wanted to give exercise rider Simon Harris, who worked Indian Blessing when she was stabled in New York, one …
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November 5th, 2009 12:43am
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The New York Times’ Joe Drape reports, in 2007, Kentucky racing officials found cobra venom, a powerful painkiller, in the barn of Patrick Biancone, a horse trainer with prestigious victories from Hong Kong to France. He was barred from the sport for a year. Steve Asmussen, the nation’s leading trainer, served a six-month suspension in 2006 after one of his horses failed a drug test in Louisiana, and is …
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November 4th, 2009 12:07pm
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Jay Privman of the Daily Racing Form reports, the battle cry all year for European standout Rip Van Winkle has been “feet don’t fail me now.” After his first tour of the Santa Anita main track on Wednesday morning, trainer Aidan O’Brien said he was satisfied with the way Rip Van Winkle, who is scheduled to run in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday, is dealing with …
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November 3rd, 2009 05:18pm
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Jay Privman of the Daily Racing Form reports, Ladies’ Day for the Breeders’ Cup is Friday, when five of the six BC races run that day at Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting will be exclusively for female horses. But the Queen runs Saturday, when Zenyatta, unbeaten in 13 previous starts against females, runs against males for the first time in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.
On Tuesday afternoon, …
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November 3rd, 2009 01:55pm
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According to the International Racing Bureau, Shocking kept the foreign raiders at bay with a three-quarters of a length triumph over Crime Scene in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup at Flemington in Australia on Tuesday. Mourilyan came from almost last in the final quarter-mile to claim third, 1 1/2 lengths farther back.
The Melbourne Cup was the second race in four days for Shocking, who had won a Group …
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Press Democrat horse racing handicaper Bill Nichols shares his opinions on past and upcoming races. Bill will also include articles from numerous sites so you won’t have to spend the time searching out the news yourself. So please respond with your own opinions about the posted comments, either for or against, and offer your own questions so others can share their opinions.
