Prat Receives 7-Day Suspension for Haskell DQ
Jockey Flavien Prat received a seven-day suspension from the stewards at Monmouth Park Aug. 1 as a result of his ride aboard Hot Rod Charlie in the TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1).
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Dr. Schivel Defeats Older Rivals in Bing Crosby
The 3-year-old Dr. Schivel captured his second top-level score in the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) July 31 at Del Mar, edging older rivals at the wire to capture the six-furlong event.
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Moretti Seeks Birdstone Repeat vs. Red-Hot Lone Rock
Repole Stable and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' multiple graded stakes-placed Moretti will attempt to defend his title against six other older horses in the Aug. 5 $120,000 Birdstone Stakes, a 1 3/4-mile main-track marathon at Saratoga Race Course.
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Cross Border Defends Bowling Green Title
Three Diamonds Farm's Cross Border had been away from the winner's circle for a year, but found himself back there July 31 with a repeat victory in the $250,000 Bowling Green Stakes (G2T) at Saratoga Race Course.
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Cajun's Magic, My Sassenach Win Florida Sire Stakes
Stonehedge's Gil and Marilyn Campbell collected their 16th success in the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes series July 31 when Cajun's Magic edged stablemate Dean Delivers in the $100,0000 Dr. Fager Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
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Fundraiser to be Held for Recio Aug. 1 at McCarthy's
A fundraiser benefiting Mike Recio, who is hospitalized in the intensive care unit, will be held Aug. 1 at 6 p.m. ET at McCarthy's Irish Bar in Lexington.
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Leader of the Band Turns Tables in Monmouth Oaks
Leader of the Band staged a prolonged rally from mid-pack, eventually collaring 6-5 favorite Edie Meeny Mino Mo at the sixteenth pole, and went on to a two-length victory in the $259,000 Monmouth Oaks (G3).
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Essential Quality Lands Narrow Jim Dandy Score
Departing the outside post in a field of five for the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course, Essential Quality raced outside rivals throughout and made his move while swinging wide off the turn for home under regular rider Luis Saez.
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Calumet's Lexitonian Upsets Alfred Vanderbilt at 34-1
Battling back on the inside after being passed in early stretch by Special Reserve, Calumet Farm's Lexitonian stubbornly won the $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) July 31 at Saratoga Race Course.
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Written Tycoon Crowned Champion Australian Sire
Written Tycoon, in a stud career traversing three states and 14 years, has won his maiden Australian general sires championship, ending the four-year reign of prolific rival Snitzel, and the first 'Victorian' stallion to do so in more than 40 years.
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Hills' 'Horse of a Lifetime' Battaash Retired
An emotional Charlie Hills was close to tears as he paid tribute to Battaash—one of the top-performing geldings ever trained on the flat in Britain—as his horse of a lifetime.
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Pink Lloyd Aims for Fifth Straight Vigil Stakes Score
Pink Lloyd is among a field of six older male sprinters in the CA$150,000 Vigil Stakes (G3) over six furlongs on the main track, rematched against Souper Stonehenge, who beat him in the Jacques Cartier Stakes (G3) in June.
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Maxfield Completes Final Work for Whitney Stakes
Godolphin homebred Maxfield, trained by Brendan Walsh, worked five furlongs from the gate July 31 under Jose Ortiz in preparation for the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) Aug. 7 at Saratoga Race Course.
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Change-of-Plea Hearing Set Aug. 11 for Navarro
Trainer Jorge Navarro, who pled not guilty in April 2020 to charges involving the use of performance-enhancing drugs in racehorses, has a change of plea hearing scheduled Aug. 11 before Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil in the Southern District of New York.
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Dynamic One Enters Travers Picture After Curlin Win
While chaos was unfolding in the 3-year-old division, trainer Todd Pletcher was biding his time with his grade 2-placed Dynamic One, waiting for the right time to bring him back to the races and reenter the scene.
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Saratoga Will Host Fabulous Fillies Day Aug. 5
NYRA will honor local breast cancer survivors during Fabulous Fillies Day Aug. 5 at Saratoga Race Course. All fans are encouraged to wear pink to the races. Gates open at 11 a.m.
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As Expected, No 2022 Dates Application for Arlington
The Illinois Racing Board received no applications for 2022 racing dates at Arlington International Racecourse by the July 30 deadline, leaving Hawthorne Race Course the only track set to run races in the Chicago area.
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Basketball Game for NY Race Track Chaplaincy on Sept. 1
The 13th annual jockeys-versus-horsemen charity basketball game, which benefits the programs of the New York Race Track Chaplaincy, will be played Sept. 1 at the Saratoga Springs Recreation Center at 6:30 p.m. ET.
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Pletcher Plotting Stakes Dates for Star-Studded Stable
While trainer Todd Pletcher prepares his acceptance speech for his Aug. 6 induction into Racing's Hall of Fame, the sport's all-time leader in earnings also has his hands full getting his star-studded stable ready for important graded stakes dates.
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Ramsey Disputes Total Owed in Maker Lawsuit
Owner Ken Ramsey says alleged total owed trainer Mike Maker in delinquent training fees includes $96,586 in "unauthorized interest."
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KHRC Ends Bejarano Suspension After Ellis Lifts Ban
Jockey Rafael Bejarano, suspended July 18 by the Kentucky stewards after the rider was ejected from Ellis Park July 11, has been "restored to good standing" after the track lifted its ejection July 28, according to a July 29 ruling.
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After Disappointing Run, Retirement Likely for Battaash
The curtain looks set to come down on one of the modern era's finest sprinting careers after Battaash, the best flat gelding ever trained in Britain, disappointed at Goodwood for the first time in his life.
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Del Mar Restores $1 Million Purse to Pacific Classic
The Aug. 21 Pacific Classic (G1), Del Mar's centerpiece race, has been restored to its original purse level of $1 million. Additionally, the track's conclusion to its 3-year-old grass series—the Sept. 4 Del Mar Derby (G2T)—will climb to $250,000.
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Unbeaten Fillies Lorena, Jilli Marie Top Woodbine Oaks
Lorena and Jilli Marie will put their respective unbeaten records on the line Aug. 1 in the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser.
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A New Generation Flying the Flag for Olympian Matz
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Suesa Claims Victory in King George Stakes at Goodwood
Suesa showed what she is made of in the King George Qatar Stakes (G2), the feature race on the July 30 Glorious Goodwood card and one Battaash could not even play the role of bridesmaid in.
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Brown Named Winner of AVMA Meritorious Service Award
The American Veterinary Medical Association named Dr. Stuart Brown, vice president of equine safety at Keeneland, as the winner of the 2021 AVMA Meritorious Service Award.
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Handicapping: Mischevious Alex, Weyburn Two 'A' Plays
Dave Litfin handicaps the July 31 stakes action from Saratoga, Monmouth, and Del Mar.
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Bernardini Succumbs to Laminitis at Age 18
Preakness Stakes (G1) winner and Eclipse Award winner Bernardini has been euthanized at Jonabell Farm due to complications from laminitis, Darley America announced July 30.
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Shedaresthedevil Battles Western Foes in Clement Hirsch
Shedaresthedevil tackles several Southern California graded stakes-winning distaffers in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar Aug. 1, a Breeders' Cup Challenge event for the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1).
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Jockeys to Raise PDJF Funds, Disability Awareness
Jockeys at some 25 racetracks across America July 31 will wear armbands and participate in other activities to raise funds for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund and raise awareness of National Disability Independence Day.
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Drain the Clock, Jackie's Warrior Rematch in Amsterdam
Two months after dueling in the June 5 Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, 3-year-olds Drain the Clock and Jackie's Warrior square off again Aug. 1 in the $200,000 Amsterdam Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course.
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Florida Sire Stakes Series Kicks Off With Dr. Fager
The Joe Orseno-trained Hope in Him will face eight other juveniles in the $100,000 July 31 Dr. Fager Stakes, a six-furlong sprint that will co-headline Saturday's program with the $100,000 Desert Vixen, a six-furlong dash for 2-year-old fillies.
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Monmouth Stewards Meet on Haskell DQ But No Ruling Yet
The Monmouth Park stewards conducted a July 29 hearing via teleconference on jockey Flavien Prat's ride aboard Hot Rod Charlie in the TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1) but are not expected to announce their ruling until Aug. 1.
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Obituary: Hockensmith Dies, Campaigned Clear Conscience
Owner/breeder Mary Anne Noel Hockensmith died July 26 at her Woodlake Farm home near Frankfort, Ky. She was 97.
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Channel Cat Among English Channel Trio in Bowling Green
Channel Cat and trainer Jack Sisterson are no strangers to springing upsets in graded stakes. Now they'll aim for a mild surprise, with Channel Cat a 5-1 shot for the $250,000 Bowling Green Stakes (G2T) at Saratoga Race Course July 31.
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Zayat Attorneys' Withdrawal Seen as 'Desire to Delay'
A decision July 26 by attorneys representing Ahmed Zayat to withdraw from an ongoing bankruptcy proceeding due to delinquent payments is being viewed as "delay and interference" by a New York firm trying to recover $24 million in defaulted loans.
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Undefeated Edie Meeny Miny Mo Steps Up in Monmouth Oaks
For trainer Miguel Vera, who has been training since 2011, Edie Meeny Mino Mo also represents the chance for an elusive graded stakes victory. He has yet to get one.
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Battaash Hopes to Land Fifth Consecutive King George
Charlie Hills knows pretty much all there is to know about the veteran son of Dark Angel, Battaash, as the 7-year-old goes for his fifth consecutive King George Qatar Stakes (G2).
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Medina Spirit Breezes Half-Mile at Del Mar
Zedan Racing Stables' Medina Spirit, unraced since finishing third in the May 15 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, recorded his second breeze following this spring's Triple Crown with a half-mile in :49 4/5 at Del Mar July 29.
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Arlington Won't Seek 2022 Racing Dates, Horsemen Irate
With the deadline looming for 2022 racing dates applications, it appears Arlington International Racecourse and its owner, Churchill Downs Inc., are serious about this year's marketing slogan: "The Final Turn."
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Lady Bowthorpe Delivers in Nassau Stakes
William Jarvis never lost faith in his ability as a trainer and Lady Bowthorpe duly delivered as she ended the popular trainer's 27-year drought for another group 1 victory in the Qatar Nassau Stakes.
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West Point, Partners Enjoying Life at the Top at Sales
It takes a certain mindset to walk away with the horse who commands the highest price at a major sale. You can't be afraid to fail. You need confidence and a strong enough belief in your team and methodology.
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C Z Rocket Faces Formidable Rivals in Bing Crosby
A seasoned traveler for trainer Peter Miller, C Z Rocket nevertheless has formidable rivals in the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) July 31 at Del Mar. Mark Glatt has entered three of them, including 2020 Crosby winner Collusion Illusion.
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Mike Recio Hospitalized, GoFundMe Set Up for Family
Friends and family are rallying in support of consignor Mike Recio, co-founder of South Point Sales Agency, who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Central Baptist Hospital July 24 to combat sepsis and its associated complications.
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Oaklawn Park Extends Clenbuterol Prohibition
Working in partnership with the Arkansas Racing Commission and the Arkansas HBPA, Oaklawn announced July 29 the prohibition of clenbuterol or any other beta2-adrenoceptor agonist within 120 days of a race, subject to regulatory approval.
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CDI Outlines Changing Habits of Horseplayers
Churchill Downs Inc. executives said July 29 that coming out of the pandemic a significant number of horseplayers are staying online to wager, as opposed to returning to tracks or simulcast outlets.
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Tickets on Sale for The Queen's Plate July 30
One of Canada's most prestigious annual sporting events - the Queen's Plate, run at Woodbine - will welcome back spectators for the first time since June 2019.
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Vet Rhein Expected to Enter Guilty Plea in Doping Case
Veterinarian Dr. Kristian Rhein, one of more than two dozen individuals charged with the sale, use, or distribution of performance-enhancing drugs in horse racing, has a change-of-plea hearing scheduled for Aug. 3.
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Sam Houston Adds Thoroughbred Dates for 2022
Sam Houston Race Park will kick off its 2022 live racing season Jan. 6 with an expanded 50-day Thoroughbred meet that concludes April 9. The dates were approved by the Texas Racing Commission July 27.
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