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Meticulously bred. Trained by media-savvy Bob Baffert. Was not raced as a two-year-old. Comes to this week’s Kentucky Derby after a successful splash in the waters of Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to [...]
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Pageantry owns the stage at any Kentucky Derby. The wait and the buildup for that pinnacle of racing are like blowing up a balloon until it pops. The pressure is out in the open. It’s there in the proud and the beautiful, there to be seen more than anything else. This article is exclusive, use [...]
Continue reading …Sunday Silence. Blacker than a seam of bituminous coal in Cucumber, West Virginia. Sire of thoroughbreds in Japan that won over $800 million. Engaged in a rivalry in 1989 with the highly-touted Easy Goer. Widely seen by race writers and industry people east of the Mississippi River as not the equal of his long-time rival [...]
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Dullahan looks the part of a star. Alert and well-muscled. Long-striding and so elegant in looks he could come out dressed in long tails and spats in a movie starred in by dancer Fred Astaire. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng [...]
Continue reading …While the Grade II, $1 million Charles Town Classic clearly and deservedly took center stage last Saturday evening, it was hardly the only notable race on a stakes-filled card and it may have company from one or two preceding stakes races on the undercard that could eventually earn Graded status. This article is exclusive, use [...]
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Even along the shedrows at Charles Town or Mountaineer Park in Chester the denizens believe that “the rich get richer.” This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view it. The rest of this article is exclusive, , click “buy” and [...]
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There was a seven-horse field that filed its way into the starting gate for the 2007 Belmont Stakes. The muscular chestnut, Curlin, was the even-money favorite. The comely chestnut filly, Rage to Riches, was the No. 7. She was sent against the colts by trainer Todd Pletcher. He was in search of the first Belmont [...]
Continue reading …While the first two runnings of the Charles Town Classic may have offered a serious local flavor with Researcher winning for then-trainer Jeff Runco and last year’s edition marked the first time the race or any race at the historic oval had ever been graded, last Saturday night’s fourth running of the $1 million Charles [...]
Continue reading …Charles Town Classic shows Grade II wares on Saturday in million dollar stakes feature
April 11, 2012 No Comment
This Saturday, the fourth running of the Grade II, $1 million Charles Town Classic awaits older handicap horses. The nine-furlong event has quickly developed into one of the premier races on the East Coast due to its enhanced purse and the absence of the famed Pimlico Special. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view [...]
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In all the Triple Crown events of the modern era, the pre-race happenings are all the same. In the paddock at Churchill Downs, the outdoors at Pimlico, or at Belmont Park, the scene is painted with a trainer in his unaccustomed suit and tie, and an owner in a more expensive suit and a $150 [...]
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