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Posted on Monday, January 18th, 2010
The Preakness Stakes winner Rachel Alexandra won the first matchup between horse racing’s leading ladies, beating out the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Zenyatta for Horse of the Year.
“Someday we’ll meet, and we’ll decide at that time who’s the best,” Zenyatta’s owner Jerry Moss said of the possible matchup between the two on the race track.
Voters chose Rachel Alexandra for the year-end honor at the Eclipse Awards on Monday night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The first filly to win the Preakness in 85 years received 130 votes to 99 for Zenyatta in one of the tightest, most widely debated competitions in years.
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Horse of the Year Candidate Zenyatta Expected To Race This Year
Posted on Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Horse of the Year candidate Zenyatta is coming out of a brief retirement and will return to the racetrack this year, creating the possibility of a long-awaited showdown with filly Rachel Alexandra.
Race horse owners Jerry and Ann Moss said Zenyatta would retire after becoming the first female to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic on November 7 at Santa Anita Park. Zenyatta finished the year winning all five of her races and appeared headed off to breeding with a 14-0 career mark.
After watching Zenyatta gallop at Hollywood Park on Saturday, Moss consulted with race horse trainer John Shirreffs and announced that the 6-year-old daughter of Street Cry will run in 2010 opening an opportunity for a showdown with the Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra.
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2-Time Horse of The Year Curlin Has First Foal
Posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010
Two-time horse of the year Curlin has produced his first foal, a filly out of the broodmare Zophie, a statement from Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky said.
Curlin’s winnings of $10.5 million passed Cigar to make him North America’s richest racehorse in history. Curlin’s horse racing career includes wins at the Preakness Stakes, Jockey Club Classic, Stephen Foster Handicap and Dubai World Cup.
Curlin’s value as a stallion became a subject of a civil case brought against his original owners, lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. They have been sentenced to decades in federal prison and ordered to pay $127 million in restitution for defrauding hundreds of clients in a diet-drug settlement.
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Road to the Kentucky Derby 2010 To Be Televised
Posted on Monday, January 11th, 2010
NBC Sports has announced a partnership to televise a half-dozen key prep races this spring leading up to the Kentucky Derby 2010 on May 1.
The announcement Monday by NBC Sports and Churchill Downs Inc. includes three one-hour broadcasts–two on NBC and one on USA Network. The broadcasts will include the Louisiana Derby, Lane’s End Stakes, Santa Anita Derby, Wood Memorial, Bluegrass Stakes and Arkansas Derby.
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2010 Lane’s End Stakes at Turfway Park Moved to March 27
Posted on Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Turfway Park’s 2010 Lane’s End Stakes (G2), a prep race for the Kentucky Derby, has been moved to March 27, a week later than it has traditionally been run.
“We looked at several factors in making the decision to move the Lane’s End,” said Turfway president Robert N. Elliston. “First, running the race five weeks before the Derby instead of the traditional six weeks should mesh with the trend toward giving horses more time between major races. Trainers can more comfortably make the Lane’s End their final prep.”
“In addition, March 27 is also the date of the Dubai World Cup, and the interest that card generates among bettors should mean more eyes will be on the Lane’s End as well.”
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Eclipse Awards Finalists Announced; Zenyatta & Rachel Alexandra Vie For Horse of the Year
Posted on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Females dominate horse racing as the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Zenyatta and the Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra lead the Eclipse Awards finalists being the only two nominated for Horse of the Year.
Either Rachel Alexandra or Zenyatta will become the first female to win the year-end honor since Azeri in 2002. They are virtual locks to win divisional championships.
Eclipse Awards Finalists
- Horse of the Year
- Rachel Alexandra
- Zenyatta
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2010 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks Tickets On Sale at Noon January 6
Posted on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
A limited number of two-day ticket packages to the 2010 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks will go on sale at the Churchill Downs web site on Wednesday (January 6) at noon EST.
The online sale of Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks inventory was originally scheduled for December 16, but was delayed by a potential data error.
“After exhaustive testing, we’re ready to go, and we fully anticipate our limited inventory to move fast,” Churchill Downs Racetrack President Kevin Flanery.
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