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Posted on Thursday, August 17th, 2006
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Octave beat out favorite Magical Ride to win the $200,000 Adirondack Breeders Cup Stakes at Saratoga on Wednesday.
Coming off a second-place finish in the Astoria Stakes at Belmont on July 2, the 2-year-old daughter of Unbridled’s Song earned her second career win in three starts for trainer Todd Pletcher.
Fifth at the break under Garrett Gomez, she moved up to fourth on the rail, swung three wide at the head of the stretch, and wore down front-running Magical Ride. The favorite faded to third after leading the nine-horse field into the final turn and being passed by Tora.
Pletcher said he would consider the Sept. 23 Matron Stakes at Belmont Park for Octave’s next start. The gray filly ran 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:19.04 for owners Starlight Stable and Donald Lucarelli, paying $21.60, $11.60 and $6.
Tora and jockey Edgar Prado paid $27 and $8.40, while Magical Ride returned $3.10 under Fernando Jara.
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Eclipse Winner Lost In Fog May Have Cancer
Posted on Thursday, August 17th, 2006
Doctors at the University of California-Davis veterinary school, have found a mass in the Eclipse winner Lost in the Fog’s spleen that they suspect as lymphoma, trainer Greg Gilchrist announced. A biopsy was performed on Lost in the Fog Tuesday, two days after he was brought to the medical center an hour away for a mild case of colic treatment.
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Kentucky To Enforce Jockey Helmet Rule
Posted on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority will begin enforcing a rule which requires all jockey helmets to meet the standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials. The enforcement will begin at the Sept. 6 opening of Turfway Park.
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AP Warrior Makes Comeback at La Jolla
Posted on Monday, August 14th, 2006
Stan Fulton’s A.P. Warrior made his turf debut a successful one when he nosed favorite Porto Santo in the $150,000 La Jolla Handicap (gr. IIT) for 3-year-olds at Del Mar Saturday.
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Go Deputy Wins Sword Dancer at Saratoga
Posted on Monday, August 14th, 2006
Trainer Todd Pletcher’s Go Deputy takes Saturday’s $500,000 Sword Dancer Invitational (gr. IT) at Saratoga, the colt worked out brilliantly when the 6-year-old Deputy Minister horse ran away from the field at odds of 6-1 before a crowd of 31,692.
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Join the Arlington Guaranteed $1 Million Trifecta & Pick 4
Posted on Thursday, August 10th, 2006
The world’s top turf horses will battle it out in the Grade I Arlington Million to highlight Chicago’s premier Thoroughbred racing day on August 12, 2006. But Arlington Racetrack guests and simulcast racing fans throughout the world also can wager on a guaranteed $1 million trifecta pool in that race.
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Rolling Stones To Stage Show at Churchill Downs
Posted on Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
Mick Jagger, with the rest of the Rolling Stones, will strut at the home of the Kentucky Derby when the band performs at the famed Churchill Downs race track on Sept. 29.
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