Jockey Randy Romero and three horses -- Azeri, Best Pal, and Point Given -- were among the class of 2010 inducted into the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame Aug. 13 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Photo: SKIP DICKSTEIN
Larry Mabee accepts the plaque for Best Pal from Ed Bowen at the induction ceremonies of the National Thoroughbred Museum and Hall of Fame.
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Libby Jones accepts plaque for Harry Basset from Ed Bowen at the induction ceremonies of the National Thoroughbred Museum and Hall of Fame.
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Terence Collier (l) and Bob Baffert(r) hold the plaque of Point Given at the induction ceremonies of the National Thoroughbred Museum and Hall of Fame.
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Don Pierce(l) gets his plaque from HOF member John L. Rotz(r) at the induction ceremonies of the National Thoroughbred Museum and Hall of Fame.
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Interactif, runner-up in stakes company three times this season, finally broke through as a 3-year-old when barely holding off Grand Rapport to win the $150,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes Aug. 13.
Wonderlandbynight swept to the lead at the top of the stretch and left favored Mimi's Missy behind to register victory in her graded stakes debut in the $146,910 Ontario Debutante Stakes at Woodbine Aug. 14.
Photo: Michael Burns
Winless since scoring an upset in last year's Sword Dancer Invitational, Telling received a brilliant ride from Garrett Gomez to win the $500,000 race for the second straight year Aug. 14 at Saratoga.
Direct Line, battling West Hope all the way around, got up by a nose at the wire to win the $100,000 Gardenia Handicap in an 11-1 surprise at Ellis Park Aug. 14.
Photo: Evangeline Downs
Brereton Jones' homebred No Such Word captured her third stakes win this season Aug. 14, drawing away in the stretch to convincingly win the $200,000 Monmouth Oaks under Terry Thompson.
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Jockey Russell Baze, horse racing's ultimate blue collar warrior, reached new heights Aug. 14 with his unprecedented 11,000th career win. Appropriately, the victory came at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, Calif.
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Trainer John Sadler said the morning of Aug. 15 it's not likely that Sidney's Candy, winner of the Aug. 14 La Jolla Handicap will run at Del Mar again this meet.
Maiden Miami Deco ran down favorites Stormy Lord and Cognashene at 65-1 odds to produce a record payoff in Woodbine's Breeders' Stakes, the third jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown, on a yielding turf course Aug. 15.
Photo: Michael Burns
Favored Position Limit improved to two-for-two in her brief career when she overpowered nine rivals in the $150,000 Adirondack Stakes for a five-length victory Aug. 15 at Saratoga.
Wasted Tears, attempting her longest distance over a surface she had never tried, dug deep to defeat Lilly Fa Pootz by a desperate nose to register her 10th consecutive win on turf in Del Mar's John C. Mabee Stakes.
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