Millions Classic: 'Macho' vs 'Ron' Take Two
Mucho Macho Man and Ron the Greek, two of the leading older horses of 2012, embark on another title quest Jan. 19 when they face off in the $400,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream Park.
Headlines for Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Horse Entered Under Name of Dutrow Assistant
Longtime Richard Dutrow Jr. assistant Michelle Nevin could officially saddle a horse for the first time Jan. 19 in the Florida Sunshine Millions Turf at Gulfstream Park.
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Comma to the Top Makes Jump in Palos Verdes
Versatile Comma to the Top, who has produced wins on dirt, synthetic, and turf, as well as going long and sprinting, brings his best form recently into the $150,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 19.
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Teaks North Aims for Turnaround in SM Turf
After failing to find his best stride last year, two-time grade I winner Teaks North will look to turn things around when the Northern Afleet gelding opens his 6-year-old season in the $150,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Turf.
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Circle Unbroken Starts Season in Lecomte
Grade III winner Circle Unbroken makes his 2013 debut Jan. 19 in the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds, stretching out in distance and taking on eight other 3-year-olds including Canadian stakes winner Avie's Quality.
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Tale of the Cat Yearling Tops OBS Finale
A yearling filly by Tale of the Cat was sold to Bill Fleming for $57,000 Jan. 16 to top the open session of Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s 2013 winter mixed sale.
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KEEP Adds Five to Its Board
The Board of Directors of the Kentucky Equine Education Project has added five new members.
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State City to Caines in Oklahoma
State City, a Dubai champion sprinter and a group I winner, will stand in 2013 at Caines Stallion Station near Wynnewood, Okla.
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Tales of the Wild to Pendergraft in Oklahoma
Tales of the Wild, a full brother to stakes winner Wild Tale, will stand in 2013 at Pendergraft Farm in Oklahoma.
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BRIS Launches Online American Produce Records
Bloodstock Research Information Services has launched an online version of its 40-year-old American Produce Records.
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Millions Distaff: Successful Song's Final Run
Successful Song was supposed to retire after the Dec. 30 Ocala Stakes, a one-mile dirt event run at Gulfstream Park. But when she won, her connections decided to run back in the $300,000 Sunshine Millions Distaff.
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Pat's Dubai Picks: Jan. 17
Pat Cummings' analysis of racing Jan. 17 at the Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan Racecourse.
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Ballena Vista, Wygod Buy Mares for Calimonco
Donald Cohn and Martin Wygod purchased 10 distaffers at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale to be bred.
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Sprint Stakes Part of Sunshine Millions Card
Grade I winner Emma's Encore gets her 4-year-old season started in the $150,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Sprint, one of two sprint stakes on the special program for state-breds Jan. 19 at Gulfstream Park.
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Grade II Winner Wilburn Sires First Foal
Wilburn's first reported foal is a filly born Jan. 9 at Justice Farm in Ohio.
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Jack Disney to be Honored at Santa Anita
Jack Disney, longtime sportswriter for the defunct Los Angeles Herald Examiner and publicist at two major Southern California racetracks, will be honored Jan. 27 at Santa Anita Park.
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Borel, Agent Both on the Mend
Both jockey Calvin Borel and his longtime agent Jerry Hissam are recovering--one from injury and one from illness--as the three-time Kentucky Derby winner sits one away from 5,000 career victories.
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Hollywood Park Decision Due on 2013 Fall Meet
Betfair Hollywood Park is expected to announce whether it will conduct its fall meet later this year or shut down in preparation for development of the Inglewood property at the Jan. 17 California Horse Racing Board meeting.
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Trappe Shot Sires First Foal
The first reported foal by grade II winner Trappe Shot is a colt born Jan. 15 at Blackstone Farm near Pine Grove, Pa.
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More Than Ready, Congrats Move to WinStar
Major sires More Than Ready and Congrats head a group of five stallions that have been relocated to Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky.
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Giant Oak's First Foal Out of Stakes Winner
Bred by Mike Abraham, the filly is out of the Ghazi mare Silent Emotion, a stakes winner of $209,993 and dam of grade 1-placed multiple stakes winner Unspoken Word.
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Two Fair Grounds Turf Stakes Moved to Jan. 26
Two Fair Grounds turf stakes scheduled for Jan. 19--the Col. E.R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT) and the Marie G. Krantz Memorial Stakes-- have been moved to Jan. 26 due to the likelihood there will be no turf racing Jan. 19.
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Sagamore to Sponsor Native Dancer Stakes
Kevin Plank's Sagamore Racing announced it will sponsor the $125,000 Native Dancer Stakes Jan. 21 at Laurel Park.
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First Foal by Paddy O'Prado is a Colt
Paddy O'Prado's first reported foal is a chestnut colt born Jan. 13 at B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm near Lexington.
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Oaklawn Continues Ban on Hawthorne Horses
Despite the lifting an equine herpesvirus-related quarantine at Hawthorne Race Course, Oaklawn Park in Arkansas is still not permitting Hawthorne horses on its grounds.
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European Champion Generous Dies
Generous, a multiple champion in Europe and a two-time classic winner, died Jan. 15.
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Link Identified between Tree Seed and Seasonal Pasture Myopathy
New research from the University of Minnesota (UM) that was recently published in the Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ) shows that a toxin from the box elder tree is the likely cause of seasonal pasture myopathy (SPM), the U.S. equivalent of the European disease known as atypical myopathy (AM). Preliminary comparisons of these results with cases of AM in Eu...
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New OTW Facility Planned for South Jersey
Penn National Gaming Inc. has signed a lease to renovate a former restaurant in Gloucester Township and turn it into New Jersey's fifth off-track wagering facility, the company announced Jan. 16.
