Azeri to run in Breeders&#39; Cup Classic
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Azeri will try to beat the boys again, this time in the $4 million Breeders&#39; Cup Classic. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas made the surprise announcement Tuesday, declaring 2002 Horse of the Year Azeri &quot;all in&quot; for the 1\\-mile Classic on Saturday.
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Thoroughbred racing is a tradition-rich sport, but its chief downfall always has been that customs cause meaningful change to drag along at a glacial pace. The Breeders' Cup World Championships Friday and Saturday at Monmouth Park will be an exception, with the foremost twist being an expansion of the series from eight to 11 races, spread over ...
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Punters and bookmakers alike have been caught on the hop after star American trainer D. Wayne Lukas revealed that Azeri is to tackle the $4m Breeders&#39; Cup Classic in Texas this Saturday.
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Trainer D. Wayne Lukas announced yesterday he will enter champion mare Azeri against the males in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic at Lone Star Park, but she'll have to be better than good to defeat defending champion Pleasantly Perfect. A son of Pleasant Colony, Pleasantly Perfect overcame a serious illness to develop into a monster, and he ...
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When Pleasantly Perfect won the Breeders&#39; Cup World Thoroughbred Championship Classic last year, he didn&#39;t have to go very far - the event was held at his home track in Santa Anita.
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The most brilliant American racehorse in years has labored in relative obscurity until now. But when he runs Saturday in the Breeders&#39; Cup Classic at Lone Star Park, Ghostzapper can demonstrate
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Azeri trainer D Wayne Lukas has no regrets about moving the filly to the Breeders&#39; Cup Classic even though the 2002 Horse of the Year came home fifth.
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There is a sense in which 99% of the runners at the Breeders&#39; Cup tonight are visitors. The course has never staged this meeting before - in fact, it is less than a decade since they dug Lone Star Park&#39;s foundations
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Former Horse of the Year Azeri will run against males in the $4 million Breedersâ Cup Classic on Saturday, according to trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
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Never before had this feat occurred in the Breeders&#39; Cup Classic: a father and son won the race in a span of six years, both with the same owner, who also owned the track.
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If you're in search of a heavily favored standout for Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic, forget it. The richest horse race on the continent drew a highly intriguing and very bettable cast of nine, with the only certainty being that the 1 1/4-mile season-culminating championship at Monmouth Park presents an extremely difficult workload for those seeking its $5 ...
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Somewhere among nearly 100 horses getting ready to run in the eight Breeders&#39; Cup races Saturday at Lone Star Park, Jerkens the &quot;Giant Killer&quot; has two contenders.
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It is the best story of the Breeders&#39; Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at Lone Star Park. A partnership puts together an ownership group to buy and race thoroughbreds.
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If D. Wayne Lukas, Bob Baffert, Bobby Frankel, Jerry Bailey and Pat Day are at the same track on the same day, it must be the Breeders&#39; Cup.
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The &#36;4 million Breeders' Cup Classic is shaping up as a doozy of a race &#151; even without Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Smarty Jones.
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The 21st renewal of the Breeders&#39; Cup Championships will be run this afternoon at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. The $14 million, eight-race championship has
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Ghostzapper was so good in the Breeders&#39; Cup Classic Saturday it was frightening. The bay 4-year-old colt went right to the front in