Lukas Betting on Azeri in Breeders&#39; Cup
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The king of Breeders&#39; Cup trainers is pursuing his record 18th victory on horse racing&#39;s biggest stage in a surprising way.
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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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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas Oct 31, 2004 - Azeri&#39;s racing career isn&#39;t over yet. The champion mare who took on the boys and finished fifth in the $4 million Breeders&#39; Cup Classic on Saturday could race in Kentucky or California early next year.
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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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VC Bet want to keep in form Marat Safin &#39;onside&#39; for this week&#39;s Masters Series Cup in Houston. The temperamental Russian is chalked up at 5/2 with Chandler and that&#39;s a price the firm&#39;s tennis guru hopes
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Roman Ruler will go to Lone Star Park as a probable favorite for the $1.5 million Breeders&#39; Cup Juvenile on Oct. 30 and the full confidence of trainer Bob Baffert.
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Like much of the country, trainer D. Wayne Lukas appears to have gotten caught up in watching the World Series of Poker on ESPN. On Tuesday, he pulled an ace out of his sleeve.
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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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Horseplayers started the Breeders&#39; Cup with a bang heard round the nation&#39;s betting parlors when Ashado, the unwavering favorite, trounced a smart field to win the $1 million Distaff.
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It is final tuneup time for quite a few horses on the road to the Breedersâ Cup at Monmouth Park on Oct. 27. The Haskell Invitational winner Any Given Saturday tops a field of five in todayâs Brooklyn Handicap, while Grasshopper, the Travers Stakes runner-up, is the favorite in a 10-horse field for the Super Derby at Louisiana Downs. Also, Octave takes on seven rivals in the Fitz Dixon Cotillion at Philadelphia Park as she continues her run to the $2 million Breedersâ Cup Distaff. Overshadowed by her stablemate Rags to Riches (out for the year with an injury), Octave won the Mother Goose and the Coaching Club American Oaks before finishing third in the Alabama in her previous race.
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Former Horse of the Year Azeri has retired from racing. The six-year-old mare was voted Horse of the Year in 2002.
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Pleasantly Perfect, defending champion in the $4 million Classic, was among 101 horses listed in pre-entries announced yesterday for the 21st edition of the Breeders&#39; Cup World Thoroughbred Championships on Oct.
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The $4 million Classic, the feature event on Saturday's Breeders' Cup card at Lone Star Park, just got tougher. Already loaded with talent, the Classic picked up another star attraction when owner Michael Paulson and trainer D. Wayne Lukas entered Azeri, the 2002 Horse of the Year, against powerful males in the Classic instead of fellow ...
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Grand Prairie, TX (Sports Network) - Former Horse of the Year Azeri will run against the boys Saturday in the Breeders&#39; Cup Classic.
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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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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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PLEASANTLY PERFECT seeks to become just the second horse in history to capture the US$4 million ($6.6 million) Breeders&#39; Cup Classic two consecutive years in a row tomorrow.