In race for top horse, still shot to get Smarty
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GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. - In midsummer, most people thought the Horse of the Year had already been cinched by Smarty Jones and his thrilling Triple Crown try.
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In the spirit of Texas Hold &#39;Em, The Breeders&#39; Cup is raising the stakes. Horse racing&#39;s richest day is gambling on an untested racetrack tomorrow for the second time
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The favourite for today&#39;s race at Flemington is attempting to become the first mare to win two Melbourne Cups and just the fifth horse in the race&#39;s 143-year history to win it
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Making the morning line is a difficult job, and Lone Star Park oddsmaker Rick Lee did not escape the wrath of trainer D. Wayne Lukas when Lee established the mare Azeri at 15-1 for the Classic during yesterday's post position draw for Saturday's Breeders' Cup. Pleasantly Perfect, the leading candidate to be Horse of the Year, ...
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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - 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
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Azeri, Horse of the Year in 2002 and a near certainty for the Distaff Race in the Breeders&#39; Cup at Lone Star Park Saturday, is to run instead in the tougher but much more prestigious $4 million Classic.
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Four major races will be held tomorrow as earnest preparation begins for the Breeders' Cup at Lone Star Oct. 30. Belmont Park will host the $300,000 Matron for 2-year-old fillies, at 1 mile, the $300,000 Futurity, for 2-year-old colts, also at a mile, and the $300,000 Ruffian Handicap for fillies and mares at a mile and one-16th. Woodbine will hold ...
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The eyes of horse racing will be upon Texas for five hours of the livelong day as Lone Star Park today hosts Breeders&#39; Cup XXI.
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DARLINGTON, SC - âThereâs no such thing as luck.â âAny old nag can start, but it takes a thoroughbred to finish.â âWinning isnât everything; it is the only thing.
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Horse racing may have gotten off to a rocky start in Texas, but the state that made cowboys famous will prove its worth by hosting the Breeders&#39; Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at Lone Star Park on Oct. 30.
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John McCain comes out of Super Tuesday a clear front-runner - but two other horses still remain in the race, the BBC's David Willis says.
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NEW YORK The horse that spoiled &quot;Smarty Jones&#39;&quot; bid for the Triple Crown is being retired from racing. Belmont Stakes winner &quot;Birdstone&quot; was retired today after chipping a bone in his left front ankle during the Breeders&#39; Cup Classic.
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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas  - Azeri, Horse of the Year  in 2002 and a near certainty for the Distaff Race in the  Breeders' Cup at Lone Star Park Saturday, is to run instead in  the tougher but much more prestigious $4 million Classic.
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Trainer Allen Jerkens hemmed and hawed this past week over running Society Selection in Saturday&#39;s Grade 1 Alabama at Saratoga.
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Maybe Azeri should have run in the Breeders&#39; Cup Distaff, not the Classic. Handlers of the 2002 Horse of the Year opted this week to take on the
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Now that the Breeders&#39; Cup Classic is over, there&#39;s one more big race left -- the one for horse of the year. It&#39;s Ghostzapper, winner of America&#39;s richest race in record time, against Smarty Jones, the retired Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner.
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Funny things happen when a horse knocks on the door to racing history and can&#39;t get through. Smarty Jones, this year&#39;s near-Triple Crown winner, is retired to a career as a stallion.