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Beethoven prevails in stretch duel at Churchill
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormIn sweeping the twin Grade 2 stakes Saturday at Churchill Downs, jockey Calvin Borel urged Beethoven to win a three-horse photo in the Kentucky Jockey Club an hour after riding Rachel Alexandra to a romp in the Golden Rod.
Story | Conversation | November 29, 2008Commentator tries to cap big season
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormNick Zito has won the Kentucky Derby twice, but the Clark Handicap only once - and that with an asterisk. Quest, the 2003 Clark winner for Zito, was elevated from second to first on the disqualification of Evening Attire.
Story | Conversation | November 27, 2008Miss Isella gives Borel fifth Falls City
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormThere was no stopping her this time. Miss Isella earned a measure of redemption for a race earlier at the Churchill Downs meet when she drove through a rail opening and gave jockey Calvin Borel his fifth victory in the Grade 2, $169,800 Falls City
Story | Conversation | November 27, 2008Clark serves as Magna Graduate's finale
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormNone of the 34 races that Magna Graduate has run was more valuable than the Clark Handicap in 2005, when he outgamed Suave in a furious stretch drive to earn the $355,570 winner's share.
Story | Conversation | November 25, 2008Few willing to face Commentator in Clark Handicap
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormChurchill Downs racing officials are expecting a small field, with maybe only as many five horses challenging Commentator when the annual fall-meet highlight, the Grade 2 Clark Handicap, is run Friday for the 135th time.
Story | Conversation | November 22, 2008Dead heat in Grade 3 River City Handicap at Churchill
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormKarelian led for most of the stretch drive until Demarcation edged past just before the wire, but then Karelian bobbed his head at the right time to salvage a dead heat Saturday in the 32nd running of the Grade 3 River City Handicap at Churchill Downs.
Story | Conversation | November 22, 2008Romans sends out Thorn Song for River City 'Cap
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormDale Romans has won six Grade 1 races in his 22-year training career, and in virtually no time flat, he can run down the names of them all.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2008Leah's Secret pads earnings in Chilukki
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormThe rich got richer Sunday when Leah's Secret, the leading earner in the field, got a textbook stalking trip under Rene Douglas before driving clear to capture the Grade 2 Chilukki Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2008Young winners of Churchill stakes target big things
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormA pair of locally entrenched trainers were teased with visions of far greater feats six months hence when Sara Louise and Capt. Candyman Can powered to impressive Grade 3 victories Saturday at Churchill.
Story | Conversation | November 02, 2008Leah's Secret pads earnings in Grade 2 Chilukki
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormThe rich got richer Sunday when Leah's Secret, the leading earner in the field, got a textbook stalking trip under Rene Douglas before driving clear to capture the Grade 2 Chilukki Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Story | Conversation | November 02, 2008Wiggins has two live fillies in Pocahontas
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormIt's been a while since owner Dolph Morrison and trainer Hal Wiggins witnessed the exploits of Morris Code, a filly sprinter who earned more than $700,000 when dominating her division throughout the Midwest in the late 1990s.
Story | Conversation | October 31, 2008Copper State can enhance sales appeal in Chilukki
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormCopper State has run three races, finishing second every time, since being sold privately to Millennium Farms.
Story | Conversation | October 31, 2008Modest beginnings for Iroquois cast
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormThe Iroquois Stakes has been won by some terrific 2-year-olds over the years at Churchill Downs, but if a star-to-be is to emerge from the field of eight entered for the 27th running Saturday, he has been in hiding so far.
Story | Conversation | October 29, 2008Raven Run: Informed Decision executes plan
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormJohn Velazquez took center stage for a second straight sun-splashed Saturday at Keeneland when giving favored Informed Decision a textbook ride in winning the Grade 2 Raven Run Stakes at Keeneland.
Story | Conversation | October 18, 2008Turf Sprint draws lots of locals
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormWith eight California horses among the 19 pre-entries, there seems to be a home-field bias in regard to the inaugural Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.
Story | Conversation | October 17, 2008TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
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