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Steve Matthews / Sunday, July 5 at Belmont
1 6 Furlongs (Inner Turf). 3&up. Claiming $35,000. Purse: $38,000. Post - 1 p.m.2 Dragon Fi(L) 4-10-5 Coa Levine 120 6-1 3 Eldoktori(L) 1-4-2 Velasquez Sedlacek 121 6-1 1 Try to Fly(L) 3-1-4 Dominguez Dutrow 120 7-2 4 King Rush(L) 2-5-2 Rodriguez...Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Medical Staff, Trips and Vacations, New Year's Day
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Mike Smith back on Mine That Bird for West Virginia Derby, Travers Stakes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Mike Smith is back on Mine That Bird. The Hall of Fame rider will pilot the Kentucky Derby winner in the $750,000 West Virginia Derby and the $1 million Travers Stakes next month. Smith takes over for Calvin Borel, who...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Mine That Bird (racehorse), Mike Smith, Virginia, Preakness Stakes
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Rachel Alexandra big favorite in Belmont debut
ed.mcnamara@newsday.comOwner Jess Jackson said he has no regrets about skipping the Belmont Stakes with Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra. That decision wasn't about ducking a rematch with Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, and America's four-legged princess might face...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Kentucky Derby, Mine That Bird (racehorse), Preakness Stakes, Equestrian
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Tiger Woods, you're in denial: Just look at scoreboard
You may not realize this, but my column Monday doesn't reflect how good a writer I really am. I mean, I'm hitting the keys well, but the paragraphs just haven't been falling right for me. >>Photos of Tiger Woods at the U.S. Open I lipped out on a...Tags: Golf, Pulitzer Prize Awards, U.S. Open Golf, Phil Mickelson, Big Brown
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Key connections await Turf Cup
247-4642On the strength of four wins in his last six starts, British-bred colt Battle of Hastings will lead a 10-horse field in Saturday's Colonial Turf Cup, a $500,000 Grade II stakes race on Colonial Downs' turf course. Battle of Hastings is an early 2-to-1...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Tennis, Virginia, California, Preakness Stakes
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With 'Mine that Bird', Borel guarantees Belmont victory
ed.mcnamara@newsday.comCalvin Borel pulled a Joe Namath Monday morning after giving Mine That Bird his final workout for Saturday's Belmont Stakes. "We're going to win it, no questions asked," Borel said after breezing the Kentucky Derby winner 4 furlongs in 50 seconds at...Tags: Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Mine That Bird (racehorse), Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown
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LIRR trains to Belmont get back on track
alfonso.castillo@newsday.comAnd they're off! Long Island Rail Road trains headed into and out of Belmont Park are back in service. And to mark the return of the "Belmont Special," several LIRR and racing officials took part in a ceremony Thursday morning at Penn Station. After...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Queens Village, Helena Williams, Equestrian
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Belmont Stakes decision delayed for Calvin Borel
ed.mcnamara@newsday.comJess Jackson left Calvin Borel hanging Monday morning, and Chip Woolley took the rider off the hook. Woolley, who trains Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, pushed back his deadline of Monday to name a jockey for the June 6 Belmont Stakes until...Tags: Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Mine That Bird (racehorse), Preakness Stakes, Fair Grounds Corporation
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Don't cheapen Triple Crown
If you were to feed a computer all the necessary data to create a prototype of the successful thoroughbred trainer, the computer probably would spit out D. Wayne Lukas.
Lukas is in the National Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and the American...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Equestrian, Horse and Harness Racing, Casino and Gambling Industry, Kentucky Derby
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At Belmont Stakes track regulars have mixed feelings
alfonso.castillo@newsday.comFor the hundreds of workers who toil for weeks to get Belmont Park ready for what traditionally is one of the biggest dates of the horse racing calendar, the days leading up to Saturday's Belmont Stakes are very much crunch time. But for the fans...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Triple Crown, Equestrian, Reggae
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Borel unable to deliver on vow to win
barbara.barker@newsday.comIt had been quite a week for Calvin Borel. He appeared on "Late Night With David Letterman," rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange and made a brash public prediction that his horse would win the Belmont Stakes. Yet, despite the gigantic...Tags: David Letterman, Kentucky Derby, New Mexico, Stock Market, Mine That Bird (racehorse)
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Summer Bird denies Borel's 'Crown' bid in Belmont
ed.mcnamara@newsday.comMine That Bird and Calvin Borel swept four-wide into the lead at the quarter pole, and for an eighth of a mile, they looked like winners. Then Belmont Park's stretch took its toll, and there would be no Calvin Crown in Saturday's Belmont Stakes. Entering...Tags: Churchill Downs, Mine That Bird (racehorse), Long Island, Patrick Ewing, Equestrian
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