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Derby notes: Rosie Napravnik becomes first woman to win Kentucky Oaks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The red-headed girl who shocked Maryland horse racing with her daring debut in 2005 was coronated as an elite jockey Friday at Churchill Downs. Rosie Napravnik won the Kentucky Oaks on Believe You Can. She is the first woman to...
Tags: Triple Crown, Equestrian, Kentucky Derby, Broken Leg, Injuries and Wounds
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Animal Kingdom to miss Dubai World Cup with soreness in injured leg
Animal Kingdom's career is once again on hold.
Last year's Kentucky Derby winner came up lame -- with soreness in the same leg that required surgery last June -- during a training run in Florida according to his Maryland-based trainer, Graham Motion....Tags: Equestrian, Kentucky Derby, FIFA World Cup, Zoology, Preakness Stakes
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Rick Dutrow's horses finish 1-2 at General George Handicap
Watching Monday's General George Handicap from New York, trainer Rick Dutrow had one word to sum up the results: "Beautiful."
"I loved it," Dutrow said by cell phone after his two runners — favorite Yawanna Twist and fourth choice This Ones for...Tags: Tim Keefe, Equestrian, Kentucky Derby, Ramon A. Dominguez , Preakness Stakes
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Lacie Slew wins Maryland Racing Media Stakes
Lacie Slew rallied from next-to-last to win the $100,000 Maryland Racing Media Stakes, the Saturday feature at Laurel Park. Sent to post as the second choice in the field of five fillies and mares, Lacie Slew carried Joe Rocco Jr. to a one-length victory...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Metal and Mineral, Tim Keefe, Kentucky Derby, Mining
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Firms vying for state contracts fund O'Malley-led group
Companies seeking lucrative state contracts and business deals in Maryland made five- and six-figure contributions in recent months to a Democratic governors group led by Gov. Martin O'Malley, federal records show.
Firms making large gifts to the...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Regional Authority, Finance, Executive Branch, Common
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Stronach plans IPOs for six racehorse-ownership firms
Frank Stronach, Pimlico's owner and a successful breeder, wants to bring horse ownership to the masses — by selling stock in six new racehorse investment companies.
For $10 a share, investors could own a piece of thoroughbreds that would be trained...Tags: Financing and Stock Offerings, Equestrian, Finance, Bankruptcy, Kentucky Derby
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Pimlico owners may discuss moving Preakness to Sunday
Could the Preakness join the Super Bowl and the final round of the Masters as a member of the must-watch Sunday sports scene?
It's worth discussing a move from Saturday afternoon to raise the profile and the profits of the second leg of racing's Triple...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Triple Crown, Equestrian, Horse (animal), Super Bowl
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Shackleford edges Animal Kingdom to win 136th Preakness
Dale Romans and his older brother Jerry were eating breakfast Saturday morning at their hotel in Cross Keys, trying to keep their mind off of the 136th running of the Preakness, when the two of them -- for reasons they can't quite explain -- started to...Tags: Jesus Castanon, Triple Crown, Equestrian, Kentucky Derby, Elkton
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Statue honoring Barbaro scheduled for April unveiling at Churchill Downs
The Associated PressKentucky Derby winner Barbaro will be honored at the site of his greatest triumph a week before this year's Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs. The track said Thursday a bronze statue honoring the colt's spectacular 6 1/2-length victory in the 2006...Tags: Equestrian, Kentucky Derby, Sculpture, Death, Barbaro
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No Crown for Big Brown; favorite eased, places last
Trainer Rick Dutrow leaned on the rail at the Detention Barn a half-hour after Big Brown had been pulled up in the Belmont Stakes and momentarily dropped his forehead onto his crossed arms. Dutrow's thin brown hair was soaked. His blue shirt soggy. His...Tags: Belmont Stakes, Equestrian, Triple Crown, Kentucky Derby, Horse (animal)
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Barbaro's brother preps for Saturday
O, by the WayIn today's Sun, we had a story reporting that Nicanor, a full-brother to Barbaro, will get his first career start on Saturday at Florida's Gulfstream Park. Frankly, no one knows how good this 3-year-old will be but the eighth race......Tags: Barbaro
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Slots lose luster at Fla. track
Sun reporterGulfstream Park, South Florida's major thoroughbred horse-racing track, installed slot machines last year, rows and rows of them. And gamblers came. Then they stopped. Today, many of those machines have little to do. The average one took in $74 a day...Tags: T. Rowe Price, Finance, Mardi Gras, Casino and Gambling, Magna Entertainment Corp.
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