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My Miss Aurelia on top in the $2,000,000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies [Breeders' Cup]
My Miss Aurelia takes her undefeated record to four with a win in the $2,000,000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Steve Asmussen trained the filly for the late Jess Jackson's Stonestreet Stables. Corey Nakatani was the winning rider.
The favorite, My Miss Aurelia, finished three lengths in front of Grace Hall who was another six lengths in front of third place finisher, Wemissfrankie. Longshot Self Preservation was another 1 1/4 length in fourth.
Finale takes the Summer Stakes at Woodbine [Sports]
Finale, the 4-5 favorite, won the Grade III $250,000 Summer Stakes Presented by TVG on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack in Canada. The Summer Stakes was a Breeders’ Cup Win & You’re In challenge race which awarded the winner traveling expenses and entry fees for this year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.
The Summer Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack offers a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf [Sports]
The Grade III $250,000 Summer Stakes Presented by TVG offers the winner a ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf as part of the Breeders’ Cup Win & You’re In challenge series. The Breeders’ Cup will be run at Churchill Downs November 4 and 5, 2011.
A field of eight two-year-olds will take to the turf course at Woodbine Racetrack in Ontario, Canada on Saturday for the Summer Stakes.
Ruler On Ice rules the Belmont Stakes [Sports]
Over a sloppy Belmont track, 24-1 Ruler On Ice shocked the crowd of 55,779, when he took the Grade 1 $1,000,000 Belmont Stakes. This was the first Belmont Stakes appearance for the connections of Ruler On Ice which include owners George and Lori Hall, trainer Kelly Breen, and jockey Jose Valdivia, Jr. This was the first stakes win for Ruler On Ice. He finished second in his last race, the Federico Tesio Stakes, and third in the Grade 3 Sunland Derby in March.
Handicapping the Belmont Stakes: Is it Animal Kingdom versus Shackleford? [Sports]
In the 143rd running of the Grade 1 $1,000,000 Belmont Stakes Animal Kingdom, the Graham Motion trained Kentucky Derby winner, will again face Shackleford, trainer Dale Romans' Preakness Stakes winner. Although Animal Kingdom has been installed as the morning line favorite at 2-1 and Shackleford as the third choice at 9-2 behind 4-1 Nehro, many are touting this race as a match-up of the two Classic winners. Without the Triple Crown on the line, pitting the Kentucky Derby winner against the Preakness winner is the next best option for race fans.
Regally Ready takes the Twin Spires Turf Sprint [Kentucky Derby]
Driving hard, Regally Ready and jockey Corey Nakatani captured the 17th running of the Grade III Twin Spires Turf Sprint by a length and a quarter over Bridgetown at Churchill Downs on Saturday afternoon.
The 4-year old More Than Ready gelding, owned by Vinery Stables, ran the five furlongs in :56.57.
Nakatani credited conditioner Steve Asmussen for the victory.
Preparing for the Kentucky Derby: Saturday's Santa Anita's Robert B. Lewis Stakes [Sports]
One of three Derby prep races scheduled for Saturday is Santa Anita’s $250,000, Grade 2, Robert B. Lewis Stakes with the most notable entries being Comma to the Top, who’s won his last five races; Steve Asmussen-trained Tapizar, already the winner of one Derby prep; and trainer Doug O’Neill’s Thirtyfirststreet, who’s starting to show some promise.
Have a Firecracker of a good time on the Fourth at Churchill [Sports]
By Josh Cook
Instead of lighting a firecracker and losing a finger or two on the Fourth of July, maybe you should just watch a Firecracker.
The Firecracker Handicap that is.
The Grade II turf race, which marks the return of 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird to Churchill Downs, highlights Sunday's final day of the 42-day Spring Meet at the Central Ave. track.
Rachel Alexandra could overshadow the Oaks [Kentucky Derby]
By Josh Cook
Last year Rachel Alexandra ran away with the Kentucky Oaks.
She won the 1 1/8-mile race by a record 20 1/4 lengths in 2009. Fifteen days later she became the first filly to win the Preakness Stakes in 85 years on her way to becoming America's Sweetheart and earning Horse of the Year honors.
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