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10/30/2014

Breeders’ Cup Turf - Thursday notes

The 5yo son of Hard Spun was claimed for $50,000 in April out of a race at Keeneland by trainer Michael Stidham for House and D'Amato. Big John B's subsequent rise to Graded stakes victory is an example of cooperation between the Midwest and West Coast-ba

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10/30/2014

Filly and Mare Turf -Thursday Notes

“I think it’s just the maturity factor. She’s learned to run and we started learning how she wanted to run,” trainer Shug McGaughey said. “She finally kind of grew into herself. It took her a while to break her maiden, but when she did she won f

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10/30/2014

Breeders’ Cup Mile - Thurs. notes

“You can’t go on green or stay stuck on red. It’s like we’re just idling now,” he said. “It’s not like being a couple of weeks out from a race where if one of your horses spikes a temperature or something you can fix it. All systems are go n

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10/29/2014

Sprint and FM Sprint Wed. Notes

The Sprint will be his second start for Velazquez, who is based at Parx Racing. “I got him in Philadelphia. He came in after a long layoff and we ran him in the (Turf Monster Handicap) at Parx,” Velazquez said. “Then they left him with me through th

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10/29/2014

2-Year-Old Races Report

“American Pharoah was our (San Francisco Giants' ace Madison) Bumgarner,” Baffert said. “Now One Lucky Dane has to step up like one of their other pitchers has to. “One Lucky Dane is a really nice horse and he's training well. He's just not as qui

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10/29/2014

Turf Sprint and Dirt Mile - Wed. notes

Chad Brown (Bobby's Kitten, Turf Sprint) – Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s homebred Bobby’s Kitten returns to Santa Anita for a second try in the Breeders’ Cup. Last year, he was third in the Juvenile Turf after setting the early pace. The Kitten’s Joy 3

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10/29/2014

Champion Magician Declared Out; Free as a Bird Withdrawn

The Breeders’ Cup Turf was slated to be Magician’s final career start and the plan was to retire him to Ashford Stud in Kentucky. The other defection reported Wednesday morning was for Elizabeth Valando’s 5yo mare Free as a Bird as handlers attemp

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10/29/2014

Breeders’ Cup Classic - Wed. notes

“After (American Pharaoh) went out, Bayern is carrying so much (emotional) weight right now,” Baffert said Tuesday morning. “If we were coming into this race off the Travers, when he went to the lead and stopped (10th, beaten 20 lengths), they might

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10/29/2014

Breeders’ Cup - European Report

Longines Distaff L’Amour De Ma Vie – Pia Brandt’s 5yo looked well at ease as she did a steady canter around a circuit of Santa Anita’s dirt track Wednesday morning. The gray mare, who will be the mount of Maxime Guyon in Friday’s race will be tr

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10/29/2014

Breeders’ Cup Distaff - Wed. notes

“She galloped a mile and a half and looked like she galloped pretty good,” Rodriguez said of the 5yo mare. “She’s happy, so we’re happy. She was a little bit on her toes yesterday, so I got her out early. She looks good.” A speedy mare whose b

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