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06/04/2015

Belmont Stakes Notes 6/4

"It was his first trip around there and we jogged straight off and he started galloping about the seven-eighths pole. I really couldn't see anything down the backside because it's so big around there, but when he finally came down the stretch he was movin

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06/03/2015

American Pharoah gets acquainted with Belmont main track

Under the watchful eye of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who arrived in New York Tuesday, the Zayat Stables homebred son of Pioneerof the Nile had an uneventful and easy jog around the racing strip under regular exercise rider Jorge Alvarez. "He took h

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06/03/2015

Belmont Stakes Draw Quotes

"I don't know how I'm going to feel about it. I don't think about it because I know how tough it is so I never get ahead of myself. I want to win it for the horse because the horse is deserving of it. He's an exciting horse to watch and he's an exciting h

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06/03/2015

Tonalist takes Belmont win streak into loaded G1 Metropolitan Handicap

Carded as the ninth race, post time for the Met Mile is 4:49 p.m. EST as part of NBC's 2 ½-hour national telecast from 4:30-7 p.m. The race is also a Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' qualifier for the Dirt Mile. "It is going to be a very big day. For pe

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06/03/2015

Shook Up slight favorite in tough G1 Acorn

After breaking her maiden by 13 ½ lengths on January 3 at the Fair Grounds, Shook Up faced at least one of Larry Jones' powerhouse duo of I'm a Chatterbox and Lovely Maria in each of her three subsequent starts on the Louisiana circuit this spring. The g

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06/02/2015

Belmont Park Notes 6/2

Tammy Fox, the assistant to trainer Dale Romans, was in the irons when they went out shortly after the track opened and clockers caught Keen Ice in splits of 12:40, 25 flat, and 37.60 and galloping out in 1:04. Romans said afterward that the easy half-mil

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06/02/2015

Triple Crown hopeful American Pharoah arrives at Belmont Park

Just a short walk from where he is stabled, the Zayat Stables homebred son of Pioneerof the Nile will attempt to become racing's 12th Triple Crown winner and first since Affirmed in 1978, when he contests the 147th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Bel

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06/02/2015

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Tue 6/2

The 3-year-old son of Curlin breezed a half-mile in :50.20 with Tammy Fox in the saddle for trainer Dale Romans at approximately 6:15 a.m. ET. Churchill Downs clocker John Nichols timed Keen Ice in 1/8-mile splits of :12.40, :25 and :37.60 before gallopin

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06/01/2015

Churchill Downs Notes: American Pharoah Breezes Five Furlongs in 1:00.20

With a few hundred spectators on hand, Zayat Stables’ homebred son of Pioneerof the Nile came onto the track at 8:30 a.m. ET after the renovation break during the special 15-minute training period for Churchill Downs-based Belmont Stakes contenders. He

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06/01/2015

Belmont Park Notes 6/1

ELMONT, N.Y. - On Monday morning at Churchill Downs, Triple Crown hopeful American Pharoah turned in his final breeze for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on June 6 at Belmont Park. In a light rainstorm, the 3-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile wo

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