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03/03/2014

MUCHO MACHO MAN’S FINAL WORK BEFORE BIG ‘CAP QUOTES

“I was looking for quiet confidence with him today, where he’s really settled. Just like this, where he’s quiet and happy, he knows he’s doing really well. “He’s changed quite a bit from the time he was a three-year-old. He’s matured a lot,

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03/02/2014

SANTA YSABEL STAKES QUOTES

“I love riding in this stuff; I come from back east. It’s the tracks that are drying out that no one really likes but these wet/fast tracks, they’re great to ride on.” TRAINER QUOTES BOB BAFFERT, AWESOME BABY, WINNER: “She’s been working reall

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03/02/2014

Gotham (G3) Quotes

Jose Ortiz, winning jockey aboard Samraat (No. 1A): "He has a lot of heart, he's a nice horse. We had a good trip, broke from the eight post. As soon as we got to the first turn I was third behind the two leaders, and that's where I wanted to be. He respo

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03/02/2014

Zito ‘Spot’ On in Saturday’s $200,000 Swale Stakes

Privately purchased from owner/breeder Curtis Green following a fifth-place finish in the Hutcheson Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream on Feb. 1, Spot lagged well off an solid early pace before launching a sweeping move on the turn into the homestretch and drawing

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03/02/2014

$200,000 Swale (G2) Quotes

“I expected improvement. He hadn’t run in a while. We got him, and we started to like him. Sometimes they go to a new place and things change. I got goose bumps. “I said, ‘Havana will keep the field down, let do it.’ That’s what I did. I figur

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02/27/2014

Aqueduct post time to switch to 1:20 p.m. beginning March 6

Currently, the first-race post time at Aqueduct is 12:25 p.m., with doors at Aqueduct and the Belmont Café opening at 11 a.m. Aqueduct and Belmont will continue to open at 11 a.m. after March 6. "With more daylight time, we have the ability to start our

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02/27/2014

Gulfstream Park News & Notes - Thu 2/27

Trained by Dale Romans for Donegal Racing, Smart Cover drew post seven of 13 in the nine-furlong Palm Beach, and will be ridden for the first time by Corey Lanerie. On Wednesday, Lanerie was named winner of the George Woolf Memorial Award in a nationwide

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02/27/2014

WHHC qualifiers rescheduled

Buffalo Raceway’s free, online WHHC qualifier is now scheduled for Friday, March 7 with first post time at 6:40 p.m. (EST). The Illinois tracks have been rescheduled for the following weekend with Maywood Park on Friday, March 14 and Balmoral Park on Sa

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02/27/2014

BAFFERT’S AWESOME BABY HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE III SANTA YSABEL

Trained by Bob Baffert, Awesome Baby was distanced by 23 lengths in her only other try at two turns, the Grade I, 1 1/16 miles Chandelier Stakes on Sept. 28. A Kentucky-bred filly by Awesome Again, Awesome Baby showed the way after the first half mile but

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02/27/2014

Undefeated No Nay Never Set for 2014 Debut in Saturday’s Swale Stakes

Some horses just look the part. Such is not the case with No Nay Never, who is scheduled to put his undefeated record on the line in Saturday’s $200,000 Swale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream. The 3-year-old son of Scat Daddy has not only won all three of his

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