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| Parading |
The development of Parading from an allowance-class runner in 2007 and 2008 into a multiple graded stakes winner this year has taken trainer Shug McGaughey and the powerful Phipps Stable in a different direction than usual. Parading's apparent affection for synthetic tracks has led to a start in Saturday's $700,000 Hollywood Gold Cup.
The Arkansas Racing Commission has scheduled a July 21 hearing on It's a Bird's positive test for Naproxen following his April 4 win in the Grade 2, $500,000 Oaklawn Handicap.
Saturday's Arlington Handicap is a race for geezers, but these old guys still can throw down. Stream Cat, Cosmonaut, Just as Well, and Silverfoot are among the entrants in the Grade 3 race.
As he prepares to run his Grade 1-winning turf horse in Saturday's Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park, trainer Robert Ribaudo is beginning to form a plan for his Grade 1 dirt horse, and it may include a surface switch.
Diamond Diva, the winner of the Grade 2 CashCall Mile at Hollywood Park last summer, was shipped to Kentucky on Wednesday for a lengthy break and possible retirement after a recurrence of a suspensory injury, trainer Jim Cassidy said.
Reigning Eclipse Award champion Benny the Bull will be the star of the show when he returns to Calder on Saturday to defend his title in the $350,000 Smile Sprint Handicap. The Grade 2 Smile will share top billing on Saturday's Summit of Speed program with the Grade 1 Princess Rooney Handicap.
There is no way to sugarcoat the disturbing undertones of the 2009 race meet at Ellis Park. Owner Ron Geary insists the 23-day meet that begins Saturday at the Henderson, Ky., track will be the last in the foreseeable future, the victim of grim economic reality.
With two Grade 1 victories on two coasts at varying distances, Gio Ponti can solidify his position at the top of the turf division Saturday in the Man o' War, carded for 1 3/8 miles over Belmont's inner turf.
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