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Kinsale King won his stakes debut in the Grade 3 Vernon Underwood Stakes at Hollywood Park last Sunday, leaving trainer Carl O'Callaghan wondering if the gelding can show enough progress in coming months to merit a trip to Dubai in the spring. Tuesday, O'Callaghan said he intends to start Kinsale King in the $150,000 Palos Verdes Handicap at Santa Anita on Jan. 23 in an effort to gain a berth to the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen in late March.
Paco Lopez captured his first Meadowlands jockey title on Saturday night. He celebrated that milestone the following afternoon by engaging in one of his favorite pastimes: Riding in a Quarter Horse race at Hialeah.
The world of entertainment has changed rapidly in the last 15 years, and the racing industry will need to adopt new betting models to compete or face a slow death, the chief executive of the British bet-matching company Betfair told the racing industry during Tuesday's opening session of the University of Arizona Symposium on Racing and Gaming.
Louisiana-bred ladies, say hello to Superior Storm. And you Louisiana-bred gentlemen can introduce yourselves to Star Guitar. Do it quickly now, before they have run too far ahead.
A pick-six carryover of $114,724 is just what Wednesday's eight-race program at Hollywood Park needs. Without the jackpot bet, the program would be on the dull side.
A pair of Mid-Atlantic shippers with success around two turns and in the slop appear to be the ones to beat in Wednesday's $65,000 Snit Stakes at Aqueduct. The Snit, run at 1 1/16 miles over the inner track, is for fillies and mares that have not won an open stakes race this year.
Charles Town will offer a track-record $2.8 million in purses for its 12 stakes for open company in 2010, and the Charles Town Classic will double in value to $1 million.
Silver City, who this past spring spent time on the road to the Kentucky Derby, arrived at Sam Houston Race Park last Friday to begin preparations for a 4-year-old campaign. He has not raced since finishing fifth as the favorite in the Grade 3 Derby Trial at Churchill Downs on April 25.
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