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Electrify wins at Calder
Electrify beat Finallymadeit by three lengths Saturday in the $50,000 Ambehaving Stakes at Calder Race Course. Electrify, ridden by Elvis Trujillo, ran 1 1-16 miles in 1:46.07 and paid $6.20, $3.40 and $3.80. Finallymadeit returned $3.60 and $3.40, and Pop Goes the Tiger paid $5.00 to show.
Doctor Dino wins Belmont’s Grade 1 Man o’ War Stakes
Doctor Dino concluded a two-race visit to the United States with a head victory over Sunriver in the $500,000 Man o’ War, the richest of three Grade 1 stakes Saturday at Belmont Park. Alexander Tango from Ireland captured $219,800 Garden City Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the turf while Ginger Punch won the $285,000 Ruffian…
Belmont Park Backstretch Notes – Saturday, September 8
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Arlington Park Barn Notes – Saturday, September 8
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Equine flu hits Sydney racehorses
Eight racehorses test positive for equine influenza, forcing the suspension of Sydney’s spring carnival racing.
Horse flu hits Apec summit police
Police horses in Australia are hit by equine flu, but officials say it will not affect security for the Apec summit.
Naughty New York wins Belmont’s MacArthur again
Naughty New Yorker scored a repeat victory Friday in the $108,800 General Douglas MacArthur Handicap for New York breds, the opening day feature at Belmont Park. The margins were very similar. The 5-year-old won the one-mile race by 1 3/4 lengths last year. This time, he beat Shuffling Maddnes by 2 lengths.
Arlington Park Barn Notes – Friday, September 7
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Appeals court orders judge to hold hearing or release 3 attorneys accused of bilking clients
Three attorneys accused of bilking their clients out of millions of dollars from a diet drug settlement will appear before a judge Monday morning to determine if they will remain in jail pending trial. U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman scheduled the hearing after the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered him to hold a…
Australia state extends horse ban
A ban on moving and racing horses is extended indefinitely in Australia’s New South Wales because of equine influenza.
Belmont-winning filly Rags to Riches set to return in Gazelle on Sept. 15
The much-delayed return of Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches has one more week to go. As expected, the first filly in 102 years to capture the Belmont won’t run in Saturday’s Ruffian Handicap at Belmont Park but is set for the Gazelle Stakes a week later. The 3-year-old filly spiked a fever and missed…