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Belmont Park will be the scene less then three weeks from now, as the 22nd running of the Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships comes into your living room. AndOver $14 million will be up for grabs as the best International and North American horses come together for on last battle in 2005. Not sure about you, but I know I am eagerly waiting the return of Afleet Alex and hopefully he can repeat his performance that seen him finish third in the Kentucky Derby and winner of the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. He has been off with an injury since June. Had a good workout on September 30 and is expected to make a start somewhere on the weekend of October 15 then on to the Classic.
Afleet Alex took another huge stride in his comeback with a solid half-mile workout Friday at Belmont Park. With regular rider Jeremy Rose aboard, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner breezed a half-mile in 46.02 seconds, the fastest work of 42 horses at the same distance. Last week, Afleet Alex had his first timed workout -- five furlongs in 59.85 -- since being sidelined with a hairline fracture of his left-front canon bone July 21. The 3-year-old colt had surgery six days later the plan is to get to the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Belmont on Oct. 29.
Ritchey most likely will run Afleet Alex in next Friday's seven-furlong Perryville Stakes at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. It would be the colt's first race since winning the Belmont on June 11. Afleet Alex won the Preakness despite nearly falling to his knees when bumped by Scrappy T at the top of the stretch.
Hurricane Run won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on the famed Longchamp course Sunday, giving trainer Andre Fabre a sixth victory in Europe's most prestigious horse race. The 3-year-old colt, the favorite ridden by Kieren Fallon, edged Westerner near the line. Bago, last year's winner, finished third on the 1.5-mile track in Bois de Boulogne. The race was run on a track softened by rain the previous two days.
Alan Cooper, racing manager for Bago's owners, the Niarchos family, said his horse was hindered by the soft track. ``The pace of the race was a bit slower than we would have liked,'' Cooper said. ``He was making up a lot of ground at the end. He will go to the Breeders' Cup now.''
Tabor said he also is considering Hurricane Run for the Breeders' Cup at Belmont Park in New York on Oct. 29. Hurricane Run won last month's Prix Niel, prep for the Arc. Nine of the last 12 winners of the Prix Niel went on to win the Arc. Fabre's other Arc victories came in 1987, '92, '94, '97 and '98:
Don't Get Mad used a strong closing surge to beat favorite and Preakness Stakes runner-up Scrappy T by three lengths Saturday in the Indiana Derby. Scrappy T finished second, and Thor's Echo nosed out Purim for third.
With the outside post position, Don't Get Mad, ridden by Brice Blanc, broke well from the gate. Blanc then eased Stephen Got Even to the inside as Thor's Echo and Felipe Martinez led the way through the first turn. Down the backstretch, Don't Get Mad made his move toward the leaders of the nine-horse race and was within striking distance.
In the final strides, the 3-year-old that finished fourth in the Kentucky Derby pulled away for trainer Ron Ellis and owner B. Wayne Hughes. Don't Get Mad, the second choice on the board, paid $7.20 to win the 11th annual Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park. It was a warmup for several of the horses before the Breeders' Cup later this month. The win was his third in nine starts and he increased his career bankroll to more than $780,000.
One horse that I will be having a good look at is Frank Brother’s First Samurai, who has been dominating in the two year old ranks. Taking the lead from rival Henny Hughes in the stretch, First Samurai pulled off to a 2 3/4 -length victory in Saturday's $500,000 Champagne Stakes at rain-drenched Belmont Park. The 2-year-old colt's win improved his perfect mark to 4-for-4 and firmly established First Samurai as the favorite for the $1.5 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Belmont on Oct. 29.
Over the next 18 days we will try and get you prepared for the big day, with an up close and personal look at several of the contending horses, trainers, jockeys and owners.
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Afleet Alex took another huge stride in his comeback with a solid half-mile workout Friday at Belmont Park. With regular rider Jeremy Rose aboard, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner breezed a half-mile in 46.02 seconds, the fastest work of 42 horses at the same distance. Last week, Afleet Alex had his first timed workout -- five furlongs in 59.85 -- since being sidelined with a hairline fracture of his left-front canon bone July 21. The 3-year-old colt had surgery six days later the plan is to get to the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Belmont on Oct. 29.
Ritchey most likely will run Afleet Alex in next Friday's seven-furlong Perryville Stakes at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. It would be the colt's first race since winning the Belmont on June 11. Afleet Alex won the Preakness despite nearly falling to his knees when bumped by Scrappy T at the top of the stretch.
Hurricane Run won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on the famed Longchamp course Sunday, giving trainer Andre Fabre a sixth victory in Europe's most prestigious horse race. The 3-year-old colt, the favorite ridden by Kieren Fallon, edged Westerner near the line. Bago, last year's winner, finished third on the 1.5-mile track in Bois de Boulogne. The race was run on a track softened by rain the previous two days.
Alan Cooper, racing manager for Bago's owners, the Niarchos family, said his horse was hindered by the soft track. ``The pace of the race was a bit slower than we would have liked,'' Cooper said. ``He was making up a lot of ground at the end. He will go to the Breeders' Cup now.''
Tabor said he also is considering Hurricane Run for the Breeders' Cup at Belmont Park in New York on Oct. 29. Hurricane Run won last month's Prix Niel, prep for the Arc. Nine of the last 12 winners of the Prix Niel went on to win the Arc. Fabre's other Arc victories came in 1987, '92, '94, '97 and '98:
Don't Get Mad used a strong closing surge to beat favorite and Preakness Stakes runner-up Scrappy T by three lengths Saturday in the Indiana Derby. Scrappy T finished second, and Thor's Echo nosed out Purim for third.
With the outside post position, Don't Get Mad, ridden by Brice Blanc, broke well from the gate. Blanc then eased Stephen Got Even to the inside as Thor's Echo and Felipe Martinez led the way through the first turn. Down the backstretch, Don't Get Mad made his move toward the leaders of the nine-horse race and was within striking distance.
In the final strides, the 3-year-old that finished fourth in the Kentucky Derby pulled away for trainer Ron Ellis and owner B. Wayne Hughes. Don't Get Mad, the second choice on the board, paid $7.20 to win the 11th annual Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park. It was a warmup for several of the horses before the Breeders' Cup later this month. The win was his third in nine starts and he increased his career bankroll to more than $780,000.
One horse that I will be having a good look at is Frank Brother’s First Samurai, who has been dominating in the two year old ranks. Taking the lead from rival Henny Hughes in the stretch, First Samurai pulled off to a 2 3/4 -length victory in Saturday's $500,000 Champagne Stakes at rain-drenched Belmont Park. The 2-year-old colt's win improved his perfect mark to 4-for-4 and firmly established First Samurai as the favorite for the $1.5 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Belmont on Oct. 29.
Over the next 18 days we will try and get you prepared for the big day, with an up close and personal look at several of the contending horses, trainers, jockeys and owners.
http://www.sport-betting-links.com/
http://www.sport-betting-links.com/directory/aaasportsandcasinos.html
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