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  • Cash & Points Up for Grabs in 2012 CashCall Futurity

    Cash & Points Up for Grabs in 2012 CashCall Futurity

    Posted on December 13, 2012 | No Comments
    Tweet The last race of 2012 as part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series takes place on December 15 in the 32nd running of the $750,000 Grade 1 CashCall Futurity at BetFair Hollywood Park. The top four in the race will get precious...

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  • Hollywood Gold Cup Headlines Big Weekend

    Hollywood Gold Cup Headlines Big Weekend

    Posted on July 6, 2012 | No Comments
    Tweet Eight graded stakes will occur this weekend across the United States and Ontario with three in Grade 1 company. Several star horses will make appearances including five time graded stakes winner Game on Dude in the Hollywood Gold Cup Handicap at BetFair Hollywood Park...

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  • Showdown Looms in Grade 1 Vanity Handicap

    Showdown Looms in Grade 1 Vanity Handicap

    Posted on June 13, 2012 | No Comments
    Tweet Two Grade 1 winners and one Grade 2 winner will do battle come Saturday June 16 at BetFair Hollywood Park for the Vanity Handicap (G1). It’s a race that has seen stellar female horses win over the last decade. Winners include Blind Luck (2011),...

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    Baffert Does It Again in the CashCall Futurity

    Posted on December 18, 2011 | No Comments
    Tweet The Grade 1 CashCall Futurity (formerly the Hollywood Futurity) at Hollywood Park is one of the major stakes races to propel top two year olds in the race to garner as much graded stakes earnings to qualify for the Kentucky Derby as a three...

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  • This Weekend, Horse of the Year Implications?

    This Weekend, Horse of the Year Implications?

    Posted on November 23, 2011 | 3 Comments
    Tweet The debate keeps raging on. Who is the front runner for Horse of the Year and other Divisions? In a year where no horse has dominated its’ class, there are many opinions on who at this point are the leading candidates. There are two...

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  • Joel Rosario Gets 1,000th Win – Already!

    Joel Rosario Gets 1,000th Win – Already!

    Posted on February 22, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Tweet There are many jockeys over their career to have hit the 1,000 win threshold, but very few have achieved this accomplishment at the ripe old age of 26. Joel Rosario has quickly become one of the best jockeys in the United States and the...

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  • How Good Is Smiling Tiger?

    How Good Is Smiling Tiger?

    Posted on January 19, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Tweet Many people figured he would be a decent horse and have the opportunity to bring home some hardware along the way in his career, but this now four year-old colt has been the epitome of consistency and is on top of the sprinting World....

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  • Comma to the Top is Tops in Cash Call

    Comma to the Top is Tops in Cash Call

    Posted on December 19, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Tweet Even a lengthy delay and terrible conditions couldn’t derail the two year-old gelding and his current winning streak. The Florida-bred and Peter Miller trained gelding was riding an impressive four race winning streak heading into Saturday’s featured race that included a Starter Allowance and...

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  • What Did Zenyatta Mean to Horse Racing?

    What Did Zenyatta Mean to Horse Racing?

    Posted on December 9, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Tweet The six year-old mare horse racing fans called the “queen” meant everything that was good about the sport. Everything she portrayed was pure and untainted. She brought life to a sport that desperately needed it. She brought passion back to racing fans as she...

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  • Haimish Hy On A High

    Haimish Hy On A High

    Posted on November 29, 2010 | 2 Comments
    Tweet Haimish Hy is on a high after winning the Hollywood Derby Sunday afternoon at Hollywood Park. A field of eight three year-old colts and geldings going a mile and a quarter got off to a decent pace with Joe Talamo taking the 9/2 second...

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