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Authentic goes wire-to-wire to capture BC Classic
Authentic, the Kentucky Derby champion and Preakness runner-up, won a 2ΒΌ-length victory over Improbable at the Breeders' Cup Classic.
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Flanery retiring as president of Churchill Downs
Kevin Flanery, who has been Churchill Downs' president since July 2009, will retire at the end of this year, the track announced Wednesday.
Horse Racing
Jockey Rosario notches 3,000th career win
Jockey Joel Rosario earned his 3,000th career victory in a race at Aqueduct in New York.
Horse Racing
Authentic's Breeders' Cup track record updated
Authentic's track-record time in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland has been updated to 1:59.60 after a review of multiple sources and camera angles.
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DQ'd Derby winner Maximum Security retired
Maximum Security, disqualified after crossing the finish line first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby, has been retired to stud.
Horse Racing
Authentic retired after Breeders' Cup Classic win
Authentic, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic, will stand at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, next year for a breeding fee of $75,000.
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Order of Australia wins Breeders' Cup Mile at 73-1
Order of Australia, a 73-1 longshot who was in the race following a scratch and with a substitute rider aboard, won the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile on Saturday.
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Absolutely Aiden euthanized after suffering injury
Absolutely Aiden has been euthanized following an injury suffered in a chain-reaction incident that toppled several riders about 200 yards short of the finish in the $150,000 Lafayette Stakes on Saturday.
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Essential Quality captures Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Essential Quality took charge in the stretch to overtake 94-1 long shot Hot Rod Charlie and win the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile by three-quarters of a length.
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Baffert adds oversight after medication violations
Two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert, who has had multiple horses test positive for medication violations, is taking steps to "do better,'' including hiring outside oversight.
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Improbable is 5-2 favorite for Breeders' Cup
Improbable is the 5-2 favorite for the Breeders' Cup, ahead of Tiz the Law (3-1) and Maximum Security (7-2).
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The last word on the 2020 Melbourne Cup field
Here's ESPN's look at this year's Melbourne Cup field, with one of Australia's best form analysts, Deane Lester, giving his thoughts on why each horse is there and whether they're in the running.
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Authentic heads Breeders' Cup Classic field of 11
Kentucky Derby winner Authentic heads a field of 11 horses, possibly including Preakness winner Swiss Skydiver, for the Breeders' Cup Classic, with trainer Bob Baffert entering three horses in the $6 million race that includes Belmont winner Tiz the Law.
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Baffert horse tests positive for drugs for 2nd time
A horse trained by Bob Baffert tested positive for betamethasone, the third positive drug test by a Baffert horse in six months.
Horse Racing
Fired Belmont worker charged in racehorse death
Prosecutors say a backstretch worker at New York's Belmont Park caused the death of a $200,000 racehorse by releasing the filly onto blacktop where she fell and broke her leg.
Horse Racing
Hall of Fame horse trainer Gary Jones dies at 76
Trainer Gary Jones, who oversaw Hall of Fame horse Best Pal and 1986 older horse of the year Turkoman, died Sunday following a lengthy illness. He was 76.
Horse Racing
Star European mare Enable retires from racing
Enable, one of the most decorated mares in European horse racing, has retired and will soon being a breeding career.
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Swiss Skydiver sixth filly to win Preakness
Swiss Skydiver beat favored Authentic in a stretch duel to become the sixth filly to win the Preakness Stakes.
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- Headley, longtime trainer with 902 wins, dies
- Golden Gate Fields to open after virus outbreak
- Oaklawn Park to welcome limited attendance
- Belmont winner Tiz the Law retired on vet's advice
- 2-year-old colt fatally hurt in race at Santa Anita
- Charlatan claims Grade 1 win in Malibu Stakes
- Champion British jockey handed 3-month ban