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>>> Not like we couldn't see this coming... Md legislator proposes that slots money should go to schools -- not horse-racing
>>> Fair Grounds slashes purses for Oaks, New Orleans Handicap, Mervin Muniz Memorial
>>> Hollywood cuts stakes purses by 27.5%
>>> NJ: State officials and racing industry leaders reached a deal Monday night to try the new weekend-heavy Monmouth/no t-breds at Meadowlands format
>>> Luck - HBO's racing drama: Director Michael Mann has said that Milch's script is one of the two best ever handed to him
>>> ...And more casting notes from Luck
>>> Zenyatta weighted at 127 for Santa Margarita
>>> Ehalt: "Is there anyone out there who is talented enough to push Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta and make the Apple Blossom a race, and not just a non-wagering match race?"
>>> Finley: Say what?!? Race-fixing -- at Michigan sulky tracks??? Seems improbable
>>> VIDEO: Local TV news covers Ocala breeding industry's current problems
>>> NY Daily News: State investigators have uncovered a slew of eyebrow-raising oddities in their probe of the tainted Aqueduct racino deal
>>> Moran: "The desperate situation [NYRA] now faces is the fault of a state government that is an embarrassment to democracy."
>>> Wincze: First-hand glimpse at Thoroughbred racing in Qatar... "The track itself is very European in its set up with its all-turf cards..."
>>> TTimes 2010 Freshman Sire Contest offers fans cash prizes for predicting top performance of this year's crop of freshman sires
>>> Trackmaster VP: Technology has isolated racing fans... "How do we connect with others?... Well, that's where all this Social Media comes in."

Derby Trail:
>>> Grening: Awesome Act still has plenty to prove in Wood
>>> Derby Trail newbie trainer: Alexis Barba has two potential players after a big SoCal weekend
>>> Haskin's Derby Dozen: Weekend winners Awesome Act and Alphie's Bet onboard
>>> Gray's Derby Dozen: Awesome Act debuts at #7
>>> TTimes Triple Crown poll: Awesome Act #7 there also
>>> AP's Derby Ten: Awesome Act zooms to #5
>>> West's latest Derby Ten: Awesome Act just misses the list

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SANTA ANITA
Sat results: Misremembered takes G1 $750K SA Hcp

Sat results: Proviso nips Fluke in G1 $250K Kilroe Mile Hcp

Sat results: Crisp scores in G1 $250K SA Oak... Blind Luck 3rd

Sat results: Aplhie's Bet surprises in G3 $150K Sham

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Sun preview: Dettori set to ride Beauty Flash in G1 Hong Kong Derby

2008 HK Cup winner Eagle Mountain retired... "This is his third career- threatening injury and enough is enough."

Medaglia d'Oro to shuttle to Australia

New Zealand inducts ten in to Racing Hall of Fame

G1 winner Sniper's Bullet OK after escape and crash with car

Sulky side: 9YO races into the ranks of the nation's greatest racehorses

Sat results: Military Move takes G1 NZ Derby at Ellerslie

Sat results: Wanted snags G1 $100K Newmarket Hcp at a stormy Flemington

Sat results: Theoseo scores in G1 Chipping Norton Stakes at Warwick Farm


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GENERAL NEWS
Arlington Park is offering a free pass to its biggest races for the winners of key European events

3YO Watch: Lookin At Lucky works, headed to Oaklawn

34YO jock Julia Brimo continues to make progress rehab-ing for last year's serious injury

Q&A with Jerry Simms, chairman of Turf Paradise

Zayat's plan with bank gets judge's OK

Canada: Hastings 2010 season to feature over $9.8mil in purses

Illinois legislators consider racetrack slots

Rachel to face four on Saturday... Draws post 2 for $200K New Orleans Ladies

Rachel Alexandra works 4F on Monday in prep for weekend race


Haskin: 21st-century Derby Trail trainers too clever for their own good? "It's time trainers go through the history books and see how it's supposed to be done."

Zast: Racing in the age of fan-feedback -- "Remaining mute when fans call you out... is just fueling a rage that's unnecessary, and nihilistic, to boot."

Super offspring?... Multi-Japanese HOTY Vodka has a date with Euro champ Sea the Stars

OUCH! They're tough over there!... UK stews fine trainer, suspend jock AND horse after poor effort -- and the horse was 50-1!

Australian sprint becomes Breeder's Cup Win and You're In race... BC prez, "The winner of this race will gain automatic entry into the Breeders Cup Turf Sprint upon payment of the appropriate fees."

Derby Trail: Borel to ride Jackson Bend in Wood

Penn National finalizes deal for Beulah

NTRA prez addresses the question: What is the role of NTRA?

Japanese superstar Vodka retired... Bled after 8th-place finish in Dubai on Thurs

Gary Stevens: "California's horse population is down. It will go down again if we return to dirt."

Davidowitz: Santa Anita's surface dilemma... BC permanent site... More

History: Recalling Seattle Slew's on-again, off-again prepping for the 1977 Gotham

And more history: Count Turf wins the Kentucky Derby, 1951... Like Canonero, Mine That Bird, and Dark Star -- Count Turf was a nondescript colt and many questioned his entry in the '51 Derby, including his trainer

3YO Watch: Pletcher runners work

Minnesota: Racinos could pay for new Vikings stadium

Hoosier Park owner filing for bankruptcy protection

TV Alert: Docu Thoroughbred to debut Monday night on Ky PBS affiliate... Could roll out nationally later

Blurb in Oscar article adds Nick Nolte to cast of HBO's racing-related series Luck [see paragraph beginning, "Dustin Hoffman signed up to this trend...]

2008 Tampa Bay Derby winner Big Truck injured, euthanized at Tampa

Wilson reading the tea leaves?... "It's still a good bet that Santa Anita will have a new traditional dirt surface by the beginning of the Oak Tree meet."

Rachel Alexandra schools Saturday in Fair Grounds paddock

Baffert and owner riff after winning the Big Cap... "I bet this is the first time in the history of the Santa Anita Handicap that the winning owners actually needed the money."

Saying goodbye to Windfields Farm: Home to horse-racing icons EP Taylor and Northern Dancer auctioned on Saturday

Cincinnati newspaper laments that Turfway was left out of upcoming racing TV documentary

Oscar night -- the perfect time to profile Secretariat's offspring Academy Award

Crist: Closer look at NYRA's just-released stakes schedule... ALSO, BC permanent west coast site might prompt NY reaction... AND, time for Florida to change late-surface change rules

NYRA prez: "If New York City (OTB) closes down then all bets are off." And - of OTB Task Force's report - "I think that report's going to sit on a shelf and never be acted on."

Behind the scenes: Fair Grounds vet Catherine Mauberret does pre-race inspections with care

Penn National said to be close to buying Beulah Park

NJ comment: The state and horse-racing - sever this incestuous relationship

Daley: Another thumbs-up for Hall of Fame rules change

Zenyatta sparkles in Fri morn work
International: Melnyk's Sterwins wins Sandy Lane Gold Cup in Barbados

Ky: State senator backing Instant Racing games

California clears Zayat on Jelinsky loans

Jock Norberto Arroyo sentenced on cocaine possession charges

Keeneland to shift first September auction rounds to night

Old Friends receives $50K grant from ASPCA

Jamaican comment: How can we move racing forward?

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AQUEDUCT
Sun results: Understatement wins $65K Stymie

Sat results: Euro-import Awesome Act dominates G3 $250K Gotham

Sat results: Wall Street Wonder edges Custom for Carlos in G3 $100K Toboggan


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Goldikova to make seasonal debut in May

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