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Miami officials make case to NCAA
The NCAA opened a key hearing in the infractions case against the University of Miami on Thursday, with school officials, former coaches and the ACC commissioner on hand in Indianapolis to defend the Hurricanes against allegations that could bring...
Tags: Ramon A. Dominguez , Nicolas Mahut, Breeders' Cup, Pittsburgh Penguins, Track and Field
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Santa Anita will play host to Breeders' Cup in 2014 as well
Southern California horse racing will get some good news Monday at a time of gloom over the upcoming closure of Hollywood Park. The Breeders' Cup will announce it will return to Santa Anita for an unprecedented third straight year in 2014. Craig Fravel,...
Tags: Breeders' Cup, Triple Crown, Sports, Churchill Downs
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Out of 'Luck,' Gary Stevens gets back in the saddle
The comeback of Gary Stevens was never intended for a real Triple Crown race aboard a horse named Oxbow. No preconceived game plan put him in the winner's circle at the Preakness last month, much less on his way to Saturday's Belmont Stakes. Stevens'...
Tags: Breeders' Cup, Triple Crown, David Milch, Sports, Mike Smith
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Obviously shows talent in winning American Handicap
Obviously is one of the top milers in American horse racing, and the 5-year-old gelding showed off his talent on Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park, winning the $150,000 American Handicap at a mile on the turf course. Under jockey Joe Talamo,...
Tags: Breeders' Cup, Sports, Kentucky Derby
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Santa Anita gets key racing dates
Santa Anita came away the big winner Thursday when the California Horse Racing Board tentatively approved racing dates for 2014 and 2015 in response to the pending closure of Betfair Hollywood Park on Dec. 22. Santa Anita will expand its usual fall...
Tags: Breeders' Cup, Triple Crown, Sports
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Oxbow's Preakness victory doesn't spoil anything
BALTIMORE — Chances are, the horse racing public will get it wrong again. When Oxbow went wire-to-wire in Saturday's Preakness, again ruining a chance for a Triple Crown, it is likely to prompt hand-wringing among those who see it as the...
Tags: Breeders' Cup, Triple Crown, Bob Costas, Sports, Equestrian
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Preakness notes: A different kind of trainer helped Gary Stevens
BALTIMORE — Gary Stevens on Saturday became the oldest jockey to win the Preakness, and the Hall of Famer has Clark Masterson to thank. Masterson, a personal trainer based in Bellevue, Wash., helped the 50-year-old jockey lose 25 pounds and nearly...
Tags: Lotteries, Triple Crown, Sports, Lifestyle and Leisure, Equestrian
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Stakes are highest for Orb in Preakness
BALTIMORE — Horse racing's Preakness is a place of history and a bubble of hope. If you come here with a Kentucky Derby victory under your belt, as trainer Shug McGaughey and Orb have, you have little time to appreciate that history. You are...
Tags: Triple Crown, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Sports, Rosie Napravnik, Big Brown
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Preakness host Maryland's horse racing in optimistic state
BALTIMORE — It is difficult to be at the Preakness this year without feeling a tinge of jealousy. That is especially true if you are just a few days removed from a visit to the current dungeon of California racing, a.k.a. Hollywood Park. All...
Tags: Triple Crown, Inner Harbor, Religion and Belief, Sports, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Hollywood Park's ghost of a chance casts pall on Southland racing
With its announcement Thursday, Hollywood Park did little to refute the theory that horse racing is a sport in need of hospice. They raced at the Inglewood track Friday, but it wasn't business as usual. Nor will it be the rest of this meeting and the...
Tags: Michael Jackson, Breeders' Cup, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Politics, Sports
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Hollywood Park to close after final autumn meeting race Dec. 22
Everyone knew the day was coming and now it's a reality. After 75 years of horse racing, Betfair Hollywood Park will end its operations following the final race of its autumn meeting Dec. 22. The words "sad day" were repeated often Thursday afternoon at...
Tags: Sports, Victor Espinoza
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Orb wins the 139th Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey is a man who looks like the embodiment of the nickname that is all anybody calls him by. Short and unassuming, he said this week he made an effort to enjoy the run-up to the Kentucky Derby,...
Tags: Triple Crown, Joel Rosario, Sports, Rosie Napravnik, Calvin Borel
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