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Monday, 21 November 2005 |
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Delaware shipper Miraculous Miss swept by the spent leaders in deep stretch to win the $105,200 Valley Stream (gr. III) for 2-year-old fillies at Aqueduct going away Sunday, upsetting the odds-on favorite India.
Miraculous Miss, trained by co-owner Steve Klesaris, remained unbeaten in three starts while winning her first stakes race at odds of 9-1.
Under a patient ride from Ramon Dominguez, Miraculous Miss, a daughter of Mr. Greeley, trailed the field into the stretch of the six-furlong event after hitting the gate at the start and being outrun early.
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Monday, 21 November 2005 |
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Who says horse racing is in trouble? Coming off a record breaking handle of over $122 million at the Breeders’ Cup this year, bettors put it down with both hands and fists and deposited $5,698,493 to set a Churchill record on the Pick Six last Saturday. The highest total wagered on a single day into the Pick Six is the $5,889,712 fired into a Santa Anita pool in 2004.
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Friday, 18 November 2005 |
 The New York Racing Association has requested a 257-day racing season for 2006, pending formal submission to and approval by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board. The tentative schedule calls for the 2005-2006 inner dirt track meeting at Aqueduct to run from Nov. 30 of this year through March 26, 2006.
With a few exceptions, racing is every Wednesday through Sunday at Aqueduct and Belmont Park, and every day but Tuesdays at Saratoga
NYRA's tentative 2006 racing calendar begins on New Year's Day, Sunday, Jan. 1, followed by racing Monday, Jan. 2. The track will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 3-4.
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Friday, 18 November 2005 |
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Racetrack executives appeared before a House panel Thursday, arguing that congressional action is not necessary to solve industry problems, including a recent lapse in health insurance for jockeys that left the Jockeys' Guild in turmoil and led to the ouster this week of its president. But U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., who chaired the hearing, said federal legislation might be necessary. "A lot of interest groups do not want their turf touched, ... (but) there are a lot of strong arguments for some uniformity and for some federal oversight and involvement," he told reporters.
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