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Available Jobs In Horse Racing—north American Racing Academy Offers Unique Opportunity
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If you wish to explore horse racing as a career, well there is one opportunity waiting for you already. Thoroughbred racing will now be introducing schools for training jockeys through semester programs where students will be provided with hands on experience and learning on how to maintain barns, care for the horses, race them and have classrooms on thoroughbred related education. Free horses racing game is another way you can learn about racing horses. Download racing game from www.horseracegame.com.(read
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2012 Kentucky Derby—as The Big Race Nears, Contenders Begin Facing Even Stiffer Tests
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The Kentucky Derby trail starts at almost no particular race, that range with states and zones of thoroughbred racing including certain sprint races for starters. As the trail comes closer to the Big Day for Roses, races become tougher such as the Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct, the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park or the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby in Califormia. The test races sift the best out for the Derby and line up the top 20 for the Run for Roses at Churchill Downs on May 5th. The road to the Kentucky Derby has no official starting point. Some may say it begins at birth for a Thoroughbred, while others will argue it doesn't truly begin until late winter/early spring of their 3-year-old seasons when the distances of the prep races are lengthened and the purses increased.
Virtually every major racetrack in the country that holds a winter/spring meeting will have a series of three or even four races restricted to 3-year-olds whose sights are set on making the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Typically, the series will start with a sprint race, sometime after the start of the new year for these developing Thoroughbreds, and will continue with races every four to six weeks that gradually increase in distance. The series' typically culminate with a race at 1 1/8-miles, which is an eighth of a mile shorter than the 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby.
This final round of Kentucky Derby prep races are by far the most important on the road to the Triple Crown and are usually held anywhere from three to six weeks prior to the Kentucky Derby. Below is a look at the three Grade 1 prep races for the Kentucky Derby that are held on a dirt track.
In New York, the final major Kentucky Derby prep race is the Grade 1 Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct. While this has historically been one of the most productive Kentucky Derby prep races, recently things haven't gone so well for the Wood Memorial winner. The three previous winners of the Wood—Toby's Corner (2011), Eskendereya (2010), and I Want Revenge (2009)--all missed the Kentucky Derby because of injuries suffered between the two races. The 2012 Wood Memorial will be on April 7.
In Florida, the Grade 1 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park caps off the Kentucky Derby prep season. This has undoubtedly been one of the top Kentucky Derby prep races since its inaugural running in 1952 and recent history has been no different. Since 1995, four winners of the Florida Derby went on to win the Kentucky Derby. That group consists of Thunder Gulch (1995), Monarchos (2001), Barbaro (2006) and Big Brown (2008).
In California, the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby takes center stage. This race has helped to sort out the contingent of West Coast contenders every year since 1935. Recent winners of the Santa Anita Derby have done little damage in the Triple Crown series, but that could at least partially be because it was run over a synthetic track for several years. Santa Anita has since replaced its main track with traditional dirt and that could lead to better performances from California-based horses in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs .
In Arkansas, the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park has become one of the nation's premiere Kentucky Derby prep races. A major catalyst for that was the success of Smarty Jones in 2004. The extremely popular Smarty Jones swept the Oaklawn prep series that year, culminating in the Arkansas Derby, then went on to win the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes before a heartbreaking defeat in the Belmont Stakes. Since then, stables from all across the country have been shipping in to Oaklawn for their Kentucky Derby prep races.(read
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Betting The 2012 Kentucky Derby—look For The Longshot
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When it comes to betting in the Kentucky Derby, talking about the traditional trend observed, the bettors have always stuck to the proposed top favorites, majority of the times, completely ignoring the long shots or the lesser known contenders which have also led to some incredible upsets. Donerail and Gallahadian are the more famously known long shots who upset the race along with the bets for the races they ran.(read
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Horse Racing In Texas – Sam Houston Park Enjoys Increased Handle & Larger Crowds
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Texas horse racing will now invite a larger crowd along with increased handle this new racing season. The Quarter horse racing season, all set to start in March will go on till May mid. The races can also be enjoyed in a simulated version where players from around the globe can participate in the events and win real prizes. The online racing horse games on www.horseracegame.com are 3D simulated and are compatible with most of the latest gaming gadgets.(read
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Top Race Horses Of 2011 - Havre De Grace
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Havre de Grace became the Horse of Year 2011, the third consecutive win by a female horse at an award that is largely dominated by the mightier category of thoroughbreds, the male horses. Before Havre de Grace, Zenyatta won the top horse award in 2009 and Rachel Alexandra in 2010. The horses have been moulded into an immortal avatar by the online racing games that feature them in 3D simulation so players and fans from around the world can race these legendary race horses for years to come.(read
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How Important Is The Vet When Caring For Race Horses?
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The health of the horses in thoroughbred racing is extremely crucial and more important than any performance or any race statistics.(read
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Identifying 2012 Kentucky Derby Contenders
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Are we already looking at the Triple Crown winner embedded deep within Hansen with his Breeder's Cup Juvenile win at the Churchill Downs dirt? Or would he possibly be run down by Union Rags, his prime contender then and today, upcoming Alpha and Algorithms and eliminators like El Padrino and Discreet Dancer on the rise, the season seems more competitive than what Hansen's connections would have liked. To check out the race simulations, check out www.horseracegame.com. Your own simulated race should be up before the actual races.(read
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Derby Trail Heats Up – Tampa Down Derby And San Felipe Shortlist Next Bunch
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The weekend Derby trail will continue with the Tampa Bay Derby horse race that will feature Currency Swap, Battle Hardened and Reveron among others. Another race at Santa Anita, the San Felipe Stakes, grade 2 race with $300,000 in purse prize will witness Creative Cause making his gallops towards the “Run for the Roses” with Fed Biz and Steve Asmussen's Sabercat among other starters.(read
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Thoroughbred Trivia And Fun Facts
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Thoroughbred racing and other forms of horse games are backed by years of research and study of horses and their body and lifestyle. Racing horses these days are cared for using revolutionary treatments that have evolved over the years with more information and knowledge regarding their structure and body ailments. To know more about horse racing and their characteristics, join us on www.horseracegame.com.(read
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Santa Anita Handicap Ready For Hoist – Contenders, Socks Up
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The Santa Anita Handicap is more famously known as the ‘Big Cap' and is run annually on March 3rd. The race would be run for a mile and a quarter and would be offering the winners, a purse prize of $750,000. The proposed challengers for the title are, Game on Dude, Setsuko, Ultimate Eagle, Gladding and Ron the Greek to name a few. To check out race simulations, log on to www.horseracegame.com.(read
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