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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Coin Silver pulled away in the stretch and won the Lexington Stakes on Saturday, giving trainer Todd Pletcher a third horse to run in the Kentucky Derby.Rockport Harbor, trained by John Servis, who won last year's Derby with Smarty Jones, faded in the stretch and finished sixth. The loss likely will keep the 3-year-old colt out of the Derby in two weeks.Coin Silver, a 13-1 choice in the seven-horse field, is the latest horse trained by Pletcher to earn a trip to Churchill Downs. Last week, Pletcher's Bandini won the Blue Grass Stakes and Flower Alley finished second in the Arkansas Derby.Rockport Harbor, ridden by last year's Derby winning jockey Stewart Elliott, has been bothered for months by nagging leg injuries, and also is recovering from a blood clot in his neck that kept him out of last week's Arkansas Derby.The gray son of Unbridled's Song, unbeaten as a 2-year-old, never held the lead in the 1 1-16th-mile Lexington.Coin Silver, ridden by Javier Castellano, entered the race with no graded-stakes earnings but earned $201,500 for owner John Fort. Castellano also rides early Derby favorite Bellamy Road, and Pletcher will likely have to find a new rider for Coin Silver.If more than 20 horses are entered in the Derby, preference is given to graded stakes earnings.Sort It Out, trained by Bob Baffert, finished second and earned $65,000. However, it's not enough to crack the top 20 list of graded stakes earners, meaning the three-time Derby-winning Baffert will miss his second straight Derby after having at least one starter in the race for eight straight years.Coin Silver grabbed the lead near the top of stretch in the race run over a sloppy track and with temperatures in the mid-40s, stiff winds and a light rain falling.Storm Surge was third, while Going Wild, trained by D. Wayne Lukas, finished fifth two weeks after a last place effort in the Wood Memorial. Lukas, a four-time Derby winner, will send out Consolidator in the Derby.Lukas's other entry in the Lexington, Skye'n Thunder, was scratched

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They'll run the $1 million Florida Derby (gr. I) on Saturday, with High Fly and Noble Causeway likely going off as the favorites in this major prep race for the Kentucky Derby (gr. I). The starting gate can't open quickly enough for Scott Savin, the beleaguered president and general manager of Gulfstream Park. Savin doesn't have a rooting interest, but the track he runs sure has a lot on the line. "Maybe, whoever wins will go on to win the Kentucky Derby, and next year everyone will say, 'This is the place to be to get ready for the Triple Crown,"' Savin said Friday morning after a visit with Nick Zito, who trains High Fly and Noble Causeway. It's been a tough racing meet for Savin, not to mention South Florida racing fans. The track, owned by Frank Stronach's Magna Entertainment Corp., has been reduced to a bunch of big white tents while construction of a new grandstand and clubhouse continues. Savin has been criticized for moving the date of the Florida Derby from it's usual mid-March slot to five weeks before the Kentucky Derby, perhaps too close to the May 7 Derby for trainers to get another prep race into their horses.

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Over 500 people attended the "Ponies On Parade" Unbridled Gala and Auction to benefit the Northwest Center for disabled people. "Ponies on Parade" was sponsored by The Wells Fargo Bank, a public art project produced by the Downtown Seattle Association. The Gala was held at the Bell Harbor International Pavilion at Pier 66

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In its first major press conference since its inception late last year, on Wednesday Friends of New York Racing, Inc. (FNYR) announced its initial projects and goals. The newly named board of directors appeared together at McMahon Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, NY, the birthplace of 2003 Kentucky Derby and 2004 Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide. Tim Smith, former commissioner of NTRA, will be the president, and joining him on the board are:
Jared Abbruzzese, Capital and Technology Advisors, LLC and a New York Thoroughbred owner Dennis Brida, Executive Director, New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. Richard Bomze, President, New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NYTHA) Charles F. Champion, Chairman, President, CEO, Youbet.com Sherwood Chillingworth, Executive Vice President, Oak Tree Racing Association G.
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In addition to announcing its initial board of directors, FNYR released a timeline for 2005, including:
launching its Web site
starting a grassroots fundraising effort and political action committee (FNYRPAC)
forming an "industry advisory committee" and certain specialized task forces
completing a preliminary report of its findings and recommendations (second calendar quarter)
after a public comment period, finalizing specific recommendations for state government, NYRA and the industry (early fall)
Smith said, "Similar to what we did on national issues at the NTRA, Friends of New York Racing believes the best way to develop a blueprint for positive change in New York is to start by establishing the facts. The joint studies announced today, in conjunction with NYTHA and the New York breeding farms will be an important part of that process."
Dennis Brida of the New York Thoroughbred Breeders, added, "There are 401 Thoroughbred breeding farms here in New York creating jobs and preserving working landscapes and green space. The combined business of breeding, raising and selling Thoroughbreds is one of New York's largest agricultural enterprises. As the State faces choices on expanded gaming and the future of racing in New York, it is crucial that the positive economic impact that our industry generates is an integral part of the solution."
"Our constituents - specifically the 9,000 owners and trainers who make up NYTHA - believe firmly that the time has come for the industry to look at ways to build a better future for New York racing, including examining operations and best practices from other areas to see what we can learn and apply here," said Bob Flynn, executive director of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association.
An initial poll conducted for FNYR found that most New Yorkers value and support the state's Thoroughbred industry and favor expanded gaming at Thoroughbred racing facilities as a way to generate additional revenue for the state. According to the survey, among those with an opinion, New Yorkers view horseracing favorably by nearly a 2-to-1 margin (63% - 37%). When provided with facts about jobs, farms and economic impact, the support for the state's racing industry is even stronger.

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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum’s Darley operation, which helped establish a world record with the purchase of a Tale of the Cat colt early in the Fasig-Tipton Calder sale of selected two-year-olds in training on Tuesday, maintained its activity immediately afterwards with the purchase of a Grand Slam colt many projected as one of the possible sale toppers.
Darley went to $2.9-million to outbid Satish Sanan, who owns Padua Stables with his wife, Anne Sanan, for the colt by Grand Slam out of the unraced Storm Cat mare Dama.
Consigned by M. W. Miller III, agent, the colt is from the immediate family of Grade 1 winner Corporate Report. He breezed an eighth-mile in :10.40 during the sale’s first under-tack show on February 20.
The purchase of the Grand Slam colt, who sold for $450,000 at the 2004 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July selected yearling sale, came shortly after Darley bought a colt by Tale of the Cat out of Carry All, by Devil’s Bag, for $5.2-million.—

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Smarty Jones dominated North America's Thoroughbred racing scene for the first half of 2004. Ghostzapper, who didn't make his first start of the year until July 4, a month after Smarty Jones made his last on June 5, surpassed all rivals for the final six months of 2004.They never met in competition, but they will be the star players when the sport's leaders gather tonight for the 34th Eclipse Awards celebration.The champions of 2004 - both equine and human - will be announced during a banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.Ghostzapper is favored to be named the Horse of the Year following the balloting by 274 voters, representing track officials, Daily Racing Form correspondents and turf writers.Bobby Frankel, who trains the colt, declared the issue "a no-brainer" shortly after Ghostzapper completed his undefeated four-race 2004 campaign with a 3-length victory in the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Lone Star Park on Oct. 30.That victory almost certainly decided the Horse of the Year title for the son of 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Awesome Again.Had Ghostzapper not emulated his sire's victory in North America's richest race, Smarty Jones might have swept to the title on the strength of his scores in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in May.Smarty Jones ran second to Birdstone in the Belmont Stakes in his bid to become the first Triple Crown champion since 1978.It was the only defeat Smarty Jones suffered in nine career starts and proved to be the colt's final race. Several weeks after the Belmont, citing a minor injury to his colt, Roy Chapman, the octogenarian who owns Smarty Jones, announced he had agreed to a $39 million deal with Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky to syndicate the colt for stallion service.Chapman, who owned the colt with his wife, Pat, was criticized for prematurely removing his popular overachiever from the sporting stage.The Chapmans later explained that a nagging hoof injury would have made a return risky.Ghostzapper, now 5 years old, is one of at least five likely 2004 Eclipse Award divisional champions who will continue their racing careers this year.Probable 2-year-old filly winner Sweet Catomine began her 3-year-old campaign by winning the Santa Ysabel Stakes at Santa Anita on Jan. 16.Also scheduled back in 2005 are likely 3-year-old filly champ Ashado; probable turf champs Kitten's Joy (male) and Ouija Board (female) and undefeated Declan's Moon, the likely 2-year-old male champion.Kitten's Joy, a finalist for the overall 3-year-old Eclipse title with Smarty Jones and Birdstone, was upset by Better Talk Now in the Breeders' Cup Turf. But he will race after Nov. 9 surgery to have bone chips removed from his left knee.Breeders' Cup Sprint champion Speightstown, who has been retired to stud, is favored to defeat Pico Central for the Eclipse Award in the sprint division, though Pico Central, who didn't contest the Breeders' Cup, defeated Speightstown in their head-to-head meeting. Azeri, who finished fifth in the Breeders' Cup Classic, goes into retirement as the probable winner of her third consecutive Eclipse Award as top older mare. She also was voted Horse of the Year in 2002.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - The $4 million Classic is the richest race on a lucrative Breeders' Cup card, and trainer Nick Zito sees this year's version shaping up as very tough.

Even without retired Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Smarty Jones, the 13-horse field has some familiar names bidding for a victory that could bolster their credentials for Horse of the Year honors.
Saturday's race got a surprise entrant in Azeri, the 2002 Horse of the Year who will try again to beat the boys for the first time. The mare would have been the favorite in the $2 million Distaff, but trainer D. Wayne Lukas gave up an expected easy victory for a chance to make history.
Reflecting Azeri's challenge, she was 15-1 on the morning line in the 1 1/4-mile race at Lone Star Park.
"A lot of times you got to keep your mouth shut because you never know what can happen," said Zito, who will saddle Belmont Stakes winner Birdstone. "Azeri will probably show a lot more speed than usual."
Pleasantly Perfect was made the 5-2 morning-line favorite when post positions were drawn Wednesday. He won the Dubai World Cup and the Pacific Classic this year.
A year ago, trainer Richard Mandella won four Breeders' Cup races, capping the day with Pleasantly Perfect's Classic victory.
"If he wins Saturday, I'd have the time to digest it, appreciate it and see it," Mandella said. "Last year it happened so fast, one right after another."
Ghostzapper, trained by Bobby Frankel, was the 3-1 second choice. Roses in May was the 5-1 third choice. Birdstone and Funny Cide, last year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, were at 6-1.
"I was grateful and flattered," Zito said about his horse's odds. "It's a very tough race."
Funny Cide, a national fan favorite last year, earned a comeback win in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park earlier this month. But the gelding has had several stumbles since nearly winning the Triple Crown 16 months ago — including a next-to-last finish in the 2003 Classic at Santa Anita.
What would a Classic victory mean?
"Vindication," said Robin Smullen, assistant to trainer Barclay Tagg. "A lot of people, even after the Jockey Club Gold Cup, have written him off as not a Grade 1 horse. Funny is good right now. He's better than he was before the (2003) Preakness."
Roses in May has won all five of his starts this year. Ghostzapper has gone 3-for-3 after winning the Woodward Stakes.
Owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey are in position to have a big day Saturday. Besides Roses in May, they own morning-line favorites Kitten's Joy (Turf) and Nothing to Lose (Mile).
"All three are coming up to the races in super condition," Ken Ramsey said. "We're coming in with no excuses."
Kitten's Joy has won eight of 11 career starts, including three in a row. He defeated Magistretti, the third choice in the Turf, by 2 1/2 lengths on a yielding turf course at Belmont in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic this month.

Nothing to Lose is coming off two consecutive victories and has six wins in 13 career starts.
Bob Baffert trains 8-5 Juvenile favorite Roman Ruler, who has won three of four career starts. The $1.5 million race for 2-year-olds has just eight horses; no Juvenile winner has gone on to win the Kentucky Derby. Champagne Stakes winner Proud Accolade was the 5-2 second choice.
A total of 92 horses were entered, with Corey Nakatani, Edgar Prado and John Velazquez having mounts in all eight races.
The other morning-line favorites were Ashado, 7-2 in the $2 million Distaff; Sweet Catomine, 5-2 in the $1 million Juvenile Fillies; Speightstown, 3-1 in the $1 million Sprint; and Ouija Board, 8-5 in the $1 million Filly & Mare Turf.