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New leader for operator of NY thoroughbred tracks (The Associated Press)
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The directors of the New York Racing Association have chosen a lawyer without a background in horse racing as the organization's new president and CEO. [more]
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Animal Kingdom no factor at Royal Ascot in finale (The Associated Press)
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ASCOT, England (AP) -- Kentucky Derby champion Animal Kingdom was unable to go out a winner, fading quickly and finishing 11th in the Queen Anne Stakes on Tuesday in his last race before retirement. [more]
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Animal Kingdom flops, Dawn Approach rocks Ascot (Reuters)
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By Justin Palmer ASCOT, England (Reuters) - American raider Animal Kingdom flopped at Royal Ascot on Tuesday but while one lofty reputation was tarnished, another was restored when Dawn Approach atoned for his Epsom Derby failure to hand embattled Godolphin some respite. Animal Kingdom's bid to add a Royal Ascot victory to his Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup successes ended in huge disappointment when he finished nearer last than first in a Queen Anne Stakes won by Aidan O'Brien's Declaration of War. "I don't want to offer too many excuses. I am sorry it ended this way - we are deflated. ...
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Horse racing-Animal Kingdom flops, Dawn Approach rocks Ascot (Reuters)
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(Writes through, adds later races) By Justin Palmer ASCOT, England, June 18 (Reuters) - American raider Animal Kingdom flopped at Royal Ascot on Tuesday but while one lofty reputation was tarnished, another was restored when Dawn Approach atoned for his Epsom Derby failure to hand embattled Godolphin some respite. Animal Kingdom's bid to add a Royal Ascot victory to his Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup successes ended in huge disappointment when he finished nearer last than first in a Queen Anne Stakes won by Aidan O'Brien's Declaration of War. "I don't want to offer too many excuses. ... [more]
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Horse racing-Animal Kingdom flops at Royal Ascot (Reuters)
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By Justin Palmer ASCOT, England, June 18 (Reuters) - American raider Animal Kingdom's bid to add a Royal Ascot victory to his Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup successes ended in huge disappointment when he finished unplaced in the Queen Anne Stakes on Tuesday. Animal Kingdom, the 2011 Kentucky Derby winner and the first Run for the Roses champion to run at the Royal meeting since 1936, had been acclimatising in Britain since winning the world's richest horse race, the Dubai World Cup, in March. ... [more]
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