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Cindy's Horse Racing Blog January 2004 Archive

By Cindy Pierson Dulay, About.com Guide to Horse Racing

Kentucky Derby Future Wager

Saturday January 31, 2004
Dates have been set for this year's Derby and Oaks future wager, with both having three pools this year. First pool opens on February 12 and each race will ... Read More

Top Stars Invited to Dubai World Cup

Saturday January 31, 2004
Pleasantly Perfect, Funny Cide, Candy Ride, and Medaglia D'Oro top the list of American horses invited to the 2004 Dubai World Cup on March 27th at Nad Al Sheba racecourse. ... Read More

2003 Experimental Free Handicap

Tuesday January 27, 2004
The rankings for 2-year-olds of 2003 have been released with three co-topweights this year: Action This Day, Cuvee, and Ruler's Court. Get the full list for both colts and fillies ... Read More

2003 Eclipse Award Winners

Monday January 26, 2004
Mineshaft (right) dominated the voting for Horse of the Year with 209 votes while second place Congaree onlygot 11 votes. Jerry Bailey and Bobby Frankel repeated as top jockey and ... Read More

Funny Cide's Derby Win Selected as NTRA "Moment of the Year"

Monday January 26, 2004
Fans voted Funny Cide's Kentucky Derby win as the "Moment of the Year" at the NTRA website with the Breeders' Cup Turf dead heat finishing second. Funny Cide garnered ... Read More

Santa Monica Handicap Results

Monday January 26, 2004
Island Fashion upsets Sightseeker and Got Koko in the first Grade 1 race of the year. Get the results and lots of photos here.

Patrick Valenzuela suspended again

Sunday January 25, 2004
Jockey Patrick Valenzuela has been suspended indefinitely by Santa Anita stewards for failing to appear for a mandatory drug test. Attempts to reach him thereafter have failed, so the ... Read More

Sunshine Millions Santa Anita Results

Sunday January 25, 2004
The Florida-breds won the second annual battle for supremacy between California and Florida with 45 points vs. 27 for the Cal-breds. Florida-bred Southern Image took the marquee event, the ... Read More

Sunshine Millions Gulfstream Park Results

Sunday January 25, 2004
Four of the Sunshine Millions races were held at Gulfstream Park in Florida with the feature being the $500,000 Franks Farm Turf Stakes which was won by Florida-bred Proud Man. ... Read More

Jockey C.C. Lopez wins 3000th race

Thursday January 22, 2004
Jockey Chuckie "C.C." Lopez joined the 3,000- victory club Thursday afternoon at Aqueduct Racetrack, when he brought home Sunnyridge Sam in the seventh race. Lopez, a 43-year-old Brooklyn native, ... Read More

Sunshine Millions on Saturday

Wednesday January 21, 2004
This second annual battle for supremacy between California and Florida with millions of dollars at stake before a national television audience is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 24, at Santa Anita ... Read More

Breeders' Cup Ticket Applications Available

Wednesday January 21, 2004
Ticket applications are now available for the 2004 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships with prices for tickets available to the general public ranging from $25.00 to $125.00. All applications ... Read More

Announcing HPIBET.com

Thursday January 15, 2004
Woodbine Entertainment has announced the launch of HPIBET.com, the first and only Web site in Canada to legally offer Internet wagering to horse racing fans. The service offers features ... Read More

W.T. Young 1919 - 2004

Tuesday January 13, 2004
Prominent owner and breeder W.T. Young, founder of Overbrook Farm, died Monday at his home in Gulf Stream, Florida, at age 84. Born on February 15, 1919, he died almost ... Read More

Kentucky Oaks Tickets Available

Thursday January 8, 2004
Churchill Downs has a limited number of Kentucky Oaks tickets available for purchase online in sections 124 - 128. While these are not the best tickets you can get, ... Read More

2003 Eclipse Award Finalists

Monday January 5, 2004
The finalists for the 2003 Eclipse Awards were announced Monday, January 5. These annual championship awards for North American racing are voted on by the NTRA, DRF, and National ... Read More

Belmont Stakes and Saratoga Ticket Prices

Friday January 2, 2004
NYRA has announced the reserved seat and parking prices for Belmont Stakes day and Saratoga in 2004. Applications need to be submitted as soon as possible as the Saratoga seat ... Read More

2003 in Review

Thursday January 1, 2004
As we bid farewell to 2003, we look back at what may have been one of the most exciting years in recent memory. Racing was in the public eye more ... Read More

Naming a Thoroughbred

Thursday January 1, 2004
All Thoroughbreds, regardless of their actual date of birth, are given an official birthday of January 1st to keep the age groups easily defined for race conditions. They must be ... Read More

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