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Wise Dan Wins Clark Handicap by 30BE Lengths

LOUISVILLE, KY. — Wise Dan beat Mis­sion Impaz­i­ble by 3BE lengths to win the 137th run­ning of the Clark Hand­i­cap at Churchill Downs on Fri­day, aveng­ing a tough loss by his older brother in last year’s Grade 1 race. Wise Dan tracked early leader Will’s Wild­cat in third under jockey John Velazquez. When the pace­set­ter faded in the turn, Wise Dan rolled down the mid­dle of the stretch to over­take Mis­sion Impaz­i­ble in the final fur­long, cov­er­ing the 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.95. Wise Dan paid $ 11, $ 6 and $ 4.20. Mis­sion Impaz­i­ble returned $ ... 

Long Run, Kauto Star Set to Renew Rivalry

HAYDOCK, Eng­land — Long Run will look to enhance his sta­tus as British steeplechasing’s bright­est tal­ent by putting another one over vet­eran cham­pion Kauto Star when their rivalry resumes at the Bet­fair Chase at Hay­dock on Saturday. With ama­teur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen in the sad­dle, Long Run beat Kauto Star and a host of other top-class rivals to land both the King George VI Chase and the Chel­tenham Gold Cup last season. Many pun­dits are pre­dict­ing years of dom­i­na­tion by Nicky Henderson’s 6-year-old horse, mean­ing his first com­pet­i­tive run of the... 

Rapid Redux to Go for 20th Straight Win

CHESTER, W.Va. — Rapid Redux will go for his 20th straight win in an attempt to set a mod­ern record for most con­sec­u­tive vic­to­ries next week at Moun­taineer Park in Chester, W.Va. The 5-year-old geld­ing is entered in the eighth race on Monday’s card. Rapid Redux earned his 19th vic­tory by 2 3–4 lengths on Oct. 27 at Maryland’s Lau­rel Park, tying Horse of the Year Zeny­atta and New Mexico-bred stand­out Pep­pers Pride for the mod­ern record for con­sec­u­tive wins. Rapid Redux is trained by David Wells and will be rid­den by Deshawn Parker, who last rode the geld­ing... 

Tax Ruling Wins Colonial Cup Steeplechase

CAMDEN, S.C. — Tax Rul­ing edged Divine For­tune to win Saturday’s $ 100,000 Mar­ion duPont Scott Colo­nial Cup Steeple­chase at the Spring­dale Race Course. Tax Rul­ing fin­ished the 2 3/4 –mile course over 17 National fences in 5:11.20. It was Tax Ruling’s sixth win in 23 starts over fences and the $ 60,000 winner’s share ran his earn­ings total for the NSA sea­son to $ 153,500. The Irv Naylor-owned 8-year-old also became the only horse in the National Steeple­chase Asso­ci­a­tion to win two of the circuit’s four Grade I chases this year. “He’s kind of... 

Classic Champion Drosselmeyer Retired

VERSAILLES, Ky. — Drosselmeyer, win­ner of the Grade I Breed­ers’ Cup Clas­sic and Bel­mont Stakes, has been retired to stand at stud in Kentucky. The 4-year-old son of Dis­torted Humor out of Golden Bal­let will stand at Win­Star Farm in Ver­sailles for a $ 17,500 fee. Drosselmeyer won $ 3.7 mil­lion in his career, mak­ing him Dis­torted Humor’s top earner. Win­Star pur­chased him as a year­ling for $ 600,000. Win­Star Pres­i­dent and CEO Elliott Walden says Drosselmeyer came out of the Nov. 5 Clas­sic in such good shape that it was hard to decide whether to retire... 

Trainer Steve Asmussen Reaches 6,000 Wins

OKLAHOMA CITY — Trainer Steve Asmussen reached 6,000 vic­to­ries on his 46th birthday. Basalt won the first race at Rem­ing­ton Park on Fri­day night for Asmussen, who is fifth on the career list. Dale Baird has the most wins with 9,445. Asmussen is best known for train­ing Curlin, who won Horse of the Year in 2007 and ’08; and filly Rachel Alexan­dra, who earned the honor in 2009. He has won the Preak­ness Stakes twice and won the Breed­ers’ Cup Clas­sic in 2007 with Curlin. Asmussen began in the sport as a jockey, but even­tu­ally out­grew the job and became a trainer in 1986,... 

Drill Is 2–1 Early Favorite for $1 Million Jackpot

VINTON, La. — Drill, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s promis­ing 2-year-old, heads a full field of 10 horses entered for the $ 1 mil­lion Delta Downs Jack­pot on Saturday. Drill was made the 2–1 early favorite Wednes­day and drew post posi­tion six for the 1 1–16 race, worth $ 600,000 to the winner. The first-place money gives a major boost to a horse seek­ing a spot in the start­ing gate for the Ken­tucky Derby, whose max­i­mum 20-horse field is deter­mined by graded stakes earn­ings. Since the Jack­pot began in 2002, five horses have gone on to run in the Derby, with... 

Frankel Lands European Horse of Year Award

LONDON — Unbeaten British colt Frankel was named Cartier Horse of the Year on Tues­day after tak­ing flat-racing by storm in a stel­lar 2011. The 3-year-old Frankel extended his flaw­less record to nine races by claim­ing five wins this year, includ­ing a mes­meric dis­play in the 2,000 Guineas where he romped home by six lengths to cap­ture the British classic. Prix de l’Arc de Tri­om­phe cham­pion Dane­dream of Ger­many, New Zealand-bred horse So You Think and French pair Cir­rus Des Aigles and Goldikova– the 2010 win­ner– were also on the short­list for the cov­eted... 

Workforce, Who Won Derby, Arc, Retires to Stud

LONDON — Work­force, the British colt who shot to fame by win­ning the Eng­lish Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Tri­om­phe in 2010, has been retired to stud. Teddy Grimthorpe, rac­ing man­ager to Work­force owner Khalid Abdul­lah, says the 4-year-old thor­ough­bred is head­ing to Shadai Stud in Japan hav­ing failed to land a Group One vic­tory this year. His last race was the 2011 Arc at Longchamp, where he fin­ished in 12th place behind win­ner Danedream. In a career that spanned a lit­tle more than two years, Work­force won $ 5.1 mil­lion in prize money and four of his... 

Roll With Joe Wins Messenger Stakes

YONKERS, N.Y. — Roll With Joe, har­ness racing’s rich­est horse this sea­son, ended his career Sat­ur­day night with an easy vic­tory in Yonkers Raceway’s $ 401,000 Mes­sen­ger Stakes. Dri­ven by Ron Pierce, the 3-year-old colt widened out by eight lengths in a mile time in 1:52 4–5. The 56th edi­tion of the Mes­sen­ger is the third leg of the Pac­ing Triple Crown. Roll Joe With sat sec­ond for the first half-mile before mak­ing his move to the lead and hand­ily defeat­ing his five rivals. Sea Ven­ture, dri­ven by Jason Bartlett, was sec­ond, while Sir Ziggy’s Z...