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NEWS - Sunday, August 27, 2006
Bluegrass Cat Retired Due to Pastern Injury
WinStar Farm's Bluegrass Cat, runner-up in Saturday's Travers Stakes (gr. I), has been retired after x-rays taken Sunday morning revealed a fractured right hind pastern. Blood-Horse
Bernardini Bounds Away in Travers
Very few thought any of his five rivals had much of a shot at beating Bernardini at equal weights in Saturday's 137th Travers (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course. But this appeared so effortless that jockey Javier Castellano was clapping the winner on the neck -- with a sixteenth of a mile to go! Blood-Horse
Henny Hughes Overpowering in King's Bishop
Prohibitive favorite Henny Hughes took command of Saturday's King Bishop (gr. I) on the bend and turned the seven-furlong test for 3-year-olds into a romp on an overcast day at Saratoga Race Course. Blood-Horse
Aragorn Continues Winning Roll at Del Mar
Ballygallon Stud's Aragorn proved a popular winner of the $374,000 Del Mar Breeders' Cup Mile Handicap (gr. IIT) on the turf Saturday to run his impressive winning streak to three. Blood-Horse
Lost in the Fog Given 'Reasonable Chance'
The doctor treating sprint champion Lost in the Fog for cancerous tumors said Friday that the colt has "a reasonable chance" of reducing them to a size that's conducive for chemotherapy or surgery. Blood-Horse
Magna sells golf course in move to reduce debts
In an effort to reduce debt and strengthen its balance sheet, Magna Entertainment Corp. has sold the Magna Golf Club in Aurora, Ontario, to sister company Magna International Inc. for $50-million. Thoroughbred Times
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