NEWS - Monday, November 20, 2006

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Stevie Wonderboy's Return Delayed by Ankle Chip
Eclipse Award winner Stevie Wonderboy had a small chip taken out of his right front ankle a week ago, said trainer Doug O'Neill. The 2005 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) winner had been doing well on the comeback trail, but came out of his last work with a slight filling. Blood-Horse

Hollywood Races Sunday After Addressing Cushion Track Complaints
Hollywood Park planned to conduct a full card of racing on its Cushion Track Sunday, one day after jockeys complained late in the day about "waves," or clumps of synthetic material, that a track official said were caused by problems with the equipment used to maintain the new surface. Blood-Horse

Louisville Jockeys On the Move Next Week
With just one week remaining until the end of Churchill Downs' fall meet, members of the Louisville jockey colony are making plans for the upcoming winter months. Blood-Horse

Announcer John Imbriale Returning to Aqueduct
John Imbriale, the New York Racing Association's backup track announcer until his retirement in early 2005, will return as Aqueduct's winter announcer in 2007. Blood-Horse

Determined McDynamo wins Colonial Cup for third time
Fresh off an unprecedented fourth-straight win in the Breeders' Cup Steeplechase, Michael Moran's McDynamo looks set to win divisional honors for a third time after his resolute victory on Saturday in the $150,000 Colonial Cup at Springdale Race Course in Camden, South Carolina. Thoroughbred Times

Keeneland November concludes with near-record in gross receipts
The 14-day Keeneland November breeding stock sale, which included a record North American sale price of $2.7-million for a weanling, concluded on Sunday with the second-highest gross receipts total in the history of the sale. Thoroughbred Times

CTBA Hall to Induct Mabees, Maddy, Best Pal, Free House
The late breeder John Mabee and his wife Betty Mabee, deceased legislator Ken Maddy, and the racing stars Best Pal and Free House have been elected to the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Hall of Fame. Blood-Horse