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Picking ZATT's Star of the Week 52 times a year can be a mixed bag. Sometimes it is easy, with one horse dominating in such a way that I do not give the decision a second thought. In some weeks, it comes down to a pair of performances in which I need to make a difficult decision that is likely to be...Read More
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  • zatt · I agree rayjay. · 73 days ago ·
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  • Capper · He won't be up for HOY, so gotta give the Star of the Week to Rapid Redux! · 73 days ago ·
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Mort Fink’s homebred Wise Dan achieved Grade I glory when he kicked clear of Mission Impazible in the final furlong to easily win the 137th running of the $572,500 Clark Handicap presented by Norton Healthcare by 3 ¾ lengths on Friday at Churchill Downs.   Wise Dan gave Fink and trainer Charlie...Read More
Dirt, Turf, or Synthetics ... the surface makes no matter to the Clark Handicap winner.Read More
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  • BrianZipse · Shores, personally I would say Acclamation and Cape Blanco are more in the Turf Horse and Horse of the Year races than the older male. After yesterday, I lean towards Game On Dude as the Older Male of the Year, but I think Wise Dan just earned himself a spot as a finalist. · 75 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · multi surface animals are rare birds · 75 days ago ·
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Ruler On Ice or Flat Out, which horse has a better chance to earn an Eclipse Award this weekend? Read More
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  • cugel the clever · If Ruler On Ice wins the Clark he will be the Eclipse 3yo champ. · 76 days ago ·
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  • cugel the clever · For better or worse, there is always a bias towards those horses which can win major stakes at a route. This will eliminate Caleb's Posse. AK, if he'd campaigned the whole season, probaly would have been the 3yo champ. But there's no way he should be given the Eclipse given his short campaign and the quality of his major rivals for the award. · 76 days ago ·
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Since it’s Turkey Day and football shares the day with busted bellies let’s talk a little football. There’s an old adage – play to your strength and you’ll hear it used most often by coaches or analyst during football games. And while it’s fairly straightforward four words, some miss the simplicity ...Read More
The Clark Handicap is the consolation game for a few horses looking for Eclipse cred in 2011. HRN's Girl Next Door, Angie D'Amico, and Managing Editor Brian Zipse of Zipse At The Track, discuss which horse will have a better chance at a year-end award after this weekend, Ruler On Ice or Flat Out. Read More
Preston Stables LLC’s Flat Out and George and Lori Hall’s Ruler On Ice, two major players from the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) run at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5, will be searching for Eclipse Award championship momentum when they face 11 rivals on the famed Louisville track in Friday’...Read More
Flat Out, preparing for the G1 Clark, breezed 4f in :48 at Churchill on Nov 19.   
Ruler On Ice has been confirmed for the Grade 1 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs on Nov 25. Read More
Multiple Grade 1 winner Giant Oak suffered a hind-end injury during a training mishap Thursday at Hawthorne Race Course. The specific nature of the injury has not yet been diagnosed, but Giant Oak certainly is out of the Nov. 26 Clark Handicap and therefore almost certainly finished racing in 2011.G...Read More
For Ruler On Ice, next week's Clark Handicap could tell the story in his attempt for an Eclipse Award...Read More
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  • zatt · I'm not expecting to see Drosselmeyer in the Clark. · 84 days ago ·
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  • atamulonis · Great article on one of the nation's most underrated 3-year olds. · 84 days ago ·
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Flat Out will make his next start in the Grade 1 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs on November 25th. Read More
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  • CraigBradshaw · flat out looks like an nyra type of horse, like haynesfield, but better. · 85 days ago ·
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  • Winplacsho · I'm a huge fan but his 2 worst races of the year were at Churchill, though he drew the rail in both races and got checked hard in the 1st turn of the Foster. · 85 days ago ·
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Preston Stable’s Flat Out, winner of the Jockey Club Gold Cup (Grade I), George and Lori Hall’s Belmont Stakes (GI) winner Ruler On Ice, the Virginia Tarra Trust’s defending champion Giant Oak and Morton Fink’s Fayette (GII) winner Wise Dan head strong roster of 25 accomplished older horses nominate...Read More
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  • Woodbinemile · Let's not forget his runner up in the Penn Derby. He has a legit shot. · 86 days ago ·
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  • Protagonist · Lately it seems that Tom McCarthy just might have a wee person helping him,you know the luck of the Irish! Last Saturday Mr. McCarthy nearly won the Tenth race at Churchill with a 43-1 ( Humor's Punch) Longshot! · 85 days ago ·
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Wise Dan, winner of three rich stakes since the summer, will bypass the River City Handicap on Saturday in favor of the Nov. 25 Clark Handicap, trainer Charlie Lopresti said.Wise Dan had been named the 122-pound highweight for the Grade 3, $100,000 River City, which goes at 1 1/8 miles on turf. The ...Read More
Earlier this week I gave you the first half of my thoughts on the year end awards and now, after endless hours of contemplation, I give you Eclipse Awards … Part Two. Read More
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  • DeadHeat · annmatt, HDG could get 10f plenty fine, and I'm sorry, BL was not even close to a shoe in after her last race, and would not have been because of her two losses prior. FO who won at 10f finished behind HDG in the Classic, and I heard people just yelling about the fact that with one extra furlong he would catch her...how did that work? HDG does not seem to run her best over Churchill. She did not have an overly impressive work over the track this year and still finished well. Trying to say what could have been will drive anyone mad. BL is a great horse, but did not have it this season plain and simple. HDG should not get a minus becase her two losses to BL at 10f were by a neck and a whisker. You don't take off because she beat her at a shorter distance. If you do that then you might as well take off BL for beating her at a distance longer than 9f. The score was 1-1, even. It goes to the horse who did the most, Grace. · 89 days ago ·
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  • gocashking · Amazombie, by finishing the year with big wins in the Ancient Title and BC Sprint is a no brainer for the Sprint Champion Eclipse. It won't even be close. There's no way 7F and 8F wins will be rated higher than those two wins at the "traditional" sprint distance of 6F. Caling Flashpoint "brilliant" is also a bit of a stretch, I think. · 88 days ago ·
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The Virginia H. Tarra Trust’s Giant Oak was elevated to first place on the disqualification of Successful Dan in a roughly run stretch battle to win the 136th running of the $564,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (GI) for 3-year-olds and up on Friday afternoon at Churchill Downs. &n...Read More
A year ago, a lightly raced 3-year-old named Blame used a victory in the Fayette Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland as a springboard to victory in his subsequent start in the Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (gr. II) at Churchill Downs. As most everyone knows, Blame returned to Churchill thi...Read More
Here's one guy happy to see Breeders' Cup Classic winner Blame retire: trainer Paul McGee, who will saddle Demarcation and Dubious Miss in Friday's $500,000, Grade I Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs.Both horses ran against Blame in last year's 11/8-mile Clark. Dubious Miss, breaking bad from post 1...Read More
With regular rider Calvin Borel sidelined through the end of the year with the injury he sustained Saturday, Tony Farina will get the mount on Brass Hat for the Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs on Friday. Borel sustained fractures to his lower jaw in a spill at Delta Downs and is expected to be out...Read More
Though well-beaten in the Carl Rose Classic Saturday at Calder Race Course, Florida-bred Duke of Mischief’s trainer reports the 4-year-old colt came out of the race in good order and may make a bid for the $500,000 Clark Handicap (G1) on Nov. 26 at Churchill Downs. David Fawkes had no answer for why...Read More

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View DetailsView Video11/25/11CD111 1/8 mD03+ MClark Handicap-G1Wise DanMission ImpazibleFlat Out1:48.95
View DetailsView Video11/26/10CD111 1/8 mD03+ MClark Handicap-G1Giant OakRedding CollierySuccessful Dan1:50.82
View DetailsView Video11/27/09CD111 1/8 mD03+ MClark Handicap-G2BlameMisrememberedEinstein1:49.39
View DetailsView Video11/28/08CD111 1/8 mD03 MClark Handicap-G2EinsteinDelightful KissCommentator1:49.79
View DetailsView Video11/23/07CD111 1/8 mD03+ MClark Handicap-G1A. P. ArrowBrass HatDiamond Stripes1:48.66
View Details11/24/06CD111 1/8 mD03+ MClark Handicap-G2Premium TapWild DesertA. P. Arrow1:47.39
View Details11/25/05CD111 1/8 mD03+ MClark Handicap-G1Magna GraduateSuavePerfect Drift1:50.89
View Details11/26/04CD111 1/8 mD03+ MClark Handicap-G2Saint LiamSeek GoldPerfect Drift1:50.81
View Details11/28/03CD111 1/8 mD03+ MClark Handicap-G1Evening AttireQuestAeneas1:52.42
View Details11/29/02CD111 1/8 mD03+ MClark Handicap-G2Lido PalaceCrafty ShawHero's Tribute1:49.13
View Details11/23/01CD111 1/8 mD03+ MClark HandicapUbiquityIncludeMr Ross1:48.26
View Details11/24/00CD111 1/8 mD03+ MClark Handicap-G2SurfsideGuided TourMaysville Slew1:48.75
View DetailsView Video11/27/98CD111 1/8 mD03+ MClark Handicap-G2Silver CharmLittlebitlivelyWild Rush1:49.07
View Details05/20/22CD51 1/8 mD03+ MClark HandicapExterminatorLady MadcapRouleau1:50.00
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