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LOUISVILLE, Ky.: One minute he was winning the Kentucky Oaks and eyeing Kentucky Derby history, and the next he was waking up in a hotel room with a soaking floor.
Such was the morning after for Larry Jones, the trainer of Kentucky Oaks winner Proud Spell and Derby filly entry Eight Belles.
No trainer has won the Oaks and the Derby in the same year since 1952, and none has done it with two fillies. But if Jones was on edge about that possibility, it didn't show.
He spent Friday night having a modest dinner at Cracker Barrel. His wife, Cindy, said he was asleep by 10:15 p.m., failing to make it to the sports portion of a local newscast.
While Proud Spell had little trouble over the sloppy track at Churchill Downs during the Oaks, the Joneses weren't quite so fortunate. When they woke up Saturday, the floor of their hotel room was soaked. The rain somehow made it through a closed window.
“You'd think for $500 a night we could get a dry floor,” Cindy said.
SURVIVAL HOPES: Trainer Michael Matz's spirits were heightened Saturday with news that Chelokee has a decent chance to survive as a breeder.
The colt broke down Friday in an undercard race for the Kentucky Oaks. He was diagnosed with a badly dislocated ankle, and not a fracture as first feared.
Larry Bramlage, a vet with Rood and Riddle Clinic in Lexington, Ky., said the horse will undergo surgery this week. The horse's racing career is over, and Bramlage gave Chelokee a 50-50 chance of survival.
Chelokee has won five of 10 lifetime starts, including the Barbaro Stakes last May on Preakness day at Pimlico. Barbaro, also trained by Matz, won the 2006 Kentucky Derby before breaking down in the Preakness and being euthanized months later.

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SUPERSTAR grey Racing To Win has the ability to remain the dominate weight-for-age force in Sydney for the next two years, according to trainer John O’Shea.
O’Shea was talking after his stable star blitzed his rivals in the $400,000 All-Aged Stakes (1400m).
"He is going as good as ever," he said.
"If we look after him, he could be competitive and win these sort of races for the next two years.
"There is nothing wrong with his form, he ran home in under 34 seconds when he was second to Mentality in the Canterbury Stakes and ran a super race but was beaten by a very good horse (Weekend Hussler) last time."
And the Randwick mentor is looking forward to another clash with boom galloper Weekend Hussler, who defeated Racing To Win in the George Ryder Stakes.
"He (Weekend Hussler) is a freak, we wouldn’t have beaten him even if we didn’t have any hiccups this preparation," O’Shea said.
"But I would like to take him on again at level weights."
Racing To Win ($1.75 fav) was caught wide in transit before being bustled forward by jockey Hugh Bowman rounding the turn and gobbled up his rivals in the straight to score by a length over Murtajill ($7), with Casino Prince ($5.50) a half-neck away third.
Trainer Anthony Cummings was undecided whether Casino Prince would be retired after finishing third and said he would talk to owner Nathan Tinkler before making a decision about the stallion’s future.
SAMANTHA Miss foiled $25 million colt Sebring’s Triple Crown bid with an upset win in the Group I $450,000 Champagne Stakes.
Sebring made a brave attempt to lead all the way.
He looked set to become only the sixth horse to complete the Golden Slipper-AJC Sires-Champagne Stakes treble when he dashed clear at the top of the straight. But a determined Samantha Miss chased down the hot favourite to score a thrilling win.

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KINGSTON, R.I. - Senior Zach Zaneski (Waterford, Conn.) recorded two hits, two runs and two RBI as the Rhode Island baseball team took down Connecticut, 9-4, Wednesday afternoon at Bill Beck Field. The win extends the Rams unbeaten streak to 11 games, dating back to an April 9th loss at UConn. Since then, Rhody has outscored its opponents by an 83-49 margin.
The Rams jumped out to an early lead on a four-hit, four-run first inning off of Connecticut starter Elliott Glynn. Sophomores Zoey Angulo (Miami, Fla.) and Oliver Palmer (North Kingstown, R.I.) led off with back-to-back singles up the middle before Zaneski’s RBI single scored Angulo to give the Rams a 1-0 lead. A double steal then moved Palmer and Zaneski to third and second, respectively, before a bad throw by UConn catcher Brad Olt allowed Palmer to cross the plate and Zaneski to take third safely. Senior Mike O’Malley (Nashua, N.H.) scored the Rams’ fourth and final run of the inning on a sacrifice fly by classmate Shaun Hagey (Ephrata, Pa.) after reaching on a double to left center and taking third on sophomore Rob Deveney’s (Marlton, N.J.) sac bunt.
UConn got a run back in the top of the third but Hagey put the Rams back up by four in the bottom of the inning, scoring on a single up the middle by junior Dan Rhault (Lincoln, R.I.), who has now hit safely in the last 13 games.
Trailing 5-1 after four complete innings, the Huskies cut URI’s lead to one with a three-run fifth that saw an RBI single by Mike Nemeth and a two-run double by Peter Fatse.
Solid pitching from the Rhody bullpen limited UConn to just three hits the rest of the way and kept Huskies off the scoreboard through the final four innings.

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