Survived won the $58,000 allowance feature at Belmont Park on Friday.
Horse racing newsSurvived won the $58,000 allowance feature at Belmont Park on Friday. A pacesetting run in which she beat Viva La Flag by a half length. Ridden by Edgar Prado and trained by Tony Dutrow, Survived won for the sixth time in 22 starts. The 4-year-old completed the 1 1-16 miles in 1:44.47 on a firm [...]
Trainer Larry Jones is generally a friendly and easy-going guy.
Horse racing newsTrainer Larry Jones is generally a friendly and easy-going guy. He turns a bit testy, however, when asked whether he thinks the race for champion 3-year-old filly is still up for grabs between his Proud Spell and her arch-rival, Music Note. Proud Spell, a winner of two Grade 1 and two Grade 2 stakes this [...]
There appear to be two schools of thought on the Grade 2, $500,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs on Saturday.
Horse racing newsThere appear to be two schools of thought on the Grade 2, $500,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs on Saturday. One is that Macho Again is the class of the field and could get a perfect pace setup behind Star Production, Forest Command, My Pal Charlie, and Mambo Meister. The other is that there are [...]
Charles Town intends to offer an open stakes race worth up to $1 million next season.
Horse racing newsCharles Town intends to offer an open stakes race worth up to $1 million next season. The West Virginia track announced on Thursday the creation of the Charles Town Classic, a 1 1/8-mile race for 4-year-olds and up, scheduled for April 18, 2009. The new race, the richest in the track’s 75-year history, will have [...]
Neil Howard made official Friday what he has been hinting at for the last week.
Horse racing newsNeil Howard made official Friday what he has been hinting at for the last week. Mambo in Seattle, the hard-luck loser of the Travers Stakes, will face Curlin in next Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. Following his nose loss to Colonel John in the Travers, Mambo in Seattle was [...]
When Bob Baffert decided to leave Indian Blessing in New York with John and Tonja Terranova this summer.
Horse racing newsWhen Bob Baffert decided to leave Indian Blessing in New York with John and Tonja Terranova this summer. His main charge to them was to try and get the speedy filly to relax. Between the Terranovas, exercise rider Simon Harris, and jockey John Velazquez, the lessons went swimmingly, as Indian Blessing did indeed show the [...]
Leading novice steeplechasers Be Certain and The Price Of Love face off for the third time this year.
Horse racing newsLeading novice steeplechasers Be Certain and The Price Of Love face off for the third time this year. As jump racing returns to New Jersey’s Monmouth Park on Saturday. The $75,000 Monmouth County Hunt Stakes lured a field of eight, including the top two young steeplechasers in the country. The 2 1/4-mile, 10-fence race is [...]
For the second time in as many starts, Bunker Hill benefited.
Horse racing newsFor the second time in as many starts, Bunker Hill benefited. When a stakes race scheduled for grass was switched to the main track, rallying from midpack to a hard-fought head decision over Aspiring Nick in the $100,000 Green Juvenile Stakes at Delaware Park. Bunker Hill ($6.80), who four weeks earlier turned in a similarly [...]
Bring on Curlin, that all the owners of Big Brown want in the Breeders Cup Classic.
Horse racing newsBring on Curlin, that all the owners of Big Brown want in the Breeders Cup Classic. Big Brown put another exclamation point on a magnificent 3-year-old season and set up a potential showdown against last years horse of the year with a courageous front-running victory over older horses in the $500,000 Monmouth Stakes on Saturday [...]
Terrain put up in double DQ.
Horse racing newsTerrain put up in double DQ. In a wild finish to Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Arlington-Washington Futurity at Arlington Park, Jose Adan rallied to nip Advice. But things were just getting interesting. When the smoke in the stewards’ stand had cleared, both Jose Adan and Advice had been disqualified, with third-place finisher Terrain awarded the [...]
