Archive for October, 2008
Trainer Tom Albertrani had very little to be critical of when Criticism finished a hard-charging second.
Horse racing newsTrainer Tom Albertrani had very little to be critical of when Criticism finished a hard-charging second. To Sunshine for Life in the Grade 3 Athenia Handicap at Belmont three weeks ago. After all, Criticism was making her first start in 10 months, running at a distance shorter than she prefers, and attempting to chase down [...]
Storm Play wins Big As Best of Luck Stakes.
Horse racing newsStorm Play wins Big As Best of Luck Stakes. Unbeaten Storm Play dominated four rivals, winning the $63,750 Best of Luck Stakes on Wednesday in the mud at Aqueduct. Storm Play was never seriously challenged while beating Web Gem by 6 lengths with National Pride placing third. Famous Patriot was the trailer. Storm Play, a [...]
Nursery Rhyme wins Churchill feature.
Horse racing newsNursery Rhyme wins Churchill feature. Nursery Rhyme worked her way out of a trap at the head of the stretch to win by a head in the $48,000 The Lords Kitchen allowance feature Wednesday at Churchill Downs. Ridden by Jaime Theriot, the 3-year-old filly covered the six furlongs in 1:11.97 for her second victory in [...]
Elope flies in for this spot.
Horse racing newsElope flies in for this spot. Bruce Levine has had more than 8,000 starters in a 30-year training career, the vast majority coming in New York and nearby states. So when Levine went out of his way to send a filly named Elope to run Friday as the likely favorite in the feature race at [...]
Lewis Michael retired to Three Chimneys.
Horse racing newsLewis Michael retired to Three Chimneys. Frank Calabreses track-record-setting homebred Lewis Michael has retired from racing and is now at Three Chimneys Farm, where he will stand at stud alongside his sire, Rahy, in 2009. The farm will set a fee for the 5-year-old Lewis Michael in early November. Lewis Michael is a full brother [...]
Results Tuesday from the Paris Masters.
Tennis newsResults Tuesday from the Paris Masters. A ?2.27 million (US$2.9 million) ATP event on indoor carpet at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Robin Soderling, Sweden, def. Josselin Ouanna, France, 6-3, 6-4. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-1, 6-4. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-3, 6-4. Florent [...]
Djokovic, Roddick, del Potro advance at Paris.
Tennis newsDjokovic, Roddick, del Potro advance at Paris. Andy Roddick and Juan Martin del Potro boosted their chances of qualifying for next month’s Masters Cup by winning their second-round matches in straight sets at the Paris Masters on Tuesday. Third-seeded Novak Djokovic was leading 6-2, 4-3 against Dmitry Tursunov when the Russian retired with an injured [...]
Soderling beats Ouanna at Paris Masters.
Tennis newsSoderling beats Ouanna at Paris Masters. Robin Soderling beat Josselin Ouanna of France 6-3, 6-4 in the Paris Masters on Tuesday, setting up second-round match against Roger Federer. The big serving Swede, who won his third career title at the Lyon Grand Prix on Sunday, broke his French opponent once in each set and saved [...]
Top seed Petrova breezes in Bell Challenge match.
Tennis newsTop seed Petrova breezes in Bell Challenge match. Top seed Nadia Petrova breezed past Maria Mokh 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday in the Bell Challenge. Petrova will face Varvara Lepchenko in the second round. Lepchenko beat Rossana De Los Rios 6-1, 6-3. Fourth-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand fell to Frenchwoman Severine Bremond 6-2, 7-6. Bremond will [...]
Roger Federer ended speculation over his Davis Cup plans.
Tennis newsRoger Federer ended speculation over his Davis Cup plans. And announced on Tuesday he will play for Switzerland against the United States next March. It will be the first time in five years that the 13-time Grand Slam singles winner has broken up his early season schedule for the Davis Cup. “I am excited to [...]
