HORSE RACING NEWS
12/19/2014
Gulfstream Park News & Notes - Fri 12/1
The Arnaud Delacour-trained colt is rated second in the morning line at 4-1 behind 7-2 favorite Smooth Daddy, himself a multiple graded stakes-placed colt, in an expected field of 14. “I’m very happy with him,†said Delacour from his Tampa Bay Downs
12/19/2014
TRAVIS STONE NAMED CHURCHILL DOWNS TRACK ANNOUNCER
Stone, 30, will describe the racing action for Churchill Downs' on- and off-track audiences when racing returns to the legendary Louisville track for the 2015 Spring Meet on Saturday, April 25. He becomes only the eighth announcer in Churchill Downs' stor
12/13/2014
Queens County Quotes
Byron Hughes, assistant to winning trainer Todd Pletcher of Micromanage (No. 1a): "I thought Manuel [Franco] rode [Micromanage] very well; he stayed busy on him the whole time and kept him outside. He's been training great and has been a solid horse for u
12/13/2014
Liam’s Map Passes Class Test in $100,000 Harlan’s Holiday
Headed by battle-tested Valid on the turn, Liam’s Map dug in along the inside and surged again, out-finishing the Grade 2 winner down the length of the stretch to win the $100,000 Harlan’s Holiday by a half-length Saturday at Gulfstream Park. It was t
12/07/2014
Changes To Sunshine Millions
Those stakes will include the Florida Sire Stakes, formerly the Florida Stallion Stakes, run for the first time in its 42-year history earlier this year at Gulfstream Park. Gulfstream Park and the FTBOA also announced the Sunshine Millions, to be conteste
12/07/2014
Atreides Rebounds with Sharp Score in Aventura Handicap
Coming off a mysterious sixth-place finish as the even-money favorite in the Indiana Derby (G2) at Indiana Grand Race Course on Oct. 4, the 3-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro returned to the winning ways that had produced three straight dominating victori
12/07/2014
Gulfstream Today 12.7
A 39-1 upset winner of the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap in February, Lochte heads a list of horses for the third running of the $100,000 El Prado, a 7 ½-furlong grass sprint for 3-year-olds and up, and is also nominated to the $100,000 Harlan’s Holida
12/06/2014
$200,000 Claiming Crown Jewel Quotes
“He went a little funny on us. We didn’t understand why, so we did the next best thing and gelded him. That always helps, because the mind goes back to where it’s supposed to be. He’s been fantastic now. He had some great works. Luis (Saez) wouldn
12/06/2014
Catholic Cowboy Gives Zito Second Claiming Crown Jewel
Zito saddled Catholic Cowboy for a 17-1 upset victory in the $200,000 Jewel, the grand finale of Saturday’s eight-stakes $1 million Claiming Crown on Opening Day of the 2014-2015 Championship Meet. Last year, the Brooklyn native visited the winner’s c
12/06/2014
Atreides Aiming For Successful Return in $50,000 Aventura
Trained by Marty Wolfson for Stonestreet Stables, the 3-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro will carry 121 pounds, including regular rider Edgard Zayas, from Post 5 in a nine-horse field set to go one mile on the main track. Multiple stakes-winning Florida-b