HORSE RACING NEWS
10/01/2014
Twotwentyfive A Leads Gold Quartet in Saturday’s $350,000 In Reality
The 2-year-old son of Awesome of Course is just one of four horses entered by breeder/owner Jacks or Better Farm and trainer Stanley Gold in a 12-horse field assembled Wednesday for the 1 1/16-mile stakes for juveniles sired by nominated stallions standin
10/01/2014
Holywell Well-Respected for Saturday’s $350,000 My Dear Girl
In foal to Milwaukee Brew when purchased, All Saint’s Day produced Sinister Brew, who went on to capture the $100,000 John Franks Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes in 2011 and nearly $200,000 in purses for the Pinchins. Another offspring of All Saint’s Day
10/01/2014
Cavorting and Condo Commando to meet in G1 Frizette
The one-mile Frizette - a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" event - is part of a 11-race program that also features the Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne for 2-year-olds, the Grade 3, $500,000 Hill Prince, and the $200,000 Temperence Hill Invitational. Trained
10/01/2014
$1 Million Shadwell Turf Mile
The Shadwell Turf Mile is a Win and You’re In race for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) to be run Nov. 1 at Santa Anita and a race Wise Dan has won the past two years. The Shadwell Turf Mile will go as the ninth race on Saturday’s 10-race program with a
10/01/2014
Gulfstream West Undergoes Renovations for Upcoming Fall Turf Festival
Overseen by Gulfstream Park consultant Bill Badgett, the project has been in the works since Gulfstream took over management of the Miami Gardens property earlier this summer. Under an agreement with Churchill Downs, Inc. that was agreed to in July to end
09/27/2014
AWESOME AGAIN STAKES QUOTES
TRAINER QUOTES JERRY HOLLENDORFER, SHARED BELIEF, WINNER: Asked if he thought he was “double-teamed†by the Bob Baffert horses: “We’re all big boys . . . It’s no big deal for me. Mike (Smith) will have to settle up with Victor (Espinoza, on Sky
09/27/2014
Churchill Downs Stakes Recap
Conditioned by Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott and ridden by Shaun Bridgmohan, Cigar Street ran 1 1/8 miles on a fast main track in 1:49.86 and paid $6.80, $3.40 and $3 as the 2-1 second betting choice in the field of six older horses. Departing, with Robb
09/27/2014
Kelso Handicap (G2) Quotes
Irad Ortiz, Jr., winning jockey aboard Vyjack (No. 3): "When he broke well, he had a good chance. In his last couple of races he was missing the start. It's hard to miss the start and beat those horses. You have to break good." "I brought him outside beca
09/27/2014
Beldame (G1) Quotes
"I told [jockey] Jose [Ortiz], 'You've got the outside and you've got the option to see what everyone else is doing, so take it from there. If they leave you alone, take it.' I think she's a pretty versatile filly where she can sit and come from behind. W
09/27/2014
Flower Bowl (G1) Quotes
"Absolutely [we're going to the Breeders' Cup]. We've been working backwards from the Filly & Mare Turf, and believed this filly could get there all year as one of the horses to beat." John Velazquez, winning jockey aboard Stephanie's Kitten (No. 9): "It