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05/07/2014

Preakness News-May 6 Notes

If the daughter of Rockport Harbor is shipped to Pimlico Race Course to run in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown on May 17, she will be saddled for the first time by trainer Tom Amoss. Ron Paolucci’s Loooch Racing Stable and Christopher T. Dunn have

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05/07/2014

Preakness News-May 7 Notes

California Chrome was accompanied by exercise rider Willie Delgado and Alan Sherman, the son and assistant of trainer Art Sherman, on his way to the racetrack for the first time since winning last Saturday’s 140th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1). Own

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05/04/2014

KENTUCKY DERBY UPDATE

Espinoza began to draw clear from his 18 rivals inside the quarter pole, but mostly kept busy aboard his mount through the lane. He popped California Chrome three times on the flank, but mostly just waved his whip alongside his head to give him encouragem

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05/02/2014

Stakes Recap & Quotes: Grade I Longines Kentucky Oaks

Untapable, now undefeated in three starts in 2014, gave jockey Rosie Napravnik and trainer Steve Asmussen their second victories in the Kentucky Oaks. Napravnik became the first female jockey to win the Oaks in 2012 on Believe You Can. Asmussen’s previo

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05/02/2014

Jockey Quotes: Longines Kentucky Oaks

“She shuts off and she relaxes. She kind of gives me the ear twitch like ‘when do you want to go?’ She is absolutely fabulous. “She came out of the paddock a little hot but she really calmed down when she got on the track and there was a lot more

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05/02/2014

Trainer Quotes: Longines Kentucky Oaks

"The anxiety level once they backed them out and reloaded them took it to a whole new level but once she was away smoothly it was all good from there." "The development of the filly, I think Rosie (Napravnik) has been a key part of it." "After the bad rac

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05/02/2014

Updated Kentucky Derby Morning Line After Scratch of Hoppertunity

Program# - PostPos - Horse - Jockey - Mike Battaglia’s Morning Line Odds 1. 1. Vicar’s In Trouble Rosie Napravnik 20-1 2. 2. Harry’s Holiday Corey Lanerie 50-1 3. 3. Uncle Sigh Irad Ortiz Jr. 30

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04/30/2014

CALIFORNIA CHROME OWNS FAVORITE’S ROLE AT 5-2 FOR 140TH KENTUCKY DERBY

With 20 starters that include four Grade I winners, the purse for the Kentucky Derby will be $2,202,800 with $1,442,800 going to the winner. The Kentucky Derby will be carried by NBC Sports with a three-hour telecast from 4-7 p.m. (all times Eastern). The

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04/29/2014

Kentucky Derby & Kentucky Oaks Update: Tuesday, April 29

The California-bred son of Lucky Pulpit backtracked all the way around the big Churchill strip, hugging the rail all the way. Delgado reported afterward that his mount felt “more aggressive” than usual during the jog, though he responded positively to

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04/29/2014

UNTAPABLE BRINGS FAVORITE’S ROLE TO KENTUCKY OAKS

The Oaks, to be contested at 1 1/8 miles on the main track and worth $570,400 to the winner, highlights a 12-race program Friday that includes five other stakes. First post time is 10:30 a.m. (all times Eastern) with the Oaks going as the 11th race at 5:4

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