HORSE RACING NEWS
02/15/2014
Minger rallies for WHHC qualifier win
Entering the final race of the contest, the top four contestants Joseph Desposito ($124.30), Minger ($117.70), Randy McMillan ($112.50) and Joseph Ernsthausen ($111.30) each had a different selection in Dover’s Race 15. While McMillan picked the winner
02/14/2014
Oaklawn Barn Notes: Key Southwest Works
Calhoun plans to start both his Springboard Mile winner Louies Flower and Son of Dixie, who was most recently third behind another Southwest hopeful Bourbonize opening day, in the 1 1/16-mile race. “Louies Flower and Son of Dixie both worked an easy hal
02/14/2014
UP AND COMING CHERUBIM HEADS SUNDAY’S $200,000 SAN VICENTE STAKES
An impressive 3 ¼ length maiden winner going six furlongs Dec. 28, the Simon Callaghan-trained Cherubim earned a San Vicente best last-out Beyer Speed figure of 90, and will be making his third career start with regular rider Mike Smith up. A well beaten
02/14/2014
PLETCHER PLANS FOR LOUISIANA DERBY PREVIEW DAY
During the last three races of his juvenile campaign last year, the entire son of Harlan’s Holiday finished fifth in Belmont’s Grade I Champagne last October and was then fourth in Aqueduct’s Grade II Nashua and Grade II Remsen in November. Out of a
02/13/2014
LARRY COLLMUS NAMED TRACK ANNOUNCER FOR CHURCHILL DOWNS, KENTUCKY DERBY
Larry Collmus, one of the premier race callers in North America and the world of Thoroughbred racing, will be on the microphone as the seventh announcer at the historic home of the Kentucky Derby starting with the first race of the "Opening Night" program
02/13/2014
Millers and trotter form ‘Perfect Alliance’
Last year, Perfect Alliance won one of 14 starts and earned $66,967. She had nine different drivers during the campaign and never had the same driver in consecutive races. She was trained by Robert Bencal last year, but moved into the stable of Julie Mill
02/13/2014
Stakes Advance: Gentilly Stakes & Sarah Lane’s Oates
The restricted stakes race is scheduled at about one mile over the Stall-Wilson turf course and will be complemented by the 12th renewal of the $60,000 Sarah Lane’s Oates Stakes for 3-year-old accredited Louisiana-bred fillies as the afternoon’s suppo
02/13/2014
Gulfstream News & Notes - Wed 2/12
Owned by Charles and Maribeth Sandford, the son of Unbridled's Song finished a game fourth in his 2014 debut, the $400,000 Miller Lite Holy Bull Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream on January 25. Almost Famous had been out of action for nearly three months prior to
02/13/2014
Twilight Eclipse Opens Campaign in $200,000 Mac Diarmida (G2)
Owned by West Point Thoroughbreds, Twilight Eclipse made his first start of 2013 in the 11-furlong Mac Diarmida, running fourth. In his subsequent start, he set a world record of 2:22.63 for 1 ½ miles in winning the Pan American (G2). “We always had th
02/11/2014
Top Billing Among 54 Nominees for $400,000 Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth
Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey is aiming to make his second straight trip to the Fountain of Youth winner’s circle after saddling Orb for a victory in last season’s running of the 1 1/16-mile stakes for 3-year-olds. Orb went on to capture the $1