HORSE RACING NEWS
07/31/2016
Bowling Green (G2) Quotes
"When you have a 1-9 shot, there's a lot of pressure. The other riders don't give you anything, and they shouldn't. But it all worked out. I couldn't be more pleased with his effort. We don't have too many star horses in the game, and there seems to be se
07/31/2016
The Alfred G. Vanderbilt G1 Quotes
"We'll see how he comes back. He ran three weeks and three weeks before. We'd love to see how he comes back. It's a little too far away [the Breeders' Cup]. We'll see." On first career Grade 1 win: "It's very special, especially because it's our first rac
07/31/2016
A. P. Indian digs in for G1 glory in Vanderbilt
A. P. Indian completed the six-furlong dash in 1:08.25, a fifth of a second off the track record set by Spanish Riddle in 1972. Notching his third straight victory, including the Grade 3 Belmont Sprint last time out, the winner paid $11.40 for $2 win wage
07/31/2016
Mind Your Biscuits gives Falcone, Jr. first graded stakes win in Amsterdam
The Amsterdam, which completed its 24th running, marked the first career graded stakes win for the 22-year-old Falcone, a Brooklyn, New York native in his third year of training. "[This win] wasn't really a surprise. We always knew he was a good horse," s
07/31/2016
Flintshire delivers in G2 Bowling Green
Remaining on the lead, Grand Tito completed three-quarters of a mile in 1:19.44 as the field of four turned for home with Flintshire now at the back of the pack. When Twilight Eclipse made his move towards the leader, Flintshire was behind a three-wide wa
07/29/2016
Lord Nelson Heads Field in Bing Crosby Stakes Sunday
According to allowance conditions for the six-furlong dash, Lord Nelson will carry highweight of 123 pounds, conceding from four to eight pounds to his rivals. Flavien Prat has the mount on the Bob Baffert-trained son of Pulpit, a half-length winner of th
07/29/2016
Curlin Quotes
Winning jockey John Velazquez aboard Connect (No. 1): "There was no speed in the race so we wanted to make sure he came out of there. He didn't jump out of there the way I wanted so I had to use him a little bit going into the first turn. Once I got him t
07/29/2016
Saratoga Race Course Notes, Friday July 29
The Eclipse Award-winner jogged a lap around the 1 1/8-mile oval shortly after training opened at 5:30 a.m., punctuated by a customary visit to the paddock. "She was great," said Christina Jelm, assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. "She w
07/27/2016
Churchill Downs Announces September, Fall Meet Stakes Schedules
The September session, an important part of the Churchill Downs racing schedule for the fourth consecutive year following its unveiling in 2013, features nine stakes races. Four stakes have earned graded status and three are listed events. The meet also f
07/26/2016
Moonlight Song, Weekend Hideaway clash in John Morrissey
Todd Pletcher also sends out two familiar stakes-winning faces in Notacatbutallama and Ostrolenka. Due to various ailments, the 9-year-old Moonlight Song has been limited to 17 career starts, and his only appearance in 2015 was a wire-to-wire score in a s