HORSE RACING NEWS
03/12/2016
Salutos Amigos repeats in G3 Tom Fool
Breaking towards the back of the 11-horse field with Cornelio Velasquez aboard, Salutos Amigos trailed through the early going as two-time Grade 1 Carter winner Dads Caps led the opening quarter in 22.36 seconds and the half in 44.99. As Dads Caps succumb
03/12/2016
LAMBHOLM SOUTH TAMPA BAY DERBY QUOTES
“For Outwork to put forth that type of performance in only his third start is quite impressive. We were hoping he would move forward, and he certainly ran well enough to put himself in the next round of preps, where hopefully he will move forward again.”
03/12/2016
HILLSBOROUGH QUOTES
Winning owner Robert Masterson: “She is older, smarter, and more relaxed. She doesn’t have to be on the lead now, or close to the lead. She can sit back and pick her spot. Words can’t describe this. At the top of the lane she was still eight lengths behin
03/12/2016
FLORIDA OAKS QUOTES
“If you have a bigger stable, you are able to gauge them a little off your better horses, and she held her own with them. So we thought we would take a shot and run her here in the Oaks. It’s wonderful when a plan comes together; you look like a genius so
03/12/2016
SAN FELIPE STAKES QUOTES
“We did it. I left there very aggressive and he didn’t get away with anything. If you go twenty-two on this track today, you’re smokin’. And for him to hold off the caliber of horses he held off, was very impressive. “In the mornings we’ve been schooling
03/11/2016
Undefeated Mohaymen Breezes Friday for $1 Million Florida Derby (G1)
It was the first work back for Mohaymen, the leading 3-year-old prospect on the East Coast, since his 2 ¼-length victory in the $400,000 Xpressbet.com Fountain of Youth (G2) Feb. 27. Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin plans two more breezes leading up to the 1 1/8
03/11/2016
MOTION HOPES RAFTING STEPS UP IN LAMBHOLM SOUTH TAMPA BAY DERBY
A major difference is that Ring Weekend was only 1-for-5 before springing his Tampa Bay Derby upset, while Rafting won the Smooth Air Stakes at Gulfstream Park West on Nov. 28 as a 2-year-old and finished second in his 2016 debut to Destin in the Grade II
03/10/2016
NO HICCUPS FOR BRODY’S CAUSE AS 2016 DEBUT NEARS
The Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby is the highlight of a lucrative Festival Day 36 Presented by Lambholm South card that includes the Grade II, $200,000 Hillsborough Stakes, for older fillies and mares at a mile-and-an-eighth on the turf; the Grade III, $
03/10/2016
OLDSMAR-BASED TRAINERS PREPARED FOR SATURDAY’S CHALLENGE
On Saturday, he will saddle the filly, Silver Magnolia, in the Grade III, $200,000 Florida Oaks for 3-year-old fillies on the turf at Tampa Bay Downs. She is the first graded-stakes starter for Blair, who races her in partnership under his Evergreen Stabl
03/10/2016
Gulfstream News & Notes: Thu 3/10
Rosario’s agent, Ron Anderson, said Thursday that the 31-year-old rider is scheduled to begin rehabilitation next week for a broken wrist suffered during the $75,000 Melody of Colors Stakes. “Joel will start rehab on [March] 20th and is due to ride about