8% Purse Reinstatement begins on Sunday Future wagering on Kentucky
Derby/Oaks open through Sunday - $86,854
West Texas Maturity stages on Saturday
- Sunland Park, NM - March 5,
2010 - Officials at Sunland Park
Racetrack and Casino announced an 8%
purse reinstatement this week. The
positive purse adjustment takes place on
Sunday and will remain in effect for the
remainder of the meet. The reinstatement
will amount to $16,000 more per day in
purses.
Sixteen-year-old apprentice jockey Tyler
Kaplan lived the dream
on Thursday, March 4, 2010, as he won
with the very first mount of his career
aboard a 5-year-old mare named Soldier
Betty, in the fifth race at Santa Anita
Park, Arcadia, CA. -
BENOIT PHOTO
Remington
Park to honor trainer Brooks with bronze
- OKLAHOMA CITY -
(March 4, 2010)-Remington Park is
honoring retired quarter horse trainer
Jack Brooks during an awards banquet
prior to the start of the track's annual
quarter horse racing meet.
Churchill Downs' Numbers Show Wagering
Shift By
Ron Mitchell -
BLOODHORSE
March 3, 2010 - When Churchill
Downs Inc. released its 2009 annual
report March 2, it offered a clear
picture of the shift in wagering trends
from racetracks to online and telephone
wagering.
Stronach: No surface change
-By Brad Free - as
reported by
California TB Racing ARCADIA,
Calif. - In a reversal of a January
announcement that the Pro-Ride surface
would be replaced at the conclusion of
the winter meet, Santa Anita will keep
the surface in place for the time being,
Frank Stronach, the chairman of the two
companies that control the track, said
on Sunday.
Alameda County Fair announces dates,
includes 15 days of horse racing
- 03/03/2010 PLEASANTON — A combination
of more horse racing and the return of
fireworks plus a break on the weather
helped the Alameda County Fair set
record attendance last year, and the
formula worked so well that fair
officials won't tweak much to this
year's edition.
WALK THRU FIRE COLT HAS FASTEST TIME ON
FIRST DAY OF WORKS AT LOS ALAMITOS -
CYPRESS, CA. - MARCH 3, 2010 -
Workouts for the 2-year-old class of
2010 got underway on Tuesday, March 2 at
Los Alamitos with 25 promising runners
posting qualifying gate works at 220
yards. The morning standout came from
the barn of all-time leading trainer
Blane Schvaneveldt, as he watched the
sorrel colt Leave The Scene scorch the
track to the tune of a :12.2 workout.
Purchased for $19,200 by Ronnie Brooks
and Ron Keller from the Ed Allred
consignment at the 2009 Los Alamitos
Equine Sale, Leave The Scene outworked
Schvaneveldt's Delightful Check by
1/10th of a second. She covered the
distance in :12.30, tying the Check Him
Out filly for the second fastest time of
the morning.
MINNESOTA QHRA EXTENDS DEADLINES, HONORS
AWARD WINNERS - March 3, 2010 -
The Minnesota Quarter Horse Racing
Association will extend the nomination
deadline from March 1st to the new date
of March 15th for three stakes races.
The races include the Canterbury Park
Derby, Northlands Futurity and North
Central Quarter Horse Racing Association
Futurity.
Portland Meadows switching to equine
friendly riding crops - Portland, OR., February 3,
2010 - Starting on March 8th, 2010, all
jockeys at Portland Meadows will be
required to use equine friendly riding
crops that conform to a new house rule
at the North Portland race track.
Portland Meadows along with the help
from horse people Ron Sutton of Sutton
Tire and Chain in Portland and Debbie
Funk of the Vince Funk All State Agency
in Olympia, Washington, have purchased
sixteen of the new softer equine
friendly riding crops from four
different companies. Riders will use
these crops in all races conducted at
Portland Meadows beginning on March 8th.
Racino's live-racing plans appear ready
to shift; State hopes for April start of
simulcasting
By Todd Wildermuth -
Editor,
The Raton Range
March 3, 2010 - The New Mexico
Racing Commission hopes simulcast
wagering on horseracing from other
tracks will begin at the temporary tent
casino in south Raton by early April,
but the commission and the financier of
the planned La Mesa Race Track & Casino
are no longer promising that live
horseracing will break from the gate
beginning Memorial Day weekend this
year.
Horse Racing: Iowa group's lead steed
has Derby Dreams
- By Dan Johnson for the
Des Moines Register
March 3, 2010 - Jerry Crawford has
caught Derby fever. The Des Moines
attorney heads the Derby Dreams
partnership, whose Vow to Wager won
Saturday's $100,000 Battaglia Memorial
at Turfway Park in Kentucky. Now the
3-year-old is on the Triple Crown trail,
with his next race being the $500,000
Lane's End Stakes on March 27. Should he
win or place, Vow to Wager would be
entered in the Kentucky Derby on May 1.
REMINGTON
PARK PRESENTS LIVE STREAMING OF RACES
BEGINNING OPENING WEEKEND -
OKLAHOMA CITY – Remington Park starts
2010 live racing this Friday night with
the beginning of the American Quarter
Horse & Mixed-Breed Season. Remington
Park will also begin a new era in
technology and fan service as the season
gets underway.
RACHEL
ALEXANDRA FINISHES FAST IN SIX-FURLONG
BREEZE -NEW ORLEANS (Tuesday, March
2, 2010) – Horse of the Year Rachel
Alexandra worked six furlongs in company
Tuesday morning, blowing past her
stablemate nearing the eighth-pole and
finishing in a final quarter-mile of :22
3/5 to post an official final time of
1:13 3/5, breezing, over a fast main
track. Fair Grounds clockers caught
fractions of :13, :25 3/5, :38 2/5, :51
and 1:02 1/5. The 4-year-old Medaglia
d’Oro filly galloped out seven-eighths
in 1:26 2/5 and one mile in 1:41 1/5.
Rachel Alexandra with Dominic Terry up
puts in a private work at Fair Grounds
in New Orleans.Fair
Grounds Photo by Lynn Roberts
Track’s future still uncertain; lease is
under review - by Sally
Maxwell,
Sequoyah County Times (March 1, 2010)
-
Blue Ribbon Downs will not be a
pari-mutual racetrack again, Chad Smith,
Cherokee Nation principal chief, told
the Associated Press last week.
But there is a chance that horse owners
and trainers won’t have to leave the
area if the Cherokee Nation agrees to a
lease proposed by Joel Pierce of
Sallisaw.
More than $45,000 raised
at Sunland benefit
Jockey Carlos Rivas didn’t think he was
going to make it to the hospital. “I was
unconscious most of the time in the
ambulance but at one time I did hear the
medics say I had no pulse and that they
were worried,” Rivas says.
That was on Friday, Jan. 29. A horse he
was riding in a race at Sunland Park
Racetrack and Casino had fallen and
rolled over him. Rivas suffered several
broken vertebrae, fractured ribs and a
ruptured aorta.
fast
Alex wins Monday to climb into Louisiana
derby picture -
NEW ORLEANS (Monday, March 01,
2010) – Jim Tafel’s Fast Alex did not
make it to the races as a 2-year-old,
but as a 3-year-old he is fast becoming
a rising star.
Ridden by Curt Bourque and trained by
Greg Geier, Fast Alex was unhurried
early but closed with a bold late rush
to capture Monday’s $41,000 allowance
optional claiming race for 3-year-olds
at a mile and 40 yards by a length and a
half.
National presence wanted for Apple
Blossom telecast - by Jeff Lowe -
Thoroughbred Times
March 01, 2010 - Six weeks away
from the “Race for the Ages” showdown
between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta,
Oaklawn Park officials were working to
firm up live television coverage of the
$5-million Apple Blossom Invitational
Stakes (G1) on April 9.
Dates
Set For 2010 Ruidoso Horse Sales - RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (March 1, 2010) – The Ruidoso Select Sales Company has announced the
dates of the 2010 sales for yearlings and quarter horses this summer at the
sales pavilion adjacent to Ruidoso Downs.
clear sailing for ‘rachel’ in new orleans ladies? NEW ORLEANS (Monday, March 01, 2010) – Will Horse of the
Year Rachel Alexandra enjoy clear sailing in Fair Grounds’ upcoming $200,000 New
Orleans Ladies March 13 when she makes her first start of the 2010 racing
season?
HORSE
RACING: Santa Anita's latest washout is a Sham
By Art Wilson -
San Bernardino County Sun
ARCADIA - February 27, 2010 - Mike Machowsky is sensitive to the welfare
of horses and jockeys. He knows Santa Anita had no recourse but to cancel
Saturday's nine-race card when the synthetic Pro-Ride surface did not drain
properly after early morning rain.
RECORD
PICK FOUR POOLS ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT LOS ALAMITOS - CYPRESS, CA. -
FEBRUARY 28, 2010 - A new record pool for the early Pick Four at Los Alamitos
Race Course was set when $133,486 was wagered on the popular exotic on Sunday
night. The pool broke the previous track record of $129,640 set on Sunday, April
15, 2007.
Queen
Greeley toys with rivals in $50,000 Island Fashion Stakes - Sunland Park, NM - February 28, 2010 - Queen Greeley made short work of
her rivals in the $50,000 Island Fashion Stakes at Sunland Park Racetrack and
Casino on Saturday. The El Paso Times Stakes winner delivered a signature
performance with an expansive 4 and 1/4 length victory in her first test at one
mile. - Tommie Morelos / Coady Photography
BROOKLYN
BOY SETS NEW MAIDEN STAKES RECORD CYPRESS, CA. - FEBRUARY 27, 2010 - Felix Aguallo Gonzalez's Brooklyn Boy set
a new stakes record in the $134,000 Los Alamitos Maiden Stakes after outdueling
the Blane Schvaneveldt-trained Howlin Mad by a neck on Saturday at the Orange
County track.
Storming
Saint wins $100,000 Borderland Derby through disqualification - Sunland Park, NM - February 27, 2010 - After a stirring stretch drive
with his stalemate Raise The Bridle, Storming Saint was placed first through
disqualification in the $100,000 Borderland Derby sponsored by Casa Ford at
Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday.
- Tommie Morelos / Coady Photography
tizaqueena
rules over rivals in Lacombe memorial - NEW ORLEANS
(Saturday, February 27, 2010) – Darley Stable’s Tizaqueena, who began a
four-race win streak at Fair Grounds last season that culminated with a score in
Churchill’s Grade II Distaff Turf Mile on Kentucky Derby Day, began another one
at Fair Grounds Saturday with a three-quarter length tally in the third running
of the $60,000 Allen Lacombe Memorial Handicap for fillies and mares at 1 1/16
miles. - photo by Lou Hodges, Jr.
Arky-bred
Comedero Easily Scores in Mountain Valley - Hot
Springs, AR. - February 27, 2010 - Peter Redekop B. C. Ltd.'s Comedero score one
for the home folks when the three-year-old Arkansas-bred son of Posse easily
romped to a four-and-a-half lengths victory on Saturday in the $60,000 Mountain
Valley Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Comedero's win was accomplished before an
enthusiastic crowd of 17,122, gathered in spring like weather.
- Coady Photography / Will Kenser
Track's future likely to be
decided soon as reported
idaho press-tribune GARDEN CITY, ID- February 27, 20210 - Is the long
wait for Treasure Valley horse racing fans about to end?
A decision on the fate of racing this summer at Idaho Downs — formerly Les Bois
Park — could come as soon as next week, as several hurdles to reopening the
track have been cleared.
Door
still open for horse racing -
CEO wants to restart Kalispell track by next year -
LYNNETTE HINTZE /
Daily Inter Lake
February 26, 2010 - Flathead County has not completely ruled out horse
racing at the fairgrounds, but the mantra remains: Show me the money.
“We’re not against horse racing, but it’s got to be feasible,” Interim Fair
Manager Ted Dykstra Jr. said. “If it were even close to breaking even we’d be
doing it.”
Remington Park Hosts A Night of Legends, Honoring Oklahoma Horsemen - (Oklahoma City, OK ) - Remington Park kicks off its upcoming
Quarter Horse Season with an awards banquet honoring Oklahoma’s Quarter Horse
Heritage. A Night of Legends will recognize Oklahoma horses, trainers, owners
and jockeys who have made major contributions to the Quarter Horse industry.
calliope jane wins Fair Grounds friday feature NEW ORLEANS (Friday, February 26, 2010) – Circustown
Stables’ Calliope Jane, always among the leaders, continued willingly when set
down for the drive to be best by three-quarters of a length in Friday’s $43,000
six-furlong feature for accredited Louisiana-bred fillies and mares.
MERRIDOC HAWK WINS HER SECOND HANDICAP OF THE SEASON - LOS ALAMITOS RACE
COURSE, CYPRESS, CA... EG High Desert Farm's Merridoc Hawk became the meet's
first two-time handicap winner after the Hawkinson mare outdueled Sergio
Morfin's Shoal to win the $15,000 Florentine Handicap Friday at Los Alamitos.
Borel to be Honored at March 25 Hartack Gala Two-time Kentucky Derby Winner Calvin Borel to Receive Bill Hartack Award
- NEW ORLEANS - February 2010 - Each year the Bill Hartack Charitable Foundation
hosts an Award Ceremony to honor the Kentucky Derby’s winning jockey. This
year’s recipient, Louisiana native and two-time Kentucky Derby winner, Calvin
Borel, will be recognized at the Bill Hartack Charitable Foundation Reception
and Award Ceremony, part of Louisiana Derby week at Fair Grounds Race Course &
Slots, the Churchill Downs-owned facility in New Orleans.
New Internet gambling bill offered in Washington
February 25, 2010 - from the American Horse Council -
Washington, DC --- Another bill has been introduced in Congress to license and
regulate Internet gambling. This bill is in the Senate.
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was passed in 2006. UIGEA
does not prohibit Internet wagering; it bars banks and credit card companies
from processing payments for such wagering by prohibiting the use of credit in
connection with unlawful Internet wagering. The law excludes from the definition
of “unlawful Internet wagering” “any activity that is allowed under the
Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978,” thus protecting racing’s interstate
wagering activities by maintaining the status-quo with respect to such
activities under the Interstate Horseracing Act.
Lawmaker backs racinos to bolster budget in MN By Heather J. Carlson -
The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN
February 25, 2010 - An Austin lawmaker is helping lead the charge to
bring racinos to Minnesota to help solve the state's budget deficit and
potentially build a new Minnesota Vikings stadium.
2-YEAR-OLD WORKOUTS AT LOS ALAMITOS TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK - CYPRESS, CA…
California's 2-year-old Quarter Horse crop of 2010 is expected to begin their
qualifying workouts next week at Los Alamitos. The workouts could begin as early
as Tuesday, March 2. Racing fans are invited to visit the Los Alamitos track
kitchen, Schwanie's Grill at the Gap, to enjoy the babies and their workout
drills. Video of these drills will be available at
losalamitos.com later in the week.
Two-year-old sprinters will begin racing in April. For more info, call
714-820-2690
The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission's licensing database Hacked:
Victims of cyber hacking in Iowa brace for ID theft - By WILLIAM
PETROSKI -
Des Moines Register
February 24, 2010 - An unsettling image has tormented state Sen. William Dotzler
Jr. ever since he learned a hacker, possibly from China, broke into a state
database containing his personal information.
Cherokee chief: Racing done at Blue Ribbon Downs
By MURRAY EVANS, Associated Press Writer
The Oklahoman
CATOOSA, OK—February 24, 2010 - The Cherokee Nation has no plans to reopen Blue
Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw as a racetrack, although the facility could be used as
a training track, tribal Chief Chad Smith said.
Paul "Dink" Prather passes
- 2:15 CST Feb. 23rd Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland Texas. The last seven
months of his life was a big battle in which he put on a hell of a fight. He was
a very loving, caring and giving man. He will be missed by many. We weren't just
father and son we were business partners for over 32 years. We also enjoyed
raising and racing horse together.
Services are set for Saturday, Feb. 27th at First Baptist Church in Eunice N.M.
at 11:00am.
"I want take thank everyone for their well wishes, prayers and thoughts. God
Bless" - Steve Prather - Doubletree Farm, NM
RACHEL ALEXANDRA UP TO SIX FURLONGS IN WEDNESDAY BREEZE - NEW ORLEANS
(Wednesday, February 24, 2010) – Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra had her
furthest workout yet Wednesday in advance of the March 13 New Orleans Ladies,
breezing a businesslike six furlongs in 1:14 over a fast main track at Fair
Grounds Race Course & Slots with regular exercise rider Dominic Terry aboard.
The 4-year-old Medaglia d’Oro filly accomplished the time through fractions of
:13, :25 1/5, :37 3/5, :49 4/5 and 1:02. A stout gallop-out around the Clubhouse
turn was caught by Fair Grounds clockers in :13 for a seven-furlong gallop-out
time of 1:27.
Latest horse fatality statistics fuel more debate
- as reported by Brent Schrotenboer,
UNION-TRIBUNE
February 24, 2010 - California horse racing reported more racehorse
deaths over the previous two years, 645, than any other reported two-year
period, according to data released yesterday in the annual report by the
California Horse Racing Board.
Rillito Park ‘small but important’ piece of Tucson -
Tucson, AZ - February 24, 2010 - Every January and February, Rillito Park hosts
three weekends of horse racing. As a newcomer to the world of horse racing, I
had no idea what to expect when I walked into the park Sunday. Entering the
gates half an hour before start time, I found myself engulfed in the Tucson of
old. Surrounded by cowboys, purebred horses and lots of dirt, I had no idea how
exciting the experience would end up being.
Editorial - By Joe Dusbabek -
AZ. Wild Cat
Ag
Park board authorizes HBPA pact
- as reported by the
Columbus Telegram
COLUMBUS -- The race is on. Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010 - The Platte County
Agricultural Society Board of Managers voted unanimously Monday evening to
authorize the contract with the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association
(HBPA) to hold live horse racing in 2010 to ensure that simulcast horse racing
will continue through the year.
St. Paul, MN. - February 24, 2010 - Lack of money may convince
Minnesota legislators to back the long-proposed, often-failed
racino concept this year, supporters of the concept say.
Princess Haya Named 2009 Texas Horse-Of-the-Year- Houston, TX.
February 23, 2010 - Princess Haya was named 2009 Texas Horse of
the Year and champion female at the Texas Thoroughbred Association’s annual
meeting and awards banquet February 20th.
BUYER
& SELLER BONUSES ANNOUNCED BY ECLIPSE SALE COMPANY - GRAND PRAIRIE,
TX—FEBRUARY 22, 2010—Eclipse Sales Company has announced a new "Buyer and
Sellers Bonus" and a "Mixed Session" to their annual Select Yearling Sale
schedule in 2010.
Fasig-Tipton
Texas 2-year-old in training sale has 223 Entries -
Grand Prairie, TX - February 22, 2010 - Fasig-Tipton has 223 entries for its
2010 Texas 2-year-old in training sale at Lone Star Park March 30. The sale
begins at 10:00 a.m. The under-tack show will be held March 28 on the main track
at 10 a.m.
Horse racing backers cheer new Missoula deal
MISSOULA, MT - Feb 22, 2010 - The return of horse racing to Missoula has some
enthusiasts cheering the impact it could have on the industry statewide.
Racing Quarter Horses and Horseshoe Toe Grabs -
February 22, 2010 - Originally published on
TheHorse.com
You've probably heard the old adage from mule fanciers: "Mules is just
different." Well, it seems that the same principle holds among racehorses;
racing Quarter Horses, it seems, are just different. From racing Thoroughbreds,
that is. Researchers presented results from their study of racing Quarter Horse
injuries and horseshoe toe grabs at the 2009 American Association of Equine
Practitioners (AAEP) convention, held Dec. 5-9 in Las Vegas, Nev., revealing
that they found very different effects of toe grabs than researchers found in
previous research on racing Thoroughbreds.
Louisiana
derby preview day winners emerge unscathed sunday - NEW
ORLEANS (Sunday, February 21, 2010) – Risen Star Stakes winner Discreetly Mine,
Mineshaft Handicap hero Stonehouse, Silverbulletday Stakes heroine Jody Slew and
Fair Grounds Handicap victor Blues Street all came out of their respective
victories in Saturday’s graded stakes in good order and were doing well Sunday
morning.
One
Hot Mecanic springs upset in $125,000 NMHBA Quarter Horse Stakes -
Sunland Park, NM February 21, 2010 - Dismissed at nearly 15-1,
One Hot Mecanic outran his odds and sped to a neck victory in the $125,000 NMHBA
Quarter Horse Stakes at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday. -
Lisa Dominguez / Coady Photography
TRAINER
BRET CALHOUN & JOCKEY BOBBY WALKER, JR. SWEEP BOTH STAKES RACES AT SAM HOUSTON
RACE PARK - HOUSTON, TX (February 20, 2010)—Sam Houston Race Park hosted
an exciting evening of live racing with over $300,000 in purse money on Texas
Stallions Stakes Day this Saturday, February 20, 2010. The premier race day
featured 10 live Thoroughbred races including the $125,000 Jim’s Orbit Stakes
and the $125,000 Two Altazano Stakes, along with a FREE handicapping seminar
featuring ESPN’s Fred Faour and SureBet Racing News’ Martha Claussen & Greg
Thompson. Photo Credit: Coady Photography-Coyote Legend
pictured
FREAKY IS PHENOMENAL IN
WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP CYPRESS, CA. FEBRUARY 20, 2010 - Armando Aguirre's World Champion Freaky
looked unbeatable once again after posting his seventh win in a row while
setting a new stakes record in the $228,450 Los Alamitos Winter Championship on
Saturday.
CALVIN
BOREL WINS 2010 SANTA ANITA WOOLF AWARD ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 20, 2010)—Two-time Kentucky Derby winning jockey
Calvin Borel has been selected by a vote of his peers as the 2010 winner of the
Santa Anita George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award. Borel’s Woolf victory was
announced live on HRTV from the Fair Grounds in New Orleans by retired Hall of
Fame jockey and current HRTV analyst Gary Stevens. Stevens won the Woolf Award
himself in 1996. photo by SureBet
CONNEMARA CARRIES BAZE TO ANOTHER VICTORY IN EL CAMINO REAL DERBY -
ALBANY, CA. Feb 20, 2010 - Jockey Russell Baze won the $150,000 El Camino Real
Derby for the fifth time in six years when he guided 6-to-5 favorite Connemara
from last to first in Saturday's 29th running of the feature.
La Sorpresa finishes fast to
win $100,000 Sydney
Valentini Handicap - Sunland Park, NM
- February 20, 2010 - Under a cool ride from Alejandro Medellin, La Sorpresa
finished with a flurry to win the $100,000 Sydney Valentini Handicap at Sunland
Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. The durable New Mexico-bred-mare saved
her best strides for the final quarter mile and pulled clear by one and
one-quarter lengths to defeat Negotiablafections and Let the Musicbegin in the
one mile feature. Molly Jones / Coady Photography
Discreetly
Mine Gate to Wire in Grade II Risen Star - New
Orleans, LA., February 20, 2010 E. Paul Robsham Stables’ Discreetly Mine took
advantage of an unexpectedly soft pace and led gate to wire while winning
Saturday’s Grade II Risen Star Stakes by 1 ½-lengths at Fair Grounds Race Course
& Slots in New Orleans. photo by Lou Hodges, Jr.
Jody Slew Runs Down Quiet Temper in Grade III
Silverbulletday - New Orleans, LA., February 20, 2010
- Martin Racing Stable and Dan Morgan’s Jody Slew came from more than 20 lengths
back to run down Mark H. Stanley’s Quiet Temper, who led for every step but the
last one, in a thrilling renewal of the Grade III Silverbulletday Stakes for
3-year-old fillies at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans.
photo by Lynn Roberts
Preview Day Undercard: Stonehouse Steals
Mineshaft; Blues Street Takes FG 'Cap - New Orleans,
LA., February 20, 2010 - The predicted duel between last winter’s Grade II
Louisiana Derby winner and last spring’s Grade I Blue Grass Stakes winner got
shot down Saturday when Richard Rudolph and Michael Vranich’s Stonehouse snuck
up to steal the gold medal in the Grade III Mineshaft Handicap.
photo by Lynn Roberts
Southwest
Goes to Conveyance, Spring Fever to One Smokin' Lady on Saturday -
Hot Springs, AR., February 20, 2010 - Speed was the best friend
of many runners at Oaklawn on Saturday and that was never more evident as when
Zabeel Racing International's 9-5 favorite, Conveyance, scooted to the lead,
then held off the late charge of Robert Baker & William Mack's Dublin to take
Saturday's featured $250,000 Southwest Stakes at one mile.
Coady Photography
HEADTURNER
LOOKS IMPRESSIVE IN WINTER DERBY VICTORY - CYPRESS, CA., FEBRUARY 19,
2010 - Headturner made heads swivel with surprise after he spoiled the expected
coronation of the heavy 2-5 favorite Princelike in Friday's Grade 1 $201,750 Los
Alamitos Winter Derby.
CORONA CZECH GELDING SETS NEW TRACK RECORD AT 330 YARDS - CYPRESS, CA.,
FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - Ramiro Leira's Pappyscoronalilbro set a new track record at
330 yards after winning the second race on Friday night in a time of :16.259 at
Los Alamitos. Pappyscoronalilbro beat the mark of :16.288 held by Boys All
Jacked Up since November of 2008.
A JEALOUS WOMAN EXTENDS WIN STREAK TO FOUR IN TURF ROUTE - ARCADIA,
Calif. (Feb. 19, 2010) – After running second in her debut, A Jealous Woman
rolled to her fourth straight victory Friday while leading every step of the way
in Santa Anita’s allowance feature, a $62,872 event for fillies and mares at 1
1/8 miles on turf.
Horses put out to pasture in Kingman
Erin Taylor,
Kingman Daily Miner - Annual races cancelled for
now - KINGMAN, AZ., - February 19, 2010 - The economy has claimed another
victim. This time, it's what would have been the 44th Annual Hualapai Downs
horse racing at the Mohave County Fairgrounds.
West Texas Maturity Trials - Sunland Park, NM - Final 3/6/2010
For Quarter Horse Three Year Old and Upward - 400 yards
Tommie Morelos / Coady Photography
qualifiers below
Horse
Time
Owner
Trainer
Jess Dellaree
:18.910
Maria G. Gonzalez
Andres Gonzalez
Wr Okie Smoker
:19.038
Juan Carlos Moraga
Dennis Marsteller
Sea Ola Go
:19.115
Orozco, Alonso and 21 Partnership
Alonso Orozco
Featurel
:19.124
Rosa A. Barroteran
Alfredo Sanchez
Brown Eye Suze
:19.128
Joe Rios
Alonso Orozco
Jess Sporty, 6
:19.134
Patrick L. Sanchez
Owner
Mr Jesses Corona
:19.178
A. Barroteran
Ralph Muniz
Neds Easter Fol
:19.207
Jose Angel Esparza
Salvador R Soto
Hez Our Rock
:19.223
Jose Angel Esparza
Salvador R Soto
Fire Above
:19.225
Linnette Sanchez
Alfredo Sanchez
Racino bills head out of the gate next week
by Charley Shaw -
Politics In Minnesota
February 19,2010 - State Rep. Al Juhnke, DFL-Willmar, plans to unveil the
so-called racino bill next week. Juhnke said bill language is being drafted and
he plans to unveil the proposal on Tuesday.
12-HORSE FIELDS DRAWN FOR BOTH TEXAS STALLION STAKES DIVISIONS - TTA
Update - February 19, 2010 - The third leg of the Texas Stallion Stakes Series
for foals of 2007 asks nominated horses to try two turns for the first time in
the 4-race program and there are full fields of 12 in both $125,000 divisions of
the Saturday night one-mile co-features at Sam Houston Race Park.
Track
bill goes to NM Senate floor - Santa Fe, NM - A bill in the
state legislature, that supporters argue is necessary to keep the Ruidoso Downs
Race Track and Casino in Ruidoso Downs, was expected to go before the full
Senate last night or sometime today.
Some worry financial issues could kill horse racing in Fargo -
A proposed sale intended to help the nonprofit
behind horse racing in Fargo pay off about $200,000 in bills is drawing some
criticism in the wake of a report detailing concerns with the group’s financial
oversight. Fargo, ND - February 18, 2010 - A proposed sale intended
to help the nonprofit behind horse racing in Fargo pay off about $200,000 in
bills is drawing some criticism in the wake of a report detailing concerns with
the group’s financial oversight. By: Dave Roepke,
INFORUM
UNBEATEN WITTY PICKS UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF IN ALLOWANCE WIN - ARCADIA,
Calif. (Feb. 18, 2010) – A stellar sprinter in her 3-year-old division last
year, unbeaten Witty returned from nine months on the sidelines Thursday to pick
up where she left off while gaining her fourth victory with a handy 1 ¼-length
triumph in Santa Anita’s $55,308 allowance feature for fillies and mares at 6 ½
furlongs.
Racing
commission OKs 2010 Emerald Downs meet - AUBURN, WA.
February 18, 2010 - The Washington Horse Racing Commission on Thursday approved
an 89-day schedule for Emerald Downs and 19 days for tracks in Kennewick, Walla
Walla, Waitsburg and Dayton.
Horse
of the Year Rachel Alexandra continued to work forwardly Thursday morning in
advance of the March 13 New Orleans Ladies at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots,
breezing five furlongs on a fast main track in 1:00 1/5 with regular exercise
rider Dominic Terry aboard. The 4-year-old filly broke off rather keen from the
five-eighths pole but settled into herself around the far turn, working through
fractions of :12, :23 4/5, :35 3/5 and :47 3/5. The final time made it the
second-fastest five-furlong move of 19 on the morning. Photo by Hodges
Photography/Lou Hodges, Jr.
Shame on Rosie much the best in the Oregon Ms. Stakes - Portland, OR - February 17, 2010 - Shame on Rosie had to overcome a
torrid pace battle throughout the early stages of the $10,000 Oregon Ms. Stakes,
but was able to find her stride and hold off all challengers as she won the one
mile race by three and one quarter lengths. Sent off as the 2/5 favorite in a
field of six Oregon bred three year old fillies, Shame on Rosie went right out
for the lead.
Louisiana
derby preview day showcases six strong stakes - NEW
ORLEANS (Tuesday, February 16, 2010) – Jack Hammer’s Ron the Greek, 3-1 morning
line favorite for Saturday’s Grade II Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds, breezed
a half-mile in 49.60 on Mardi Gras morning with regular rider James Graham in
the irons, and also on the Tuesday tab was Risen Star entrant Mountain Justice,
owned by Blu Shu Stables, who accomplished the same distance in 50.40 in his
final tune-up for Saturday’s centerpiece event.
Horse Racing In Nebraska Finished Without New Betting - February 17, 2010 - Lawmakers consider bill to allow betting machines
at tracks Nebraska lawmakers were told Wednesday the horse-racing industry in
the state could wither and nearly die without a new form of betting.
chantilly
Nayla wins mardi gras stakes tuesday at fair Grounds - NEW ORLEANS (Tuesday, February 16, 2010) – Salman Rashed’s Chantilly
Nayla outgamed Heiligbrodt Racing Stable’s Kinsolving and Robert Pierz’ Hathors
Legacy respectively in a three-horse pinball finish to Tuesday’s 66th running of
the $60,000 Mardi Gras Stakes at Fair Grounds.
- Hodges Photography/Lynn Roberts
Races 5-10 Cancelled on Monday; Southwest Stakes and Progressive Cash
Giveaway Rescheduled for - Saturday, February 15 - Due to
potentially hazardous racetrack conditions, officials of Oaklawn Park cancelled
races five through ten on the Monday card. The holiday card has annually brought
out a large crowd and did once again this year, but the severe wind and wind
chill created a condition which made the track unsafe for jockeys and horses.
Portland Mile purse increased to $50,000 - February
15, 2010 - Portland Meadows has announced that the purse for their signature
race, the Portland Mile has been increased from $40,000 to $50,000 for the 2010
edition of the race, to be held on Wednesday April 28th. This year’s Portland
Mile will be the 45th running of the annual event for older horses and is
contested over a one mile distance.
Champion Brenda Beautiful Retired, Will Be Bred To Favorite Trick -
RUIDOSO DOWNS (February 15, 2010) – R.D. Hubbard and Johnny T.L.
Jones Jr.’s homebred Brenda Beautiful, the 2008 champion 2-year-old filly, has
been retired from racing and will be bred to Favorite Trick (tb).
PRINCELIKE WILL HEADLINE THE GRADE 1 WINTER DERBY ON FRIDAY NIGHT -
CYPRESS, CA. - FEBRUARY 14, 2010 - From Co-World Champion Whosleavingwho in 2001
to champion Panther Mountain in 2002 to World Champion Be A Bono in 2004 to
PCQHRA champion A Tempting Dash in 2009, the list of winners of the $201,750 Los
Alamitos Winter Derby is choke-full of great names from racing's recent past.
The name of a new young star will be added to this list on Friday, February 19
following this year's running of the Los Alamitos Winter Derby.
Red
Lead takes commanding win in $50,000 Curribot Stakes - Sunland Park, NM - February 14, 2010 - Red Lead rocketed to a
commanding 2-length win in the $50,000 Curribot Stakes at Sunland Park Racetrack
and Casino on Sunday. Under a thoughtful ride from 5-time Sunland Park riding
champ Ken Tohill, Red Lead surged from off the pace to earn his first career
stakes win. The four-year-old gelded son of Red Bullet exploded from fourth
position at the half mile marker to first place while racing into the stretch.
Molly Jones / Coady Photography
Maximus ruler gets sunday breeze for saturday’s risen star - NEW ORLEANS (Sunday, February 14, 2010) – Don Benge’s Maximus
Ruler, runner-up in Fair Grounds’ Grade III Lecomte Jan. 23 after inheriting an
unwanted pacesetting scenario, breezed five furlongs in 1:02.60 Sunday morning
in preparation for next Saturday’s Grade II Risen Star Stakes as the showcase
race on Louisiana Derby Preview Day.
CAN ANYBODY STOP FREAKY IN WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP?CYPRESS, CA. FEBRUARY
13, 2010 .. Can they beat him? "They" are the nine horses that qualified two
through 10 to the $228,450 Los Alamitos Winter Championship that will be held on
Saturday night, February 20. "Him", of course, is none other that the sport's
World Champion Quarter Horse sprinter, the irresistible Freaky, who posted the
fastest qualifying time to the Winter Championship back on January 30. Freaky's
fastest time that night of :19.315 was 14/100ths faster than the second fastest
qualifier, the quick-breaking Bloke. Impressively, Freaky did what he did
despite nearly falling leaving the gate.
Cal-bred now on
Derby trail - Arcadia, CA. - February 13, 2010 - Maybe it
was the relatively modest California breeding or the obscure jockey that dimmed
the perfect record going into Saturday's Grade II, $150,000 Robert. B. Lewis
Stakes for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita, but Caracortado emerged as a bona fide
Kentucky Derby prospect after knocking off such consensus top 10 designees as
11-10 favorite Tiz Chrome and 5-2 second choice American Lion.
STRONG
PERFORMANCES FOR TIE ROD IN TURF PARADISE HANDICAP - Phoenix, AZ
(February 13, 2010) – Enjoying an excellent comeback win, after a disappointing
fifth at Gulfstream Park in the Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes, Tie Rod posted
his win in the Turf Paradise Handicap, defeating twelve rivals in the $28,000
feature on Saturday. Photo Credit Given To: / Coady
Photography
Ez
WINNER SCORES AGAIN WITH PHOENIX GOLD CUP WIN at TURF PARADISE-
Phoenix, AZ, (February 13, 2010) — The 5-year-old son of Irish bred
In Excess raced to a decisive one-and-a-quarter-length victory in the $75,000
featured 7th race at Turf Paradise on Saturday marking his second stakes win in
a row. Photo Credit Given To: / Coady Photography
MARKMELAURAS
EARNS FIRST STAKES WIN AT TURF pARADISE
-
Phoenix, AZ. (February 13, 2010) – Ernie J. Turner’s Markmelauras set the pace
throughout the one mile distance on the turf in Saturday’s $27,500 feature at
Turf Paradise earning her first stakes in the Sun City Handicap.
Photo Credit Given To: / Coady Photography
Stormy
Express holds on by a neck to win $50,000 El Diario Stakes -
Sunland Park, NM - February 13, 2010 - Stormy Express bounced back nicely
from a 4-month layoff to take a driving win in the $50,000 El Diario Stakes on
Saturday at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Racing at nearly 6-1 odds against
a stellar field of fillies and mares, Stormy Express broke alertly and quickly
assumed a stalking position down the backstretch run of the six and one-half
furlong race. Tommie Morelos / Coady Photography
CLEAR
SAILING WINS FG’S pELLETERI WITH SHANE SELLERS UP - Result
Sets Up Possible Meeting with Rachel Alexandra in the New Orleans Ladies - NEW
ORLEANS (Saturday, February 13, 2010) – Veteran jockey Shane Sellers, lately
surging as “The Comeback Kid” after being away from competition for
four-and-a-half years, came from worst to first astride the appropriately-named
Clear Sailing to win Saturday’s featured $60,000 Pelleteri Stakes by a neck to
give Sellers a riding triple for the day. Hodges Photography /
Lou Hodges, Jr.
hotep, ‘general’, ‘jody’ get louisiana derby preview day works - NEW ORLEANS (Saturday, February 13, 2010) – Two prominent
3-year-old colts pointing toward Fair Grounds’ Grade II Risen Star Stakes Feb.
20 were given their last significant works Saturday morning in advance of next
weekend’s final major prep for the Grade II Louisiana Derby March 27.
Decelerator Holds Off Eve Giselle for Martha
Washington Win - Hot Springs, AR. - February 13, 2010 -
Westrock Stable's Decelerator used her experience with two-turn races to her
advantage as she rallied through down the rail to hold off the challenge of Bean
Counter Stable's Eve Giselle and capture the 32nd running of the $75,000 Martha
Washington Stakes before a crowd of 20,178 gathered at Oaklawn Park on a sunny
Saturday afternoon.
Texas Thoroughbred Association Update - FEB. 12 TTA AWARDS DINNER,
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING NEXT SATURDAY AT SHRP - The Texas Thoroughbred
Association will take time next Saturday, February 20, to honor the owners and
breeders of the 2009 Texas-bred champions of all racing divisions headed by
Eileen Hartis’ homebred Princess Haya, the Texas Horse of the Year and Champion
Older Filly/Mare. The presentations will take place during an awards dinner at
Sam Houston Race Park beginning at 7pm following a cocktail reception starting
at 6pm. AUCTION OF RACHEL ALEXANDRA SADDLE TOWEL WILL BENEFIT
EDUCATION FUND - New TTA Life Member Hal Wiggins, the
original trainer of Rachel Alexandra, is procuring the autograph of jockey
Calvin Borel on the saddle towel worn by Rachel Alexandra when she won last
year’s Fair Grounds Oaks. TRC REVISES FINGERPRINT
POLICY AND SETS MANOR DOWNS BARN ENTRY RULES
THOROUGHBRED
TIMES launches Triple Crown website
The prep season is under way for contenders pointing for the 2010 Triple Crown,
and THOROUGHBRED TIMES will keep racing fans informed daily of any and all news,
workouts, races, and other developments through its
Road to the Triple
Crown website.
GGF ANNOUNCES PURSE REDUCTIONS, CANCELATION OF THREE STAKES - ALBANY,
CA. -February 12, 2010 - Golden Gate Fields announced Friday that it is reducing
purses by an average of 7.5 percent, canceling three stakes and reducing the
purses of two other stakes. The reductions, prompted by a significant reduction
in betting handle at the current meeting, begin with the Feb. 18 racing program.
Handleman wins friday feature at fair grounds NEW ORLEANS (Friday, February 12, 2010) – Gold Square
LLC’s Handleman made the pace and increased his margin in the final furlong to
win Friday’s $41,000 six-furlong allowance sprint at Fair Grounds by
three-and-a-quarter lengths at the wire.
RACHEL ALEXANDRA DRILLS IN DRIZZLING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING - NEW ORLEANS
(Friday, February 12, 2010) – Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, aiming once
again for an anticipated confrontation with her older rival Zenyatta in
Oaklawn’s Grade I Apple Blossom April 9, worked Friday morning at Fair Grounds
in advance of her scheduled seasonal bow March 13 in the $200,000 New Orleans
Ladies at the Crescent City oval.
Grade 3 $800,000 Sunland Derby attracts 130 nominees - Sunland Park, nm - Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 - 130 three-year-olds are
nominated to the Grade 3 $800,000 Sunland Derby to be run on Sunday, March 28.
The list of sophomore thoroughbreds is an impressive array of talent. Ten of the
twelve horses listed on Steve Haskin’s Kentucky Derby Dozen published in
Bloodhorse Magazine are nominated to the Sunland Derby. 85 of the Sunland Derby
eligible's are nominated to this year’s Triple Crown
RACHEL ALEXANDRA POINTING TO MARCH 13 NEW ORLEANS LADIES - Horse of the
Year’s 4-Year-Old Debut Will Serve as Prep for Showdown with Zenyatta -
NEW ORLEANS (Thursday, February 11, 2010) – Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra
will make her 4-year-old debut in the March 13 New Orleans Ladies, assuming she
continues to progress as expected, owner Jess Jackson of Stonestreet Stables
confirmed Thursday. The $200,000 New Orleans Ladies is for fillies and mares at
1 1/16 miles on the main track.
Rachel Vs. Zenyatta Showdown is Back On
By The Associated Press - February 11, 2010
Charles Cella said the owners of both champions agreed Feb. 11 to run their
horses in the Apple Blossom Invitational Handicap (gr. I) on a new date of April
9, for a $5 million purse.
CHURCH CAMP TRANSFERS CHURCHILL FORM TO SANTA ANITA - ARCADIA,
Calif. (Feb. 11, 2010) – Church Camp, purchased privately after winning her
maiden debut on Nov. 19 at Churchill Downs by 4 ¾ lengths, transferred her
ability west to Santa Anita on Thursday with an impressive 1 ¼-length victory in
the featured $47,504 first condition allowance race for 3-year-old fillies.
It’s
A Wonderful Life, Ruidoso Style
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (February 11, 2010) – It’s A Wonderful Life in
Ruidoso, but will it last?
Director Frank Capra’s legendary 1946 film It’s A Wonderful Life showed how in
the small fictional community of Bedford Falls everyone’s life was connected.
The main character George Bailey (played by James Stewart) is deeply troubled,
considering suicide. Angel second class Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers) earns
his wings by showing Bailey how Bedford Fall is a better community because he is
alive. - photo - Cody Jensen by Ty Wyant - Paul Jones' Tularosa training facility
by
Frank Angst -
Thoroughbred Times
February 10, 2010- The connections of Horse of the
Year Rachel Alexandra on Wednesday turned down a $5-million purse offer from
Oaklawn Park to face champion Zenyatta in the Apple Blossom Stakes (G1), but
they did express interest in a three-race series.
Horse Racing Radio Network begins broadcasts February 20 -
TB Times - February 10, 2010 - The Horse Racing Radio Network will broadcast
more than 100 races in 2010, beginning with a two-hour broadcast that will
include the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) on February 20 at Gulfstream Park.
SIZZLING CERIN WINS PAINTED WAGON PURSE WITH CIGAR MAN AT 11-1 -
ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 10, 2010) – Vladimir Cerin, one of the hottest trainers at
the Santa Anita meet, brought Cigar Man back from a two-month freshening to
score an 11-1 upset Wednesday in the track’s one-mile feature, the $54,000
Painted Wagon Purse.
Seven Torrents dominant again in the Oregon Thoroughbred Breeders’ Derby -
Portland, OR. February 9, 2010 - Seven Torrents went
right to the front and never looked back as he scored wire to wire to win the
$49,600 Oregon Thoroughbred Breeders’ Derby at Portland Meadows. The three year
old son of Cascadian broke perfectly and was able to navigate moderate fractions
of 48.49 for the opening half and three quarters in 1:13.21. As the field
approached the quarter pole, Seven Torrents began to slowly pull clear of second
choice Smoken Sham who chased for most of the way. Promiscuous Lad was able to
come up the rail to rally into the second spot, well clear of Cascade Carson who
finished third.
NM
Legislators Consider 4 Racing Bills
By Charles D. Brunt -
Albuq.
Journal - February 9, 2010 - Four
horse racing-related bills, including a convoluted tax break for Ruidoso Downs
and allowing wagers on televised dog races at racinos, are tracking their way
through the state Legislature.
Mine
That Bird named NM horse of the year - SANTA FE, NM February
9, 2010 — The New Mexico House of Representatives on Friday named Kentucky Derby
winner Mine That Bird its 2009 Horse of the Year. - photo by Ty Wyant - Ruidoso Downs Racetrack, NM - 2009
Total sales, average increase at Fasig-Tipton Good News from Kentucky - by Pete Denk -
Thoroughbred Times
February 8, 2010 - Buoyed by better quality at the top of the market, the
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale experienced a 36.9% increase in average
price on Monday at Newtown Paddocks in Lexington.
Maria Margarita makes it two in a row with another win - Portland. OR. February 8, 2010 - Maria Margarita was impressive again
as she held off the favored Virginia Girl to win the day’s fourth race and her
third race of the season. Maria Margarita improved her season earnings to $9,095
with the win and seems to be hitting her stride.
Cupids Dash wins the Memorial as the huge favorite -
Portland, OR. February 8, 2010 - Cupids Dash was bet down to overwhelming
favoritism at odds of 1/5 by his backers, but he didn’t disappoint as he pulled
away late to win the $10,000 added Memorial at Portland Meadows on Monday. The 3
year old has now won three races in a row which includes a win in the
prestigious Far West Futurity back on December 15. Joe Crispin was again on
board for the win for trainer Scott Raley and owner/breeder Gary Chumbley.
FRIESAN FIRE, GENERAL QUARTERS HEADED FOR REMATCH IN MINESHAFT - By
Graham Ross - NEW ORLEANS (Monday, February 08, 2010) – Fair Grounds’ upcoming
Grade III Mineshaft Handicap on Louisiana Derby Preview Day Feb. 20 is shaping
up as one of the most anticipated races of the season – no matter who ships in
from out of town.
All
American Numbers Rise Despite Economic Downturn -
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (February 8, 2010) – The nominations to the 2011 All
American Triple Crown are up over at least the past five years, despite the
international economic recession, and there is still time to nominate foals of
2009.
Jon Arnett now king of New Mexico trainers Like father, like son.
Sunland Pk. NM - February 8, 2010 - Bob Arnett was at Sunland Park Racetrack and
Casino when it opened in 1959. He was an immediate hit as a trainer and went on
to be the leading trainer at the track an amazing 12 different times.
By Ray Sanchez
HOLLENDORFER, MAWING RECORD TRIPLES AT GGF ALBANY, CA. February 7, 2010 -- Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and jockey Leslie
a Mawingcelebrated Super Bowl Sunday by winning three races apiece at Golden
Gate Fields.
SUCCESSFUL MISSION WINS AT FAIR GROUNDS ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY - NEW
ORLEANS (Sunday, February 07, 2010) – Live Oak Plantation’s Successful Mission
won Sunday’s $42,500 feature at Fair Grounds in what New Orleans native hunch
players hoped would be prescient of a victory by the New Orleans Saints some
hours later in Super Bowl XLIV.
JUS
LEDOUX IT IS FASTEST QUALIFIER TO $134,000 MAIDEN STAKES - CYPRESS, CA.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2010 - The partnership of Vessels Stallion Farm and Los Bustardos
has enjoyed great success over the years with the outstanding champion Little
Bit Of Baja, the winner of the 2007 Los Alamitos Super Derby and a two-time
runner-up in the Champion of Champions.
Horse
Racing to Return to Missoula - Missoula, MT. February
6, 2010 - At one time, the state had 20 operating race tracks. In 2009, there
were only 3. But this year, you can add another to the list.
American
Classic surges in deep stretch to win
$50,000 Budweiser Stakes - Sunland Park, NM - February 6,
2010 - Dismissed at over 10-1 odds, American Classic surged in deep stretch to
gain a dramatic victory in the $50,000 Budweiser Stakes at Sunland Park
Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. Under a courageous ride from former Southern
California jockey Agapito Delgadillo, American Classic dug in determinedly to
fight off a serious challenge from Sky Jedi. PHOTO Credit -
Molly Jones/ Coady Photography
Hall of Fame horse trainer Anderson fined, suspended -By
ART HOVEY /
Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Saturday, February 6, 2010 - The
Nebraska Racing Commission struck a blow for the integrity of horse racing
Friday, and the blow landed squarely on a Hall of Fame thoroughbred owner and
trainer from Ashland.
speedy royal express steals black Gold at
fair
grounds
- NEW ORLEANS
(Saturday, February 06, 2010) – Richard
Rudolph’s Royal Express gave trainer Spanky
Broussard an early birthday present Saturday
when he made the pace throughout in the $56,400
Black Gold Stakes for 3-year-olds at five and a
half furlongs and won by three and a half
lengths. The sprint, scheduled for the
Stall-Wilson turf course, was taken off the
grass after a deluge of rain two days ago in
southeastern Louisiana. Photo by Hodges
Photography/Lynn Roberts
Santa Anita has
canceled its Saturday card
due to heavy rains in Southern California. The
wash out of the program impacts important prep
races for both the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) and
Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I).
SANTA ANITA RESCHEDULES THREE GRADED STAKES,
THE LAS VIRGENES, STRUB AND LEWIS TO GO SATURDAY- ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2010)—Santa Anita
Park has announced that three graded stakes: the
Gr. I Las Virgenes, the Gr. II Robert Lewis and
Gr. II Strub Stakes which were cancelled
Saturday due to rain, have been rescheduled for
Saturday, Feb. 13.
2/6/2010
- Exercise rider Dominic Terry pilots Horse of
the Year winner Rachel Alexandra down the Fair
Grounds stretch in an early morning workout.
photo by Lou Hodges, Jr.
MOBILIZED MOWS DOWN TOTAL BULL AS BEJARANO
TRIPLES - ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 5, 2010)
– With Rafael Bejarano gaining his third win of
the afternoon, Mobilized mowed down 11-10
favorite Total Bull in the final strides of
Friday’s $56,984 allowance feature at Santa
Anita while running seven furlongs in 1:21.73.
seEking ms shelley wins friday feature at fair
grounds - NEW ORLEANS
(Friday, February 05, 2010) – Dream Walking
Farms’ Seeking Ms Shelley, allowed to settle
just behind the early leaders, launched a bold
bid outside those when set down for the drive
and held on late for a three-quarter-length
tally in Friday’s $44,500
five-and-a-half-furlong sprint for fillies and
mares at Fair Grounds.
APPRENTICE JOCKEY GONZALEZ WINS THREE RACES IN A
ROW - ALBANY, CA. February 5, 2010 -
-- Apprentice jockey Alex Gonzalez, an
18-year-old native of Hollywood, Florida, won
three consecutive races Friday at Golden Gate
Fields.
Remington to eliminate Sunday racing this fall
-
Oklahoma City, OK - February
5, 2010 - With the exception of Oklahoma Derby
day Oct. 10, Remington Park will eliminate
Sunday racing from its fall Thoroughbred
schedule, track officials said.
JESUS ALFREDO SOTO DIES - February 4,
2010 - Jesus Alfredo Soto, 58, who with wife
Sandra owned champion Royal Quick Dash, died
January 28 of a heart attack. Soto had triple
bypass surgery about a year ago, and that
surgery was followed by a kidney transplant.
JOCKEYS, HOLY ANGELS CAGERS TO MEET FEB. 25,
DELAHOUSSAYE, GOMEZ, PINCAY TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS
ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 5, 2010)—The 43rd annual
Holy Angels-Santa Anita Jockeys Charity
Basketball Game will take place Thursday, Feb.
25, 7:15 p.m., at La Salle High School in
Pasadena. Proceeds will benefit the Holy Angels
athletic department and legendary Hall of Fame
jockeys Eddie Delahoussaye and Laffit Pincay
will be on hand along with four-time national
money-won champion Garrett Gomez to sign
autographs, beginning at 6:15 p.m.
WORKOUTS BEGIN FOR 2010 RACING SEASON, JIM BEAN
HAS FIRST OFFICIAL CLOCKING - OKLAHOMA
CITY – February 5, 2010 - Remington Park’s
racing surface opened for morning training today
after winter weather forced a delay in the
proceedings from earlier this week. Jim Bean
posted the first workout of the year with the
2010 American Quarter Horse & Mixed-Breed Season
set to begin in one month.
AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE RACING: 2009 NUMBERS IN
REVIEW - As reported by The American
Quarter Horse Racing Journal, February 4, 2010 –
In a non-recession year, 2009’s figures would
have been considered lukewarm for American
Quarter Horse racing. However, in a very
difficult season for horse racing overall, the
sprinters continued to weather the storm well,
as the number of starters, total purses and
added money rose, while the number of races and
total handle dipped slightly.
Planning next move for Mine That Bird - February 4, 2010 - While most eyes
are on the Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra camps
for news about when they'll make their 2010
debuts, there's another racing star who'll soon
be ready to make his first start of the year.
ADDED DISTANCE AIDS UPSETTER SNOWMASTER IN LONG
WALK HOME PURSE AT 1 ¼ MILES - ARCADIA,
Calif. (Feb. 4, 2010) – Rallying from last in a
field of six, Darley Stable’s Snowmaster
relished the added distance of Santa Anita’s
$48,400 The Long Walk Home Purse on Thursday to
capture the mile-and-one-quarter feature by 1
1/2 lengths over Mr. Hot Stuff.
ROMAN LADY COMES THROUGH FOR BETTORS IN DEBUT AT
GGF - ALBANY, CA. - February 4, 2010 -
Roman Lady, a half-sister to millionaire
multiple stakes-winner Bold Chieftain, made a
winning career debut at Golden Gate Fields
Thursday.
Oaklawn Announces $5 Million Apple Blossom
-
Hot Springs, AR, - February 04, 2010 - Calling
it “one of the most important moments at Oaklawn
and in Arkansas sports,” Oaklawn President
Charles J. Cella announced Thursday that Oaklawn
will increase the purse of the April 3 Grade I
Apple Blossom to $5 million provided champions
Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta both start. - Charles J. Cella pictured
Mine That Bird still on R&R
February 3, 2010
- And that’s what the
2009 Kentucky Derby winner will continue to do,
down at the Double Eagle Ranch in Roswell, New
Mexico.
Monarchos Cassie cruises wire to wire to win the
City of Roses Handicap - PORTLAND, OR. February 3, 2010 -
Monarchos Cassie went right to the front and
stayed there as she cruised to an impressive
three and three quarter length win in the
$18,000 City of Roses Handicap. Jockey Troy
Stillwell was able to rate the daughter of
Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos on the front end
and slowed the pace down, with a slow opening
half mile of :49.36 seconds. Turning for home
there was little doubt that Monarchos Cassie
still had something left in the tank as she
exploded away from the two wagering favorites,
Gameshy and Eloisa, who were left behind in
second and third respectively.
VICTOR’S CRY FLIES HOME OVER HILLSIDE TURF
COURSE FOR UPSET - ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb.
3, 2010) – Unable to make much impact with Grade
II company in his previous two starts, Victor’s
Cry uncorked a furious rally on Wednesday to
capture Santa Anita’s $55,554 allowance feature
at 6 ½ furlongs over the track’s hillside turf
course.
Vital
Winner TaKes Third Stakes Victory at hialeah
- HIALEAH, FL. -
FEBRUARY 3, 2010 – Debra Gotovac’s, Vital Winner
showed his stuff on closing day at Hialeah Park
by winning the inaugural running of the $30,000
Sailfish Stakes. Jockey Alex Baldillez, Jr.
piloted the gray gelding to victory leaving his
mark in the first-ever Quarter Horse meet in
Hialeah history. Coady Photography | Kurtis
Coady
Plan B for Ruidoso Downs Racetrack billJim
Kalvelage reporting for the
Ruidoso News - Ruidoso Downs, NM
- February 3, 2010 - After tax parity for
racinos appeared doomed, new legislation would
provide a local option, via an election, to
raise GRT rate.
New legislation that could provide a tax break
for racinos in New Mexico, through a county
gross receipts tax, has been introduced at the
Roundhouse.
Wowzer
Won Repeats With Hialeah Invitational
Championship Win -
HIALEAH, FL. - FEBRUARY 2, 2010 - Kathleen O.
Matey's homebred mare Wowzer Won raced to a
decisive three-quarter-length victory in the
$75,000 featured 8th race on a sloppy track
Tuesday at Hialeah Park. Coady Photography
| Kurtis Coady
rachel alexandra’s halter goes up for auction at
fair grounds - NEW ORLEANS
(Monday, February 01, 2010) – Horse of the Year
Rachel Alexandra had her first recorded work of
the 2010 racing season at Fair Grounds Sunday
morning, but beginning Friday a special
commemorative stable halter once worn by the
magnificent filly will go on display in Fair
Grounds clubhouse.
Hotep enters louisiana derby picture after
Monday’s fg feature -
NEW ORLEANS (Monday, February 01, 2010) –
Sam-Son Farms’ Hotep proved no disappointment to
those Fair Grounds fans who backed him down to
odds-on favoritism in Monday’s $40,000 feature
for 3-year-olds and may now have entered the
long-range picture for the Grade II Louisiana
Derby March 27.
THE
HORSES ARE BACK! TRAINING BEGINS FOR 15TH SEASON
AUBURN, Wash. (Feb. 1, 2010) – The horses were
back on the track Monday morning as training
began for the 89-day meeting that begins Friday,
April 9.
Emerald Downs stable superintendent Vern Baze
said 328 horses were on the grounds, as of
Monday morning. Training hours are 8 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. daily.
EL CABALLO TO PASS FAIR GROUNDS ’CAP, AWAIT
MUNIZ MEMORIAL - NEW ORLEANS (Sunday,
January 31, 2010) –James Spence’s El Caballo,
winner of the Grade III Col. E. R. Bradley
Handicap at Fair Grounds last week on Road to
the Derby Kickoff Day, will not be a candidate
for the Grade III Fair Grounds Handicap as the
next leg of the Crescent City oval’s grass
series on Feb. 20.
FREAKY CREATES RARE MINUS WIN POOL IN TRIAL
VICTORY - CYPRESS, CA. - JANUARY 31,
2010 - World Champion Freaky was such an
overwhelming favorite to win his 2010 debut his
Saturday's trial to the Grade 1 $228,450 Los
Alamitos Winter Championship that he created an
ultra rare Quarter Horse minus win pool of
approximately $67 in the race. A minus pool is
caused when one horse is so heavily played that,
after deductions of state tax and commission,
there is not enough money left to pay the
legally prescribed minimum on each winning bet.
The racing association, in this case Los
Alamitos, had to make up the difference. Place
and show wagering was not offered in the Freaky
race. - TVG will air the new "Los Alamitos
Weekend Preview Show" on Friday mornings with
host Ed Burgart and the Dr. Les Onaka. Check
your TVG program listing for the start time for
this new show.
VETERAN TURF WRITER BORTSTEIN DIES AT 67, WROTE
FOR O.C. REGISTER, CAL BREEDERS-
ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 31, 2010)—Veteran turf
writer Larry Bortstein passed away early Sunday
morning at Arcadia Methodist Hospital after
sustaining a pulmonary embolism Jan. 23.
Bortstein, 67, never regained consciousness and
had been on life support since being transported
to Methodist following the embolism.
STRONG
PERFORMANCE BY MAIDEN SOPHISICATED SNOW IN SOUTH
FLORIDA QH DERBY - HIALEAH. FL. (January 31,
2010) – Enjoying the best run of his racing
career, Sophisticated Snow posted his first win
of his racing career on Sunday afternoon,
defeating ten rivals in the $143,650 Florida
Quarter Horse Derby at Hialeah Park.
- Photo credit - Linda Coady / Coady Photography
One
Tough Dude Rallies To Win Sunshine State Stakes
at Hialeah Park - HIALEAH, FL.
(January 31, 2010) — Ramon Gallegos’ One Tough
Dude made a last ditch effort, surging at the
wire to win the $27,500 Sunshine State Stakes
over 220 yards on Sunday afternoon at Hialeah
Park. - Photo Credit Given To: / Coady Photography
Favored
CHI TER Wins sOUTH fLORIDA qh INVITATIONAL at
HIALEAH- HIALEAH,
FL. (January 31, 2010) — The 3-year-old gelding
Chi Ter raced to a decisive
one-and-a-quarter-length victory in the $30,000
South Florida Quart Horse Invitational Stakes
with veteran jockey Alex Baldillez aboard at
Hialeah Park on Sunday.
Linda Coady / Coady Photography
RACHEL ALEXANDRA enjoys Saturday gallop - By Graham Ross - NEW ORLEANS (Saturday,
January 30, 2010) – Reigning Horse of the Year
Rachel Alexandra enjoyed a spirited gallop over
the sealed Fair Grounds racing strip Saturday
morning with regular exercise rider Dominic
Terry aboard for the move.
“She came out on the track at 6:25 this morning
accompanied by (assistant trainer) Scott Blasi
on a pony,” said Fair Grounds clocker Billy
Pettingill. “After she broke off from the pony
she dropped in to the rail and stretched her
legs in an open gallop all the way around the
course.
“I can tell you that she was a very happy horse
coming off the track,” Pettingill said. “She
enjoyed being out there and never turned a hair.
I would say she was going about 60 percent.”
Blasi said that Rachel Alexandra would “pick it
up” more on Sunday morning as she continues
building up to an official breeze in coming
days. Two-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer
Steve Asmussen was out of town Saturday but,
according to Blasi, “the boss will be back
tomorrow.”
Bill introduced could affect Ruidoso Downs
Racetrack - Santa Fe,
NM - January 31, 2010 - A bill that would pave
the way for an increase in the gross receipts
tax, and which could possibly be applied to
Ruidoso Downs Race Track, was introduced in the
New Mexico Legislature Thursday.
HB 203, the Business Retention Gross Receipts
Tax and Gaming Tax, was sponsored by Thomas A
Garcia, a Democrat representing District 68 in
northern New Mexico.
FREAKY
OVERCOMES TROUBLED START TO POST FASTEST TIME TO
LOS ALAMITOS WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP - LOS
ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA. JANUARY 30,
2010 - For the first time since Armando
Aguirre's Freaky began his torrid winning streak
some eight months ago, he encountered some
trouble in a race. It did not matter. The World
Champion still crushed to victory, as he posted
the fastest qualifying time in Saturday's trials
to the $228,450 Los Alamitos Winter
Championship.
Blumin
Beauty Holds On To Win Mesa Handicap at Turf
Paradise - Phoenix, AZ.
(January 30, 2010) — Viola Oliver’s Blumin
Beauty vied inside in the turn and held her lead
through the stretch to win the $27,125 Mesa
Handicap over six-and-half furlongs on Saturday
afternoon at Turf Paradise.
Photo Credit Given To: / Coady Photography
Rylees
Boy surges late to win $50,000 KOFX-Radio
Handicap Ballistic Heat wins $30,000 SPRC
Claiming Series – Phase #1 - January 30, 2010 - Rylees Boy exploded in
deep stretch to win the $50,000 KOFX-Radio
Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on
Saturday. Under jockey Joe Ruiz, the 2009
runner-up in the $350,000 Championship at
Sunland Park showed his class in the 350 yard
feature. The rapidly improving Arizona-bred son
of Heza Motor Scooter kicked into high gear in
the final 100 yards to sweep by his opponents.
The five-year-old gelding edged past Shy Ann
Jess the final jumps to win by a neck. The
winner sped through the race in good 17.23
seconds, good for a 92 speed index.
Photo
Credit Given To: Tommie Morelos / Coady
Photography
Bubbler
Noses Never Retreat in Marie Krantz Memorial
'Cap - New Orleans, LA. - January
30, 2010 - Bubbler burst forth and Never Retreat
just missed in the final jump after a
hard-fought two-horse stretch duel that was
Saturday’s $57,600 Marie Krantz Memorial
Handicap at Fair Grounds. - Photo by Hodges
Photography / Lou Hodges, Jr.
Saturday and Sunday Live Racing Now Cancelled at
Oaklawn
In response to a request by officials of
horsemen, Oaklawn Park officials have announced
that Oaklawn Park will be closed for live racing
on Saturday and Sunday, January 30-31. President
Bill Walmsley of the local division of the
Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective
Association, which represents horsemen across
the country, polled his membership on Saturday
morning and brought the request for cancellation
of the Sunday program to track management.
“We certainly understood their concerns and
agreed to cooperate,” noted Oaklawn general
manager, Eric Jackson.Track stewards responded
quickly to the request and cancelled the
scheduled the Sunday program.
Oaklawn will remain open on Sunday for
Simulcasting and Gaming, with gates opening for
Gaming at 10:00 a.m. and for Simulcasting at
11:00 a.m.Gaming will remain open until 2:00
a.m. on Monday
PRINCELIKE
IS THE KING OF THE WINTER DERBY TRIALS -
LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA.... Ed
Allred's Princelike emerged as the supreme
leader of the Los Alamitos Winter Derby trials
after demolishing his rivals while posting the
fastest qualifying time of :19.421 on Friday
night to the $201,750 final to be held on
February 19.
ANDINA STRIDES AWAY FROM RIVALS TO GO
TWO-FOR-TWO IN U.S. - ARCADIA, Calif.
(Jan. 29, 2010) – Purchased privately by Arnold
Zetcher following a third-place finish when
debuting in England, Irish-bred Andina made it
two-for-two in the United States Friday when she
mowed down her competition in Santa Anita’s
$50,000 optional claiming feature for 3-year-old
fillies at one mile on turf.
southern style wins friday feature at fair
grounds - NEW ORLEANS
(January 29, 2010) – Maynard Chatters Jr.’s
Southern Style, allowed to settle early, rallied
outside the leaders when set down for the drive
and won Friday’s $29,000 optional claiming
sprint at Fair Grounds by two and a quarter
lengths.
EMERALD
DOWNS ANNOUNCES 89 RACING DAYS IN 2010 -
AUBURN, Wash. (Jan. 28, 2010) – The 75th
running of the $250,000 Longacres Mile (GIII)
will highlight an 89-day race meeting at Emerald
Downs in 2010.
The 15th season at Emerald Downs will open
Friday, April 9, and continue through Sunday,
Sept. 26, pending approval by the Washington
Horse Racing Commission. Racing will be held
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Thursday racing
will begin June 10 and continue through Aug. 26.
Special holiday racing will be offered on
Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, and Labor Day,
Monday, Sept. 6.
The Longacres Mile, the richest race in the
Northwest, is Sunday, Aug. 22.
The Emerald Downs stable area opens Friday, Jan.
29, with training beginning Monday, Feb. 1.
NMHBA HONORS ITS STATE-BRED CHAMPIONS -
January 29, 2010 – Reigning AQHA champion aged
stallion First Moonflash was among the 12
state-bred horses honored during the New Mexico
Horse Breeders’ Association Zia Awards banquet
in Albuquerque on Thursday.
NMHBA BOARD OF TRUSTEES WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS
GONCHAROFF, TRUJILLO - January 29,
2010 – The members of the New Mexico Horse
Breeders’ Association on Thursday elected Tom
Goncharoff and John Trujillo, both of Tularosa,
to the organization’s board of trustees.
Canterbury Park’s 2010 Stakes Schedule -
Claiming Crown and Minnesota Festival of
Champions are Highlights- Shakopee, MN
-January 29, 2010- Canterbury Park’s
thoroughbred stakes schedule this year features
34 races totaling $1.71 million in purses,
including six Claiming Crown races and seven on
Minnesota Festival of Champions Day. The 62-day
meet begins Friday night, May 14 and closing
day, Festival Day, will be Sunday, August 29.
The Minnesota Festival of Champions, now in its
17th year, will offer purses of $345,000 for
horses bred in the state.
2010 Stakes Schedule
LOS ALAMITOS RTCA AUCTION RAISES OVER $26,000
- CYPRESS, Ca. JANUARY 28, 2010 - The Los
Alamitos division of the Race Track Chaplaincy
of America raised $26,670 at its live/silent
auction held as part of the PCQHRA Awards
Banquet on Tuesday, January 26.
RUBIO'S WORK HAS PAID OFF IN BIG WAY -
LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA....
Francisco Rubio was honored as the recipient of
the 2009 Val Tonks Awards for top young rider at
the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing
Association's banquet - a well-deserved honor
for a pilot who just a year earlier was better
known for riding mules than Quarter Horses. In
2009, Rubio was known as the winning rider
aboard the nation's top sprinter, the World
Champion Freaky. Rubio still can't believe how
far he has come in such a short amount of time.
Rubio and Freaky won the Champion of Champions,
Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational
Championship, Vessels Maturity and Spencer
Childers Championship - four races that most
grizzled veterans would die to have on their
resume. Rubio will now pilot Freaky in
Saturday's third trial to the Los Alamitos
Winter Championship.
Texas Thoroughbred Association and SureBet
Racing News Reach An Agreement
- January 27, 2009 -
SureBet Racing News has reached an agreement
with the Texas Thoroughbred Association to be
recognized as the officially endorsed
publication of the Texas Thoroughbred
Association.
With the agreement SureBet Racing News will
devote an entire section to the Texas
Thoroughbred Association per quarter for their
publication that posts distribution numbers of
5000 magazines published per month. The
sections will be giving coverage to sponsored
Texas Thoroughbred Association events, Texas
thoroughbred related articles, a letter from
the TTA’s executive director, and race recaps
for Texas racing action. Also, Texas
Thoroughbred Association members will receive a
subscription to SureBet each month in the
absence of the award-winning Texas Thoroughbred
Magazine which halted operation in the third
quarter of 2009.
Arizona County racing funding issue -
Arizona - January 28,2010 -
County fair horse-racing in Arizona relies
heavily on state funding, especially if their
meets are not held at commercial tracks such as
Turf Paradise and Yavapai Downs where
operational costs for the county races are not
such a big issue. This year’s independent county
meets are on the ropes because of reduced
funding and prospects for the future are not
great because of the state’s ongoing financial
crisis.
SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK REQUESTS ADDITIONAL RACES
DATES FOR THE 2009/2010 THOROUGHBRED MEET -
The Park Requests Inclement Weather Make Up
Dates and Additional Live Race Dates for Monday
Live Racing Events in March - HOUSTON
(January 28, 2010)—Sam Houston Race Parkhas
requested the addition of four live racing
dates, to take place on Mondays in the month of
March, for the 2009/2010 Thoroughbred schedule.
Two of the requested dates are make up dates due
to the inclement weather and freezing track
conditions that caused the cancellation of live
racing on January 8 & 9. The Park has requested
an additional two live race dates to round out
the live racing schedule. The requested race
dates are March 8, 15, 22, & 29. Monday live
racing events will feature a post time of 1:20
p.m.
The request for live racing dates for Sam
Houston Race Park is subject to the review and
approval by the Texas Racing Commission.
FREAKY IS PCQHRA HORSE OF THE YEAR - LOS
ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA... Armando
Aguirre's AQHA World Champion Freaky added more
trophies for his mantle piece after being named
the 2009 Horse of the Year at the Pacific Coast
Quarter Horse Racing Association's annual awards
banquet held on Tuesday, January 26.
HRTV TO PROVIDE COVERAGE OF DUBAI RACING
CARNIVAL FROM MEYDAN RACECOURSE 10-Date Carnival Begins Tomorrow -
Arcadia, CA, Jan. 27 -- Once again this season,
HRTV (R) will provide live coverage of the
10-date Dubai International Racing Carnival from
the sparkling new Meydan Racecourse, beginning
tomorrow, Thursday, January 28, and culminating
with the prestigious Dubai World Cup program on
Saturday, March 27. This marks the fourth
consecutive year HRTV has covered the Carnival.
HRTV TO AIR "MAGNA 5 PREVIEW SHOW" THIS FRIDAY
- Half-Hour Show to Offer Expert
Analysis of Five-Race Sequence - Arcadia, CA,
Jan. 27 -- The popular Magna 5 wager returns to
the nation's wagering docket this Saturday,
January 30, and HRTV (R) will provide
horseplayers with expert analysis and insight
into playing the unique exotic bet when it airs
a "Magna 5 Preview Show" on Friday, January 29
at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT.
Maria Margarita impressive in victory at
Portland Meadows -
Portland, OR. - January 27, 2010 - Maria
Margarita sat a perfect trip for much of the
way, took command midway on the far turn and
pulled away into the lane as she cruised to an
easy victory in today’s third race.
Jockey Juan Gutierrez got the 4 year old filly
to settle into a good easy stride in 3rd place
for much of the race as she sat right behind two
dueling leaders. Gutierrez guided Maria
Margarita off the fence midway on the turn as
she exploded past the early leaders. The race
favorite Table for Two made a mild move at Maria
Margarita down the stretch, but the race was
never really in doubt.
ALFARABI PREVAILS AT EVEN-MONEY IN DECORATED
HERO PURSE - ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 27,
2010) – Alfarabi, exiting three stakes races
including a fast-closing second most recently in
the Eddie Logan Stakes, proved too much for his
rival 3-year-olds Wednesday as the even-money
favorite in Santa Anita’s $49,088 Decorated Hero
Purse at 1 1/8 miles on turf.
Horse race satellite wagering proposed -
LINCOLN, Neb. - January
26, 2010 - Supporters of Nebraska's horse racing
industry are pushing for more gambling to help
their sport.
Tedesco Assumes Role of Track Superintendent at
Del Mar - January 26, 2010
- Veteran track maintenance specialist Richard
Tedesco has taken the reins as track
superintendent at Del Mar in anticipation of the
2010 racing season, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
has announced.
Fair
grounds to REDUCE PURSEs STARTING SUNDAY -
NEW ORLEANS (Tuesday,
January 26, 2010) –Fair Grounds Race Course &
Slots will reduce purses of overnight races by
nine-percent, effective Sunday, January 31, and
trim the value of 12 stakes events.
HORSEMEN
BEGIN SET UP FOR 2010 REMINGTON PARK SEASON
- OKLAHOMA CITY – Remington Park’s 2010
American Quarter Horse & Mixed-Breed Season is
still a little more than a month away. However,
preparations are underway for many horsemen as
they arrived this morning to ready their
operations.
RON THE GREEK: A RISING STAR FOR THE RISEN STAR
STAKES?NEW ORLEANS (Sunday, January 24,
2010) – Jack Hammer’s Ron the Greek, who went
from worst to first to win Saturday’s Grade III
Lecomte Stakes at a mile and 40 yards with a
dominating stretch rally, looks like a horse
that will like even longer distances, so trainer
Tom Amoss was asked Sunday morning if his colt
might be pointed for Fair Grounds’ Grade II
Risen Star Stakes at a mile and a sixteenth Feb.
20.
jody slew would be welcome addition to fg’s
silverbulletday - NEW
ORLEANS (Monday, January 25, 2010) – Last
weekend’s $75,000 Tiffany Lass Stakes provided
one welcome surprise for the barn of conditioner
Bret Calhoun when Martin Racing Stable and Dan
Morgan’s Jody Slew got up in time to win the
local oval’s first prep for the Grade II Fair
Grounds Oaks March 26.
FREAKY'S CHASE FOR ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS
- CYPRESS, CA. - JANUARY 24, 2010 - Armando
Aguirre's World Champion Freaky will begin his
title defense when he headlines the trials to
the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Championship on
Saturday night. Freaky's schedule for 2010 will
depend largely on what happens Saturday night.
Queen
Greeley posts upset win in $50,000 El Paso Times
Stakes - Sunland Park, NM
- January 24, 2010 - Trained by red hot Todd
Fincher, Queen Greeley launched a wide run on
the far turn to take an upset win in the $50,000
El Paso Times Stakes at Sunland Park Racetrack
and Casino on Sunday.
Tommie Morelos/ Coady Photography
Papa Clem, 2009 Arkansas Derby Winner, Retired
- HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -
January 24, 2010 - Hirsch's homebred Papa Clem,
winner of the 2009 Arkansas Derby, and who
appeared poised for a big four-year-old campaign
after his victory in the January 16 San Fernando
S. has been retired, trainer Gary Stute said.
Chuchuluco
speeds to victory in $125,000 Pepsi Cola Stakes
- Sunland Pk, NM -
January 23, 2010 - Chuchuluco made his Sunland
Park Racetrack and Casino debut a winning one
and scored a dominating two and one-quarter
length victory in the $125,000 Pepsi Cola Stakes
on Saturday. Under a thoughtful ride from Isaias
Enriquez, Chuchuluco exploded to the front with
a quarter mile go and raced away to an expansive
victory. He pulled well clear of both Rig’s
Runner and Huntin The Trash to win the 6 furlong
New Mexico-bred feature. Tommie Morelos/
Coady Photography
Friesan Fire Takes Louisiana 'Cap; El Caballo
Wins Bradley - NEW ORLEANS -
January 23, 2010 - James Spence’s El Caballo,
unraced since sustaining an injury last June,
returned from that long layoff to win Saturday’s
Grade III Col. E. R. Bradley Handicap while
drawing off by 3 1/4-lengths under a confident
ride by jockey Robby Albarado.
Photo by Hodges Photography/Lynn Roberts
Ron
the Greek Last to First in Grade III Lecomte
- NEW ORLEANS, January 23, 2010 - Jack T.
Hammer’s Ron the Greek rallied past nine other
3-year-olds in the final half-mile of Saturday’s
Grade III Lecomte Stakes to score by 1 ½ lengths
in the first of three races in the Road to the
Derby series at Fair Grounds Race Course &
Slots.
Photo by Hodges Photography/Lynn Roberts
Jody
Slew Surprises in Tiffany Lass
- NEW ORLEANS - January 23, 2010 - Martin Racing
Stable LLC & Dan Morgan’s Jody Slew, the longest
shot in a field of eight 3-year-old fillies,
surprised her connections as much as bettors
when she prevailed by a half-length over Coteau
Grove Farms LLC’s Bella Medaglia in Saturday’s
$75,000 Tiffany Lass Stakes for 3-year-old
fillies at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Jewels
St Patrick Rallies To Win Sparkling Tip Stakes
at Hialeah Park - HIALEAH,
FL. , (January 23, 2010) — Chester Kight’s
homebred Jewels St Patrick made a late rally
just jumps from the wire to win the $22,500
Sparkling Tip Stakes over 350 yards on Saturday
afternoon at Hialeah Park.
HOT
SPRINGS, Ark. - Saturday, January 23, 2010 -
Jockey Corey Nakatani capped a three-bagger on
Saturday's with an exceptional ride to bring
home Sanders & Hirsch's Taptam to victory in the
featured $75,000 Pippin Stakes at Oaklawn Park.
Travelling over a track made sloppy by a heavy
rain only a half hour before the race, Taptam
scored her first Oaklawn stakes win, outgaming
Pin Oak Stable's 13-10 favorite, Euphony, at the
end of an extended battle.
LOS ALAMITOS TO RACE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
UNTIL APRIL - CYPRESS, CA…JANUARY 22, 2009 -
Los Alamitos will race temporarily on a Friday
through Sunday basis effective with next week’s
racing program. No racing will be held on
Thursday nights until April when the new crop of
two year olds starts racing. Following this
week's racing action, Los Alamitos will return
on Friday, January 29 with a first post time of
7 p.m. Friday’s program will feature the trials
to the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Derby. On
Saturday night, the newly crowned World Champion
Freaky is expected to make his season debut in
the trials to the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter
Championship.
NO HABRAN CARRERAS LOS JUEVES
Los Alamitos competirá temporalmente solo de
Viernes a domingo efectivamene con los programas
de la semana próxima programa. No habran
carreras los Jueves por la noche hasta el mes de
Abril cuando la nueva cosecha de caballos dos
añeros comenzaran a competir. Despues de esta
noche, la carreras en Los Alamitos regresarán el
Viernes, 29 de Enero a las 7 de la tarde. El
programa del Viernes representará las carreras
de calificacion del Derby de Invierno de Los
Alamitos. El Sábado por la noche, el nuevo
campeón mundial Freaky correra el Sabado en las
carreras de de calificacion del Campeonato de
Invierno de Los Alamitos.
striking hight wins at Fair Grounds friday
- NEW ORLEANS (Friday, January 22, 2010) – Team
Block’s Striking Hight rallied boldly under a
strong ride by Fair Grounds leading jockey James
Graham to capture Friday’s $45,000 optional
claiming feature by a length and a quarter for
trainer Richie Scherer.
The winner, an altered son of Smart Strike, paid
mutuels of $16, $7.20 and $4.40, toured the
about 1 1/16-mile distance over the Stall-Wilson
turf course in 1:49.64 and increased his career
earnings to $58,011 with his second victory in
five lifetime starts.
Mike McCarty’s Pegasus Prancer, also without
speed, challenged in the final furlong to gain
the place by a half-length but could not catch
the winner. Pegasus Prancer returned $8.20 and
$6.40.
Michele Rodriguez’ Why Not Be Perfect finished
third, paying $15.80 in the show position.
Team Block’s Ice Climber, coupled in the
wagering with Striking Hight, made the pace with
splits of 26.16 and 52.84 before tiring to
finish seventh.
SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK AND GALLERY FURNITURE
CONTINUE EFFORTS FOR
2010 STAKES RACE FEATURING ZENYATTA & RACHEL
ALEXANDRA- The Park & Mattress Mack
Pursue $1.5 Million Race Between Thoroughbred
Powerhouses and Top International Horses for
Premier Live Racing Event for March 27, 2010
HOUSTON (January 22, 2010)—Sam Houston Race Park
and Gallery Furniture continue to step up
efforts to bring super star racers Zenyatta and
the recently named Horse of the Year Rachel
Alexandra together in a high-dollar stakes race
to take place at The Park as part of the MAXXAM
Gold Cup Stakes event on Saturday, March 27,
2010.
POPULAR SUNSHINE MILLIONS TO BE RUN JAN. 30,
FIRST POST TIME AT SANTA ANITA SET FOR 11:30
A.M. - ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 22,
2010)—The popular Sunshine Millions, which pits
California-bred horses versus those bred in
Florida, will be conducted for the eighth time
on Saturday, Jan. 30, at both Santa Anita Park
in Southern California and at Gulfstream Park in
South Florida, with early first post time set
for 11:30 a.m. at Santa Anita.
Sam Houston Race Park -
HOUSTON, TX - January 22, 2010 — Each May,
during the “fastest two minutes in sports,” the
nation’s top horses compete at the Kentucky
Derby for the coveted blanket of roses. And
while the rest of the nation has cheered on
their favorites from their own tracks, until a
few years ago, Houston was left out of the
action.
But when the Sam Houston Race Park opened in
1994, the horse racing culture still had not
arrived in the Space City.
Genetic Test for Thoroughbred Racehorse ‘Speed
Gene’ Ready for Commercial Launch in Ireland
- "It might be a stretch for him to get that
distance." "There's distance back in his
pedigree, you know..." "Don't run a square peg
in a round hole." You hear trainers and owners
and breeders and pedigree analysts mull over the
distance factor in a racehorse's pedigree all
the time.
Bad weather forces cancellation of horse racing
at Rillito Park - Friday,
January 22, 20100 Rillito Park Racetrack is
holding its horses this weekend.
Rain has rendered the track unsafe for racing
this weekend, general manager Pat White said.
"The track was sealed, but so much rain came
down that it was just soggy - too dangerous for
jockeys to ride," White said.
Racing will return Jan. 30. Gates will open at
11a.m., and post time is 1 p.m.
SUMMER BIRD BASKING IN LIMELIGHT - News
from Oaklawn Park - January 22, 2010 - Summer
Bird, who received the Eclipse Award as the top
3-year-old male on Monday evening, was back in
his stall this morning after a walk, being
spoiled by his owners, Drs. K. K. and Vilasini
Jayaraman. “He’s the champion carrot eater,”
said K. K. Jayaraman, as Summer Bird emptied a
bag of carrots and was starting on peppermints.
The Jayaramans and trainer Tim Ice travelled to
Beverly Hills to pick up the award for Summer
Ice, a maiden at this time last year at Oaklawn.
The sophomore was third in the Arkansas Derby
before going on to win the Belmont Stakes, the
Travers and the Jockey Club Gold Cup and
bankrolling $2,323,040 along the way. He
finished his season with a fourth-place finish
behind Zenyatta in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Horsemen’s Group in the Crosshairs
- January 22, 2010 - Few outside of the horse
racing industry have ever heard of the Louisiana
Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective
Association. But the nonprofit LHBPA, which
represents the interests of the state’s race
horse owners and trainers in their dealings with
racetracks and regulators, has been at the
center of an 18-month-long probe by a federal
grand jury in New Orleans, and indictments are
expected soon, according to sources familiar
with the case.
HENSON NAMED RATON GM - RATON, NM -
January 22, 2010 - Racing at Raton now has a
general manager on board, but there’s no
definite date yet for the opening of the casino
for New Mexico’s newest racetrack.
Rick Henson, a familiar name in New
Mexico horse racing circles, has been hired by
the Raton group to be the track’s general
manager. He expects to relocate to Raton – from
Tennessee—in the near future and his first
priority will be to start working on getting a
simulcast facility up and running, according to
Canadian investor Michael Moldenhauer.
SHRP Officials shoot to lure Zenyatta, Rachel
Alexandra - Houston,
TX - Jan. 22, 2010 - Two retirement parties
weren't enough for Zenyatta. She will race again
in 2010.
The undefeated 6-year-old mare opened the new
year by “running” second to Rachel Alexandra in
Monday's Horse of the Year balloting. The
3-year-old filly defeated Zenyatta by a 130-99
vote.
Ex-Gambling Operator Contests ND Tax Claim -
Former North Dakota
off-track horse betting operator contests $6
million state tax claim - BISMARCK, N.D. January
21, 2010 - An attorney for a company that
handled almost $100 million in horse-racing
wagers asked the North Dakota Supreme Court on
Wednesday to revive a lawsuit that claims the
state illegally taxed the company and drove it
out of business.
Fair grounds donates saints tickets to young
cancer patient -
Track President Miller Will Host Mother and
Daughter at NFC Championship Game - NEW ORLEANS
(Thursday, January 21, 2010) – A nine-year-old
Drew Brees fan staying at New Orleans’ Patrick
F. Taylor Hope Lodge while undergoing cancer
treatment will attend Sunday’s NFC Championship
Game with her mother courtesy of Fair Grounds
Race Course & Slots.
New Mexico Horse Breeders Association “ZIA”
Awards, January 28th -
Albuquerque, NM – January 21, 2010 - The New
Mexico Horse Breeders Association will hold its
annual ``Zia’’ Awards Banquet on Jan. 28 at the
Marriott Hotel in Albuquerque.
A total of 24 trophies—12 for each breed—will be
presented to honor champion New Mexico bred
horses, their owners and breeders. But this
year, the event will also feature an appearance
by Mark Allen and Dr. Leonard Blach, the owners
of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, and
jockey Calvin Borel.
34 AUCTION ITEMS AVAILABLE AT LOS ALAMITOS
RTCA SILENT AUCTION - LOS ALAMITOS RACE
COURSE, CYPRESS, CA. January 21, 2010 .. The
following is the list of auction items that will
be available for bidding at the 2010 PCQHRA
Awards Banquet. Funds raised from the auction
will benefit the Los Alamitos division of the
RTCA. For more info, please call 714-820-2690.
Stealth Attack back to his old self as he wins
the Invitational Handicap -
Portland, OR. - January 20, 2010 - Stealth
Attack returned to his winning ways as he made a
big winning move on the far turn to win the
$9,000 Invitational Handicap at Portland Meadows
on Wednesday. The win was the thirteenth of
Stealth Attack’s career and he has now earned
over $128,000 in his solid career for owner Jim
Gilmour and trainer Sue Gilmour.
Canterbury
Park To Host Claiming Crown in 2010 - Shakopee, MN -January 20, 2010-
Canterbury Park will host the 12th running of
the Claiming Crown on Saturday, July 24, 2010.
Patterned after the Breeders’ Cup, Claiming
Crown was designed to reward thoroughbred
racing’s “blue-collar” horses and will offer six
races at varying distances on both dirt and turf
with purses totaling $500,000. The inaugural
Claiming Crown was held at the suburban
Minneapolis racetrack in 1999. This year will be
the 10th time Canterbury Park has played host to
the event.
January 20, 2010 -
New Mexico Livestock Board Proposes several eva
rule changes.SCOPE:
All owners, transporters or handlers of equine
or equine semen in the state of New Mexico and
those that apply to bring equine or equine semen
into the state for any reason. All accredited
veterinarians handling EVA vaccine.
OBJECTIVE: To establish restrictions to
protect the equine industry of the state of New
Mexico. Clinical disease due to EVA infection is
a reportable disease to the New Mexico state
veterinarian. Equine viral arteritis (EVA) is an
infectious contagious disease of horses caused
by the equine arteritis virus (EAV). EVA is of
special economic concern because it can result
in abortion in pregnant mares, illness and death
in young foals and the establishment of the
carrier state in stallions. Further, to prevent
the introduction of EAV and control subsequent
spread of EAV within New Mexico.
Del Mar has no plans to drop synthetic track
- Wednesday, January 20,
2010 - Santa Anita may revert to dirt. But Del
Mar remains sympathetic to synthetic.
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club President and CEO Joe
Harper said yesterday that while Santa Anita
appears likely to end its forced
engineered-surface era after three years, such a
move isn’t even up for consideration at Del Mar.
Rachel Alexandra
Named Horse of the Year - Beverly Hills, Ca. - January 19, 2010 -
In one of the most highly anticipated
announcements in Thoroughbred racing history,
Rachel Alexandra was named 2009 Horse of the
Year at the Eclipse Awards Jan. 18th in Beverly
Hills, California.
Horse racing groups remain 'very far apart'
-
Idaho Statesman - Published: 01/19/10 - Ada
County awarded Idaho Entertainment a lease for
the Garden City race track last summer. The
group plans to call the park Idaho Downs at
Idaho Expo.
But Idaho Entertainment - owned by
California-based Oneida Capital and
Connecticut-based Plainfield Racing - has been
unable to reach an agreement with the Idaho
Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association.
"The farther we go into the year, the more
concern I have. We have no agreement," Idaho
Racing Commission President Dennis Jackson told
a House committee Monday. The groups remain
"very far apart," he said.
Jackson believes there will be racing in 2010 on
a limited schedule. "If we do, it will be a
conservatively shorter meet, maybe 15-20 dates,"
he said. "That's my hope."
He told the Statesman he expects at least two
racing-related bills this year: one to allow
fewer racing dates at high-revenue parks and one
to allow simulcasting where there is no live
racing.
Turf Paradise cuts stakes purses
- Phoenix, Az. - Jan. 19, 2010 - The
effects of a down economy in the Phoenix area
and and lower OTB in-state handle figures, Turf
Paradise has cut purses for six upcoming stakes
races in 2010.
Santa Anita track surface to be replaced before
Oak Tree Meet -
ARCADIA, CA. Jan. 19, 2010 - A drainage problem
Monday forced the cancellation of horse racing
at Santa Anita, and officials - fed up with lost
race days - announced they will replace the
synthetic surface before the Oak Tree Meet in
the fall.
BAY AREA NEWCOMER HERNANDEZ WAS LEADING
APPRENTICE IN MEXICO - ALBANY, CA. Jan.
18, 2010 -- Juan Jose Hernandez, a new addition
to the Northern California jockey colony,
introduced himself to Bay Area racing fans with
victories Sunday and Monday at Golden Gate
Fields.
Snip N Dale and Seven Torrents dominate the
stakes action at Portland Meadows
- Portland, OR. Jan. 18, 2010 - Both Snip
N Dale and Seven Torrents went off as
prohibitive favorites in their respective stakes
races, and neither disappointed as Snip N Dale
powered home to win the $10,000 Directors
Handicap and Seven Torrents drew off to win the
$16,500 added OTOBA Stallion Stakes.
Dryfly
Wires Field in Monday's $100,000 Smarty Jones
Stakes - HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -
January 18, 2010 - Oaklawn owner and track
President, Charles J. Cella, has long worked to
find a three-year-old to wear his colors to
victory in pursuit of Triple Crown success. On
Monday he finally saw his dream begin to unfold
as his three-year-old, Dryfly, wired the field
at one mile in the featured $100,000 Smarty
Jones Stakes. In travelling the distance in
1:41 3/5 over the good surface, Dryfly topped
eleven rivals, finishing two-and-a-quarter
lengths in front of Vickie Fixley's Pleasant
Storm and an additional length-and
three-quarters in front of third place finisher,
Seldin Revocable Trust's Kitty's Turn.
Northern California Fair Dates Settled -
January 18, 2010 - The
California Horse Racing Board gave approval to a
Northern California fair racing dates program
for 2010 during its meeting at Santa Anita Park
Jan. 15th.
The summer fair schedule, endorsed by board
chairman John Harris, was approved by a 4-3
split vote, with vice chairman David Israel and
commissioners Jesse Choper and Bo Derek in
opposition.
PCQHRA TO HAVE ITS ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET ON
JANUARY 26 - Los
Alamitos RTCA Silent Auction to take place as
part of the banquet - CYPRESS, CA.
JANUARY 17, 2010 - The Pacific Coast Quarter
Horse Association will conduct its annual
Quarter Horse awards banquet on Tuesday, January
26 in the Finish Line Room at Los Alamitos Race
Course.
SUTHERLAND STRIKES AGAIN IN EL ENCINO STAKES,
AND IT’S PRETTY UNUSUAL - ARCADIA,
Calif. (Jan. 17, 2010) – Jockey Chantal
Sutherland, who won her first graded stakes at
Santa Anita on Saturday, wasted little time in
adding a second Grade II on Sunday when striking
with the aptly named 29-1 outsider Pretty
Unusual in the 48th running of the $150,000 El
Encino Stakes for 4-year-old fillies.
fAIR GROUNDS RESIDENT ‘RACHEL’ UP FOR ‘HORSE OF
THE YEAR’ MONDAY Rachel Alexandra Will Increase
Gallops to 1 ½ Miles That Morning - NEW ORLEANS
(Sunday, January 17, 2010) – Superstar filly
Rachel Alexandra, undefeated in eight starts as
a 3-year-old including an unforgettable win in
the Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks, could be named
Horse of the Year at the annual Eclipse Awards
ceremony Monday night in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Photo by Lou Hodges Jr./Lou Hodges Photography
Track
Record for 440 Set at Hialeah
- HIALEAH, FL. (SUNDAY, JAN. 17, 2010)
Five-year-old Feature Jess Rockin eclipsed the
track record for 440 yards when she clocked a
time of :21.498 in winning the $22,500 Sawgrass
Stakes at Hialeah Park Jan. 17th.
Kurtis Coady / Coady Photography
power surge, anything but quiet win
‘JACKSON’-‘TICKET’ STAKES - NEW ORLEANS (Saturday, January 16,
2010) – Marcia LaMarche’s Anything But Quiet
heard the roar of the crowd Saturday afternoon
at Fair Grounds when she lit up the tote board
with mutuels of $120, $44.60 and $16.80 after
winning the 37th renewal of the $60,000 Happy
Ticket Stakes.
RANGER HEARTLEY GAMELY HOLDS ON TO WIN
CALIFORNIA DERBY AT GGF ALBANY, CA. January 16, 2010 -- Ranger
Heartley, with challengers attacking inside and
outside of him down the stretch, gamely held on
to win the $100,000 California Derby at Golden
Gate Fields Saturday.
On My Dime wins Cotton Fitzsimmons - PHOENIX, AZ (January 16, 2010) -
On My Dime rallied strongly through the lane to
capture Saturday's $75,000 Cotton Fitzsimmons
Mile Handicap by a head at Turf Paradise.
Coady Photography
Dextera Shows Her Stuff again - PHOENIX, AZ (January 16, 2010)
German born, Dextera, showed her stuff on the
Turf Paradise turf course today as she captured
Saturday's $50,000 Glendale Handicap.
Coady Photography
Glory
Be Mine dominates foes in $125,000 La Senora
Stakes - Sunland PK.,
NM - January 16, 2010 - The superlative filly
Glory Be Mine dominated her foes by over 4
lengths to capture the $125,000 La Senora Stakes
on Saturday at Sunland Park Racetrack and
Casino. Under a cool ride from jockey Martin
Bourdieu, the New Mexico-bred sensation slipped
through along the rail down the backstretch and
secured her stranglehold on the 6 furlong stakes
race for three-year-old New Mexico-bred fillies.
Coady Photography
Northern Belle Takes American Beauty in Final
Stride - HOT SPRINGS,
Ark. Saturday, January 16, 2010 - Martin Henry's
homebred Northern Belle uncorked a furious
stretch rally and caught Cash Is King Stable's
2-1 favorite, One Smokin' Lady, in the final
stride to capture the victory in Saturday's
featured $50,000 American Beauty Stakes.
Northern Belle topped five rivals in front of a
crowd of 18,592 gathered on a chilly day
accompanied by light rain throughout.
Mr Brimmerton Top in South Florida Derby
Qualifiers - HIALEAH,
FL—JANUARY 16, 2010— Mr Brimmerton, trained by
eight-time AQHA champion trainer Paul Jones,
showed his true form by scoring the fastest
qualifying time in the South Florida Derby
trials on Saturday at Hialeah Park.
+ (list of qualifiers) Coady Photography
Shotgun Gulch scores on opening day at Oaklawn
- HOT SPRINGS, Ark. January 15, 2010 - Jockey
Luis Quinonez guided Shotgun Gulch to a nose
victory over favorite Decelerator in the $50,000
Dixie Belle, on opening day at Oaklawn Park. The
opening-day program drew 20,311 patrons to the
refurbished facility.
STARLIGHT racing lights up new orleans - NEW ORLEANS (Friday, January 15,
2010) – The first of three Starlight Racing
programs at Fair Grounds this season on Friday
night had track management describing the event
as successful beyond expectations – and that was
despite increasingly rainy weather and a
temporary late afternoon local power outage that
caused a one-hour delay before the first race of
the evening.
43-1 LONGSHOT UPSETS SNOWBOUND SUPERSTAR AT 550
- CYPRESS, CA…JANUARY 15, 2010 - Double Bar
S Ranch’s Bud Cheeks posted the biggest upset of
the new decade so far at Los Alamitos after
defeating the great Snowbound Superstar at 550
yards in the $20,000 Barbra B Handicap at 42-1
odds on Friday.
hrtv to rerun ‘fair grounds during katrina’ show
sunday night- NEW ORLEANS
(Friday, January 15, 2010) – For the benefit of
Fair Grounds’ faithful fans who may have missed
it the first time around, HRTV will air a
special encore presentation of “Inside
Information: Nowhere to Run” this Sunday at 7
p.m. CST.
Prairie Meadows to Run Split Meets -
January 15, 2010 - Prairie
Meadows Racetrack & Casino for the first time
will completely separate its Thoroughbred and
Quarter Horse racing this year.
2010
LONE STAR PARK THOROUGHBRED MEET FEATURES 21
STAKES WORTH MORE THAN $2.2 MILLION -
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (Friday, Jan. 15, 2010) –
Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie announced today
that the track’s 2010 Spring Thoroughbred Season
will feature 21 stakes, including four Grade 3
races, worth more than $2.2 million in purses.
The 60-day meet is scheduled for Thursday, April
8 through Sunday, July 18, 2010.
SANTA ANITA, JOCKEYS TO ASSIST WITH HAITIAN AID,
RED CROSS TO COORDINATE EFFORT ON TRACK SUNDAY
- ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2010)—As news of the
devastating 7.3 earthquake which struck the
Caribbean island nation of Haiti on Tuesday
continues to unfold, the Santa Anita jockeys’
colony and Santa Anita Park have joined forces
to send aid via the American Red Cross beginning
on Sunday.
BLAZING FINISH GETS MONZANTE BACK IN WINNER’S
CIRCLE - ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 14, 2010)
– After competing against Grade I or Grade II
competition in 9 of his previous 11 starts,
6-year-old grey gelding Monzante mowed down five
allowance level rivals with a blazing final
eighth Thursday to capture Santa Anita’s $56,400
one-mile turf feature by a nose over Red Alert
Day.
Ruidoso
Downs Grade 1 Stakes Produce Champions of 2009
- RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (January 14, 2009) – Once again in 2009
the six grade 1 races at Ruidoso Downs produced
champions, headed by All American Futurity
winner Runnning Brook Gal and two-time derby
winner Inseperable.
FREAKY NAMED 2009 WORLD CHAMPION RACING AMERICAN
QUARTER HORSE January 13, 2010 – The 4-year-old
gelding Freaky was voted the 2009 World Champion
Racing American Quarter Horse after a
spectacular year. The award topped all the AQHA
racing champions, which were announced tonight
at Heritage Place Sale Co. in Oklahoma City.
Freaky (TR Dasher-Chickasecret by Raise A
Secret), owned by Armando Aguirre of Surprise,
Arizona, won six of nine starts and earned
$580,860 in his championship season. Voters also
honored him as champion aged horse and
unanimously as champion aged gelding. - as
reported by the AQHA Racing Journal
Rillito opens January 16th with added purses
- Tucson, AZ - January 13,
2010 - Rillito Racetrack the first regulated
racing Quarter Horse facility in the United
States, opens January 16th with added purse
monies.
Jonathan Nance sets a new record with six wins
in a day at Portland Meadows
- Portland, OR. January 13, 2010 -
Jonathan Nance was in Kentucky at Keeneland,
looking for new racing prospects today at the
Keeneland January Sale as his current string of
horses were shattering records at Portland
Meadows. Nance saddled six winners on the nine
race program. The six wins marks a new record
for training wins in a day.
JERANIMO EXITS MALIBU SETBACK WITH ALLOWANCE
RACE WIN - ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 13,
2010) – Jeranimo, who failed to keep up with the
competition in the Grade I Malibu Stakes on
opening day, found the opposition in Wednesday’s
$46,676 allowance feature at Santa Anita much
more compatible and closed strongly in the 6
½-furlong event to score by a widening 2 ½
lengths.
Board tries to bolster county fair's fortunes
- January 13, 2010 - The San
Joaquin Fair is staggering a bit in the buildup
to celebrate its 150th anniversary, but
organizers finally expect to know by Friday when
the fair will take place.
Early Returns Show Superb All American Triple
Crown Nominees - RUIDOSO
DOWNS, New Mexico (January 13, 2010) – The
deadline for the 2011 All American Triple Crown
races, headed by the Grade 1, $2,400,000 All
American Futurity, approaches on January 15 and
already some of quarter horse racing’s leading
breeders have nominated their premier foals of
2009.
The 440-yard All American Futurity is quarter
horse racing’s richest event.
Leading
Trainer Paul Jones Heads Ruidoso Hall of Fame
Class - RUIDOSO DOWNS, New
Mexico (January 12, 2009) – Paul Jones, the
all-time leading money-earning quarter horse
trainer, heads the 2010 class to be inducted
into the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame
during the induction banquet on June 26.
Attention AQHA Members and Residents of Southern
New Mexico -
Ruidoso Backs Our Track - The Ruidoso
Backs Our Track initiative is a concerted
informational and educational effort designed to
create a call-to-action among our membership and
all citizens within Southeastern New Mexico to
keep Ruidoso Downs.
Click here to learn more.
American Quarter Horse Association leader joins
CSU staff - FORT
COLLINS, CO. (January 12, 2010) — Gary
Carpenter, executive director of the American
Quarter Horse Association Foundation, has been
named the outreach and industry liaison director
for the Colorado State University equine
sciences program.
Settlement Reached in Magna Entertainment Corp.
Bankruptcy - Magna to retain Gulfstream Park, Golden Gate
Fields, and Santa Anita Park as well as advance
deposit wagering outlet XpressBet and AmTote
International. Wilmington, Del. - January
12, 2010 - Creditors of Magna Entertainment
Corp. have agreed to the outlines of a
reorganization plan that would end the
horse-track operator’s bankruptcy and settle a
lawsuit against billionaire owner Frank
Stronach, attorneys said.
Surge in simulcast betting surprises Sunland
- Surprise, surprise. Sunland,
Pk., NM - January 12, 2010 -Sunland Park
Racetrack and Casino officials were worried that
revenue from simulcasting of its live racing
would drop from last season. After all,
simulcast wagering was extremely successful
during the 2008-09 campaign.
By Ray Sanchez
Maria Margarita breaks poorly, ends up finishing
fourth - Portland,
OR. (January 11, 2010) Maria Margarita was slow
out of the gate and relegated to last in the
early goings of today’s fourth race. She was
stuck behind horses after the poor beginning and
the early pace setters O’s Golden Mink and
Splash Power, who set very slow fractions of
25.10 for the first quarter and 51.13 for the
half mile. Favorite Polish Star received a comfy
trip under jockey Jose Zunino, who geared that
one to the outside and pulled away through the
stretch to win by a comfortable two length
margin. Maria Margarita rallied outside rivals
but could only manage to finish fourth.
CHURCHILL DOWNS & NBC SPORTS PARTNER FOR “ROAD
TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY” SERIES - Three
Broadcasts Encompassing Six Derby Prep Races
Airing on NBC Sports & USA Network This Spring -
Including Louisiana Derby, Santa Anita Derby,
Toyota Bluegrass Stakes, Arkansas Derby -
New York and Louisville, Ky – (January 11, 2010)
– Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ: CHDN)
and NBC Sports today announced a partnership to
present three broadcasts featuring six Kentucky
Derby and Triple Crown prep races this spring
leading up to the Kentucky Derby on NBC Sports
on Saturday, May 1. The three one-hour
broadcasts, two on NBC and one on USA Network,
will include the Louisiana Derby, Lane’s End
Stakes, Santa Anita Derby, Wood Memorial, Toyota
Bluegrass Stakes and Arkansas Derby. The
announcement was made today by Bob Evans,
President and CEO, Churchill Downs Incorporated
and Ken Schanzer, President, NBC Sports.
SIXTEEN NOMINATED TO CALIFORNIA DERBY -
ALBANY, CA. (January 10, 2010) -- Connemara, an
undefeated colt trained by Todd Pletcher, and
Macias, a two-time stakes-winner from the Bob
Baffert barn, are among the 16 runners nominated
to the $100,000 California Derby.
caspian wins sunday’s fair grounds feature -
NEW ORLEANS (Sunday, January
10, 2010) – Away alertly and quickly in command,
S N R Investment’s Caspian continued willingly
throughout and withstood a late bid by Maggi
Moss’s Free Brave to win Sunday’s $47,000 5
1/2-furlong sprint feature at Fair Grounds by
one length.
Movie to tell story of jockey legend Krone
- Sunday, January 10, 2010 -CARLSBAD, CA —
Jockey Julie Krone doesn’t don her racing silks
anymore, but her megastar status has not waned.
The story of the sports icon who smashed sexist
walls in the racing world and overcame
debilitating injuries on the track captured the
attention of Gravity Films. The studio plans to
make a movie, titled “Freak,” on Krone’s life.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in April.
By Christina Macone-Greene / Photo - Charlie
Neuman /
Union-Tribune
Black
Hills mows down rivals in $50,000 Winsham Lad
Handicap - Sunland Pk., NM
(January 9, 2010) Black Hills mowed down his
rivals with a devastating kick and rolled to a
dominant 3-length win in the $50,000 Winsham Lad
Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino at
Saturday. Under jockey Catalino Martinez, Black
Hills handed Song of Navarone his first defeat
over Sunland Park soil since 2006. Lisa
Dominguez/ Coady photography
Hallway defeats ‘wheat’ by a
whisker at Fair Grounds
-
NEW ORLEANS (Saturday, January 9, 2010) –
Heiligbrodt Racing Stable’s Hallway and odds-on
favorite Desert Wheat both launched late bids in
the stretch run of Saturday’s $60,000 Dixie
Poker Ace Stakes at Fair Grounds, but it was the
overlooked Hallway, trained by Eclipse-Award
winning trainer Steve Asmussen and ridden by
Shaun Bridgmohan, who proved best by a nose at
the wire. Photo by Hodges Photography/Lynn Roberts
vital
winner dominates in moonstone Stakes at hialeah
park - Hialeah, FL – January
9, 2010 - The classy Vital Winner used his
explosive acceleration to take the win in the
1st running of the $22,500 Moonstone Stakes at
Hialeah Park on Saturday.
Photo Credit Given To: Kurtis Coady / Coady
Photography
The Tradition Continues at Oaklawn Park -
Hot Springs, AR. (January 9,
2010) - Once again over 3,000 applications for
horses awaited Oaklawn Park Racing Secretary Pat
Pope, who has the difficult task of sorting out
the assignments for the 1,500 available stalls
in the Oaklawn stable area for the 2010 live
racing season, which begins on January 15.
Raton Racino documents filed; state eyes Jan. 31
goal - January 8, 2010 - Horse
Racing at Raton recently submitted to the New
Mexico Gaming Control Board documentation aimed
at providing financial assurances concerning the
Raton racino project, which still has a lot to
be done "in a short amount of time," according
to the chairman of the gaming board.
Baze Wins 3 at Golden Gate, to push all-time
total to 10,780 -
ALBANY, CA. (January 9, 2010) The 51-year-old
Baze won three races at Golden Gate Fields on
Jan. 7 to push his all-time world-leading total
to 10,780. He said he's feeling great and has
been fortunate to remain remarkably injury-free
during a durable 35-year racing career. Baze
began riding at Yakima Meadows in Washington in
1974 and has spent most of his time racing in
the San Francisco Bay Area.
LOS ALAMITOS HORSES OF THE DECADE -
CYPRESS, CA. - JANUARY 8, 2010 - We are now well
into the first month of a new decade in the 21st
century. And as Los Alamitos embarks on a new
decade, here's a toast to this great track
showcasing twice as many great stars as it had
the honor of displaying during the first decade
of the 2000s!
PRINCESS HAYA EARNS TEXAS-BRED HORSE OF THE YEAR
HONORS FOR 2009 DAVE HOOPER-TTA - JAN. 8, 2010 - Eileen
Hartis’ Texas homebred Princess Haya is the 2009
Texas-bred Horse of the Year based on her 38
Texas-bred Championship Points earned from her
Grade 2 Canadian Stakes victory and her Grade 1
E.P. Taylor Stakes third-place finish at
Woodbine, plus two other stakes placings at
Delaware Park and Monmouth Park. In all, the
4-year-old daughter of Street Cry, out of the
Slew City Slew mare Sally Slew, won three of
eight starts with four seconds and one third to
earn $393,060.
SOLIS MAKES RIGHT CALL: IT’S GENERAL CONSENSUS
FOR GALLAGHERARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 8,
2010) – Just three-quarters of a length
separated trainer Paddy Gallagher’s two
longshots, victorious General Consensus and
runner-up Exquisite, at the conclusion of Santa
Anita’s $56,608 optional claiming feature for
fillies and mares at one mile on turf Friday
after jockey Alex Solis had to separate the pair
when entries were taken.
FG Regular Bryan Wagner Wins $100,000 as 2009
NHC Tour Champion NEW ORLEANS (Friday, January 08, 2010)
Fair Grounds regular Bryan Wagner,
a 66-year-old insurance executive from New
Orleans, used a second-place finish at the
December 26-27 Surfside Race Place qualifier in
Del Mar, Calif., to clinch the 2009 crown as
Daily Racing Form/NHC Tour Champion and a
$100,000 first-place prize.
gentle moment wins friday fair grounds feature
- NEW ORLEANS (Friday, January 08, 2010) – Ragin
Cajun Stable’s Gentle Moment, always well
placed, launched a sustained bid when set down
for the drive to win Friday’s $47,000 Fair
Grounds six-furlong allowance feature restricted
to Louisiana-breds by an expanding 5 1 /4-length
margin.
Ridden by Shaun Bridgmohan, scoring his second
win of the afternoon, Gentle Moment paid $18,
$6.60 and $6, toured the three-quarter mile
distance in 1:11.13 and increased his career
earnings to $57,149 with his second win in six
lifetime starts. Eclipse Award-winning trainer
Steve Asmussen is the conditioner of the winner.
Michele Rodriguez’ Mr. Wildlee, who made the
pace with early splits of 22.37 and 46.57, held
on to be clearly second best at the wire,
returning $4 and $3.40 while finishing a length
and a half to the good of Cupid’s Hit, who paid
$5.80 in the third spot.
Irish Company provides Genetic Tests for
Thoroughbreds - January 8,
2010 - Dr. Emmeline Hill, a horse genomics
researcher, and Irish racehorse trainer Jim
Bolger have co-founded a company that will
provide genetic tests for thoroughbreds.
The test is based on research by Hill into
athletic performance traits in horses conducted
and the project was supported by the Irish
Thoroughbred Breeders Association which provided
the required DNA samples from elite racehorses.
Oaklawn
Park features Instant Racing - HOT SPRINGS, Ark. January 7, 2010
- Oaklawn Park has opened its expanded
electronic gambling parlor, Instant Racing is
featured and is a true pari-mutuel terminal with
over 60,000 digitized videos of previously run
races.
ESPN Radio, NBC win Eclipse Awards for
“The Story of Mine That Bird, 50-1”January 8, 2010 -The National
Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily
Racing Form and the National Turf Writers
Association announced today that NBC Sports has
won the 2009 Media Eclipse Award in the National
Television Feature programming category for its
documentary “The Story of Mine That Bird, 50-1”,
which aired at the beginning of its Preakness
Stakes telecast on May 16, 2009.
This is the third National Television Feature
Media Eclipse Award for NBC, which previously
won the award in 2002 and in 2005.
MONEY-MAKING CLAIM DOTSY JEAN UPSETS IN THURSDAY
FEATURE - ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 7, 2010)
– Dotsy Jean, claimed by trainer Marty Jones one
year ago on behalf of AJM Racing for $16,000,
boosted her earnings since the claim to $151,108
with a 5-1 upset victory Thursday in Santa
Anita’s $59,102 optional claiming feature for
fillies and mares at six furlongs.
CITY TO CITY UPSETS JULES J BY A NOSE -
ALBANY, CA. (January 7, 2010) -- City to City
battled back after being headed in midstretch to
win the $30,866 turf feature for 3-year-old
fillies by a nose Thursday at Golden Gate
Fields.
Thoroughbred Racing Industry Veteran Nat Wess
Retires 45-year career influenced racing in
California and Minnesota -
Shakopee, MN. (January 07, 2010) Nat Wess,
a fixture on the racing scene in California and
Minnesota, retired December 31, 2009, completing
a 45-year career in thoroughbred racing. Wess,
70, landed his first racing-related job in 1964
as a publicity assistant at Santa Anita in
Arcadia, CA. “I was the low man on a four-person
totem pole,” Wess said. Since then he has held
positions at Canterbury Park, Bay Meadows, and
the California Breeders’ Association.
KETTLE RIVER TURNS BACK BAFFERT PAIR IN
3-YEAR-OLD FEATURE - ARCADIA, Calif.
(Jan. 6, 2010) – Darley Stable’s Kettle River --
a son of Congaree, winner of a half-dozen Grade
I stakes for trainer Bob Baffert – ran down a
pair of better-fancied Baffert 3-year-olds
Wednesday when scoring an 11-1 upset victory in
Santa Anita’s $48,800 allowance feature at 1
1/16 miles.
SUREBET ANNOUNCES PHOTO AWARDS -
Ruidoso, NM (January 6, 2010) Every race day across the country our hard working
track photographers exercise their creative talents with split second
timing while fighting wind, rain, shadows and the unexpected antics of
our racing stars, SureBet would like to recognize their endless hard
work with our choice of "Photos of the Year for 2009".
HBO gambling on horse-racing drama -
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood
Reporter) – TV veteran David Milch is
trying his luck again at HBO, teaming with
filmmaker Michael Mann on a horse-racing drama.
"Luck," which has received a pilot order from
the cable network, is described as a provocative
look at the world of horse racing and gambling
told through a diverse group of characters
surrounding a racetrack.
Finalists for 2009 Eclipse Awards revealed -
January 6, 2010 - Rachel
Alexandra and Zenyatta have been voted as the
only two finalists for 2009 Horse of the Year,
as revealed Wednesday by the National
Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), National
Turf Writers Association (NTWA) and Daily Racing
Form (DRF), the three presenting organizations
of the Eclipse Awards.
Veteran horse trainer found dead in mountains
- Update - BIG BEAR, CA. (January 6 , 2010) --No
foul play is suspected in the death of an
Arcadia man whose body was found Monday in a
ravine below Highway 18 at Lakeview Point.
Julius Tinsley, 81, was last seen at his
apartment New Year’s Eve. His car was found
parked at the side of Highway 18 overlooking Big
Bear Lake early Monday. Searchers found his body
5-hours later.
HORSEMEN
EYEING MILESTONES AT LOS ALAMITOS IN 2010 -
CYPRESS, CA. (JANUARY 6, 2010) There are
many top horsemen approaching notable milestone
in 2010. Legendary trainer Blane Schvaneveldt
figures to become the first trainer to saddle
4,000 Quarter Horse winners, as he begins the
new meet needing only 36 victories to reach the
mark. John Cooper, meanwhile, is 23 wins away
from become only the fourth trainer at Los
Alamitos to reach 1,300 Quarter Horse wins.
Jaime Gomez is 50 wins away from become only the
sixth trainer to reach the magical 1,000 Quarter
Horse wins mark at Los Alamitos. Adan Farias is
53 wins away from being the 10th straightaway
trainer with 900 victories, while Jose Flores is
68 victories from also reaching that plateau. In
the Thoroughbred ranks, Charles Treece is 27
wins away from becoming the first to 600, while
Keith Craigmyle is 39 victories shy of being the
third to 200.
Veteran horse
trainer found dead in mountains -
ARCADIA, CA. (January 5, 2010) - Funeral arrangements were pending on Tuesday
for a veteran trainer of Southern California race horses who worked for decades
at Santa Anita Park.
The body of Julius "Cotton" Edgar Tinsley, 81, of Arcadia was found early Monday
about 300 feet below Lakeview Point in the San Bernardino Mountains, a popular
turnout on the Rim of the World (18) Highway that affords a landmark view of Big
Bear Lake and Bear Valley.
Bill Hedge, Bugs Alive in 75 will be inducted
into OK. Hall of Fame - Midwest City, OK. -January 5, 2010 -
Legendary Oklahoma horsemen and horses will be
inducted into the Oklahoma Quarter Horse
Association (OQHA) Hall of Fame on Jan. 9,
including the late William “Bill“ Barney Hedge,
founder of Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw.
Stay put may await risen star if ‘Bullet’ fires
at Lecomte - NEW ORLEANS
(Monday, January 04, 2010) – Trainer Steve
Margolis and his tight-knit crew were awarded
“Barn of the Month” honors Saturday at Fair
Grounds, but after Sunday’s 10th race Margolis
also became “man of the hour” when his highly
regarded 3-year-old prospect Stay Put, owned by
Richard, Bertram and Elaine Klein, scored a
decisive one-length tally in a race with
possible long-range Louisiana Derby
implications.
EQUINE PIROPLASMOSIS - UPDATE - as
reported by the International Society for
Infectious Diseases - January 4. 2010 - As
part of a racetrack screening program, 3 New
Mexico horses have been identified as infected
with _Theileria equi_, a causative agent for
equine piroplasmosis. These infections are
noteworthy as these horses are not
epidemiologically linked to those involved in a
larger ongoing investigation centered on horses
from a South Texas ranch.
Horse Racing Off Track - New operator at odds
with Boise horse owners -
January 4, 2010 - Depending on whom you ask, the
prospects for horse racing at Idaho Downs
(formerly Les Bois Park) are either slim to none
or just a handshake away from becoming a
reality.
But five months after Ada County awarded the
rights to operate Boise's racetrack to Idaho
Entertainment, the company remains stuck in
negotiations with a local horsemen's group that
must agree to a contract before the state can
issue a license for live horse racing. The
live-racing license is necessary to get a
similar license for simulcast racing, so no
racing events of any kind are figuring into the
future of Idaho Downs any time soon.
Enchanted
Outlaw storms to victory in $100,000 Albert
Dominguez Memorial Handicap - Sunland Pk. NM. (Sunday, January 3, 2010)
- Enchanted Outlaw stormed home to a dominating
four and one-half length victory in the $100,000
Albert Dominguez Memorial Handicap at Sunland
Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday. The former
$5,000 claimer served notice to his route
prowess by snapping the four-year reign of Some
Ghost in this race. Photo Credit Given To:
Tommie Morelos / Coady Photography
Twin
sparks best in swift stakes at turf paradise
- PHOENIX, AZ. (Saturday, January 2, 2010) –
Bobbie Parsons’ Twin Sparks battled his way
through the lane to prove the betting public
right. The
2-5 favorite, with leading rider Ry
Eikleberry aboard for the 5 1/2-furlong distance
won Saturday’s $50,000 Swift Stakes at Turf
Paradise by a length. Photo Credit Given To:
/ Coady Photography
NY Governor Vows to Save the Historic Belmont
Stakes and Triple Crown -
January 2, 2010 - As reported in the Cleveland
Leader - Bureaucracy has threatened to put an
end to the historic Belmont Stakes, the third
leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing, after
state legislators have been unable to agree on a
vendor to provide video lottery terminals (VLTs)
at another race track. The proceeds from the
VLTs, which have been approved to be installed
at Aqueduct, would ensure that the Belmont
Stakes and other races throughout the state
would continue. Legislators are no closer to
reaching an agreement, but Gov. David Paterson
promised Friday that he would put an end to the
delays and pick a vendor "in the next week or
so."
TRAINER MIYADI RECORDS 1,000TH VICTORY AT GGF
- ALBANY, CA., (January 2, 2010) Steve
Miyadi recorded his 1,000th training victory
Saturday when his 3-year-old filly
Shesgoinghollywood won the first race at Golden
Gate Fields.
Herpes reported at training center -
Evangeline Downs, LA (January 2, 2010) A horse
at the Evangeline Downs Training Center has
reportedly tested positive for equine herpes,
leading to a quarantine of the affected barn and
shipping restrictions on all horses leaving the
training center.
The infected horse is trained by Steve Asmussen,
according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune,
which quoted Louisiana State Racing Commission
executive director Charles Gardine. The
commission offices were closed late this week
for the New Year's holiday, and no one there
could be reached for comment. Asmussen's barn is
under quarantine, Gardiner said, and horses
stabled there are being tested for the virus and
must conduct their daily training after regular
hours.
While horses in the Asmussen barn can't be
shipped into other tracks now, the other horses
at the training center, located in Carencro, can
enter other Louisiana tracks as long as proof of
a recent veterinary exam and a herpes
vaccination are provided.
The training center provides a major source of
entries for the ongoing meets at Fair Grounds
and Delta Downs.
Fair Grounds had a herpes positive during it's
2008-2009 meeting, and two barns there were
quarantined for several weeks.
STYLISH
JESS BR RAISES THE BAR WITH CHARGER BAR VICTORY
- CYPRESS, CA. (JANUARY 2, 2010) Benny
Rosset's Stylish Jess Br became the first mare
to win the three most important races currently
offered for distaffers in the nation following
her win in the Grade 1 $100,000 Charger Bar
Handicap at Los Alamitos.
Mr
Regard wins $338,638 Shue Fly - Sunland Pk., NM (Saturday, January 2,
2009) Mr Regard steamrolled to an impressive
three-quarter length victory in the 38th running
of the $338,638 Shue Fly at Sunland Park
Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. Let go at
nearly 7-1 in the betting, the sharp grey son of
Chicks Regard poured on the pressure early and
gained an unassailable lead mid-way through the
400 yard dash.
Photo Credit Given To: Tommie Morelos / Coady
Photography
Thoroughbred Trainer John Locke Retires -
Houston, TX. (January 2, 2010)
- John Locke, 67, one of the leading trainers in
Texas, has retired effective January 1. Locke
ran his last race on December 31 at Sam Houston
Race Park before transferring his runners to
Karl Broberg. - by Martha Claussen, SureBet
Racing News
Photo credit: Coady Photography
category
seven wins Furl sail following disqualification
- NEW ORLEANS
(Saturday, January 02, 2010) – James Perron
Racing Stable’s Category Seven, overlooked by
Fair Grounds racing fans in Saturday’s $60,000
Furl Sail Handicap, ended up paying win mutuels
of $34.40, $14.60 and $6.60 following a
disqualification of Team Block’s Never Retreat,
who was first under the wire a neck in front of
the eventual winner.
Category Seven (center, white cap)
Photo by Hodges Photography/Lynn Roberts
KISS
A CORONA SCORE STAKES WIN AT HIALEAH PARK -
HIALEAH, FL., (Jan. 2, 2010) – Hialeah Park
hosted the $20,000 Davie Stakes on Saturday for
three-year-old Quarter Horses going 330 yards
with Kiss a Corona the odds-on-favorite scoring
the win.
Photo Credit Given To: Kurtis Coady | Coady
Photography
ANTARES WORLD HOLDS OFF FASHION TREND TO WIN
OAKS - ALBANY, CA., (January 1, 2010)
- Antares World fought off Fashion Trend through
the lengthof the stretch to win the $75,000
California Oaks by a head Friday at GoldenGate
Fields.
INTIMISSIMI AND HEAR NO ANGEL SCORE STAKES WINS
ON NEW YEAR’S DAY - HOLIDAY PROGRAM KICKED OFF 2010
RACING AT DELTA DOWNS - VINTON, LA. (Jan. 1,
2010) – Delta Downs hosted a pair of $75,000
stakes races on Friday night during a special
New Year’s program. The Gardenia Stakes was won
by Intimissimi and the Cocodrie Stakes was taken
by Hear No Angel.
EST.
$50,000 TO BE UP FOR GRABS IN 2010 LOS
ALAMITOS CLAIMING FUTURITY - Nominations
are due on Monday, April 12.
RACHEL
ALEXANDRA FINISHES FAST IN SIX-FURLONG
BREEZE
Horse
of the Year Rachel Alexandra continued to work forwardly Thursday morning in
advance of the March 13 New Orleans Ladies at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots,
breezing five furlongs on a fast main track in 1:00 1/5 with regular exercise
rider Dominic Terry aboard. The 4-year-old filly broke off rather keen from the
five-eighths pole but settled into herself around the far turn, working through
fractions of :12, :23 4/5, :35 3/5 and :47 3/5. The final time made it the
second-fastest five-furlong move of 19 on the morning. Photo by Hodges
Photography/Lou Hodges, Jr. 
TAKES SAN VICENTE BY 4 ½; TUSCAN EVENING KEEPS ROLLING IN BUENA VISTA
$50,000 Budweiser Stakes
2/6/2010
- Exercise rider Dominic Terry pilots Horse of
the Year winner Rachel Alexandra down the Fair
Grounds stretch in an early morning workout.
Blumin
Beauty Holds On To Win Mesa Handicap at Turf
Paradise
Dryfly
Wires Field in Monday's $100,000 Smarty Jones
Stakes
