Pumpkin Shell rallied from last to beat Chocolate Pop by one length Saturday in the $72,020 Busanda Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at snowy Aqueduct. Ninth for the first half-mile, Pumpkin Shell got into contention with a strong inside move before splitting rivals in the stretch to secure her second straight win. When I called on [...]
Posted on January 11th, 2009 by admin
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Somersby helps Henrietta Knight find way along road to recovery. The leading players were out in force at Kempton yesterday, but all to no avail. On a day when a winner or two might have soothed some pre-Hennessy nerves, the honours went instead to trainers coming in from the cold. Henrietta Knight wore the widest [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2008 by admin
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A Rose for You wins Big A feature. A Rose for You rolled to a front running victory, her third in a row, in the $68,500 Star De Lady Anne Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct. Trained by Michael Trombetta, A Rose for You was not challenged early, leaving her in command for a 1-length [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2008 by admin
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Aintree People Race loses its innocence. Within the rebranding research being conducted for British racing, one intriguing question is whether the sport can be popularised by the rampant appetite for participant reality television. The answer, given the modern paranoias about health and safety and animal welfare, is almost certainly not. Yet the reaction to Anthony [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2008 by admin
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Jamaludin wins Churchill Downs feature. Jamaludin took the lead on the final turn and raced to a 5 1/2 -length win in the $44,620 allowance feature at Churchill Downs on Wednesday. Ridden by Julien Leparoux, the 4-year-old son of Chester House covered the 1 1/8 miles on the turf in 1:51.72 and paid $6.80, $4.20 [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2008 by admin
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History awaits Curlin in Saturday Jockey Club Gold Cup if he can become. The first North American racehorse to break $10 million in earnings. A meeting with Big Brown and some of Europes top horses in the Breeders Cup Classic is still possible, too. Owner Jess Jackson said Tuesday hed like to see Curlin run [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2008 by admin
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The final session of Keeneland September Yearling Sale saw average prices drop more. Than 15 percent from 2007, while the overall average for the 15-day sale fell 10.2 percent from last year. Still Keeneland says it totaled nearly $328 million in sales, making this the fourth-highest grossing September sale. The top price Tuesday was $50,000 [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2008 by admin
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History awaits Curlin in Saturday Jockey Club Gold Cup if he can become. The first North American racehorse to break $10 million in earnings. A meeting with Big Brown and some of Europes top horses in the Breeders Cup Classic is still possible, too. Owner Jess Jackson said Tuesday hed like to see Curlin run [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2008 by admin
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The final session of Keeneland September Yearling Sale saw average prices drop more. Than 15 percent from 2007, while the overall average for the 15-day sale fell 10.2 percent from last year. Still Keeneland says it totaled nearly $328 million in sales, making this the fourth-highest grossing September sale. The top price Tuesday was $50,000 [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2008 by admin
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Trainer Larry Jones plans to retire after next year Breeders Cup. Ending a career in which his filly Eight Belles collapsed and died after finishing second in the Kentucky Derby. Im just physically tired, and it seems like I have a hard time keeping everybody happy, Jones said. In an interview Tuesday with The Associated [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2008 by admin
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