Horse Racing News by Claire Novak
Posted 1/16/14 1:52 PM by Claire Novak
Trainer Dallas Stewart, who saddled 2006 Kentucky Oaks winner Lemons Forever to the tune of a $96.20 ticket, will set Charles Fipke's Unbridled Forever on the same path Jan. 18 in the $125,000 Silverbulletday Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Posted 1/15/14 2:25 PM by Claire Novak
Breeders' Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man towers over the competition for his 2014 debut Jan. 18 in the Florida Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream Park, a race that for him has alternately been a triumph and a debacle.
Posted 1/12/14 9:36 AM by Claire Novak
WinStar Farm's multiple graded stakes winner Revolutionary returned to the races for the first time since the 2013 Belmont Stakes with a solid victory Jan. 11 at Gulfstream Park, taking a one mile allowance by half a length over Grade 3 winner Falling Sky
Posted 1/11/14 5:47 PM by Claire Novak
The $100,000 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita Park on Jan. 11 was a two-horse race all the way down to the final sixteenth of a mile, and considering the fact that only four runners started, that was not a surprise.
Posted 12/16/13 6:58 AM by Claire Novak
In the end, a good racehorse gives his connections a feeling of confidence, of daring.
Posted 12/9/13 9:09 AM by Claire Novak
She's a big racehorse, almost 17 hands tall, and Ria Antonia means business when she charges down the stretch.
Posted 12/1/13 8:50 PM by Claire Novak
New York shipper Last Gunfighter earned his fourth graded stakes win of the year, closing to get the job done by a length over 14-1 shot Mister Marti Gras in the $350,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap at Hawthorne Racecourse Nov. 30.
Posted 11/30/13 4:49 PM by Claire Novak
Preston Stables' hard-knocking Flat Out took the overland route to victory Nov. 30 in the Cigar Mile at Aqueduct Racetrack, a race worth $753,000 due to the winner's previous Grade 1-winning status.
Posted 11/29/13 8:37 AM by Claire Novak
Multiple Grade 1 winner Game On Dude and Travers Stakes victor Will Take Charge both drew well, considering their respective racing styles, when post positions were assigned for the $500,000-added Clark Handicap.
Posted 11/23/13 9:35 PM by Claire Novak
Paul and Andrena Van Doren's Rise Up, who rolled to a 6 ½-length victory for trainer Tom Amoss in the Oct. 26 Jean Lafitte Stakes at Delta Downs, continued to impress with a sparkling gate-to-wire triumph in the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot.