Horse Racing News by Mike Watchmaker
Posted 5/21/11 1:44 PM by Mike Watchmaker
No Explaining, a well-placed third in the early running, struck the front in upper stretch and went on to win the Grade 3, $100,000 Gallorette Handicap by about a length on Saturday at Pimlico.
Posted 5/20/11 2:33 PM by Mike Watchmaker
Royal Delta got a surprisingly lively pace to rally into and proved best in Friday's Grade 2, $250,000 Black Eyed Susan Stakes.
Posted 5/7/11 2:49 PM by Mike Watchmaker
Get Stormy, the front-running winner of the Grade 1 Maker's Mark Mile last month at Keeneland, added the Grade 1, $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic in similar fashion.
Posted 5/7/11 11:38 AM by Mike Watchmaker
Sassy Image, the longest shot in the field of seven at 16-1 because she had not won since January of 2010, rallied strongly on the outside to win the Grade 1, $300,000 Humana Distaff Stakes by open lengths.
Posted 5/6/11 1:01 PM by Mike Watchmaker
Taking advantage of a fast and contested pace, Victoria's Wildcat rallied from well back on the outside through the stretch to post a going-away victory in the $100,000 Eight Belles Stakes.
Posted 11/6/10 1:28 PM by Mike Watchmaker
Uncle Mo proved himself the best 2-year-old male in the land and certainly clinched a divisional Eclipse Award with an overwhelming victory in Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs.
Posted 5/15/10 2:38 PM by Mike Watchmaker
Taqarub went right to the front and never looked back en route to a 13-1 upset of the Grade 3, $100,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap on the Preakness undercard at Pimlico.