Horse Racing News on March 12, 2011
Posted 3/12/11 6:19 PM by Jay Privman
Premier Pegasus took a seemingly wide-open San Felipe Stakes and turned it into a tour de force on Saturday at Santa Anita
Posted 3/12/11 6:15 PM by ESPNLosAngeles.com
Most Santa Anita Park regulars are familiar with John Shear, but the 90-year-old paddock guard added to his notoriety Saturday afternoon, when the former jockey endangered his life to save a young girl.
Posted 3/12/11 5:55 PM by Jay Privman
The longshot Miss Match closed resolutely and just did get up in the final strides to defeat favored Switch in the Grade 1, $300,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Stakes on Saturday.
Posted 3/12/11 5:50 PM by Mike Welsch
Uncle Mo's 3-year-old debut, an easy 3 3/4-length victory over a game but overmatched Rattlesnake Bridge in Saturday's inaugural edition of Gulfstream Park's $100,000 Timely Writer.
Posted 3/12/11 5:48 PM by David Grening
Watch Me Go defeated fellow longshot Crimson Knight in the Tampa Bay Derby.
Posted 3/12/11 5:45 PM by Mary Rampellini
In a performance called "effortless" by her rider, Mike Smith, Joyful Victory established herself as one of the most exciting 3-year-old fillies in the country on Saturday.
Posted 3/12/11 5:44 PM by Mike Welsch
Tackleberry turned back multiple challenges to win the Gulfstream Park Handicap.
Posted 3/12/11 5:44 PM by Doug McCoy
Denomination dueled with favored Zagora through a long drive and came away with a hard-earned neck victory in the Grade 3, $150,000 Hillsborough Stake