Horse Racing News on June 29, 2011
Posted 6/29/11 4:09 PM by Steve Andersen
Week after week through June, Smiling Tiger recorded blisteringly quick workouts at Hollywood Park, leading toward Saturday's $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap over seven furlongs.
Posted 6/29/11 4:06 PM by Marty McGee
Billy Denzik paid a mere $6,000 for a yearling colt at auction last fall before asking his friend from high school, Brook Smith, if he wanted to partner up.
Posted 6/29/11 4:02 PM by Mike Farrell
Rodman, runner up to Tizway in the Metropolitan Handicap, heads the six-horse field in the Grade 2, $300,000 Suburban Handicap on Saturday at Belmont Park.
Posted 6/29/11 3:55 PM by Mike Farrell
Chinchon has traveled the globe since his victory last summer in the Grade 1, $750,000 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Posted 6/29/11 11:26 AM by Marty McGee
Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is through racing this year after being diagnosed with a slab fracture in his left hock, it was announced Wednesday by Barry Irwin, who heads the Team Valor International partnership that owns the colt.