Articles posted February 28, 2009

Scorewithcater Captures Tight Borderland

• By Jack Shinar
• February 28, 2009
• Triple Crown, West Region

Scorewithcater outfought Mine That Bird during a stretch-long duel to capture the $100,000 Borderland Derby by a neck at Sunland Park Feb. 28.

Proceed Bee Grinds Out Battaglia Victory

• By Jack Shinar
• February 28, 2009
• Triple Crown, Kentucky

Stalking Proceed Bee collared odds-on choice Parade Clown mid-stretch and inched away in the final strides for a 1 1/4-length win in the $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park Feb. 28.

Mountain Valley: Citizen Posts $60 Upset

• By Jack Shinar
• February 28, 2009
• Triple Crown, Southwest Region

Citizen, ridden by Jon Court, rallied along the inside to open a wide lead in the stretch and then held on by a head over fast-closing Flying Private in the $50,000 Mountain Valley Stakes at odds of 29-1 Feb. 28 at Oaklawn Park.

The Pamplemousse Gets Loose in Sham Win

• By Jack Shinar
• February 28, 2009
• Triple Crown, West Region

Trainer Julio Canani insists he doesn't have Derby fever yet. But after the way his The Pamplemousse glided to victory as the 1-2 choice in the $200,000 Sham Stakes (gr. III) at Santa Anita Feb. 28, that's going to be more difficult to believe as time marches on toward the first Saturday in May.

Rock On Justin Wins Miracle Wood

• February 28, 2009
• Triple Crown, Northeast Region

Non Stop Stable's Rock On Justin and jockey Tony Maragh teamed up to win their first stakes in the $50,000 Miracle Wood Stakes Feb. 28 at Laurel Park.

Quality Road Rolls in Fountain of Youth

• By Jason Shandler
• February 28, 2009
• Triple Crown, Southeast Region

Despite making just the third start of his career and facing stakes company for the first time, Edward Evans' homebred Quality Road romped to a resounding 4 1/4-length victory in the $250,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II) Feb. 28 at Gulfstream Park.

Twilight Meteor Strikes in Canadian Turf

• By Jason Shandler
• February 28, 2009
• Thoroughbred Racing, Southeast Region

Peachtree Stable's Twilight Meteor, making his second start since an extended layoff, cut the corner perfectly under John Velazquez and outdueled pacesetter Buddy's Humor to the wire to take the $150,000 Canadian Turf (gr. IIIT) by a length Feb. 28 at Gulfstream Park.

Racing Fatalities Decline in California

• By Jack Shinar
• February 28, 2009
• West Region

Since a rash of five horse breakdowns in the opening five days of racing at the current Santa Anita meet -- resulting in four fatalities -- there has been just one race-related death since Dec. 31, Dr. Rick Arthur told the California Horse Racing Board.

Patena Works, On Target For La. Derby

• February 28, 2009
• Triple Crown, Southeast Region

IEAH Stables' 3-year-old colt Patena passed an important test Feb. 28 with an easy six-furlong workout at Gulfstream Park that will keep him on the path to starting in the $600,000 Louisiana Derby (gr. II) March 14 at Fair Grounds in New Orleans.

Turfway Cancels March 2 Make-Up Program

• February 28, 2009
• Thoroughbred Racing, Kentucky

Turfway Park's live racing card scheduled for March 2, has been canceled due to lack of entries. The card had been added to the schedule in an effort to make up races lost to six full or partial weather cancellations, five in January and one in February.

Anhidrosis: Altered Thyroid Function a Potential Contributor

• By Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
• February 28, 2009
• Horse Health

Despite the fact that 20% of racehorses in the southern United States are affected by anhidrosis--the inability or decreased ability to sweat--the underlying causes of this medical condition remain unknown.

Sweating is the primary means by which exercising horses dissipate heat. Anhidrotic horses are typically exercise intolerant, have an inc...