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Tuscan Evening Returns to Form in Las Palmas

Irish-bred Tuscan Evening, who won five of her first six starts in the United Stakes prior to a two-race skid, regained her winning form in Oak Tree's $200,000 Las Palmas Handicap (gr. IIT) for fillies and mares at one mile over Santa Anita's Camino Real Turf Course. 13 hours ago
Ice Plans to Move Stable to New York

Ice Plans to Move Stable to New York

Tim Ice, trainer of Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Summer Bird, will shift his stable from Louisiana to New York following the end of the Oaklawn Park meet next spring, he said Nov. 2. Yesterday
Sadler to Saddle Two in Turf Sprint

Sadler to Saddle Two in Turf Sprint

John Sadler wins races by the bushel in Southern California and is more often than not on the top of the trainer standings at each race meet. He has yet to win a Breeders' Cup race, but 2009 could be his year. 2 days ago
Handle Down at Belmont Fall Meeting

Handle Down at Belmont Fall Meeting

The 2009 Belmont Park Fall Championship meet, permeated by inclement weather and races washed off the turf, saw declines in handle and attendance figures. 3 days ago

Shocking Steals Melbourne Cup Victory

Eales Racing's Shocking coasted to a three-quarters length victory over European invader Crime Scene to win the 149th running of the $5,500,000 Emirates Melbourne Cup (Aus-I) at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria Nov. 2. 4 days ago
Tribal Belle Rings Up Ontario Fashion Win

Tribal Belle Rings Up Ontario Fashion Win

Favored Tribal Belle led from gate to wire to take the $149,399 Ontario Fashion Stakes by 3 1/4 lengths at Woodbine Nov. 1. 5 days ago

Jan Vermeer Masters Criterium Rivals

Jan Vermeer led from the start to post an upset victory over Emerald Commander in the Criterium International (Fr-I) at Saint-Cloud Nov. 1. 5 days ago
Iroquois Opens Up for Thiskyhasnolimit

Iroquois Opens Up for Thiskyhasnolimit

Overlooked Thiskyhasnolimit drove four wide through the homestretch under Shaun Bridgmohan to register his first stakes win by one length in the $120,800 Iroquois (gr. III) for 2-year-olds at Churchill Downs Nov. 1. 5 days ago
Sassy Image Steps Up to Win Pocahontas

Sassy Image Steps Up to Win Pocahontas

Favored Sassy Image emerged with the lead past mid-stretch and pulled clear late to post her first stakes win by two lengths in the $115,900 Pocahontas (gr. III) for 2-year-old fillies on opening day of the Churchill Downs 21-day fall meet Nov. 1. 5 days ago
Criticism Earns Cheers in Long Island Repeat

Criticism Earns Cheers in Long Island Repeat

In charge most of the way for jockey Javier Castellano, odds-on choice Criticism scored an authoritative repeat victory in the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) over a yielding turf course at cloudy Aqueduct in her final start for Darley Stable Nov. 1. 5 days ago
Company Shocks Vodka in Tenno Sho (Autumn)

Company Shocks Vodka in Tenno Sho (Autumn)

Eight-year-old Company earned the first group I victory of his career when he upset a field that included Vodka and Screen Hero to become the 140th winner of the Tenno Sho (Autumn) before a crowd of 107,783 at Tokyo Racecourse Nov. 1. 5 days ago
On-Track Down, Simulcast Up at Keeneland

On-Track Down, Simulcast Up at Keeneland

A rainy October in Kentucky led to much lower on-track business for the Keeneland fall meet, but good racing at the track helped the simulcast wagering, and the combined off-track and on-track betting increased. 6 days ago
Blame Beats Elders in Closing Day Fayette

Blame Beats Elders in Closing Day Fayette

Blame, the only 3-year-old in the field, rallied from the back of the pack and ran down favored Parading in mid-stretch to win the $150,000 Fayette Stakes (gr. II), the closing day feature of the Keeneland fall meet Oct. 31. 6 days ago
Maiden Roan Inish Takes Princess Elizabeth

Maiden Roan Inish Takes Princess Elizabeth

Making her North American debut, the maiden Roan Inish swept past pacesetting Resentless in deep stretch to win the $232,235 Princess Elizabeth Stakes at Woodbine Oct. 31. 6 days ago
Unbridled Belle Rings True in 'Alarm

Unbridled Belle Rings True in 'Alarm

Unbridled Belle, as expected, made her final start in New York a winning one, drawing off to an easy four-length victory as the prohibitive choice in the $109,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Oct. 31. 6 days ago
Barbaro's Brother Lentenor Third in Debut

Barbaro's Brother Lentenor Third in Debut

Lael Stables' Lentenor, the full brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Barbaro, finished third in his career debut on closing day at Keeneland Oct. 31, a race won by favored Positive Split. 6 days ago
Determined Le Grand Cru Earns Bold Ruler Win

Determined Le Grand Cru Earns Bold Ruler Win

Judson Streicher's Le Grand Cru turned away Past the Point after a determined stretch duel to earn a victory in the $150,000 Bold Ruler Handicap (gr. III) Oct. 31 at Aqueduct, his second straight graded stakes score. 6 days ago

Apprentice Amanda Casey Suffers Bruised Liver

Apprentice jockey Amanda Casey will remain at North Shore University Hospital for a week to recover from a bruised liver suffered when she was kicked by her horse in the paddock at Aqueduct Racetrack on Oct. 30. 6 days ago
Criticism Seeks Long Island Handicap Repeat

Criticism Seeks Long Island Handicap Repeat

Darley Stable's Criticism, a three-time graded stakes winner this year, holds a big edge over six contenders in the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT), the Nov. 1 feature at Aqueduct. Friday, October 30, 2009

Jockey Brimo in Critical Condition

Jockey Julia Brimo was sent to the University of Kentucky Medical Center with injuries following a spill in the first race at Keeneland Oct. 30. Friday, October 30, 2009
81-Year-Old Cummings Eyes 13th Melbourne Cup

81-Year-Old Cummings Eyes 13th Melbourne Cup

Australia's most famous Thoroughbred race, the Emirates Melbourne Cup (Aus-I), will air on Monday, Nov. 2 in the United States. Friday, October 30, 2009
Unbridled Belle Says Goodbye to NY in 'Alarm

Unbridled Belle Says Goodbye to NY in 'Alarm

Millionaire mare Unbridled Belle, who has competed in some of New York's premier stakes races over the past four seasons, makes her final start in the Big Apple as the heavy favorite in the $100,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Oct. 31. Thursday, October 29, 2009
Past the Point Can Make Amends in Bold Ruler

Past the Point Can Make Amends in Bold Ruler

Off his game in his past two tries, Past the Point makes his first start at Aqueduct for trainer Eoin Harty as the morning line favorite in the $150,000 Bold Ruler Handicap (gr. III) Oct. 31. Thursday, October 29, 2009
Dublin Returns in Churchill's Iroquois Stakes

Dublin Returns in Churchill's Iroquois Stakes

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has entered Robert Baker and William Mack's highly-touted Dublin in the $100,000 Iroquois (gr. III) for juveniles at a mile on the main track. A field of 12 was drawn for the Churchill Downs fall meet opening day co-feature. Thursday, October 29, 2009
Romans Hoping For Pocahontas Repeat

Romans Hoping For Pocahontas Repeat

Trainer Dale Romans unleashed a true "Star of Tomorrow" in the 2008 Pocahontas (gr. III) when Sara Louise romped to victory by 3 3/4 lengths over Rachel Alexandra. On Nov. 1, Romans hopes history repeats itself when he saddles Jerry Romans' Sassy Image in the $100,000 event for 2-year-old fillies. A full field of 13 was drawn. Thursday, October 29, 2009

Melbourne Cup to Air on HRTV

HRTV announced Oct. 29 it will broadcast the prestigious Melbourne Cup (Aust-I) from Australia on Monday, Nov. 2. Thursday, October 29, 2009

Trainer Steve Specht Records 1,000th Victory

Steve Specht, a mainstay in the Northern California training ranks since the mid-1980s, collected his 1,000th career victory Oct. 28 at Golden Gate Fields when his 2-year-old filly Veillit' won the fifth race. Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Wiggins Hopes To Go Out a Winner

Wiggins Hopes To Go Out a Winner

Hal Wiggins hit the apex of his training career this spring when he saddled Rachel Alexandra to her resounding victory in the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) May 1. He hopes the final month on the backside gets off to a rousing start Nov. 1 when he sends out Brassy Boy in the Iroquois (gr. III) for longtime client Millsap Stables. Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Parading Leads Closing-Day Field for Fayette

Parading Leads Closing-Day Field for Fayette

Parading returns to the scene of his most lopsided stakes victory earlier this year when he takes on nine rivals in Keeneland's $150,000 Fayette Stakes on Oct. 31, closing day for the Lexington track's short fall meet. Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Barbaro's Brother Lentenor Entered in Debut

Lael Stable's Lentenor, the full brother to Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Barbaro, is scheduled to make his career debut on Keeneland's Oct. 31 closing-day card. Wednesday, October 28, 2009
LaPenta Buys Into 2YO Star Jackson Bend

LaPenta Buys Into 2YO Star Jackson Bend

Jacks or Better Farm's co-owner Fred Brei said Oct. 26 he has sold a majority interest in his homebred 2-year-old star Jackson Bend to Robert LaPenta for an undisclosed sum. Monday, October 26, 2009
Banrock Wins as Belmont Fall Meet Concludes

Banrock Wins as Belmont Fall Meet Concludes

Banrock and You Go West Girl tallied victories in a pair of $150,000 turf stakes for New York-bred horses on closing day of Belmont Park's fall meet Oct. 25. Ramon Dominguez and Todd Pletcher win individual titles. Sunday, October 25, 2009
Black Mamba Strikes in Rood & Riddle Dowager

Black Mamba Strikes in Rood & Riddle Dowager

A change in tactics helped Black Mamba capture the $125,000 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes at Keeneland in likely the final start of her career Oct. 25. Sunday, October 25, 2009
Indian Blessing to Skip Filly & Mare Sprint

Indian Blessing to Skip Filly & Mare Sprint

Unhappy with her recent workouts over Santa Anita's Pro-Ride track, trainer Bob Baffert said Oct. 25 that he is not planning to pre-enter two-time champion Indian Blessing in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint Nov. 6. Sunday, October 25, 2009
Gomez Guides April Pride to First Graded Win

Gomez Guides April Pride to First Graded Win

April Pride overcame her outside post and some heavy traffic in the homestretch to post an impressive upset win in Oak Tree's $100,000 Harold C. Ramser Sr. Handicap (gr. IIIT), her American graded stakes debut for trainer James Cassidy Saturday on the Santa Anita grass. Saturday, October 24, 2009
Dominguez Bags Four Stakes at Belmont

Dominguez Bags Four Stakes at Belmont

Ramon Dominguez rode four stakes winners Oct. 24 at rainy Belmont Park, including a three-quarters of a length victory by Haynesfield in the $250,000 Empire Classic. Saturday, October 24, 2009
Vintage Run for Vineyard Haven in De Francis

Vintage Run for Vineyard Haven in De Francis

Godolphin's big year continued Oct. 24 when odds-on choice Vineyard Haven burst through along the inside in deep stretch to capture the $300,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (gr. I) over a sloppy track at Laurel Park. Saturday, October 24, 2009
Satans Quick Chick (23-1) Lights Up Raven Run

Satans Quick Chick (23-1) Lights Up Raven Run

Satans Quick Chick slid through the inside under Leandro Goncalves and caught Slides Choice and Don'ttalktome in the final strides to pull a 23-1 upset in the $300,000 Lexus Raven Run (gr. II) for 3-year-old fillies Oct. 24 at Keeneland. Saturday, October 24, 2009

Cummings Lands Cox Plate With So You Think

Three-year-old colt So You Think won the $2.8 million W.S. Cox Plate (Aus-I) Oct. 24, providing another big race win for master trainer Bart Cummings. Saturday, October 24, 2009

St Nicholas Abbey Soars at Doncaster

St Nicholas Abbey cemented himself as the early favorite for the 2010 Investec Derby (Eng-I) with a dominating performance in the Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I) at Doncaster Oct. 24. Saturday, October 24, 2009
McLaughlin, Velazquez Sweep Valley View

McLaughlin, Velazquez Sweep Valley View

Eye of Taurus, a 13-1 shot, stole the second leg of the $125,000 Pin Oak Valley View (gr. IIIT), giving trainer Kiaran McLaughlin and jockey John Velazquez a sweep of both divisions of the Oct. 23 feature for 3-year-old fillies at Keeneland. Friday, October 23, 2009
Zenyatta Turns in Sharp Work at Hollywood

Zenyatta Turns in Sharp Work at Hollywood

Zenyatta worked six furlongs in 1:11.20 at Hollywood Park Oct. 23 in her first work since winning the Oct. 10 Lady's Secret Stakes (gr. I). Jockey Mike Smith was aboard, and the mare worked in company with Green Day and Sabina Fay. Friday, October 23, 2009
Icon Project Retired With Tendon Injury

Icon Project Retired With Tendon Injury

Andrew Rosen announced Oct. 23 that his 4-year-old filly Icon Project, winner of the 2009 Personal Ensign Stakes (gr. I), has been retired due to a tendon injury. Friday, October 23, 2009
THS: De Francis Memorial Dash (Video)

THS: De Francis Memorial Dash (Video)

Jason, Tom, and Rich Nilsen of brisnet preview the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (gr. I) at Laurel. Thursday, October 22, 2009
Empire Classic Tops Rich NY Showcase Day Card

Empire Classic Tops Rich NY Showcase Day Card

Future Prospect and Haynesfield are the stars and Naughty New Yorker is the sentimental favorite, but contention will run deep Oct. 24 when 11 colts and geldings and one filly line up for the $250,000 Empire Classic at Belmont Park. Thursday, October 22, 2009
Caprice Faces 10 in Rood & Riddle Dowager

Caprice Faces 10 in Rood & Riddle Dowager

German-bred mare Caprice, third in last year's Rood & Riddle Dowager at Keeneland, returns for the $125,000 turf event as one of the favorites for owner Sven A. Hanson's NP Bloodstock. Thursday, October 22, 2009
Einstein Flying Under Radar For BC Classic

Einstein Flying Under Radar For BC Classic

It can be argued that this year's Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) is as perplexing and wide open as any time in the event's 26-year history. Between the parity of the top older horses and the wild card factor of Santa Anita's Pro-Ride surface, handicappers will have plenty of choices come Nov. 7 Thursday, October 22, 2009
Knickerbocker: Operation Red Dawn Earns Grade

Knickerbocker: Operation Red Dawn Earns Grade

Favored Operation Red Dawn collared pacesetter Lemon Cream Pie in deep stretch on his way to his first stakes win in the $106,500 Knickerbocker (gr. IIIT) on Belmont Park's inner turf course Oct. 22. Thursday, October 22, 2009
9-Year-Old Cloudy's Knight Wins Sycamore

9-Year-Old Cloudy's Knight Wins Sycamore

Cloudy's Knight, moving in tandem with favorite Winchester during a big stretch move, caught Yate's Black Cat just before the wire to win the $125,000 Sycamore (gr. IIIT) by a head Oct. 22 at Keeneland. Thursday, October 22, 2009

Belmont Moves Turf Stakes to Oct. 25

The $150,000 Mohawk and the $150,000 Ticonderoga for fillies and mares, two nine-furlong turf stakes originally scheduled for New York Showcase Day Oct. 24 at Belmont Park, have been moved back one day because of anticipated bad weather. Thursday, October 22, 2009
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