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Clement Sends Double Trouble in Suwannee River

Trainer Christophe Clement sends two in Sunday's $100,000 Suwannee River Handicap (gr. IIIT), and that might be enough to get the job done.

 Saturday, March 01, 2003

Adminniestrator Wins Sunshine Turf at Wire

Longshot Adminniestrator closed powerfully in the stretch to get up by a nose at the wire over Music's Storm in the $500,000 Barretts/CTBA Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes Saturday at Santa Anita.

 Saturday, January 25, 2003

Forbidden Apple to Stand for $5,000

Millionaire Forbidden Apple, who will return home to enter stud at Arthur I. Appleton's Bridlewood Farm near Ocala, Fla., will begin his stallion career for $5,000.

 Monday, January 20, 2003

Forbidden Apple Looks for One Last Bite

Following Saturday's five-furlong breeze in :51 4/5 at Payson Park, trainer Christophe Clement confirmed that Forbidden Apple will make his final start in the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Turf on Saturday.

 Sunday, January 19, 2003

Allamerican Bertie Tries Honey at Gulfstream

A pair of distaff stakes and a $100,000 guaranteed Pick 6 will highlight the first Sunday program of Gulfstream Park's 2003 meeting.

 Friday, January 03, 2003

Clement-Trained Pair in La Prevoyante

Trainer Christophe Clement has made quite an impression in the Tropical-at-Calder turf stakes the last decade and none more so than the $200,000 La Prevoyante Handicap (gr. II) for fillies and mares at 1 ½ miles on turf. The race is one of four stakes with a total $600,000 in purses on the Grand Slam II program at Calder Racecourse on Saturday.

 Monday, December 23, 2002

Nominations Released for Grand Slam II on Dec. 28

Calder Racing Secretary Bob Umphrey has released the nominations to four stakes, three graded, worth a total of $600,000 to be run on Calder's Grand Slam II program on Saturday, Dec, 28.

 Wednesday, December 18, 2002

Aqueduct Race Report: Pouring It On

German-bred Uriah wins the Long Island Handicap over soft going for owner Gary Tanaka.

 Saturday, November 16, 2002

Wet Weather Imperils Top Long Island Field

A forecast for wet weather over the weekend has horsemen keeping their fingers crossed in hopes the rain will hold off until after Saturday's $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIT) for fillies and mares scheduled at a 1 1/2 mile on turf.

 Thursday, November 14, 2002

Forbidden Apple to Make Next Start in Citation

Forbidden Apple, one of the leading turf horses in the nation, will make his next start in the $500,000 Citation Handicap (gr. II) on grass at Hollywood Park on Nov. 30, trainer Christophe Clement said Monday from New York.

 Monday, November 11, 2002

Aqueduct Race Report: Beautiful Babae

Chilean-bred Babae wins back-to-back renewals of the Athenia Handicap.

 Saturday, November 09, 2002

Babae Returns in Aqueduct's Athenia Handicap

Joseph Platt Jr.'s Babae, the likely favorite for Saturday's $100,000 Athenia Handicap (gr. III) for fillies and mares, is poised to capture back-to-back runnings of the 1 1/6-mile turf feature at Aqueduct.

 Thursday, November 07, 2002

Volga Heads Dowager at Keeneland

Joseph Allen's Volga (Ire) heads a field of 10 fillies and mares entered in Sunday's $100,000-added Dowager at 12 furlongs on the Keeneland turf.

 Friday, October 11, 2002

Forbidden Apple Aims for Third Straight Kelso Win

Classy Forbidden Apple will try to end a five-race losing streak for trainer Christophe Clement in Saturday's one-mile Kelso Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. IIT)/

 Thursday, October 03, 2002

Choc Ice, Volga Renew E.P. Taylor Rivalry

Defending champion Choc Ice and last year's runner-up Volga will renew their rivalry Sunday at Woodbine in the $750,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes (gr. IT).

 Friday, September 27, 2002

Mile Preview (9/12): Steady as a Rock (of Gibraltar)

The announcement earlier this week that NetJet will sponsor the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) wasn't the biggest news concerning the World Thoroughbred Championship's grass event. Rock of Gibraltar's emphatic victory in the NetJet Prix du Moulin de Longchamp in France on Sept. 8 kept the European superstar right on target for a trip to Arlington Park.

 Thursday, September 12, 2002

Voodoo Dancer Makes Easy Work of Palomar 'Cap

Green Hills Farm's favored Voodoo Dancer came from mid-pack in the stretch to mow down the front runners and score an easy win in the $150,000 Palomar Handicap (gr. IIT) for fillies and mares at Del Mar Sunday.

 Monday, September 09, 2002

Calista Nips Diadella in Epic Canadian Stakes

The $284,250 Canadian Stakes (gr. IIT) was a picture-perfect win for Calista and jockey Corey Nakatani, who nosed out a fighting Diadella and Todd Kabel in an epic tete-a-tete duel for fillies and mares at Woodbine on Sunday.

 Sunday, September 08, 2002

Janet, Voodoo Dancer Headline Sunday's Palomar

Eight fillies and mares are set to go postward Sunday in the 49th running of the $150,000 Palomar Handicap (gr. II) at 1 1/16 mile on Del Mar's Jimmy Durante Turf Course.

 Friday, September 06, 2002

Clement's Voodoo Dancer Expected for Sunday's Palomar Handicap

Voodoo Dancer was scheduled to arrive Wednesday afternoon for her date Sunday in the $150,000 Palomar Handicap (gr. IIT) for fillies and mares 3 years old and up going 1 1/16 mile on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course.

 Wednesday, September 04, 2002

Clement Has Top Pair for Opening Belmont Stakes Weekend

Mariensky has been primed for the Garden City Breeders' Cup (gr. I) spot after her troubled U.S. debut, while Craigsteel would relish a soft going in the Man o' War (gr. IT). The races are Sept. 7-8.

 Friday, August 30, 2002

Tweedside Heads Even Glens Falls Handicap Field

Tweedside, who ran in last year's Alabama (gr. I) on the dirt as a 3–year-old, leads a dozen hopefuls in the $100,000-added Glens Falls Handicap (gr. III) for fillies and mares ages 3 and up racing at 11 furlongs on the grass Monday.

 Saturday, August 24, 2002

<b>Saratoga Notebook: Pletcher's Harlan's Holiday, Invisible Ink Near Returns; Clement Takes His Time; Lukas Breezes Holiday Runner</b>

Harlan's Holiday, off since running fourth in the Preakness May 18, had an easy five-furlong breeze Saturday morning on the Oklahoma Training Track.

 Saturday, August 10, 2002

Clement, Santos Get Photo Quality Win

Tortured twice by losing photo finishes in graded stakes races recently at Saratoga, trainer Christophe Clement and jockey Jose Santos got a bit of payback when Waterville Lake Stable's Celtic Sky got up at the wire to beat front-running Reluctant Groom by a nose in the $82,900 West Point Handicap.

 Friday, August 09, 2002

Saratoga's Lake George Stakes Matches Even Field

Sylelistick is the 122-pound top weight for Monday's $100,000 Lake George Stakes (gr. III) at Saratoga, heading an evenly matched field of 11 competitors.

 Sunday, July 28, 2002

England's Legend Posts Easy Modesty Win

Sent off at odds of 3-5, England's Legend was an easy gate-two-wire winner over seven rivals in the $150,000 Modesty Handicap (gr. III) at Arlington Park Saturday.

 Saturday, July 27, 2002

England's Legend Is Modesty Choice

England's Legend, wire-to-wire victress in the Beverly D. (gr. IT) here last August, makes her first start of the year as the highweight and likely favorite in Saturday's $150,000 Modesty Handicap (gr. IIIT).

 Thursday, July 25, 2002

Sunday Break Heads Peter Pan; Springboard for Belmont

On Saturday, Sunday Break will make his first start for Drysdale since finishing third in Aqueduct's Wood Memorial (gr. I) on April 13, when he goes to post in the $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II) for 3-year-olds at nine furlongs.

 Thursday, May 23, 2002

Kim Loves Bucky and Keeneland

Kim Loves Bucky, a 12-1 shot, upset favorite Cetewayo to take Wednesday's Elkhorn Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland.

 Wednesday, April 24, 2002

Honey Fox Handicap Oversubscribed; Guaranteed Pick 6 Offered

Gulfstream Park's first Friday program of the 2002 season will be highlighted by two features -- the $100,000 Honey Fox Handicap (gr. III) for fillies and mares, and an enticing new target for bettors in the Guaranteed Pick 6.

 Wednesday, January 02, 2002

La Prevoyante Features Long Island Rematch

Gerald Robbins and Jay Weiss' Queue, Roger Attfield and partners' Sweetest Thing, and F. Eugene Dixon's Lady Dora finished one-two-three, respectively, last out in the 12-furlong Long Island Handicap (gr. IIT) at Aqueduct on Nov. 10.

 Wednesday, December 26, 2001

Nominations for Grand Slam I at Calder Released

Calder Race Course Wednesday released nominations for the four stakes comprising Grand Slam I on Dec. 8. Each race is worth $100,000.

 Wednesday, November 28, 2001

Dancers Step to Lake George Wins

Light Dancer and Voodoo Dancer made it a dancers' double Monday as the fillies took the first and second divisions, respectively, of the Lake George Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Saratoga.

 Monday, July 30, 2001

Monmouth Park Report: Fanning the Flames

Burning Roma's win streak continues in the Long Branch, as a showdown with Point Given could be next

 Tuesday, July 17, 2001

Mott and Clement Look To Break Tie In Bowling Green

Since 1997, trainers Christophe Clement and Bill Mott have each racked up 15 stakes a piece on the Belmont Park turf. And each will enter Saturday's $150,000 Bowling Green Handicap (gr. IIT) at Belmont looking to break the tie. Clement will bring Forbidden Apple and Mott will bring King Cugat for the 1 3/8 mile event.

 Thursday, July 05, 2001

Forbidden Apple Wins Manhattan In Wire to Wire Fashion

Corey Nakatani stole the 100th running of the $400,000 Manhattan (gr. IT) on the Belmont Park turf course Saturday, giving 7-1 outsider Forbidden Apple a textbook ride on the front end and defeating favored King Cugat by a diminishing three-parts of a length. Stablemates Tijiyr and Sumitas finished third and fourth, respectively, while last year's Eclipse Award-winning turf female, Perfect Sting, wound up sixth.

 Saturday, June 09, 2001

Versatile Critical Eye Might Have Edge In Sheepshead Bay

Critical Eye has won on turf, mud, going short and going long, but the only question remaining is just how long can she go. Critical Eye will be tested in Saturday's 11-furlong $150,000 Sheepshead Bay Handicap (gr. IIT) at Belmont Park.

 Thursday, May 31, 2001

Innuendo Retired; Booked to Seeking the Gold

Six-year-old Innuendo, winner of the March 10 Orchid Handicap (gr. IIT) at Gulfstream Park, has been retired from racing and is booked to Seeking the Gold.

 Tuesday, March 13, 2001
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