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Havelock Gets Up for Hanshin Cup Upset

Havelock Gets Up for Hanshin Cup Upset

With a well-timed ride by jockey Florent Geroux, Silverton Hills' Havelock got up in the final strides to overtake favored Lonesome Street to win the $150,000 Hanshin Cup (gr. III) by a neck.

 Saturday, May 19, 2012
Pachattack Gobbles Foes in Arlington Matron

Pachattack Gobbles Foes in Arlington Matron

Pachattack roared to the lead rounding the final turn and romped to her first graded stakes win in the $100,000 Arlington Matron (gr. III) May 28 at Arlington Park.

 Saturday, May 28, 2011
Joe Vann Trucks to Easy Illinois Derby Win

Joe Vann Trucks to Easy Illinois Derby Win

Joe Vann, making his stakes debut for Todd Pletcher, turned back the challenge of The Fed Eased in the stretch to register a commanding win in the $300,000 TVG Illinois Derby (gr. III) April 9 at Hawthorne.

 Saturday, April 09, 2011
Dade Babe Kisses Pucker Up Rivals Goodbye

Dade Babe Kisses Pucker Up Rivals Goodbye

In her stakes debut, Dade Babe sped away from her rivals on the first turn and was never caught, winning the $100,000 Pucker Up Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Arlington Park turf by 3 3/4 lengths Sept. 6.

 Monday, September 06, 2010

Jockey Geroux Has Fractured Vertebrae, Broken Wrist

Florent Geroux, the jockey who was hospitalized following a spill in the sixth race on Keeneland's Oct. 5 opening day card, suffered two fractured vertebrae and a broken right wrist in the accident, Keeneland reported Oct. 6.

 Saturday, October 06, 2007