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Unbeaten Gemologist Scores KY Jockey Club

Unbeaten Gemologist Scores KY Jockey Club

WinStar Farm and Todd Pletcher, who won the Kentucky Jockey Club in 2009 with Super Saver before sending him off to win the Kentucky Derby, completed the first part of the double again with Gemologist Nov. 26 at Churchill.

 Saturday, November 26, 2011
Maiden Grand Style Takes Princess Elizabeth

Maiden Grand Style Takes Princess Elizabeth

Grand Style, a maiden 2-year-old filly by Giant's Causeway, found a great spot to produce her first victory when she came from off the pace to win the $247,035 Princess Elizabeth Stakes at Woodbine Oct. 30.

 Saturday, October 30, 2010
Direct Line Noses West Hope in Gardenia 'Cap

Direct Line Noses West Hope in Gardenia 'Cap

Direct Line, battling West Hope all the way around, got up by a nose at the wire to win the $100,000 Gardenia Handicap (gr. III) in an 11-1 surprise at Ellis Park Aug. 14.

 Saturday, August 14, 2010
Baletti, Dynaslew Win Turf Stakes at Belmont

Baletti, Dynaslew Win Turf Stakes at Belmont

Baletti took the Fort Marcy (gr. IIIT) and Dynaslew set all of the fractions to score in the Beaugay (gr. IIIT) for fillies and mares in front of a crowd of 9,405 on Kentucky Derby day at Belmont Park May 1.

 Saturday, May 01, 2010
One Caroline Sidelined Until Spring

One Caroline Sidelined Until Spring

One Caroline, the talented 4-year-old daughter of Unbridled's Song who won her first five career starts, has been sidelined by an undisclosed injury that occurred during a third-place finish to Malibu Prayer in the Nov. 7 Chilukki Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs.

 Saturday, November 21, 2009

Breeders' Cup Board Nominees Announced

The Breeders' Cup announced July 1 that 10 individuals are on the ballot for the election of six positions to its board of directors.

 Wednesday, July 01, 2009
One Caroline Stays Perfect in Sabin

One Caroline Stays Perfect in Sabin

G. Watts Humphrey Jr.'s talented filly One Caroline wasn't fazed the least bit when facing graded stakes winners for the first time, as she took command shortly after first call and disposed of six rivals to win the $100,000 Sabin Stakes (gr. III) by a length Feb. 20 at Gulfstream Park.

 Friday, February 20, 2009
Communique Out of F&M Turf

Communique Out of F&M Turf

Communique will not run in the $2-million Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Oct. 24 due to a foot abscess in her right front leg.

 Monday, October 20, 2008

Keeneland Reports Record Attendance, Wagering

Keeneland reported record attendance and a 12.3% increase in total wagering at the 17-day fall race meeting that ended Oct. 28, its first with a new Polytrack surface.

 Saturday, October 28, 2006

The Jockey Club Elects Stuart Janney as Steward

Stuart S. Janney III has been elected to the board of stewards of The Jockey Club, filling the position vacated by G. Watts Humphrey Jr. at the expiration of his four-year term of office.

 Saturday, August 19, 2006

Newfoundland Starting at Brookdale for $15,000

Newfoundland, a multiple graded stakes winner and grade I-placed, has been retired to Fred Seitz' Brookdale Farm near Versailles, Ky., and will stand for $15,000 live foal.

 Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Rey de Cafe Nips Dubleo in Bourbon County

Rey de Cafe collared favored Dubleo in midstretch and gradually inched away to win the $112,200 Bourbon County Stakes for 2-year-olds Friday at Keeneland.

 Friday, October 29, 2004

$320,000 Thunder Gulch Colt Tops Keeneland September's Sixth Session

The last horse in the auction ring Sunday brought the top price of $320,000 during the sixth session of Keeneland's September yearling sale in Central Kentucky. Robert V. LaPenta's Whitehorse Stables purchased the Thunder Gulch colt, with a member of LaPenta's buying team, David Foye, signing the sale ticket.

 Sunday, September 19, 2004

Southern Fiction Can Atone in Matchmaker

Trainer Vicki Oliver thinks Southern Fiction rates another opportunity to earn some graded stakes brackets, and Sunday's $100,000 Matchmaker Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf at Monmouth Park is the spot.

 Friday, August 15, 2003

Southern Fiction Can Tell Eatontown Story

The $100,000 Eatontown Handicap (gr. III) for fillies and mares usually draws high profile shippers, but there are two home team representatives in Saturday's race at Monmouth Park who could get the job done.

 Thursday, July 17, 2003

Maiden Winner In Hand Faces Christine's Outlaw

Trainer Phil Oliver feels his Monmouth-based late-developing 3-year-old In Hand is ready for stakes-caliber competition in Saturday's $100,000 Long Branch Stakes.

 Thursday, July 10, 2003

Jaramar Rain Captures Delaware's New Castle

G. Watts Humphrey Jr.'s Jaramar Rain won the $100,000 New Castle Handicap at Delaware Park Sunday.

 Sunday, June 22, 2003

Final Round Sweeps to La Troienne Victory

G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.'s favored Final Round came from off the pace with jockey Jerry Bailey to score a one-length victory Thursday in the the La Troienne Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs.

 Thursday, May 01, 2003

Plenty to See in Keeneland's Valley View

Keeneland's feature race Saturday, the $100,000-added Valley View Stakes (gr. IIIT) has drawn a top-class field of 12 3-year-old fillies, set to run 1 1/16 miles over the turf course.

 Thursday, October 17, 2002

American Horses Morluc, Nuclear Debate on Track on Hong Kong

Trainer Randy Morse has returned to Sha Tin Racecourse with Morluc to see if the 5-year-old can improve on his head defeat to Falvelon in last year's Hong Kong Sprint. Another American runner in Hong Kong, Nuclear Debate, worked three furlongs Wednesday.

 Wednesday, December 12, 2001