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Redding Colliery Buries Lone Star 'Cap Foes

Redding Colliery Buries Lone Star 'Cap Foes

Redding Colliery disposed of pacesetter Euroears leaving the final turn and left his seven rivals far behind in capturing the $300,000 Lone Star Park Handicap (gr. III) for his first graded stakes victory May 31.

 Monday, May 31, 2010
First Dude, 'Charly' in Final Belmont Works

First Dude, 'Charly' in Final Belmont Works

First Dude tuned up for the $1 million Belmont Stakes (gr. I) May 29 with a solid five-furlong work under exercise rider Tammy Fox. Uptowncharlybrown also worked for Kiaran McLaughlin.

 Saturday, May 29, 2010
McLaughlin is Now Carin' For Charly

McLaughlin is Now Carin' For Charly

Kiaran McLaughlin will saddle Uptowncharlybrown for the first time in the June 5 Belmont Stakes.

 Thursday, May 27, 2010
Tar Heel Mom Enters Vagrancy 'Cap Off Big Win

Tar Heel Mom Enters Vagrancy 'Cap Off Big Win

Alex Rankin's Tar Heel Mom, the Distaff Handicap (gr. II) winner last month at Aqueduct, will tote top weight of 119 pounds as the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the $150,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) May 29 at Belmont.

 Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Taqarub Pulls Off Md. Sprint Shocker

Taqarub Pulls Off Md. Sprint Shocker

Taqarub, a son of Aldebaran, goes wire to wire in the six-furlong Maryland Sprint Handicap at Pimlico on the Preakness Day undercard.

 Saturday, May 15, 2010

Conference Attendees Discuss Drug Testing

Attorneys arguing about drug testing policies and procedures may differ in their opinions about the applications of such high-profile systems, but they agree that the landscape in which they work has changed.

 Friday, April 30, 2010

Can Public, Fans Understand Drug Testing?

The sensitivity of equine drug testing is a big plus for the racing industry, but it also has created confusion. How are the public and media supposed to understand when some industry participants can't make sense of it?

 Monday, December 07, 2009
McLaughlin Takes Suspensions for Trace Levels

McLaughlin Takes Suspensions for Trace Levels

Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin will serve three concurrent 30-day suspensions handed down by the Kentucky Racing Commission for three individual medication violations, the New York-based horseman confirmed Dec. 1.

 Wednesday, December 02, 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
Etched Edges Kiss the Kid in Meadowlands Cup

Etched Edges Kiss the Kid in Meadowlands Cup

Darley Stable's homebred Etched held off a late rush by Kiss the Kid to win the $300,000 Meadowlands Cup (gr. II) Oct. 16 at the Meadowlands in New Jersey.

 Friday, October 16, 2009

Brave Tin Soldier Fires in Cliff Hanger

Brave Tin Soldier marched from last place to win the Oct. 3 Cliff Hanger Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Meadowlands. Under Carlos Marquez Jr., the 5-year-old son of Storm Cat topped Pleasant Strike by a nose on the wire, covering the 1 1/16 miles of "yielding" turf in 1:45.52.

 Sunday, October 04, 2009
Justenuffhumor Wins 6th Straight in Baruch H.

Justenuffhumor Wins 6th Straight in Baruch H.

Darley Stable's Justenuffhumor remains undefeated on the season as he collared pacesetter Cowboy Cal inside the sixteenth-pole and posted a half-length victory in the $200,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap (gr. IIT) Aug. 28 on the Saratoga turf.

 Friday, August 28, 2009
Weather Could Be a Big Factor in Travers

Weather Could Be a Big Factor in Travers

With more than an inch of rain in the forecast overnight and into tomorrow, an off-track appears likely for the $1-million Shadwell Travers (gr. I) Aug. 29 at Saratoga.

 Friday, August 28, 2009
Rachel May Send Asiatic Boy to Del Mar

Rachel May Send Asiatic Boy to Del Mar

As soon as trainer Kiaran McLaughlin found out Rachel Alexandra would be running in the Woodward Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 5 he quickly contacted the owner of his Woodward hopeful Asiatic Boy, about the possibility of heading to California.

 Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Turf Rivalry Heats Up in Bernard Baruch

Turf Rivalry Heats Up in Bernard Baruch

Darley Stable's Justenuffhumor and Magnolia Racing Stable's Cowboy Cal resume what may be a budding rivalry when they meet Aug. 28 in the $200,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap (gr. IIT) at 1 1/8 miles on the inner turf at Saratoga.

 Monday, August 24, 2009
Travers Notes: Quality Road in Final Breeze

Travers Notes: Quality Road in Final Breeze

Edward P. Evans' Quality Road put in his final breeze before the Aug. 29, grade I, $1-million Shadwell Travers at Saratoga Race Course, covering five furlongs over the muddy main track in :59.68, fourth fastest of 24 at the distance on the morning of Aug. 24.

 Monday, August 24, 2009
Travers: Charitable Man Looks Like a Go

Travers: Charitable Man Looks Like a Go

Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin confirmed Aug. 20 that Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren Jr.'s Charitable Man, third in the Jim Dandy (gr. II), would make his next start in the Shadwell Travers (gr. I) on Aug. 29.

 Thursday, August 20, 2009
'Rachel' Could Get Stiff Test in Mother Goose

'Rachel' Could Get Stiff Test in Mother Goose

Rachel Alexandra will make her first start since her historic Preakness (gr. I) victory June 27 at Belmont Park, but her presence in the $300,000 Mother Goose (gr. I) isn't scaring everyone away.

 Friday, June 19, 2009
Both Birds, Charitable Man Eye Travers

Both Birds, Charitable Man Eye Travers

Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Summer Bird, Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Mine That Bird, and Peter Pan winner (gr. II) winner Charitable Man are all targeting the Shadwell Travers (gr. I) later this summer at Saratoga, but will take different paths to the "Mid-Summer Derby."

 Friday, June 12, 2009
Einstein Seeks History in Stephen Foster

Einstein Seeks History in Stephen Foster

Einstein, a leading candidate for 2009 Horse of the Year midway through the season, will try to make history by becoming the first horse to win grade I events on dirt, turf and synthetics in the same year in the $600,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) June 13 at Churchill Downs.

 Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Belmont Preview: Borel Center of Attention

Belmont Preview: Borel Center of Attention

Mine That Bird will face nine rivals in the June 6 Belmont Stakes (gr. I). Jockey Calvin Borel will look to become the first jockey to win all three Triple Crown races on two different horses.

 Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Mine That Bird 2-1 Favorite For Belmont

Mine That Bird 2-1 Favorite For Belmont

Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Mine That Bird was among 10 3-year-olds entered for the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) on June 6.

 Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Charitable Man, Dunkirk Post Final Moves

Charitable Man, Dunkirk Post Final Moves

Charitable Man and Dunkirk, who could be the second and third choices behind Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Mine That Bird in the June 6 Belmont Stakes (gr. I), turned in their final works May 31 for the 1 1/2-mile race.

 Sunday, May 31, 2009
Trio of Belmont Contenders Turn in Works

Trio of Belmont Contenders Turn in Works

It was a busy May 23 morning at Belmont Park for contenders of the $1 million Belmont Stakes (gr. I) with Charitable Man, Summer Bird, and Dunkirk all breezing on the main track.

 Saturday, May 23, 2009
Charitable Man a 'Go' for Belmont Stakes

Charitable Man a 'Go' for Belmont Stakes

William K. Warren's Charitable Man, impressive winner of the Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II), will make his next start in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) June 6, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin confirmed May 20.

 Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Peter Pan: Charitable Man Lives Up to Praise

Peter Pan: Charitable Man Lives Up to Praise

Kiaran McLaughlin has been saying for several weeks that Charitable Man is one of the most talented 3-year-olds in the country and he only needed some more seasoning to show it. On May 9 in the $200,000 Peter Pan (gr. II), the son of Lemon Drop Kid backed up his trainer's words, taking over at the top of the lane and powering to a 3 3/4-length score under Alan Garcia.

 Saturday, May 09, 2009
Justwhistledixie Out of Oaks

Justwhistledixie Out of Oaks

West Point Thoroughbreds' Justwhistledixie, the morning-line second choice in the May 1 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), was scratched from the race due to a foot abscess.

 Friday, May 01, 2009
Oaks: Rachel Sizzles a Half in :46 2/5

Oaks: Rachel Sizzles a Half in :46 2/5

Though her work was a bit fast for his taste, trainer Hal Wiggins was more than satisfied when his filly Rachel Alexandra made it back to the barn in good shape after zipping through a half-mile in :46 2/5 at Churchill Downs the morning of April 27.

 Monday, April 27, 2009

Oaks: Flying Spur Works, Others Gallop

Under exercise rider Joanna Trout, Flying Spur worked four furlongs in :48.40 and was timed in 1:01.80 galloping out another furlong.

 Monday, April 27, 2009
Mr. Fantasy Sharp in Withers Score

Mr. Fantasy Sharp in Withers Score

West Point Thoroughbreds and partners' Mr. Fantasy, who was once under considering for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), made his case for a run in next month's Preakness Stakes (gr. I) by scoring a 1 3/4-length victory in the $150,000 Withers (gr. III) April 25 at Aqueduct.

 Saturday, April 25, 2009
Oaks: Fitz Just Right Out With Ankle Chip

Oaks: Fitz Just Right Out With Ankle Chip

Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) contender Fitz Just Right's chances of capturing the lilies came to a halt when a chip was discovered in her right front ankle following a half-mile workout the morning of April 24 at Keeneland.

 Friday, April 24, 2009
Preakness Hopefuls Do Battle in Withers

Preakness Hopefuls Do Battle in Withers

This Ones for Phil, Mr. Fantasy and Just a Coincidence - all on the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) trail earlier this season - top a field of seven 3-year-olds in the $150,000 Withers (gr. III) April 25 at Aqueduct. The $1 million Preakness Stakes (gr. I) is now the primary goal for each of them.

 Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Stardom Bound Gets New Jockey for Oaks

Stardom Bound Gets New Jockey for Oaks

Stardom Bound, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2008, will have a new jockey when she attempts to get back on the winning track in the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) in Eclipse Award winner Garrett Gomez.

 Friday, April 17, 2009
McLaughlin: Charitable Man a 'Top Horse'

McLaughlin: Charitable Man a 'Top Horse'

When Charitable Man goes to post in the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) on April 11, it will be his first race in nearly seven months. In his more than 20 years of training, Kiaran McLaughlin cannot remember a time when he entered a horse in a tougher spot.

 Friday, April 10, 2009
Justwhistledixie Works at Keeneland

Justwhistledixie Works at Keeneland

West Point Thoroughbreds' Justwhistledixie, winner of five consecutive races and a leading contender for the May 1 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), worked a half-mile in :50.40 for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin the morning of April 10 at Keeneland.

 Friday, April 10, 2009
Seventh Street Strolls in Apple Blossom

Seventh Street Strolls in Apple Blossom

Darley Stable's Seventh Street broke to an early lead and never looked back, coasting to a dominating 5 3/4-length victory in the $490,00 Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I) April 4 at Oaklawn Park.

 Saturday, April 04, 2009
Acoma Pursues Grade I in Apple Blossom

Acoma Pursues Grade I in Apple Blossom

Helen Alexander and Helen Groves' homebred Acoma has been terrific in her last three wins and now the 4-year-old Empire Maker filly will try to add a grade I victory to her resume when facing a short field in the $500,000 Apple Blossom April 4 at Oaklawn Park.

 Thursday, April 02, 2009

Team Curlin Garners Top NYTWA Honors

Two-time Eclipse Horse of the Year Curlin and his connections have swept the top awards for 2008, as voted by the members of the New York Turf Writers Association. All of the 2008 award winners will be honored at the 86th annual NYTWA Awards Dinner at the Saratoga National Golf Club Aug. 24.

 Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Mr. Fantasy Out of Wood; Withers Next

Mr. Fantasy Out of Wood; Withers Next

Mr. Fantasy, third in the Gotham Stakes (gr. III), will not run in the Wood Memorial (gr. I) as originally planned, and will point for the one-mile Withers Stakes (gr. III) April 25, said Terry Finley, president of West Point Thoroughbreds

 Thursday, March 26, 2009

Fitz Just Right Tops Bourbonette Field

West Point Thoroughbreds' Fitz Just Right tops a field of 10 3-year-old fillies hoping to grab their first graded earnings and make a late splash on the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) trail in the $150,000 Bourbonette Stakes (gr. III) March 21 at Turfway Park.

 Wednesday, March 18, 2009
I Want Revenge Runs Away With Gotham

I Want Revenge Runs Away With Gotham

Shipping in from California and making his first start on natural dirt, I Want Revenge put away Mr. Fantasy at the top of the stretch and scored by 8 1/2 convincing lengths in the $250,000 Gotham Stakes (gr. III) March 7 at Aqueduct.

 Saturday, March 07, 2009
All Systems Go For Albertus Maximus

All Systems Go For Albertus Maximus

Donn Handicap (gr. I) winner Albertus Maximus continues to solidify his status as America's leading hope for the $6 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) with a bullet workout March 7 at Palm Meadows Training Center.

 Saturday, March 07, 2009
Toboggan: Lucky Island Looks to Rebound

Toboggan: Lucky Island Looks to Rebound

Shadwell Stable's Lucky Island, who reeled off four consecutive victories in the first half of 2008 before faltering, looks to start his season on a winning note when taking on eight sprinters in the $100,000 Toboggan Handicap (gr. III) March 7 on Aqueduct's inner track.

 Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Many Questions to Be Answered in Gotham

Many Questions to Be Answered in Gotham

On paper, the $250,000 Gotham Stakes (gr. III) has turned out to be one of the most intriguing and highly-anticipated prep races of the season, as a number of promising 3-year-olds will attempt to answer questions about their ability to go on to the $750,000 Wood Memorial (gr. I), and possibly the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

 Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Barbara Fritchie Attracts Nice Field

Barbara Fritchie Attracts Nice Field

A bang-up edition of the Barbara Fritchie Handicap (gr. II) has attracted eight fillies and mares led by New York shipper Seventh Street, grade I winner Dream Rush, and By the Light from the powerful Richard Dutrow stable. All three will vie for favoritism in the seven-furlong main track test Feb. 14 at Laurel Park.

 Wednesday, February 11, 2009
McLaughlin Watching Gayego For Godolphin

McLaughlin Watching Gayego For Godolphin

Kiaran McLaughlin has been training horses for the Maktoum family for 16 years, so when he was asked to "babysit" Arkansas Derby (gr. II) winner Gayego for a few weeks he had no problem at all. On Jan. 2, McLaughlin confirmed that Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin Stables had recently purchased the 4-year-old son of Gilded Time and he will be pointed to the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (UAE-I) later this year.

 Friday, January 02, 2009

NYTHA Re-Elects Violette as President

The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NYTHA) announced the results of its election of owner and trainer directors to its Board Dec. 5. Richard A. Violette, Jr., president, ran unopposed and was re-elected president of NYTHA.

 Friday, December 05, 2008
Albertus Maximus Aiming For Dubai

Albertus Maximus Aiming For Dubai

Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Albertus Maximus will be aimed at the Dubai World Cup program after recently being acquired by Sheikh Hamdan's American-based Shadwell Stable.

 Thursday, November 27, 2008
Shakis Euthanized After Fracturing Leg

Shakis Euthanized After Fracturing Leg

Shadwell homebred Shakis, who won the Bernard Baruch Handicap (gr. IIT) for the second consecutive year this summer at Saratoga, was euthanized at Hollywood Park the morning of Nov. 21 after breaking his hind leg during a workout. The 8-year-old Irish-bred son of Machiavellian was making his final work prior to running in the Citation Handicap (gr. IT) Nov. 29, which was expected to be his final start before beginning his stud career in 2009.

 Friday, November 21, 2008

Merchant Marine Sold to Shadwell

Merchant Marine, third behind Curlin in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr.I), has been sold to Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell Farm, said John Fort of Peachtree Stable, who previously owned the 4-year-old gelding.

 Saturday, November 01, 2008
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