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Buddy's Humor Delivers Pan Am Punch Line

Buddy's Humor Delivers Pan Am Punch Line

Buddy's Humor caught the pacesetter Presious Passion at the top of the stretch and prevailed following a long drive to the wire by three-quarters of a length in the $147,000 Pan American Stakes at rain-soaked Gulfstream Park. The race was taken off the turf course as a result of day-long showers and contested on a sealed main track.

 Saturday, March 21, 2009
Grade I Winner Bustin Stones Retired

Grade I Winner Bustin Stones Retired

Unbeaten Bustin Stones, one of the year's leading sprinters, arrived Oct. 6 at Dr. Jerry Bilinski's Waldorf Farm near North Chatham, N.Y., where he will enter stud in 2009 for a fee of $6,500.

 Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Monmouth Posts Daily Handle Increase

Bucking the national trend of racing, Monmouth Park concluded its 2008 meeting on Sept. 28 with significant gains in daily average handle.

 Sunday, September 28, 2008
Vanderbilt Big Test for Bustin Stones

Vanderbilt Big Test for Bustin Stones

Although slowed by a fever that knocked him out of the Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I), undefeated Bustin Stones should be ready for a top effort in the $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. II) at Saratoga July 26, trainer Bruce Levine says.

 Thursday, July 24, 2008
Levine Horses Test Negative for EPO

Levine Horses Test Negative for EPO

The out-of-competition tests for EPO ordered by the New Jersey Racing Commission on 41 of trainer Bruce Levine's horse at Monmouth Park came back negative.

 Monday, June 30, 2008
Trainer Levine Wins Four at Aqueduct

Trainer Levine Wins Four at Aqueduct

Trainer Bruce Levine saddled four winners at Aqueduct on Feb. 29. It was the first four-win day for a trainer in New York in nearly a year.

 Friday, February 29, 2008
General George Draws Solid Field

General George Draws Solid Field

Trainer Bruce Levine has conditioned Roddy Valente's homebred Bustin Stones through four victories -- including three black type wins -- and a successful comeback from surgery on both knees. But the 4-year-old son of City Zip will have to step it up a notch to remain undefeated when he tackles graded company for the first time in the Feb. 18 General George Handicap (gr. II) at Laurel Park.

 Friday, February 15, 2008

Bustin Stones, Mighty Eros Roll in N.Y. Stallion Divisions

Bustin Stones and Mighty Eros proved convincing winners of their respective divisions of the New York Stallions Stakes for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct Sunday.

 Sunday, April 22, 2007

Stakes Winner Lawrence the Roman Retired

Lawrence the Roman, a 3-year-old son of Point Given who won his first three starts by a combined 25 1/4 lengths, has been retired from racing because of an injured leg.

 Monday, April 02, 2007

Big Apple Daddy Takes Charge in LeVine 'Cap

Ervin Rodriguez's odds-on favorite Big Apple Daddy made a decisive rally from well off the pace to run down the ultra-quick P. Kerney outside the sixteenth pole en route to a 2 ½ length victory in Saturday's $100,000 Donald LeVine Memorial Handicap over seven furlongs at Philadelphia Park.

 Saturday, May 27, 2006

Trainer Bruce Levine Notches 1,000th Victory

With a pair of victories Saturday at Aqueduct, trainer Bruce Levine reached a milestone with 1,000 wins in his career.

 Sunday, December 11, 2005

Owner/Trainer Robert Levine Dies

Robert Levine, who saddled Jill Robin L to win the March 5 Bonnie Miss Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park, died March 17 at the age of 86.

 Thursday, March 17, 2005

Slap to Face Doesn't Stop Hydrogen in Stymie

Earle I. Mack's Hydrogen, roused by a slap in the face, found room in the stretch Saturday and slipped through to win the $80,950 Stymie Handicap by a nose over 9-10 favorite Aggadan.

 Saturday, March 05, 2005

Jill Robin L Takes Bonnie Miss at the Wire

Jill Robin L, beaten in each of her last two tries by In the Gold, turned the tables in Saturday's $150,000 Bonnie Miss (gr. II) with new rider Jerry Bailey at Gulfstream Park.

 Saturday, March 05, 2005

Levine Wins Three as Belmont Fall Meet Opens

Trainer Bruce Levine saddled three winners Friday, including Clever Eletrician in the $105,100 General Douglas MacArthur Handicap for New York-breds, to open the Belmont Park fall meeting.

 Friday, September 10, 2004

Unforgettable Max Heads Jim McKay Line-Up

New York invader Unforgettable Max heads a field of eight in Saturday's $150,000 Jim McKay Breeders' Cup Handicap for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/8 mile at Pimlico.

 Friday, April 16, 2004

Stewards Clear, But Warn, Dutrow Over Scratches

Aqueduct's leading trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. was warned and cleared during a Friday meeting with stewards to discuss the circumstances that caused him to scratch all four of his runners off last Sunday's program.

 Friday, February 13, 2004

Follow Me Home Begins Campaign in First Lady

Saturday's $100,000 First Lady Handicap (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park will mark the 2004 debut of Follow Me Home and a return to the place that launched a 5-for-12 season for the filly.

 Sunday, January 04, 2004

Coyote Lakes Earns Second 2001 Gallant Fox Victory

Roddy J. Valente's Coyote Lakes ran past Top Official in deep stretch to win the 1 5/8-mile Gallant Fox Handicap (gr. III) for the second time in 2001. The 7-year-old Society Max gelding previously won the race on New Year's Day 2001.

 Saturday, December 29, 2001