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Former Claimer Delaunay Wins Churchill Stakes

Former Claimer Delaunay Wins Churchill Stakes

Former claimer Delaunay increased his win streak to six when he swept past Trinniberg at the head of the stretch and prevailed by an easy four lengths over a sloppy track in the May 4 Churchill Downs Stakes (gr. II).

 Saturday, May 04, 2013
So Many Ways Prevails in Eight Belles

So Many Ways Prevails in Eight Belles

With seven 3-year-old fillies contending in mid-stretch, Maggi Moss' So Many Ways proved best late to win the $177,150 Eight Belles Stakes May 3 at Churchill Downs.

 Friday, May 03, 2013
Amoss, Asmussen Tie for Fair Grounds Title

Amoss, Asmussen Tie for Fair Grounds Title

Trainers Tom Amoss and Steve Asmussen ended the 141st Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots meeting in a dead-heat for most victories with 42 apiece when they combined to win half of the races on the closing-day card March 31.

 Sunday, March 31, 2013
Unlimited Budget, Flashy Gray Head FG Oaks

Unlimited Budget, Flashy Gray Head FG Oaks

Undefeated Unlimited Budget and Honeybee Stakes runner-up Flashy Gray head a quality field that includes grade I winner So Many Ways in the $500,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (gr. II) March 30 at Fair Grounds Race Course.

 Thursday, March 28, 2013
Believe You Can Dominates New Orleans Ladies

Believe You Can Dominates New Orleans Ladies

Believe You Can blew away the competition in the $150,000 New Orleans Ladies March 9 at Fair Grounds, posting her second straight win off the layoff; the $150,000 Duncan F. Kenner went to Delaunay for owner Maggi Moss.

 Saturday, March 09, 2013
Sightseeing, Sire of So Many Ways, Dies

Sightseeing, Sire of So Many Ways, Dies

Sightseeing, sire of 2012 Spinaway Stakes (gr. I) winner So Many Ways, died Dec. 8 from complications due to intestinal surgery, Richland Hills Farm president Nathan Fox confirmed Dec. 12.

 Wednesday, December 12, 2012

F-T Midlantic Sale Has Prime Location

The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale, which will be held Oct. 1 in Timonium, Md., is in a prime location, especially this season.

 Friday, September 28, 2012
Undefeated So Many Ways to Skip Breeders' Cup

Undefeated So Many Ways to Skip Breeders' Cup

Undefeated 2-year-old filly So Many Ways will not travel to California to run in the $2 million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park, owner Maggi Moss announced Sept. 26.

 Wednesday, September 26, 2012
So Many Ways Gets Right Trip in Spinaway

So Many Ways Gets Right Trip in Spinaway

Unbeaten So Many Ways gave trainer Tony Dutrow consecutive wins in the $300,000 Spinaway Stakes when she came from off the pace to defeat 3-5 favorite Teen Pauline going away Sept. 2 at Saratoga Race Course.

 Sunday, September 02, 2012
National HBPA Affiliates Back Use of Salix

National HBPA Affiliates Back Use of Salix

The majority of National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association affiliates have adopted resolutions calling for continued regulated use of furosemide on race day.

 Saturday, August 04, 2012
So Many Ways Surges in Schuylerville Stakes

So Many Ways Surges in Schuylerville Stakes

One race after Rick Dutrow won the James Marvin Stakes (gr. III) on July 20, his brother Tony Dutrow sent 5-2 favorite So Many Ways to victory in the 94th running of the $150,000 Schuylerville Stakes (gr. II).

 Friday, July 20, 2012
Quest to Ban Race-Day Salix Called 'Insanity'

Quest to Ban Race-Day Salix Called 'Insanity'

During a June 29 meeting that showed the battle over race-day furosemide is escalating, supporters ripped their opponents and vowed to take their case -- that the medication is good for the racehorse -- to the public.

 Friday, June 29, 2012

Sightseeing's First Winner Tallies by 8

So Many Ways became the first winner by grade II winner Sightseeing when she won by eight lengths at Parx Racing,

 Sunday, June 10, 2012
Outta Tune Hits Right Note in Count Fleet

Outta Tune Hits Right Note in Count Fleet

Outta Tune, claimed for $5,000 last summer, became a graded stakes winner when he outlasted Apriority in the $250,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park April 14.

 Saturday, April 14, 2012

Native Ruler to Abraham's Equine

Maggi Moss has retired multiple stakes winner Native Ruler from racing for stallion duty in 2012 at Abraham's Equine Clinic near Cedar Rapids, Iowa

 Thursday, October 13, 2011
On-Track Betting Improves at Prairie Meadows

On-Track Betting Improves at Prairie Meadows

The 66-day meet at Prairie Meadows produced a 5.7% increase in average on-track wagering, but a 2.7% decline in total betting due to a dip in wagering from simulcast outlets.

 Monday, August 15, 2011
It Happened Again Wins Razorback for Asmussen

It Happened Again Wins Razorback for Asmussen

Trainer Steve Asmussen took the top two spots in the $125,000 Razorback Handicap (gr. III) when It Happened Again scored his first graded stakes win by a half-length over stablemate Thiskyhasnolimit March 12 at Oaklawn Park

 Saturday, March 12, 2011
Attorney Contends Velazquez is Scapegoat

Attorney Contends Velazquez is Scapegoat

The attorney for jockey John Velazquez said her client is a scapegoat in connection with the events surrounding last year's Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (gr. I) in which Life At Ten was eased during the course of the race.

 Saturday, March 12, 2011

Launch Light Lady Tops Iowa Mixed Sale

Maggi Moss purchases the 2-year-old stakes-winning filly for $55,000.

 Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Moss to be Honored by Prairie Meadows

Iowa breeder/owner Maggi Moss will be inducted into the Prairie Meadows Hall of Fame Aug. 6 in a ceremony at the track.

 Saturday, July 31, 2010
Asmussen to Fight Six-Month Texas Suspension

Asmussen to Fight Six-Month Texas Suspension

Steve Asmussen, currently the country's leading trainer in money and races won, was slapped with a six-month suspension and a $1,500 fine by the Lone Star Park stewards on July 16 for a positive urine test that contained a lidocaine metabolite in a horse he trained in 2008.

 Friday, July 17, 2009
'Zero Tolerance' an Issue in Asmussen Case

'Zero Tolerance' an Issue in Asmussen Case

Even after an eight-hour hearing July 7, the arguments still aren't over concerning a May 2008 drug positive for one of Eclipse Award-winning trainer Steve Asmussen's horses.

 Thursday, July 09, 2009
Owner Moss to Defend Trainer Asmussen

Owner Moss to Defend Trainer Asmussen

Prominent horse owner Maggi Moss will end her 1 1/2-year sabbatical from practicing law to defend leading trainer Steve Asmussen in a Texas case after one of his horses tested positive for a prohibited substance.

 Friday, June 27, 2008
Indian Chant Fierce in Aristides

Indian Chant Fierce in Aristides

Maggi Moss's Indian Chant set his sights on a victory in the $125,000 Aristides Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs and would not be denied, holding off a bid from the late-closing Noonmark to win the May 31 event by a nose.

 Saturday, May 31, 2008

Temporary Saint Shines in Excelsior

A $50,000 claim last October, Maggi Moss' Temporary Saint wins the $150,533 Excelsior Handicap (gr. III) April 5 at Aqueduct.

 Saturday, April 05, 2008

Moss to be Guest on Talkin' Horses

Racing enthusiasts are invited to join leading Thoroughbred owner Maggi Moss for Thursday's edition of bloodhorse.com "Talkin' Horses," sponsored by AIRshod.

 Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Lake, Leparoux, Moss Lead Nation in '06 Wins

Trainer Scott Lake and jockey Julien Leparoux concluded the 2006 racing season at the top of the North American charts for races won, while Maggi Moss was the leading owner.

 Sunday, December 31, 2006

Cort's P.B. Upsets Fair Grounds' Thanksgiving 'Cap

Cort's P.B., with Jamie Theriot aboard, sped to the early lead and then held off a late charge by Smalltown Slew for a one-length win in the $75,000 Thanksgiving Handicap Thursday before a record crowd at Fair Grounds Race Course.

 Thursday, November 23, 2006

Average Wagering Declines During Relocated, Shortened Fair Grounds Meet

Fair Grounds Race Course concluded a shortened and relocated 134th season of racing on Sunday. The meet was moved to Harrah's Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, La., after Hurricane Katrina caused significant damage to and forced the temporary closure of Fair Grounds' home site in New Orleans.

 Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Grade I Winner Peace Rules Retired

Peace Rules, a multiple grade I winner and multi-millionaire, has been retired from racing following the discovery of a filling in his left front leg.

 Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Brandela, Big Tease Win Mount Vernon Divisions

Brandela and Big Tease tallied mild upset victories Sunday in separate divisions of Belmont Park's Mount Vernon Handicap for New York-bred fillies and mares.

 Sunday, June 20, 2004

Prairie Meadows May Add Games if Bill Signed

Prairie Meadows could add table games and video poker this fall if Gov. Tom Vilsack signs a gambling bill approved by the Iowa legislature. The track's board of directors voted 12-0 April 21 to seek the games should the bill become law.

 Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Prairie Proposal Calls for Four Fewer Racing Days

Prairie Meadows has proposed a 96-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing season for 2004. The plan is to race only four days a week instead of five.

 Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Prairie Meadows Handle Plummets Nearly 15%

Track officials and horsemen at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa are considering shortening the race-week from five days to four in the future to help solidify handle figures.

 Tuesday, July 01, 2003

Former Prairie Chairman Turns in Owner's License

Former Prairie Meadows chairman Jim Rasmussen turned in his horse owner's license and his River Ridge Ranch stable was legally dissolved May 20. The move looms as a preemptive strike to avert a June hearing at which the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission would have considered action against Rasmussen for making illegal football bets with alleged bookmaker Robert Derryberry.

 Wednesday, May 21, 2003

Chairman of Prairie Meadows Board Steps Down

Jim Rasmussen stepped down as chairman of the Prairie Meadows board of
directors May 9 in the midst of health concerns and charges he had bet
with a bookmaker on football games.

 Saturday, May 10, 2003