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Injury Sidelines Afleet Express For the Year

Injury Sidelines Afleet Express For the Year

Travers Stakes (gr. I) winner Afleet Express has been sidelined for the remainder of the year with a partial tear of a suspensory ligament in his left front leg.

 Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Countdown to the Cup: Afleet Heat

Countdown to the Cup: Afleet Heat

Afleet Express, the horse who couldn't get sold, scored a dramatic win in the Travers.

 Monday, August 30, 2010
Afleet Express Nips Fly Down in Travers

Afleet Express Nips Fly Down in Travers

In a thrilling edition of $1 million Shadwell Travers Stakes (gr. I), Afleet Express held off Fly Down by the narrowest of margins to win the "Mid-summer Derby" Aug. 28 at Saratoga.

 Saturday, August 28, 2010
Nicanor Third to Pickapocket in Sussex

Nicanor Third to Pickapocket in Sussex

Favored Nicanor, Barbaro's 4-year-old full brother, led to the sixteenth pole but could not hold off Pickapocket in the off-the-turf Sussex Stakes at rainy Delaware Park July 10.

 Saturday, July 10, 2010
Afleet Express Rolls to Pegasus Victory

Afleet Express Rolls to Pegasus Victory

Odds-on favorite Jackson Bend, the third-place finisher of the Preakness (gr. I), tired badly after turning for home, as second choice Afleet Express sailed to a 1 3/4-length win in the $200,000 Pegasus Stakes (gr. III)

 Saturday, June 19, 2010

Crafty Ember, Dam of Pampered Princess, Dead

Crafty Ember, dam of grade I winner Pampered Princess, died from complications from hemorrhaging after foaling a Tapit filly Feb. 18 at Trackside Farm near Versailles, Ky.

 Monday, February 20, 2006

Grade I Winners Pampered Princess, Stellar Jayne Retired

Pampered Princess and Stellar Jayne, both grade I winners, have been retired from racing to become broodmares.

 Monday, November 28, 2005

Infection Knocks 'Princess Out of BC Distaff

Martin Cherry's 5-year-old mare Pampered Princess was declared from the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I) Sunday afternoon because she's suffering from an upper respiratory infection.

 Sunday, October 23, 2005

Pampered Princess Wears Spinster Crown

Martin Cherry's Florida invader Pampered Princess battled back after being passed in the stretch, drawing away near the finish to post an upset in the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (gr. I) for fillies and mares at Keeneland Sunday.

 Sunday, October 09, 2005

Meadow Brook Chase Kicks Off Belmont Week

The most widely anticipated week of racing this season at Belmont Park begins on Thursday with $100,000-added Meadow Brook Steeplechase (NSA-I) for older horses at 2 1/2 miles over National Fences.

 Wednesday, June 02, 2004

Spanish Empire Tops Tenpins in Louisiana 'Cap

Spanish Empire won the biggest race of his career when he captured the $60,000 Louisiana Handicap at Fair Grounds on Friday by one length over heavily favored Tenpins.

 Friday, January 02, 2004

OBS Yearling Sale Gets Off to Fast Start; Gross, Average, Median Rise in Select Session

Boosted by the offspring from the first crops of promising Florida-based sires like grade I winners Yes It's True and Greenwood Lake, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's August yearling sale roared out of the starting gate Monday.

 Monday, August 18, 2003