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What's Going On Here: McGaughey's Wait

What's Going On Here: McGaughey's Wait

Trainer finds victory in seventh Kentucky Derby start

 Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Parading to Stand at Claiborne

Parading to Stand at Claiborne

Grade II winner Parading has been retired from racing and will join his sire, successful stallion Pulpit, at stud in 2010 at the Hancock family's Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky.

 Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Parading to Ship West for Hollywood Gold Cup

Parading to Ship West for Hollywood Gold Cup

Parading, winner of the Dixie Stakes (gr. IIT) on the Pimlico turf May 16, is expected to run next July 11 in the $700,000 Hollywood Gold Cup (gr. I).

 Thursday, June 25, 2009
Euphony, Vacation Earn First Graded Victories

Euphony, Vacation Earn First Graded Victories

Euphony and Vacation earned their first graded wins on a big stakes day at Arlington Park May 23.

 Saturday, May 23, 2009
Parading Leads the Way in the Dixie

Parading Leads the Way in the Dixie

Parading made it consecutive graded stakes victories when he held off Just as Well in the $150,000 Dixie Stakes (gr. IIT) at Pimlico May 16.

 Saturday, May 16, 2009
Parading Leads Ben Ali Procession

Parading Leads Ben Ali Procession

Stuck wide on the backstretch of the $150,000 Ben Ali Stakes (gr. III), jockey Kent Desormeaux took a chance when he encouraged Parading to take control over his pace rivals heading into the final turn. The decision paid off when Parading ran away in upper stretch on the way to his first graded stakes victory April 19 at wet and windy Keeneland.

 Sunday, April 19, 2009
Any Limit Back Home in New York

Any Limit Back Home in New York

Joe Shields' homebred Any Limit makes her first start after not faring too well on the Keeneland Polytrack, one of nine fillies and mares running in the Top Flight Handicap (gr. II) Nov. 28 at Aqueduct.

 Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Criminologist to Supplement to Matriarch

Criminologist to Supplement to Matriarch

Criminologist, a multiple graded stakes winner, will be supplemented to the $500,000 Matriarch (gr. IT) on Nov. 30 at Hollywood Park, trainer Shug McGaughey confirmed Nov. 19 from New York. The fee is $10,000 for the one-mile turf test for fillies and mares.

 Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Shuvee Handicap Brings Out Rite Moment

Shuvee Handicap Brings Out Rite Moment

There will be racing at other locations besides Pimlico on May 17, although most of the nation will be prone to forget it. At Belmont Park in the $150,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. II), older fillies and mares head out a mile on the New York dirt just one hour before the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) goes off in Maryland.

 Thursday, May 15, 2008
Buffalo Man, Shakis Vie in Dixie Stakes

Buffalo Man, Shakis Vie in Dixie Stakes

The top-weighted runner in the $250,000 Dixie Stakes (gr. IIT) at Pimlico May 17 is coming off a sixth-place finish, while his closest competitor also ran sixth in his last start. That leaves a chance at graded earnings readily available to seven other runners in the 1 1/8-mile turf event on the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) undercard.

 Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Frank Whiteley Jr., Hall of Famer, Dead

Frank Whiteley Jr., Hall of Famer, Dead

Hall of Fame trainer Frank Yewell Whiteley Jr., the hard-nosed "Fox of Laurel" and conditioner of superstars Ruffian, Damascus, and Forego, died today in Camden, S.C.

 Friday, May 02, 2008
Criminologist Heads Small Beaugay Field

Criminologist Heads Small Beaugay Field

Only four other runners will go up against the Shug McGaughey-trained Criminologist in her second start of the season, but those four have solid credentials and equal chances at taking the $100,000 Beaugay Handicap (gr. IIT) at Aqueduct April 26.

 Friday, April 25, 2008
Hunting, Gottcha Gold Pursue Skip Away

Hunting, Gottcha Gold Pursue Skip Away

Stuart Janney's homebred Hunting has not raced since a third-place finish behind Evening Attire in the Dec. 8 Queens County Handicap (gr. III), but the 5-year-old son of Coronado's Quest could return to winning form in the $150,000 Skip Away Handicap (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park. He'll tackle Gottcha Gold, Dr. Pleasure, Better Than Bonds, and others in the March 15 event.

 Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Hunting Bags Stuyvestant

Hunting Bags Stuyvestant

Hunting, a Stuart S. Janney III homebred and the longest price in a field of six, ran down 2-1 favorite Utopia in the final yards of the $108,500 Stuyvesant Handicap (gr.III) at Aqueduct to win by a length Nov. 17.

 Saturday, November 17, 2007
Criminologist Stays on Winning Trail in Athenia Frolic

Criminologist Stays on Winning Trail in Athenia Frolic

The improving Criminologist got the soft going she relishes and rolled to her third consecutive victory Oct. 13 in the $109,100 Athenia Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Belmont Park Widener Turf Course.

 Saturday, October 13, 2007

Champion Rhythm Euthanized After Injury

California stallion Rhythm was euthanized Sept. 4 at Dave Ferguson's Diamond F Ranch near Grass Valley, Calif., after fracturing a leg in a paddock accident.

 Thursday, September 06, 2007

A Day At The Spa: Aug. 22, Newsday

Wednesday morning, the cameramen are in full swing at Saratoga. In the paddock, they cluster around for the Travers draw, tripods balanced like long-legged storks. In the winners' circle, they form an orderly line for Senator Bruno's conference on the fight against horse slaughter. Down near the rail, they lift cameras to shoulders and zoom in for local track reports.

 Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Street Sense Draws Post Four in Travers

Street Sense Draws Post Four in Travers

Street Sense, winner of this year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), will start from post position number four in Saturday's running of the $1 million Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course.

 Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Field Shapes up for Aug. 25 Travers

Field Shapes up for Aug. 25 Travers

With 12 days remaining until the 138th running of the Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, the field is starting to take shape.

 Monday, August 13, 2007

No Stroll for Sightseeing in Peter Pan Win

Sightseeing loves a good fight, but the 3-5 favorite in Sunday's $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II) nearly cut it too close when he got up in the final stride to nose 14-1 outsider Prom Shoes at Belmont Park.

 Sunday, May 20, 2007

Boca Grande Gobbles Foes in Comely

Phipps Stable's Boca Grande kept her cool and pulled away for a 1 1/2-length victory in the $150,000 Comely (gr. II) for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct Saturday.

 Saturday, April 14, 2007

Five Star Daydream Ready for Cicada

Stewart Armstrong's Five Star Daydream is at the front of the line of horses trickling up from Florida to return to their New York base for the rest of the year. In Saturday's 15th running of the $100,000 Cicada Stakes (gr. III) for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs at Aqueduct, the Five Star Day filly will try for her fourth career victory against a quick group of contenders.

 Thursday, March 15, 2007

McGaughey Ponders Options for Sightseeing

Trainer Shug McGaughey is surveying the stakes landscape in order to find the right spot for Triple Crown nominee Sightseeing, the Phipps Stable's homebred son of Pulpit seeking his first win of the season.

 Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Boca Grande Takes Big Step Forward With Demoiselle Win

Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey made an ambitious move on Saturday afternoon when he ran Phipps Stable's homebred Boca Grande in Aqueduct's 85th running of the grade II, $200,000 Demoiselle for 2-year-old fillies at nine furlongs. Boca Grande took the inside path home and won by nearly four lengths to signal what may be the start of a big career.

 Saturday, November 25, 2006

McGaughey's Filly Looks Best in Tempted Rerun

Five Star Daydream, a winner of her last three starts for trainer Shug McGaughey, could be the filly to beat in Friday's re-scheduled $100,000-added Tempted (gr. III) for 2-year-old fillies at Aqueduct.

 Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Pine Island Adds Gazelle to Portfolio

Even-money favorite Pine Island edged past Teammate in the final sixteenth of a mile and went on to post a measured one-length win in the $250,000 Gazelle (gr. IT) for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park Saturday.

 Saturday, September 09, 2006

Alabama Falls Into Place for Pine Island

The fast improving Pine Island, second in grade I company in back-to-back starts, put it all together Saturday to win the $600,000 Alabama (gr. I) for 3-year-old fillies at Saratoga Race Course.

 Saturday, August 19, 2006

Pine Island Heads CCA Oaks Field

Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey doesn't rush his horses into stakes races. So when Pine Island ran in the Mother Goose Stakes (gr. I) after just two starts--granted two wins--is was clear he thought a lot of the daughter of Arch.

 Thursday, July 20, 2006

Honey Ryder Digs in for Robert Dick Memorial Win

Glencrest Farm's 3-10 favorite Honey Ryder earned her third consecutive victory by a hard-fought head in the $295,100 Robert G. Dick Memorial Breeders' Cup on the Delaware Park turf Saturday.

 Saturday, July 15, 2006

Barbaro's Injury Similar to Dancinginmydreams' Years Ago

Barbaro's injury in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was similar to the one experienced by Dancinginmydreams while racing.

 Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Smuggler Returns to Belmont in Shuvee H.

Smuggler, last year's 3-year-old filly champion, heads into Sunday's $150,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park with something to prove.

 Friday, May 19, 2006

Smuggler Returns to Action in Bed o' Roses

Phipps Stable's Smuggler, last year's Eclipse Award winning champion 3-year-old filly, makes her first start since July in Saturday's $150,000 Bed o'Roses Breeders' Cup (gr. II) at Aqueduct going seven furlongs.

 Thursday, April 20, 2006

Eclipse Award: Smuggler, 3-Year-Old Filly

If she were human, you would say Smuggler was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. After all, her sire, Unbridled, and dam, Inside Information, both were champions. In addition, Smuggler is a homebred who races for the Phipps Stable, which has a long tradition of breeding the best to the best and getting the best.

 Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Happy Hunting Bags First Stakes in Aqueduct

Phipps Stables' homebred Happy Hunting won his first stakes try Saturday as the favorite against a group of veteran campaigners in the $110,000 Aqueduct Handicap (gr. III).

 Saturday, January 21, 2006

Stubborn Philanthropist Wins Queen's County

Pacesetting Philanthropist, passed in the stretch by two rivals, surged onward under strong left-handed urging from Eibar Coa to win the $105,400 Queen's County Handicap (gr. III) in his stakes debut at Aqueduct Saturday.

 Saturday, December 10, 2005

Dinny Phipps' Racemare Daydreaming Retired

Daydreaming, a homebred New York graded stakes winner for Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps, has been retired from racing.

 Thursday, August 04, 2005

Smuggler Takes Off With Coaching Club Oaks

Phipps Stable's favored Smuggler swept past her rivals Spun Sugar and Summerly to register an impressive victory in the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (gr. IT) at Belmont Park Saturday.

 Saturday, July 23, 2005

Smuggler Runs Down 'Sugar in Mother Goose

Phipps Stable's Smuggler gave Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey his first win in the Mother Goose (gr. I) when the 3-year-old filly turned in a well-measured neck victory over Spun Sugar at Belmont Park Saturday.

 Saturday, June 25, 2005

Saintliness Puts Speed to Test in Shuvee

Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin will be one of perhaps 100,000 people attending Pimlico Racecourse Saturday for the 130th Preakness (gr. I), but sometime around 4:40 p.m., he will sneak away from the festivities to watch his mare Saintliness race in the $200,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park.

 Thursday, May 19, 2005

Survivalist Breezes Sharp 5 Furlongs, But Will Pass on Derby

Ogden Mills Phipps' Gotham (gr. III) winner Survivalist breezed five furlongs in :59 3/5 at Belmont Park Monday morning, but trainer Shug McGaughey said he has decided not to run the colt in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and will point instead to the Withers Stakes (gr. II).

 Monday, April 25, 2005

Pleasant Home Comfy Winner of Bed o' Roses

Phipps Stable's Pleasant Home put away the leaders at the eighth pole and drew away to a 5 1/4-length win in her stakes debut, the $153,200 Bed o' Roses Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. III) for fillies and mares Saturday at foggy Aqueduct.

 Saturday, April 23, 2005

Survivalist's Derby Chances Lessen After Slow Work

Ogden Mills Phipps' Survivalist, winner of the Gotham (gr. III) and runner-up in the Wood Memorial (gr. I), breezed a half-mile in :51 3/5 at Belmont Park Wednesday, after which trainer Shug McGaughey said the colt wasn't likely to run in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I).

 Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Daydreaming Wins for Resurgent McGaughey

Winless in 19 starts at Gulfstream Park this winter, trainer Shug McGaughey came back to Aqueduct March 19 to win with three of his four starters, including Survivalist in the Gotham (gr. III). Friday afternoon, McGaughey added another stakes win to his resume when the Phipps Stable's favored Daydreaming captured the $110,000 Next Move Handicap (gr. III).

 Friday, March 25, 2005

Bailey Finds Patience Best for Good Reward

Ogden Phipps' slowly developing Good Reward, making his first start in a grade I event, made all the patience pay off when he came from off the pace with jockey Jerry Bailey to win the $500,000 Hollywood Derby (gr. IT).

 Sunday, November 28, 2004

Daydreaming By Nose in Top Flight

Ogden Mills Phipps' favored Daydreaming stretched her neck out at the wire for jockey Jerry Bailey to nip a soaring Bending Strings and Shaun Bridgmohan to win the $150,000 Delta Airlines/Top Flight Handicap (gr. II) for fillies and mares at Aqueduct Friday.

 Saturday, November 27, 2004

Greek Sun Blocked from Hollywood Derby

Greek Sun, the probable favorite in the $500,000 Hollywood Derby (gr. IT) Sunday, has been taken out of the race by trainer Bobby Frankel.

 Wednesday, November 24, 2004

National Riding Leaders at Hollywood Park

Jockeys John Velazquez, Edgar Prado and Jerry Bailey, the nation's three leaders in purse earnings this year, will leave their New York base to ride in the Turf Festival at Hollywood Park next weekend.

 Sunday, November 21, 2004

Stalking Defer Dominates Laurel Futurity

Ogden Mills Phipps' stalker Defer drew away in the stretch under Jerry Bailey for a two-length victory in the $100,000 Laurel Futurity (gr. III) at Pimlico Saturday.

 Saturday, November 20, 2004

Storm Flag Flying Makes Last Start in Distaff

Win or lose Saturday in the Breeders' Cup Distaff – Presented by Nextel (gr. I), champion Storm Flag Flying will be making her last start.

 Thursday, October 28, 2004

Ashado, Storm Flag Flying New Distaff Favorites

With the defection of defending older filly champion Azeri to the Breeders' Cup Classic – Powered by Dodge (gr. I), Ashado and Storm Flag Flying were installed the morning-line favorites for the $2-million Breeders' Cup Distaff – Presented by Nextel (gr. I).

 Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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