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Grade I Winner Mushka Retired

Grade I Winner Mushka Retired

Elizabeth Moran's grade I winner Mushka has been retired from racing because of an ankle issue and booked to Distorted Humor.

 Thursday, April 22, 2010
Speak Easy Gal Gets Last Word in Orchid

Speak Easy Gal Gets Last Word in Orchid

Front-running Speak Easy Gal stretched her speed farther than she ever has before when she held off Lady Shakespeare by a head to capture the $150,000 Orchid Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Gulfstream Park turf March 28.

 Sunday, March 28, 2010
Mott, Swettenham Eye Orchid Stakes Repeat

Mott, Swettenham Eye Orchid Stakes Repeat

Trainer Bill Mott sent out Swettenham Stud's Dress Rehearsal to capture the $150,000 Orchid Stakes at Gulfstream Park last year and will have the likely favorite in 2010 with another runner, Changing Skies, for the same owner

 Thursday, March 25, 2010
She Be Wild Looks to Bounce Back in Fla. Oaks

She Be Wild Looks to Bounce Back in Fla. Oaks

Champion filly She Be Wild, a disappointing fifth in her season debut last month at Gulfstream Park, ships further north to Tampa Bay Downs in hopes of rebounding in the $175,000 Florida Oaks (gr. III) March 13.

 Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Life Is Sweet Back to Work in Santa Maria

Life Is Sweet Back to Work in Santa Maria

Life Is Sweet makes her first appearance since her rousing victory in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I) when she faces eight rivals in the $250,000 Santa Maria Handicap (gr. II)at Santa Anita Feb. 13.

 Wednesday, February 10, 2010
'Sweet' Victory in the Ladies Classic

'Sweet' Victory in the Ladies Classic

Pam and Martin Wygod's locally-based Life is Sweet rallied from last on the far turn, engulfed the field in the stretch and drew away to a three-length victory in the $2-million Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (gr. I) Nov. 6 at Santa Anita Park.

 Friday, November 06, 2009
Desert Code, Others on Nov. 3 Work Tab

Desert Code, Others on Nov. 3 Work Tab

With most of the major training over for the Nov. 6-7 Breeders' Cup World Championships completed, the work tab at Santa Anita Nov. 3 was pretty light.

 Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Ladies Classic Has Appeal Even Minus Zenyatta

Ladies Classic Has Appeal Even Minus Zenyatta

Rachel Alexandra isn't coming and Zenyatta is leaning to the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I). However, anyone who believes that doesn't leave much for the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I) needs to think again.

 Friday, October 30, 2009
Proviso DQ Gives Spinster to Mushka

Proviso DQ Gives Spinster to Mushka

Interference in deep stretch cost Juddmonte Farms a chance to win their own race, as their English homebred Proviso crossed the wire first in the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (gr. I) but was disqualified for veering out sharply inside the sixteenth-pole. The disqualification gave the victory to Brushwood Stable's Mushka, who crossed the wire second by 2 1/4 lengths, but likely would have gone by Proviso had her path not been impeded.

 Sunday, October 11, 2009
Swift Temper Tries Polytrack in Spinster

Swift Temper Tries Polytrack in Spinster

Mark Stanley's Swift Temper, who upset Seventh Street last month in the Ruffian Handicap (gr. I), will make her first start on a synthetic surface in more than three years as she preps for the Breeders' Cup in the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (gr. I) Oct. 11 at Keeneland.

 Thursday, October 08, 2009
Mushka Victorious in Glen Falls Handicap

Mushka Victorious in Glen Falls Handicap

Brushwood Stable's Mushka took over approaching the quarter-pole, opened a clear lead in the stretch, and held on for a 1 1/4-length victory in the $110,500 Glen Falls Handicap (gr. IIIT) Sept. 7 at Saratoga.

 Monday, September 07, 2009
Mushka Spotted for Action in Dance Smartly

Mushka Spotted for Action in Dance Smartly

Purchased for $2.4 million at auction last November by Elizabeth Moran's Brushwood Stable, Mushka attempts to win her first stakes for her new connections in the $300,000 Dance Smartly (Can-IIT) on the Woodbine turf July 11.

 Thursday, July 09, 2009
Criticism Goes Gate-to-Wire in Sheepshead Bay

Criticism Goes Gate-to-Wire in Sheepshead Bay

Odds-on favorite Criticism notched her fourth graded stakes victory in a little more than six months, taking a short field of fillies and mares wire-to-wire in the $150,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes (gr. IIT) May 23 on the Belmont Park turf.

 Saturday, May 23, 2009
Sheepshead: Backseat Rhythm Looks to Rebound

Sheepshead: Backseat Rhythm Looks to Rebound

Paul Pompa Jr.'s multiple graded stakes winner Backseat Rhythm will try to bounce back from a troubled fifth-place effort in last month's Jenny Wiley (gr. IIT), as she takes on seven fillies and mares in the $150,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes (gr. IIT) May 23 on the Belmont Park turf.

 Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Lady Carlock Gets Jump in Suwannee River

Lady Carlock Gets Jump in Suwannee River

Lady Carlock, charging from off the pace for jockey Jermaine Bridgmohan, overtook Mushka in the final strides to record her first stakes victory by a head in the $125,000 Suwannee River (gr. IIIT) on the Gulfstream Park turf Feb. 1.

 Sunday, February 01, 2009
Suwannee River Attracts Callwood Dancer

Suwannee River Attracts Callwood Dancer

Callwood Dancer, Canada's Sovereign Award champion turf mare in 2008, takes on nine rivals in the $125,000 Suwannee River Stakes (gr. IIIT) over the Gulfstream Park turf Feb. 1.

 Thursday, January 29, 2009
Downturns Continue at Keeneland

Downturns Continue at Keeneland

Day two of the 2008 Keeneland November breeding stock sale Nov. 4 closed with downturns in gross, average, and median.

 Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Mushka Sells for $2.4 Million

Mushka Sells for $2.4 Million

Grade II winner Mushka was purchased by Elizabeth Moran's Brushwood Stable for $2.4 million to keep the second session of the 2008 Keeneland November breeding stock sale rolling along Nov. 4 at the Central Kentucky auction house.

 Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Proud Spell Gets Final Word in Alabama

Proud Spell Gets Final Word in Alabama

Proud Spell reasserted her position as the best 3-year-old filly in the land when she bettered Music Note in a stirring stretch drive to win the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (gr. I) by a head at Saratoga Aug. 16.

 Saturday, August 16, 2008
Music Note Adds to Alabama Intrigue

Music Note Adds to Alabama Intrigue

Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner Proud Spell takes on at least one-half of a powerful Godolphin Stable entry in a small but entertaining line-up for the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 16.

 Thursday, August 14, 2008
Patience Pays Off for Mushka

Patience Pays Off for Mushka

Mushka's future looks bright after she came from last to first to win Aqueduct's $200,000 Demoiselle Stakes (gr. II) by 4 1/2 lengths Nov. 24.

 Saturday, November 24, 2007