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Fabulous Strike Heads Gravesend Field

Fabulous Strike Heads Gravesend Field

Fabulous Strike, coming off a front-running victory in the Fall Highweight Handicap, heads an 8-horse field in the $100,000 Gravesend Handicap (gr. III) Dec. 27 at Aqueduct.

 Tuesday, December 23, 2008
A Fabulous Thanksgiving Day Strike

A Fabulous Thanksgiving Day Strike

Fabulous Strike, carrying high weight of 136 pounds, led from start to finish for a 1 1/2-length triumph in the $111,200 Fall Highweight Handicap, the Thanksgiving Day feature at Aqueduct.

 Thursday, November 27, 2008
Big Names Entered For Fall Highweight

Big Names Entered For Fall Highweight

Idiot Proof will try to rebound from a poor Breeders Cup performance in the Fall Highweight Handicap Nov. 27 at Aqueduct.

 Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Songster Third in Muddy Aqueduct Return

Making his first start in more than 17 months, the multiple graded stakes winner Songster ran third as the favorite in a six-furlong optional claiming allowance race at muddy Aqueduct Nov. 6.

 Thursday, November 06, 2008
Songster Back in Training

Songster Back in Training

Darley stallion Songster will be taken out of stud duty and put back into training due to undetermined fertility issues.

 Friday, March 14, 2008

Stallion Video: Songster

Songster, by Avalyn Hunter

 Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Grade II Winner Songster Retired to Darley

Grade II Winner Songster Retired to Darley

Songster, a New York graded stakes-winning sprinter this year and last, has been retired from racing.

 Monday, August 06, 2007

Songster Belts Overmatched Rivals in Bold Ruler

Odds-on favorite Songster, making his first start since being transferred from Darley Stable to Godolphin last winter, made short work of his four rivals in the $105,400 Bold Ruler Handicap (gr. III) in his first start of the year at Belmont Park Saturday.

 Saturday, May 12, 2007

Returning Anew, Songster Vie in Bold Ruler

The two best sprinters in Saturday's $100,000 Bold Ruler Handicap (gr. III) have at least one thing in common: they both have not raced since August. Despite their vacations, Anew and Songster's 2006 campaigns make them the horses to beat in six-furlong heat.

 Thursday, May 10, 2007

Henny Hughes Overpowering in King's Bishop

Prohibitive favorite Henny Hughes took command of Saturday's King Bishop (gr. I) on the bend and turned the seven-furlong test for 3-year-olds into a romp on an overcast day at Saratoga Race Course.

 Saturday, August 26, 2006

Henny Hughes in King's Bishop Spotlight

Henny Hughes returns to Saratoga Saturday as the horse to beat among the 11 entered in the seven-furlong King's Bishop (gr. I) for 3-year-olds.

 Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Trainer Albertrani Has Bull's-Eye on Back

Tom Albertrani is entering the fourth weekend of August with a huge bull's-eye on his back. The trainer will send out Balletto in the Personal Ensign (gr. I) Friday and the following afternoon will saddle Songster and Bernardini in the King's Bishop (gr. I) and Travers Stakes (gr. I), respectively.

 Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Songster, Henny Hughes Drill for King's Bishop Clash

Trainer Tom Albertrani sent out Songster for a brisk half-mile breeze Friday morning at Saratoga as the colt prepares for the $250,000 King's Bishop (gr. I) at seven furlongs to be run Aug. 26. Henny Hughes, looking for his first grade I win in the same race, also breezed.

 Friday, August 18, 2006

Borel and Court Folly Pull Upset at Saratoga

Jockey Calvin Borel, who pulled a major upset in a stakes earlier in the summer at Churchill Downs, pulled another one today -- this time at Saratoga.

 Monday, July 31, 2006

Songster to Get a Tune-Up in Amsterdam S.

Upon further reflection, trainer Tom Albertrani decided to give his standout 3-year-old sprinter Songster a start in Monday's $150,000 Amsterdam (gr. II) at Saratoga Race Course.

 Saturday, July 29, 2006

Songster Breezes for Monday's Amsterdam

Darley Stables' Songster posted his fourth workout Thursday morning over the Saratoga main track since winning the Woody Stephens Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. II) at Belmont Park on June 10.

 Thursday, July 27, 2006

Bernardini Breezes Five Furlongs at Belmont

Darley Stable's Bernardini, runaway winner of the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), turned in an easy five-furlong breeze in 1:02 3/5 at Belmont Thursday. The colt is being pointed for the July 29 Jim Dandy Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga.

 Thursday, June 29, 2006

Songster Hums Winning Tune in Woody Stephens

Darley Stables' Songster hummed a winning tune while pulling away to register a two-length win in the $250,000 Woody Stephens Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II) on the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) undercard Saturday.

 Saturday, June 10, 2006

Too Much Bling Gets Rail for Woody Stephens

Too Much Bling returns to action for the first time since his powerful nine-length victory in Aqueduct's Bay Shore (gr. III) two months ago, facing eight rivals in the $250,000 Woody Stephens Breeders' Cup (gr. II) at Belmont Park Saturday.

 Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Songster All Alone at Wire in Hirsch Jacobs Stakes

The $100,000 Hirsch Jacobs Stakes (gr. III) Saturday at Pimlico Race Course turned into a one-horse race at the top of the stretch when front-running Songster opened his lead and blew the rest away in the six-furlong test for 3-year-olds.

 Saturday, May 20, 2006

Too Much Bling Shines in the Bay Shore Slop

Favorite Too Much Bling turned in a dazzling nine-length victory in the $150,000 Bay Shore (gr. III) on a sloppy, sealed Aqueduct track Saturday, establishing himself as the leading 3-year-old sprinter in the country.

 Saturday, April 08, 2006

Too Much Bling, Songster Vie in Bay Shore

Trainers Bob Baffert and Tom Albertrani, who have major contenders, in the Wood Memorial Saturday at Aqueduct, will have a preliminary skirmish in the $150,000 Bay Shore for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs.

 Thursday, April 06, 2006