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Indescribable Earns Arlington Matron Win

Courtlandt Farm's homebred filly Indescribable continued to exhibit her affinity for synthetic surfaces, this time doing it on the Arlington Park Polytrack, as she wore down Leah's Secret in mid-stretch to take the Arlington Matron Handicap (gr. III) by a half-length on Memorial Day.

 Monday, May 26, 2008
Arlington Matron Up For Grabs

Arlington Matron Up For Grabs

Eight evenly-matched older fillies and mares seek their first graded stakes victory of the season, as they face off in the $150,000 Arlington Matron Handicap (gr. III) on Memorial Day.

 Friday, May 23, 2008
Fillies and Mares Rematch in Sixty Sails

Fillies and Mares Rematch in Sixty Sails

Separate rivalries will continue - this time combined - when a field of eight older fillies and mares goes postward in the $200,000 Sixty Sails Handicap (gr. III) at Hawthorne Race Course April 19.

 Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Spring Waltz Dances to Rampart Victory

Spring Waltz Dances to Rampart Victory

Making her stakes debut, Stronach Stables' homebred Spring Waltz split rivals at the furlong marker, surged to the lead at the sixteenth-pole, and romped to the wire under Javier Castellano with an impressive 3 1/4-length victory in the $200,000 Rampart Handicap (gr. II) March 9 on the Gulfstream Park dirt.

 Sunday, March 09, 2008
Tessa Blue Faces Stiff Test in Rampart

Tessa Blue Faces Stiff Test in Rampart

Graded stakes winners Tessa Blue and Golden Velvet will take on impressive allowance winner Spring Waltz in the $200,000 Rampart Handicap (gr. II) March 9 at Gulfstream Park. A field of seven has been entered for the main track event.

 Thursday, March 06, 2008
Falls City: Kettleoneup Pulls Upset

Falls City: Kettleoneup Pulls Upset

Tom Crouch does not mind shipping his homebred filly Kettleoneup all over the nation. The 4-year-old has been to seven different racetracks this year alone.

 Thursday, November 22, 2007
'Dynamite' Seeks Elusive Graded Win

'Dynamite' Seeks Elusive Graded Win

Combustion Racing's Delicate Dynamite has been a consistent performer for three years, producing a record of 24-7-7-3 for earnings of $348,649. All that is missing from the resume of the 4-year-old filly is a graded stakes victory.

 Sunday, November 18, 2007
Tessa Blue Demolishes Inside Information Field

Tessa Blue Demolishes Inside Information Field

Tessa Blue kicked off the Breeders' Cup World Championships stakes undercard when she went wire-to-wire and demolished the field in the $250,000 Inside Information Breeders' Cup Stakes at Monmouth Park Oct. 26.

 Friday, October 26, 2007
Talkin About Love Looking For Another N.J. Score

Talkin About Love Looking For Another N.J. Score

Despite having her five-race win streak broken last month, Talkin About Love will be a formidable foe in the $250,000 Inside Information Breeders' Cup Stakes at Monmouth Park Oct. 26, a test for 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/16-miles on the main track.

 Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Tessa Blue Topples Indiana Breeders' Cup Oaks

Bruce Lunsford's Tessa Blue blew off the final turn more than four lengths in front and kept rolling to the easiest of victories for her first graded stakes win in the $406,500 Indiana Breeders Cup Oaks (gr. III) the night of Oct. 5 at Hoosier Park.

 Friday, October 05, 2007