BloodHorse.com | Horse Racing News

BloodHorse.com Articles for "White"

Safely's Mark to Long Road in Canada

Safely's Mark, a son of Danzig out champion sprinter Safely Kept (by Horatius), has been moved to Robert and Julie White's Long Road Farm near Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada

 Friday, November 20, 2009

Summit of Speed on Radio, TV

Calder's $1.45 million "Summit of Speed" July 11 will be carried live by HRTV and the Horse Racing Radio Network.

 Thursday, July 09, 2009

Cape Royale Wires OBS Stakes Headliner

Cape Royale led all the way to win the $150,000 Darley Ocala Breeders' Sale Championship for 3-year-old colts and geldings by 1 1/4 lengths Feb. 16. The race was the richest of five stakes held at the Ocala Training Center.

 Monday, February 16, 2009
White Horse Wins at Turfway

White Horse Wins at Turfway

It doesn't happen very often but Jan. 18 at Turfway Park, a white horse was led into the winner's circle when Patchen Prince broke his maiden in the last race on the card.

 Sunday, January 18, 2009
Buzzards Bay, Fastness to Timber Ridge

Buzzards Bay, Fastness to Timber Ridge

Grade I winners Buzzards Bay and Fastness will stand in 2009 at Boggs Shoemaker's Timber Ridge Farm near Felton, Pa.

 Thursday, December 18, 2008

Colonel John Works Over New 'Anita Track

WinStar Farm's Colonel John, winner of the $1 million Travers Stakes (gr. I) by a nose at Saratoga, worked four furlongs Sept. 14 on Santa Anita's Pro-Ride surface in :48 4/5 for trainer Eoin Harty. The colt is headed for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) Oct. 25 at the Oak Tree at Santa Anita meet.

 Sunday, September 14, 2008

Gimmeawink's First Winner

Stakes winner Gimmeawink's first winner, Wink At Richie, won July 4 at Arlington Park.

 Sunday, July 06, 2008
Colonel John Works; Gearing Up for Swaps

Colonel John Works; Gearing Up for Swaps

Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner Colonel John worked four furlongs in :49 on Santa Anita's synthetic track June 1 for trainer Eoin Harty. It was the colt's first recorded workout since the May 3 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

 Sunday, June 01, 2008

Crossing the Line Back in Training

Crossing the Line, sidelined after winning the Del Mar Mile Handicap (gr. IIT), is gearing up for a return at the races at the upcoming Hollywood Park spring/summer meet, which gets under way April 23.

 Monday, March 31, 2008
Ever a Friend Preparing for Shoemaker

Ever a Friend Preparing for Shoemaker

Ever a Friend, dominant winner of the Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park March 1 for trainer Mike Mitchell, worked four furlongs in :52 2/5 under Tyler Baze at Hollywood Park March 31.

 Monday, March 31, 2008
Dollase's Stakes Stars Set for Hollywood

Dollase's Stakes Stars Set for Hollywood

Monterey Jazz, who finished 12th as the 7-2 favorite in the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I), and Awesome Gem will get their next starts at Hollywood Park.

 Sunday, March 23, 2008
Sweeter Still Set for Providencia Stakes

Sweeter Still Set for Providencia Stakes

Sweeter Still, two-for-two in 2008, is scheduled to make her next start in Santa Anita's Providencia Stakes (gr. IIIT) April 5.

 Sunday, March 23, 2008
Zenyatta, Tiago Eye Hollywood Stakes

Zenyatta, Tiago Eye Hollywood Stakes

Graded stakes winners Zenyatta and Tiago both "are doing very well" and probably will run in stakes at the upcoming Hollywood Park spring/summer meet, which gets under way April 23, trainer John Shirreffs said.

 Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Lava Man Set for Return to Racetrack

Lava Man is scheduled to have his first workout of the year the morning of March 12 at Hollywood Park, according to trainer Doug O'Neill.

 Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Celtic Dreamin Set for Crystal Water

Celtic Dreamin Set for Crystal Water

Celtic Dreamin, runner-up in this year's $1 million Sunshine Millions Classic, was given the green light to make his turf debut this Sunday in Santa Anita's $100,000 added Crystal Water Handicap against California-breds after a sharp grass workout March 10.

 Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Better Than Honour Back to A.P. Indy

Better Than Honour Back to A.P. Indy

Better Than Honour, the dam of Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winners Rags to Riches and Jazil, will be bred back to A.P. Indy after losing an A.P. Indy colt earlier this year, according to Eric Guillot of Southern Equine Stables.

 Monday, March 03, 2008
Richter Scale to Louisiana

Richter Scale to Louisiana

Richter Scale is moving from Richland Hills Farm in Kentucky to Chad White Farm in Louisiana.

 Saturday, February 23, 2008
Lava Man Back for 2008 Campaign

Lava Man Back for 2008 Campaign

Lava Man is back at the Doug O'Neill barn at Hollywood Park to prepare for a 2008 campaign.

 Saturday, February 02, 2008

Smart Strike Does It Again With Curlin, English Channel

Smart Strike's stallion stock took another leap in the Breeders' Cup World Championships with wins by Curlin in the $5 million Classic - Powered by Dodge (gr. I) and English Channel in the $3 million John Deere Turf (gr. IT).

 Saturday, October 27, 2007

Seminars to Focus on Fraud and Tax Issues

A series of owners' seminars focusing on fraud and tax issues in the Thoroughbred industry is scheduled for Sept. 12 in Lexington, and will be hosted by a group of attorneys that include those involved in the high-profile James McIngvale lawsuit.

 Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Peace Chant to Try L.A. Handicap After Smart Win

Following a win in an allowance/optional claiming sprint Friday at Santa Anita, Peace Chant, whose parents were Breeders' Cup winners, will probably return to graded stakes competition next month at the upcoming Hollywood Park meeting.

 Saturday, April 14, 2007

Calder On-Track Averages Downs Slightly; Overall Handle Improves

Calder Race Course concluded its 112-day Calder Meet on Sunday, Oct. 15, with gains in average daily inter-track, intrastate, and combined mutuel handle. On-track attendance and average daily on-track wagering on Calder's live racing program were down slightly from last year.

 Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Trainer Benny Feliciano Aims for 10th Straight

Trainer Benny Feliciano will be trying to extend his winning streak to 10 when he sends out Millie Feliciano's Clever Jimmy C in Saturday's 13th race at Thistledown, a six-furlong contest for $3,500 claimers.

 Friday, December 16, 2005

Distorted Humor Colt Brings $900,000 Thursday

Jess Jackson went to $900,000 for a son of Distorted Humor during the fourth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale Thursday.

 Thursday, September 15, 2005

White Appointed Michigan Racing Commissioner

Christine White, who has served as interim Michigan racing commissioner since January, has been appointed racing commissioner.

 Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Marquetry Rose First Winner for Mass Market

Graded stakes winner Mass Market was represented by his first winner when his daughter Marquetry Rose scored July 8 at Hastings Racecourse.

 Sunday, July 10, 2005

Magna Entertainment Lands Michigan Racing License

Acting Michigan Racing Commissioner Christine C. White awarded the one available racetrack license in the Detroit Metropolitan area to Michigan Racing Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Magna Entertainment Corporation (MEC).

 Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Eremein Takes Australian Derby

Eremein's Australian Derby (Aust-I) victory confirmed he is indeed "the one" for his sire--as in even less than successful stallions can "get one good, even a great one."

 Monday, March 28, 2005

D' Wildcat Speed Roars to Rampart Victory

Win machine D' Wildcat Speed, making her first start in a route race in nearly a year, sped away from 3-5 favorite Isola Piu Bella at the top of the stretch and registered an easy six-length victory in the $200,000 Rampart Handicap (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park Saturday.

 Saturday, March 26, 2005

Timber Country, Bubble Gum Fellow Get Big Winners

Timber Country and Bubble Gum Fellow had minimal impact in Australia, but the Shadai Farms-controlled pair had success March 12 on both sides of the Tasman Sea.

 Monday, March 14, 2005

Unbeaten High Fly Stretches Out in Holy Bull

Live Oak Plantation's High Fly, an impressive winner of his three starts to date, stretches out to two turns for the first time in Saturday's $150,000 Holy Bull (gr. III) for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park.

 Thursday, February 03, 2005

Aventura Winner High Fly Ready for Holy Bull

Aventura Stakes winner High Fly will take the next step in the Florida Derby series Saturday by racing in the $150,000 Holy Bull Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park. Trainer Bill White confirmed that news after the colt's latest workout Sunday morning.

 Sunday, January 30, 2005

Breeders' Cup Honors Winning Breeders; NYRA Chief Outlines Challenges

Henry White was not the breeder of record for any of the eight Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championship winners in 2004, but he received the biggest ovation when the winning breeders were honored at an annual awards dinner Saturday at Keeneland.

 Sunday, January 09, 2005

High Fly Romps to Impressive Aventura Win

Live Oak Plantation's undefeated High Fly overtook Magna Graduate coming off the turn and put in an explosive stretch run to win the $125,000 Aventura Stakes for 3-year-olds by nine widening lengths.

 Saturday, January 08, 2005

Saratoga Sale Topper to Stand in Oklahoma

Distinction, who topped the 2000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale at $4.2 million, has been retired and will stand in Oklahoma.

 Friday, November 05, 2004

Cin Cin Can Can in FSS's Affirmed Division

Cin Cin, a recent maiden special weight winner, stepped up with a convincing five-length win in the $125,000 Affirmed Division of the Florida Stallion Stakes at Calder on Monday.

 Monday, September 06, 2004

Humorously at Crossroads in Aventura

Humorously, a quickly developing propsect, can build on an impressive victory in the Ocala Breeders' Sales Championship earlier this month in Saturday's $250,000 Aventura Stakes for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park.

 Sunday, March 28, 2004

Hap Romps in New Hampshire Sweepstakes

Hap retained his unblemished record for the current year, drawing off to win the $200,000 New Hampshire Sweepstakes Handicap (gr. IIIT) by seven lengths on Saturday at Rockingham Park.

 Saturday, June 23, 2001