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Capt. Candyman Can Wins Matt Winn Stakes

Capt. Candyman Can Wins Matt Winn Stakes

Capt. Candyman Can collected the fourth stakes win of his career when he out-kicked 4-5 favorite Cash Refund by three-quarters of a length in the $106,900 Matt Winn Stakes for 3-year-olds at Churchill Downs May 16.

 Saturday, May 16, 2009
Miss Isella Posts Louisville Distaff Upset

Miss Isella Posts Louisville Distaff Upset

Miss Isella defeated race favorite One Caroline in the Louisville Distaff (gr. II) at Churchill Downs May 1.

 Friday, May 01, 2009
Sweet Victory for Capt. Candyman Can

Sweet Victory for Capt. Candyman Can

Although six 3-year-olds went to post in the Jan. 30 $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes, in the end it turned out to be a two-horse race with Joseph Rauch and David Zell's 3-year-old Capt. Candyman Can prevailing by 1 1/2 lengths over 2-1 favorite Hello Broadway.

 Friday, January 30, 2009
Borel Rides Rail for 5th Falls City Win

Borel Rides Rail for 5th Falls City Win

Getting a patented rail-skimming ride from Calvin Borel, Miss Isella won Thursday's 93rd running of the $169,800 Falls City Handicap (gr. II) by a length over Skylighter on Thanksgiving Day at Churchill Downs.

 Thursday, November 27, 2008
Street Sense Works in 1:02 at Churchill

Street Sense Works in 1:02 at Churchill

James Tafel's Street Sense, winner of this year's Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), turned in a solid five-furlong work at Churchill Downs Sept. 11 in his first major training move since a victory in the $1 million Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 25.

 Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Saratoga Diary: 'Graveyard of Favorites' Sums Up Monday Card

This season, the sobriquet "Graveyard of Favorites" is appropriate for Saratoga in more ways than one. Monday brought the fifth day of daily on-track attendance decline and featured an upset of enormous proportions in the Amsterdam (gr. II).

 Tuesday, August 01, 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

G'Day for Trainer Wilkes; Wins 3 at Gulfstream

Australian-born conditioner Ian Wilkes, who began his own training career New Year's Day after serving as an assistant to Carl Nafzger for 13 years, saddled the winners of three straight races at Gulfstream Park Thursday, the last one establishing a track record.

 Thursday, January 26, 2006

Belterra Returns With Sharp Allowance Win at Churchill Downs

Belterra took the lead in mid-stretch and drew away to a 2 3/4-length victory over Netherland in Thursday's $61,100 featured allowance for fillies and mares, 3-years-old and up at Churchill Downs.

 Thursday, June 06, 2002

Unshaded Works in Blinkers for Stephen Foster; Duckhorn Out

James Tafel's Unshaded put in his second consecutive work wearing blinkers Thursday at Churchill Downs as the Travers Stakes (gr. I) winner prepares for the June 15 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs. Another likely Foster entrant, Hawthorne Gold Cup winner Hail The Chief, had his scheduled work pushed back due to the weather and Ben Ali winner Duckhorn is no longer under consideration for the 1 1/8-mile, $750,000 race.

 Thursday, June 06, 2002