1. Home
  2. Tuesday, May 1, 2001

Headlines for Tuesday, May 1, 2001

  • Derby Day Forecast: Partly Cloudy, Highs in the Upper 70s

    The cool nights and mornings and warm afternoons that have dominated the weather pattern in Louisville, Ky. the past week is forecast to continue through Kentucky Derby Day. According to the Weather Channel, partly cloudy skies with lows in the upper 50s and highs in the upper 79s are forecast for Saturday.

  • Jamaican Rum inadvertently hooked up with another horse in the stretch in his last work before Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

    Steve Haskin's Derby Report: Major Derby Works Conclude

    Another bright, mild morning saw the final flurry of Kentucky Derby works, as Millennium Wind, Fifty Stars, Jamaican Rum, and Keats all made the work tab. Now comes the task of sorting all through all the works we've seen over the past 10 days and trying to narrow down the three or four standout moves. We'll discuss these moves in Friday's Derby Report, along with the horses who have been the most impressive in their gallops and the ones who are flourishing physically and look to be sitting on a big effort. We'll combine all that with some logic, history, and speed figures, and narrow down the field to the three or four we feel will be peaking on Derby Day.

  • CNBC Could Be Host of 2-year-old Racing Series

    The National Thoroughbred Racing Association hopes financial network CNBC becomes the new host for its 2-year-old racing series scheduled to begin in August. Negotiations were said to be far along as of April 30.

  • Fleet Renee Eager In Final Kentucky Oaks Work

    Tossing her head and fighting the bit, an eager Fleet Renee charged down the Churchill Downs backstretch Tuesday morning. She was trying to take off again while galloping out following her final work before Friday's Kentucky Oaks -- something that exercise rider Lisa Tenney called "a good sign." The filly's official clocking for the three-furlong move was :36 4/5, but trainer Michael Dickinson said he timed the 3-year-old daughter of Seattle Slew in :37.14.

  • Full Field Entered for Friday's Oaks

    A full field of 3-year-old fillies, headed by Ashland Stakes (gr. I) winner Fleet Renee, has been entered for Friday's Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) that highlights the Kentucky Derby eve card at Churchill Downs.

  • Brahms to Stand at Vinery Kentucky in 2002

    Grade I winner Brahms, a $1-million Keeneland July sale yearling, will begin his stallion career in 2002 at Vinery Kentucky near Lexington. The 4-year-old son of Danzig is scheduled to run in Saturday's Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes (gr. IT) at Churchill Downs.

  • Richard Mandella, elected to racing's Hall of Fame.

    Fires, Mandella Elected to Hall of Fame

    Earlie Fires, who led all apprentice jockeys in 1965 and is one of only 14 North American riders to win more than 6,000 races, and trainer Richard Mandella, who won his first stakes in 1974, are among the newest members of the Hall of Fame. This year's equine inductees will be Holy Bull, Paseana, and Maskette.

  • Dubai Millennium Insured For £30 Million

    Dubai Millennium's death has opened the way for a huge insurance claim. According to the Racing Post, Dubai Millennium was insured through Lloyd's of London for a sum believed to be in the region of £30 million.

  • Flute, whose status for the Kentucky Oaks was in jeopardy before Scoop dropped out.

    Flute Back In Oaks Picture After Infection Sidelines Scoop

    Scoop dropped out of the Kentucky Oaks hunt Tuesday morning, clearing the way for Santa Anita Oaks runner-up Flute to run in Friday's big race. Flute's status was in question Monday after trainer Mark Hennig said he was expanding his Oaks entry from two to three fillies. The race's field is limited to 14 runners, with preference given to those with the highest earnings.

  • Keats, who is "on the bubble" for the Kentucky Derby, on the track Tuesday morning.

    Morning at Churchill Highlighted By Derby Workouts

    Millennium Wind turned in his last workout for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, working five furlongs in 1:00 2/5 at Churchill Downs Tuesday morning. According to Churchill clockers, he went in splits of :23 2/5 and :48 for a half-mile and galloped out six furlongs in 1:16. Trainer David Hofmans timed the son of Cryptoclearance in the same 1:00 2/5, but got splits of :11 4/5, :24, and :48 2/5, and a gallop out time of 1:14 2/5.

  • Let's Not Disappoint Them

    <i>By Karl Schmitt</i> -- The last weekend in April, 30 young sports journalists from across the country descended on Churchill Downs to attend the Kentucky Derby Collegiate Sports Journalism Seminar. They came hoping to network, boost their résumés and revel with peers. They were not disappointed. But more important, they left with a deeper understanding and appreciation for Thoroughbred racing.

  • Ray Paulick&lt;br&gt;Editor in Chief

    Dubai Tragedy

    <i>By Ray Paulick</i> -- It's a safe assumption that Dubai Millennium has always gotten the best care money can buy, from his days as a foal and racehorse, and certainly in the early stages of his stallion career at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket, England. But that wasn't enough to prevent his death from grass sickness, an insidious disease.

  • Virginia Dates OK'd; Three-State Circuit Proposed

    The Virginia Racing Commission on Monday approved a revised live racing schedule for Colonial Downs that dovetails with dates in neighboring Maryland. For next year, one racing official has floated a plan to create a three-state circuit -- Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware -- designed to capitalize on each state's assets.

  • Sales Prepping Yearlings

    <P>As spring moves into summer, the primary focus of activity on many breeding farms is preparation of yearlings for sale. There isn't much scientific research on exercising horses at that young age, yet many farms are using forced exercise to make these youngsters look like little athletes rather than the gangly teenagers they are. While it is good that ...

Most Popular

News By Topic

News By Date