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  • Musical Romance probable for Inside Information

    Pinnacle Racing and Bill Kaplan's five-year-old mare Musical Romance closed out an Eclipse Award campaign in 2011 winning the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Churchill Downs on November 4, but her 2012 season debut did not go well when she finished fourth in the Florida Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Sprint at Gulfstream Park on January 28.

  • Gemologist, Currency Swap in Gulfstream allowance

    Friday's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/gpalw3-16-12.htm">3RD</a> race at Gulfstream Park looms as a battle of the unbeatens, as Gemologist and Currency Swap are set to kick off their sophomore campaigns in this one-mile allowance.

  • Kid Sidney waiting in the wings for Rebel

    There's a buzz back at the barn of Jinks Fires this spring a year after the magical run by Archarcharch that culminated in a victory in the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby for his longtime clients Bob and Val Yagos. This time another set of longtime owners are eagerly hoping Kid Sidney can make up for lost time and get into the Grade 2, $500,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday.

  • Izzy Rules in Las Flores

    George and Mary Clare Schmitt's Izzy Rules lived up to her name, and her 6-5 favoritism, in Sunday's Grade 3, $100,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/lasflores12.pdf">Las Flores Stakes</a> at Santa Anita Park. Grabbing command soon after the start, the Jeff Bonde trainee led all the way home to finish the 6 1/2-furlong, fast track event in 1:14 2/5. The five-year-old daughter of Peace Rules paid $4.60, $3.20 and $2.80 to her faithful supporters.

  • Izzy Rules wins the Las Flores Stakes.

    Speedy Izzy Rules Rockets to Las Flores Win

    Red-hot Izzy Rules, given a vigorous ride by Edwin Maldanado, romped to a front-running win March 11 in the $100,000 Las Flores Stakes (gr. III) as the 6-5 favorite at Santa Anita, registering her fourth consecutive victory.

  • Dayatthespa holds Regalo Mia to take Herecomesthebride

    Bradley Thoroughbreds, Steve Laymon and Jerry &amp; Ronald Frankel's Dayatthespa was all out to hold a closing Regalo Mia in Sunday's Grade 3, $150,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/herecomesthebride12.pdf"> Herecomesthebride Stakes</a> at Gulfstream Park. With Javier Castellano aboard, the Chad Brown-trained daughter of City Zip was a neck clear on the wire while finishing the nine-furlong, firm turf affair in 1:47 1/5.

  • Dayathespa wins the Herecomesthebride Stakes.

    Dayatthespa Earns Grade in Herecomesthebride

    Odds-on Dayatthespa became a graded stakes winner when she held off Regalo Mia in the final strides to capture the $150,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes (gr. IIIT) by a neck on the Gulfstream Park turf course March 11.

  • Howe Great rides the rail to beat Dullahan

    &quot;We talked about it before the race,&quot; Motion said, &quot;and decided the logical spot for him, if he did well today, would be to go to the Blue Grass, and see where we go from there.&quot;

  • Miz Ida honors namesake and Holocaust survivor Ida Schultz

    When Richard, Bertram and Elaine Klein's Miz Ida powered home with a late-running three-quarter-length victory in Saturday's $75,000 Allen LaCombe Memorial at Fair Grounds, winning trainer Steve Margolis was quick to bring attention to the filly's namesake.

  • 'Santa Anita Uncorked' returns March 25

    Santa Anita will present its fifth annual &quot;Santa Anita Uncorked&quot; wine and culinary festival on March 25. The event will be staged in the track's paddock gardens area beginning at noon (PDT) and will feature a wide array of boutique and hand-picked wine selections, cuisine sampling from 14 popular local restaurants, a paddock art show and a full day of exciting Thoroughbred racing.

  • Mucho Macho Man rolls in Gulfstream Park Handicap

    Mucho Macho Man continued to establish himself as a serious player in the older horse division Saturday, posting a convincing victory in the Grade 2, $300,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/gphcp12.pdf">Gulfstream Park Handicap</a>. A smart winner of the 1 1/8-mile Sunshine Millions Classic January 28, the leggy bay colt cut back powerfully to a one-turn mile while extending his win streak to three. Ramon Dominguez was up for trainer Kathy Ritvo.

  • Standing RLP in Horses Safe, Effective (AAEP 2011)

    One approach to dangerous joint infections in the horse involves isolating treatment to the infected limb, a procedure that can be performed while the horse is standing and awake or &quot;sleeping&quot; under general anesthesia. So which is best? A group of researchers in South Africa recently sought to answer this question, and Arnold T. Mahne, BVSc, of ...

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