Groupie Doll entered Saturday's Grade 2, $400,600 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/pidmasters12.pdf"> Presque Isle Downs Master</a> off a more than four-month break, having last been seen taking the Grade 1 Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs on May 5. That didn't stop the Bowman's Band filly from running down It's Me Mom in the lane and pulling away for a 3 3/4-length score under jockey Rajiv Maragh.
Delaunay took Saturday's $50,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/temperencehill12.pdf">Temperence Hill</a> at Louisiana Downs gate-to-wire, holding off the heavy 1-5 post time favorite and Grade 2 winner Gantry. The race was one of five stakes on the undercard of the Grade 2 Super Derby.
Grade 1 hero Wise Dan will arrive at Woodbine on Friday morning ready to run in the Grade 1, $1-million Woodbine Mile on September 16 over the E.P Taylor Turf Course.
The Czech Republic native owns the most wins for an apprentice jockey at the Washington State racetrack.
Stuart Janney III's homebred Air Support found his best stride late in Saturday's Grade 2, $196,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/bowlinggreen12.pdf"> Bowling Green Stakes</a>, overhauling pacesetter Bombaguia for a head decision in the opening-day feature at Belmont Park. The Shug McGaughey-trained colt returned to the win column after dropping his first five outings this season, adding the Bowling Green to victories in the Grade 2 Virginia Derby and Grade 3 Transylvania Stakes last year.
Gross and average plunge at CTHS Canadian-bred preferred yearling sale Sept. 8.
Grade I winner Wise Dan, currently ranked second on the NTRA's list of North America's top Thoroughbreds in training, is to arrive at Woodbine on the morning of Sept. 14 for the $1 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile (Can-IT).
Anamoine Ltd's sensational five-year-old mare Snow Fairy defeated favored Nathaniel by 1 1/4 lengths, with St Nicholas Abbey third, in Saturday's 1 1/2-mile, Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown. In the process, the Intikhab mare earned an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Turf through the Breeders' Cup Challenge series.
Bourbon Courage, under a head of steam for jockey Leandro Goncalves, blew past Master Rick at mid-stretch to win the $500,000 Super Derby (gr. II) in a romp for the colt's first stakes victory Sept. 8 at Louisiana Downs.
Four months after she wowed the racing world with a track-record victory at Churchill Downs, Groupie Doll returned to action with another impressive effort in winning the $400,600 Presque Isle Downs Masters (gr. II) Sept. 8.
Sendmylovetorose came out of the bottom of the barrel at just <font face="Times New Roman">?</font>5,000 at the sales and was lucky to escape serious injury in the stalls at Royal Ascot, but she has proven herself worthy of pole position at the top table by hard graft and Sunday's Group 1 Moyglare Stud at The Curragh could be her crowning glory.
Former Arlington Park mainstay Garrett Gomez made a winning return to his old stomping grounds Saturday when guiding Swifty Farms' Pataky Kid to a convincing score in the Grade 3, $150,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/awf12.pdf"> Arlington-Washington Futurity</a>.
Dolphus Morrison's homebred Gold Edge won Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/awl12.pdf"> Arlington-Washington Lassie</a> as a surprising 10-1 chance despite having won the one-mile race's local prep, the seven-furlong Lisa M, as an 8-5 favorite five weeks earlier.
Bourbon Lane Stable and Wayne Lynn's Bourbon Courage bided his time in the rear of Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/superderby12.pdf">Super Derby</a> at Louisiana Downs before coming with a four-wide rally rounding the second turn and drawing off for a five-length victory under jockey Leandro Goncalves. The Kellyn Gorder-trained sophomore was making only his sixth career start in the 1 1/8-mile contest, and stopped the clock in 1:51 2/5 on the fast main track.
Dolphus Morrison's homebred Gold Edge remained unbeaten in three starts when she inched by La Song in the final yards to win the $150,000 Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes (gr. III) by a neck Sept. 8 at Arlington Park.
At first glance, Thursday's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/feelsogood9-6-12.pdf"> 3RD-race</a> triumph by the David Braddy-trained Feel So Good appeared to be little more than a non-descript midweek maiden-claiming victory at Calder, but the tremors that emanated from that win were felt from south Florida to east Asia as the gelding made Korean racing history by becoming the first Korean-bred horse to win a race outside its homeland.
The Keeneland September yearling sale will test the strength of the Thoroughbred marketplace's recovery with both quantity and quality during its 10-session run that begins Sept. 10 in Lexington.
Sir Henry Cecil's Chachamaidee notched her first group I win when the stewards awarded her the victory over Duntle in the $245,500 Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes (Ire-I) at Leopardstown Sept. 8.
Pataky Kid continued his progress up the ladder and gave a hint of good things to come in the $150,000 Arlington-Washington Futurity Sept. 8 at Arlington Park, earning his first stakes score for Swifty Farms.
Apprentice jockey Aaron Court earned his first career win on Saturday at Turfway Park, riding Known Contender to a 9 1/4-length score in the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/aaroncourt1stwin9-8-12.pdf"> 2ND race</a>. The ride was the 22nd of his nascent career. He also has one third-place finish, earned at Ellis Park.
Jockey Channing Hill, who has hung his tack at Arlington Park for the 2012 racing season, will ride in Saudi Arabia and Dubai for six months following the Sept. 8 weekend.
Snow Fairy turned in yet another superb performance as she put away Nathaniel in the final furlong to win the $969,000 Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes (Ire-I) at Leopardstown Sept. 8.
Grade I winner Sean Avery returned to action following a 13-month layoff to capture the minor Affiliate Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths on opening day of the fall meet at Belmont Park Sept. 8.
Trainer Chad Brown initially thought Noble Tune was destined for the dirt before the colt posted a pair of "exceptional" breezes on Saratoga's Oklahoma turf course, and on Labor Day at the Spa the great-grandson of champion Serena's Song made it clear that he prefers the grass by unleashing a strong turn of foot to take his debut in the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/nobletunemdn9-3-12.pdf">1ST race</a> by 3 1/2-lengths.
Stuart S. Janney III's homebred Air Support found his best stride late in the Bowling Green Stakes Sept. 8 at Belmont Park, winning his first race of 2012 by a head and perhaps punching his ticket to the Breeders' Cup Turf.
Overlooked at 10-1, Society Rock benefited from a savvy ride by Kieren Fallon to capture the $349,000 Betfred Sprint Cup (Eng-I) at Haydock Park Sept. 8.
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. has cataloged 420 horses for its fall mixed sale. The number is down 4.8% from last year's total of 441.
Ken and Sarah Ramsey took home a pair of major awards, National Owner of the Year and National Breeder of the Year, at Friday evening's Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's (TOBA's) 27th Annual National Awards Dinner at the Keeneland Entertainment Center in Lexington, Kentucky.
Tom and Pete handicap the Presque Isle Masters Stakes.
Video coverage of The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association 27th Annual National Awards Dinner from Keeneland in Lexington.
