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  • Hungry Island devours Distaff Turf Mile

    Emory A. Hamilton's homebred Hungry Island had been no match for Marketing Mix in their past two meetings, but gained sweet revenge in Saturday's Grade 2, $223,400 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/distaffturfmile12.pdf"> Churchill Distaff Turf Mile</a> on Derby Day. Perhaps enjoying the overnight rain that left the turf officially rated good, the Shug McGaughey trainee picked up well down the stretch to run down Tapitsfly, leaving favored Marketing Mix back in a lackluster fourth.

  • Shackleford returns to winner's circle under the Twin Spires

    Michael Lauffer and Bill Cubbedge's homebred Shackleford has made eight starts since taking the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico last May, but hadn't been able to score in that time until Saturday when gutting out a length victory in the Grade 2, $441,600 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/churchilldownsstakes12.pdf"> Churchill Downs Stakes</a> on the Kentucky Derby undercard.

  • Frankel and brother put on a show at Newmarket

    Unbeaten world champion Frankel proved that he's come through his recent injury scare with flying colors, as the Juddmonte Farms homebred looked like his sparkling old self in a racecourse gallop Saturday.

  • Kentucky Oaks Day sees record total wagering

    A history-making 138th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on Friday concluded with record total wagering, near-record attendance of 112,552 and an historic victory by jockey Rosie Napravnik, who rode Brereton C. Jones's Believe You Can to victory to become the first woman to win America's premier race for three-year-old fillies.

  • Great Attack wears down Bridgetown in Twin Spires Turf Sprint

    After lagging farther off the pace than usual in the early stages of Saturday's Grade 3, $150,350 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/twinspires12.pdf">Twin Spires Turf Sprint</a> at Churchill Downs, Houyhnhnm Stable's Great Attack turned in an explosive rally in the final furlong and passed 3-2 favorite Bridgetown in the final strides to secure the win by three parts of a length in the five-furlong test. The 4-1 third choice in a field of 12, Great Attack returned $10.80, $4.60 and $3.60.

  • Oaks also-runs all exit race in good shape

    Broadway's Alibi was doing fine Saturday morning after her second-place finish behind Believe You Can in Friday's Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks. Stable manager Anna Ford reported that the three-year-old daughter of Vindication will ship to Belmont Park on Sunday.

  • Believe You Can 'bright and happy' following Oaks win

    Brereton Jones' homebred Kentucky Oaks heroine Believe You Can came out of the race in great shape, trainer Larry Jones said while accepting congratulations at his barn early on Kentucky Derby Day.

  • Believe You Can gives Napravnik historic win in Kentucky Oaks

    Jockey Rosie Napravnik became the first woman rider to win the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks on Friday when piloting Believe You Can to victory over a stubborn Broadway's Alibi at Churchill Downs. The race was delayed a half-hour after a powerful storm blew through the area, but the delay apparently didn't affect the Proud Citizen filly, who finished 1 1/8 miles over the fast track in 1:49 2/5.

  • Contested romps in Eight Belles

    The two wagering favorites dominated Friday's Grade 3, $110,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/eightbelles12.pdf">Eight Belles</a> for three-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs, with even-money choice Contested taking over from pacesetter Good Deed at the three-sixteenths pole and drawing away to win by 4 3/4 lengths. Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert and campaigned by his wife, Jill, Contested returned $4.20, $3 and $2.80.

  • Silver Max wires American Turf

    Fresh off a dominating, wire-to-wire victory in the Grade 3 Transylvania Stakes at Keeneland, Mark Bacon and Dana Wells' Silver Max dished out the same treatment to his rivals in Friday's Grade 2, $238,200 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/amturf12.pdf">American Turf</a> at Churchill Downs. The biggest difference was the winning rider. With Robby Albarado off his mounts after reportedly being arrested Friday morning for domestic violence, Rafael Bejarano picked up the mount and gave him a textbook ride.

  • Stephanie's Kitten sets stakes record in Edgewood, eyes Royal Ascot

    Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred Stephanie's Kitten pounced to a stakes record-setting victory in Friday's $184,800 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/edgewood12.pdf">Edgewood Stakes</a> at Churchill Downs, setting her up for a bold assault on the Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot June 22. The winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf over the same course last November, the even-money favorite completed 1 1/16 miles on the firm turf in 1:40.94, best in 27 runnings of the Edgewood.

  • Dan successful over Fort Larned in Alysheba

    Stakes records continued to fall at Churchill Downs Friday as Mort Fink's homebred Successful Dan was timed in 1:41 in winning the Grade 2, $337,800 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/alysheba12.pdf">Alysheba</a> for older horses. Not only was it the fastest time achieved in the nine-year history of the event, but it also bested the previous track-record time of 1:41 1/5 set by Brass Hat in 2007.

  • Sanchez one to watch at upcoming Arlington meet

    Chicagoland racing fans who annually enjoy the Arlington experience may be unfamiliar with the name of jockey Jeffrey Sanchez, but the 26-year-old native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has rapidly made a strong, positive impression among the nation's more discerning horsemen on other major league circuits.

  • Juanita provides 16-1 upset in La Troienne

    William S. and Graydon Patterson's Juanita kept pace with 2-5 favorite Plum Pretty on the front end of Friday's Grade 2, $327,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/latroienne12.pdf">La Troienne Stakes</a> at Churchill Downs before putting that rival away and just holding for the win as St. John's River came with a game late rally in the final strides. Sent off the 16-1 fifth pick, the Mineshaft filly ran 1 1/16 miles on the fast main track in 1:42 4/5 to pay $35.40, $13.20 and $5.

  • One Thousand Guineas attracts field of 18

    The Group 1, £376,500 One Thousand Guineas, run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket Sunday, has attracted 18 runners. The final field for the first fillies' classic of the season includes the well supported ante-post favorite Maybe, who rounded off an unbeaten juvenile campaign with a smooth victory in the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes in August. The daughter of Galileo and her stablemate Homecoming Queen, who won the Leopardstown One Thousand Guineas Trial in April, will be bidding to give their trainer Aidan O'Brien a second success in the race after Virginia Waters' runaway victory in 2005.

  • Kentucky Derby Report

    <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">MAY 4, 2012</font></b></p> <p>by James Scully</p> <p>Saturday's Kentucky Derby has a pair of top contenders in Bodemeister and Union Rags, but I've never seen a Kentucky Derby field so deep with viable win options. A compelling case can probably be made for half the field.</p> <p>I've identified eight logical win candidates (in alphabetical order) -- Bodemeister, Creative Cause, Dullahan, Gemologist, Hansen, I'll Have Another, Take Charge Indy and Union Rags -- and could've included Alpha and Daddy Nose Best in the mix as well.</p> <p>With such a competitive field, the post position draw was critical and I felt Bodemeister (post 6) and Union Rags (post 4) were hurt by the draw. </p> <b> <p>Bodemeister</b> excelled from post 11 against a soft field in the Arkansas Derby, earning the top last-race BRIS Speed rating (105), but he's an inexperienced colt who was late to develop and probably needed an outside post to have his best c

  • Homeister happy to be back

    Jockey Rosemary Homeister Jr. may be a new name on the Arlington racing program this summer, but she's hardly a new name to racing fans around the nation.

  • Kentucky Derby TSI

    <i> <b><font face="Arial" size="4">KENTUCKY DERBY THEY SAID IT</font></b></i>

  • Eighteen stand their ground for Guineas

    The waiting and anticipation is now almost over with the first classic of England's 2012 Flat turf season, Saturday's Group 1, £376,500 Two Thousand Guineas on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket. Final declarations were made Thursday morning, and 18 colts are set to go to post in the famous mile contest.

  • Get Stormy faces difficult task to repeat in Turf Classic

    Get Stormy failed to turn an uncontested lead into a repeat victory in the Grade 1 Maker's 46 Mile at Keeneland three weeks ago, but will have an opportunity to make amends in his title defense of Saturday's Grade 1 $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Downs. The nine-furlong grass test, the traditional race before the Kentucky Derby, highlights a blockbuster Derby Day undercard that includes four other graded stakes.

  • Sprint champions featured in Derby undercard dashes

    Sassy Image won numerous battles in the race for champion female sprinter honors in 2011, but ultimately lost the war when Musical Romance was awarded top honors after winning the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly &amp; Mare Sprint in Sassy Image's absence. The two will square off for a second time in Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs over seven furlongs.

  • La Troienne features Oaks rematch; Alysheba attracts solid field

    The finish of Friday's Grade 2, $300,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/latroienne12">La Troienne</a> could wind up looking a lot like that of the 2011 Kentucky Oaks as Plum Pretty and St. John's River renew acquaintance over 1 1/16 miles at Churchill Downs. The La Troienne is the first of six stakes on the Kentucky Oaks Day program.

  • Winter Memories gets back to work in Beaugay

    Winter Memories, whose explosive turn of foot propelled her to four graded stakes wins last season, including the Grade 1 Garden City, makes her four-year-old debut Saturday in the Grade 3, $150,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/beaugay12">Beaugay</a> at Belmont Park. The gray daughter of El Prado should find the conditions ideal in the 1 1/16-mile grass test as she's undefeated in three attempts over Belmont's two turf courses.

  • Grace Hall, Broadway's Alibi arrive at Churchill for Oaks engagement

    Grace Hall, who exits an impressive 6 1/2-length tally in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks, arrived at Churchill Downs late Tuesday morning following a flight from South Florida, where she had been training at Palm Meadows Training Center for a start in Friday's Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks.

  • Grass stakes highlight Oaks Day undercard

    A pair of grass stakes for three-year-olds attracted overflow fields on Friday's Kentucky Oaks Day undercard at Churchill Downs. The Grade 2, $200,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/americanturf12">American Turf</a> at 1 1/16 miles, features a wide-open cast of males, while Breeders' Cup heroine Stephanie's Kitten looks to be favored in the $150,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/edgewood12">Edgewood</a> for fillies, also at 1 1/16 miles.

  • Rousing Sermon works; Pletcher duo arrives

    Rousing Sermon is expected to be a longshot in Saturday's Kentucky Derby, but his final pre-Derby workout Tuesday pleased Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.

  • Hawthorne sees big jump in business

    Increased purses, larger fields, great weather and placement of races led to a very strong spring thoroughbred meet at Hawthorne as the season concluded on Sunday. With the release of the impact fee funds prior to the start of last fall's Thoroughbred meet, an increase in overnights of 50 percent helped to keep more horsemen on the grounds through the winter dark period in preparation for the spring meet.

  • Hollywood Notebook

    <i><b><font face="Arial" size="4">HOLLYWOOD PARK NOTEBOOK </font></b></i>

  • Believe You Can reminiscent of Proud Spell

    Brereton Jones' homebred Believe You Can was in tip-top shape the day after her bullet five-eighths work for the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks in :58 2/5, according to trainer Larry Jones, who gushed about both the breeze and her demeanor 24 hours later.

  • Trinniberg stretches legs; Union Rags 'starting to peak'

    Shivananda Parbhoo's Trinniberg open-galloped two furlongs under jockey Willie Martinez through the stretch at Churchill Downs Monday morning. The planned leg-stretching exercise was not an official recorded workout.

  • Alpha scheduled to arrive, but jockey still pending

    Godolphin Stable's Alpha had a very light exercise at Belmont Park Monday morning before being shipped by plane to Churchill Downs. He is scheduled to arrive at the track between 5 and 6 p.m. (EDT).

  • TwinSpires.com to guarantee Pick 6 pools on Oaks, Derby days

    Churchill Downs and TwinSpires.com have partnered to guarantee the Pick 6 pools on Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby days. The Kentucky Oaks Day Pick 6 will carry a $200,000 guaranteed pool and the Kentucky Derby Day Pick 6 will feature a $500,000 guarantee.

  • Guineas fields taking shape after latest declarations

    Unbeaten Group 1 Racing Post Trophy winner Camelot heads 22 horses going forward in the Group 1 Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday, while 21 fillies remain in the Group 1 One Thousand Guineas on Sunday.

  • Quiet Oasis breaks through in Wilshire

    The Irish-bred Quiet Oasis, who nearly doubled her bankroll to $122,413 from her 8-3-1-1 line, had previously shown glimmers of talent. Originally based with Brian Meehan in England, the daughter of Oasis Dream finished a close fourth in her stakes debut in the Group 3 C.L. Weld Park Stakes and seventh in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.

  • Acclamation back in business, eyes Mervyn LeRoy

    After a brief scare Thursday, Acclamation, the champion older male of 2011, was declared fit and ready by trainer Don Warren and could run in the Grade 2, $150,000 Mervyn Leroy Handicap Saturday at Hollywood Park.

  • Mark Valeski's Derby status hinges on Monday work

    Brereton Jones' homebred Mark Valeski galloped 1 1/2 miles Sunday during the Derby and Oaks training period under trainer Larry Jones, who said it's not a given they'll enter the Kentucky Derby unless the Proud Citizen colt impresses in his final breeze Monday.

  • Renowned international sire Dynaformer dies

    Known internationally for siring such top-class athletes as Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Barbaro, Melbourne Cup (Aust-I) winner Americain, and $4.7 million-earner Perfect Drift.

  • Bodemeister drills sharp five furlongs; Pletcher's two go for a spin

    The Empire Maker colt named for trainer Bob Baffert's youngest child -- who in turn is named for American Alpine skiing star Bode Miller -- worked in company with stablemate Jemima's Pearl, who is headed to Friday's Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks. Jemima's Pearl completed her five-eighths in 1:00 2/5.

  • Brown readying new imports for U.S. debuts

    After winning Grade 1 turf races in 2011 with European imports Stacelita and Zagora, trainer Chad Brown is primed to make a similar assault on major grass events in America this year after receiving an influx of talented international runners.

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