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Fri Oct 10 16:05:15 2008 |
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin will get
serious at Santa Anita Park this Monday, when he works five furlongs over
Santa Anita's Pro-Ride synthetic main track between races. The work, which
will b
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Wed Oct 8 11:09:31 2008 |
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Officials of Churchill Downs and Breeders'
Cup Ltd. announced Wednesday morning that the home of the Kentucky Derby will
host the World Thoroughbred Championships in 2010. This will be the seventh
time Ch
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Tue Oct 7 12:14:14 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Defending Breeders' Cup Classic champion
Curlin continues his preparations at Santa Anita for a second Classic victory.
The reigning Horse of the Year has been stabled at the Los Angeles-area track
since
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Sat Oct 4 19:19:07 2008 |
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Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Hambletonian champ Deweycheatumnhowe added
the Kentucky Futurity to his resume. The leading three-year-old trotter needed
three heats to claim the final jewel in Trotting's Triple Crown.
Driven by co-own
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Sat Oct 4 18:48:10 2008 |
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Marsh Side, a frequent visitor to Canada, and
European-invader Folk Opera picked up wins Saturday in a pair of Breeders' Cup
Challenge races at Woodbine Race Course. Marsh Side gets a spot in this year's
Breeder
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Sat Oct 4 17:02:29 2008 |
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Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Award-winning jockey John Velazquez has been
released from the University of Kentucky Medical Center one day after being
injured at Keeneland on Friday. Velazquez sustained a concussion and will be
sidelin
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Sat Oct 4 12:49:15 2008 |
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Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Award-winning jockey John Velazquez is
recuperating at the University of Kentucky Medical Center after being injured
at Keeneland on Friday. Velazquez is ungoing further tests and hopes to be
release
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Thu Oct 2 10:33:23 2008 |
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - A pair of Breeders' Cup Challenge races take
center-stage for Saturday's Woodbine card. The $2 million Pattison Canadian
International and the $1 million E.P. Taylor Stakes will both be contested on
Woodbin
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Mon Sep 29 15:40:18 2008 |
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Curlin, North America's all-time leading money
winner, is safely in his barn at Santa Anita Park with a possible chance to
race in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic looming. Fresh off his historic
second
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Sat Sep 27 21:18:28 2008 |
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Well Armed, ridden by Aaron Gryder, held off a
late-charging Tiago to capture Saturday's $500,000 Goodwood Stakes at Santa
Anita. The victory is the second for the five-year-old gelding in the
Breeder
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Sat Sep 27 19:04:54 2008 |
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Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin became
thoroughbred racing's first $10 million horse by winning Saturday's $750,000
Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. The $450,000 winner's check brings
Curlin'
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Thu Sep 25 15:13:25 2008 |
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Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Curlin, 2007 Horse of the Year, will attempt to
garner his second consecutive victory in Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold
Cup at Belmont Park. A win in the 1 1/4 mile race is worth $450,000 and would
make Cu
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Wed Sep 24 17:17:51 2008 |
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Four weeks until Santa Anita plays host to the
25th Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, this Saturday the track
will be the scene of the $500,000 Goodwood Handicap for older horses. The
winner
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Tue Sep 23 14:14:36 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Amid the hoopla this weekend surrounding
the running of the 90th Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, featuring
Curlin, trainer Bennie Stutts, Jr will be sending out his three-year-old
Smooth
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Mon Sep 22 10:25:19 2008 |
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Arlington Heights, IL (Sports Network) - After more than 43 years of guiding
thoroughbreds at some of the best racetracks in North America, Hall of Fame
jockey Earlie Fires has retired from the sport. The 61-year-old Fires rode his
final r
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Sat Sep 20 18:50:25 2008 |
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East Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Odds-on favorite Commentator easily out-
classed six other competitors to take Saturday's $500,000 Massachusetts
Handicap (MassCap) at Suffolk Downs. The MassCap is the second consecutive win
for Com
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Thu Sep 18 19:24:00 2008 |
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Delaware, OH (Sports Network) - Shadow Play, winner of the first elimination
heat, captured Thursday's Little Brown Jug with a wire-to-wire victory in the
second heat. The three-year-old pacer won the second leg of Pacing's Triple
Crown b
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Wed Sep 17 14:02:10 2008 |
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East Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Whitney Handicap winner Commentator goes
after his second straight Breeders' Cup Challenge victory in Saturday's
$500,000 Massachusetts Handicap (MassCap) at Suffolk Downs. The MassCap champ
will g
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Tue Sep 16 15:40:42 2008 |
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Arlington Heights, IL (Sports Network) - While the 25th Breeders' Cup World
Thoroughbred Championships have yet to be conducted, Arlington Park is making
a play to host the two-day event in 2011. This year's and the 2009 Breeders'
Cup wil
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Sat Sep 13 23:10:19 2008 |
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Campbellville, ON (Sports Network) - Hambletonian champ Deweycheatumnhowe
rebounded from his first career loss to win the $1 million Canadian Trotting
Classic Final Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack. Starting from the far outside post
the thr
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