November 21st, 2009 04:51pm
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Dave Litfin of the Daily Racing Form reports, Haynesfield, who four weeks earlier scored his richest victory in the $250,000 Empire Classic against older New York-bred rivals, captured his first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $103,500 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds.
Haynesfield broke alertly under Ramon Dominguez and stalked pacesetter Redding Colliery from close range through moderate opening fractions of 24.25 seconds and 48.84. He wrested command approaching …
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November 21st, 2009 12:04am
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The Daily Racing Form’s Mike Farrell reports, Quality Road’s status for the Grade 1 Cigar Mile on Nov. 28 at Aqueduct has not been decided, trainer Todd Pletcher said Friday morning.
“Don’t know yet,” Pletcher said at his Belmont Park office. “He will go to Aqueduct today to school in the paddock around 11 a.m., and he’ll go in the starting gate around 11:15. He’ll probably breeze on Sunday, …
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November 20th, 2009 10:45am
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Jockey Russell Baze continues to rack up the wins at Golden Gate Fields in Albany.
Baze won three races Thursday – the ninth straight racing day in which he has won at least two races. Baze is averaging two wins a day through the first 20 days of the fall/winter meeting and tops the rider standings with 41 victories.
Jockeys Frank Alvarado and William Antongeorgi III both had riding …
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November 20th, 2009 12:45am
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Jay Privman of the Daily Racing Form reports, entries for Wednesday’s races at Hollywood Park were taken before trainer Bobby Frankel died early Monday morning, so the Wednesday program listed Life By R R, who ran in the fifth race, as being trained by Frankel. And when Life By R R subsequently won, victorious jockey Alex Solis realized the significance of the win as he passed the finish line. Solis …
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November 19th, 2009 12:06am
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According to Daily Racing Form reporter Marty McGee, a potentially unsavory situation turned into a tearful one Wednesday when a 12-year-old mare who had not raced in more than nine years was scratched in the paddock prior to the fifth race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.
Grand Forks, whose last race had come Aug. 7, 2000, at Del Mar, was 15-1 with 11 minutes to post for the …
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November 18th, 2009 10:59am
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According to Horse and Hound.com, Sea the Stars picked up the top award at the Cartier Rcing Awards last night (17 November) and was named the Cartier Horse of the Year 2009.
The colt, who was recently retired to the Aga Khan’s Gilltown Stud in Ireland after 6 consecutive group one wins, also received the title of three-year-old colt of the year.
The Cartier Racing Awards, which are in their 19th …
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November 18th, 2009 12:09am
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The Daily Racing Form’s Jay Privman reports, Bobby Frankel, the Hall of Fame trainer who died early Monday morning, was remembered for his gruff exterior and soft interior during a traditional Jewish memorial service and burial on Tuesday afternoon at Hillside Memorial Park, just a few miles northwest of Hollywood Park.
A crowd of nearly 400 attended the service, including a who’s who of racing personalities. In addition to …
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November 17th, 2009 10:33am
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Marty McGee of the Daily Racing Form reports, Churchill Downs officials on Tuesday unveiled details of the permanent lighting system that will be installed in time for next spring. Racing will be conducted under the lights on the last four Friday nights of the spring meet, which ends July 4, 2010.
Night racing under temporary lights was offered on three occasions at the 2009 spring meet and met with …
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November 16th, 2009 11:14am
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The Thoroughbred Times’ Pete Dank reports, racing Hall of Fame and five-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Bobby Frankel died on Monday at his home in Pacific Palisades, California, after a lengthy battle with leukemia.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Frankel started his career in racing as a hotwalker at Belmont Park and Aqueduct during the mid-1960s. He received his trainer’s license in 1966 and soon gained a reputation as “King of the …
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November 16th, 2009 12:04am
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Kilkenny Creek ran down pacesetter Tactful Response in the
final sixteenth of a mile to score a 19-to-1 upset in the $21,060 turf
feature at Golden Gate Fields Sunday at Albany.
Receiving a smart ride from jockey Luis Martinez, who had his mount
save ground throughout the one-mile contest for fillies and mares, Kilkenny
Creek defeated Tactful Response by a half-length in 1:39.29. Not Unusual,
the even-money favorite, finished third.
Kilkenny Creek, …
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