July 17th, 2009 12:10am
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According to the Associated Press, trainer Steve Asmussen has appealed a six-month suspension handed down after one of his horses tested positive for a local anesthetic last year.
The Lone Star Park board of stewards on Thursday suspended Asmussen and fined him $1,500 for Timber Trick’s positive test for a lidocaine metabolite.
Asmussen is based in Texas, which has a zero-tolerance policy on the drug, which is a Class 2 medication …
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TAGS Barbaro, Curlin, Jess Jackson, Rachel Alexandra, Steve Asmussen | CATEGORY Uncategorized
July 14th, 2009 02:39pm
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According to a Jess Jackson press release, Preakness-winning filly Rachel Alexandra will run against the boys again in the $1 million Haskell Invitational on Aug. 2 at New Jersey’s Monmouth Park.
Her co-owner Jess Jackson announced the decision Tuesday. The Haskell is a 1 1-8-mile Grade 1 race for 3-year-olds. Also expected in the field is Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird.
“She is in top condition. If this preparation continues, …
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TAGS Jess Jackson, Rachel Alexandra | CATEGORY Uncategorized
July 13th, 2009 10:27am
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Marty McGee of the Daily Racing Form reports that Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird was sent through another workout Monday over a fast track at Churchill Downs, breezing five furlongs in 1:02 on a cool, sunny morning.
Going shortly after the renovation break, and with Jamie Theriot aboard, Mine That Bird galloped out six furlongs into the clubhouse turn in 1:15. The 1:02 clocking was the 12th-fastest of …
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TAGS Chip Woolley, Jess Jackson, Mine That Bird, Rachel Alexandra | CATEGORY Uncategorized
July 4th, 2009 12:05am
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Since today is the Fourth of July let’s see if we can find some real firecracker picks, including two from Belmont Park and a few from the Pleasanton Fair.
BELMONT PARK
10th race – 123rd running of the Suburban Handicap, a Grade 2 route going 1 ¼ miles on the main track. $400,000 purse.
NICK’S PICKS – 1. Asiatic Boy (second $3.50, $2.70. 2. It’s A Bird. (seventh) 3. Ready’s Echo (fifth). 4. Dry …
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TAGS Barbaro, Frank Alvarado, Jess Jackson, Pleasanton Fair, Rachel Alexandra, Steve Specht, Zenyatta | CATEGORY Kentucky Derby, Uncategorized
July 1st, 2009 12:05am
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Everyone seems to agree that the “Sport of Kings” is on a downward slide. The Triple Crown fared well in TV viewing and attendance, but the sport in general needs help. Is there something else that can be done to help raise new interest?
Now that the Triple Crown is behind us, most of the attention has switched to horse racing’s feminine side.
Undefeated Zenyatta and one of this year’s top …
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TAGS Add new tag, Alameda County Fair, Chip Woolley, Dunkirk, Jess Jackson, Mine That Bird, Pleasanton Fair, Rachel Alexandra, Summer Bird, Zenyatta | CATEGORY Preakness Stakes
June 29th, 2009 12:05am
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Don’t rule out a Zenyatta-Rachel Alexandra showdown this year just yet.
According to Daily Racing Form’s David Grening, Saturday morning, in an interview on the “Down the Stretch” radio show on Sirius XM radio, Jerry Moss, the owner of Zenyatta, said “there’s a good chance” Zenyatta would leave Southern California to race this year and that he “would very much like” to see his mare face Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra.
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TAGS Jess Jackson, Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta | CATEGORY Uncategorized
June 27th, 2009 04:41pm
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Both of this year’s top females roll to impressive victories.
According to Steve Andersen of the Daily Racing Form, Zenyatta’s five opponents tried to keep up with her in Saturday’s $287,000 Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park. In the end, it was in vain. The final result was the same as Zenyatta’s 10 previous races.
Zenyatta stalked the pace, cruised past her rivals in the stretch, and won easily. The …
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TAGS Jess Jackson, Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta | CATEGORY Uncategorized
June 27th, 2009 11:55am
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David Grening of the Daily Racing Form reports that Rachel Alexandra’s job in today’s Mother Goose at Belmont Park was made a little easier when Florida Oaks winner Don’t Forget Gil and Hopeful Image were scratched from the race on Saturday morning.
Rachel Alexandra will now face only two fillies in the Grade 1 race.
Mark Hennig, trainer of Don’t Forget Gil, said the New York-bred filly didn’t eat …
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TAGS Rachel Alexandra | CATEGORY Uncategorized
June 27th, 2009 12:00am
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Rachel Alexandra makes her debut following a short respite and victory in the Preakness Stakes.
Co-owned by Sonoma County’s Jess Jackson, Rachel is the 1-5 morning-line favorite in today’s Grade 1 53rd running of the $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park.
This should be no more than a romp in the park for the Stonestreet Stables 3-year-old filly.
Her four rivals are Flashing, Don’t Forget Gil, Hopeful Image and …
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