"This horse is the real deal. He's a little guy but we call him 'Mighty Mouse'. We'll take him home to Chicago. He trains [at Arlington] on the synthetic track just as good as he runs on this dirt track so we have a lot of options and could probably run h
"It was his first trip around there and we jogged straight off and he started galloping about the seven-eighths pole. I really couldn't see anything down the backside because it's so big around there, but when he finally came down the stretch he was movin
Under the watchful eye of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who arrived in New York Tuesday, the Zayat Stables homebred son of Pioneerof the Nile had an uneventful and easy jog around the racing strip under regular exercise rider Jorge Alvarez. "He took h
"I don't know how I'm going to feel about it. I don't think about it because I know how tough it is so I never get ahead of myself. I want to win it for the horse because the horse is deserving of it. He's an exciting horse to watch and he's an exciting h
Carded as the ninth race, post time for the Met Mile is 4:49 p.m. EST as part of NBC's 2 ½-hour national telecast from 4:30-7 p.m. The race is also a Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' qualifier for the Dirt Mile. "It is going to be a very big day. For pe
After breaking her maiden by 13 ½ lengths on January 3 at the Fair Grounds, Shook Up faced at least one of Larry Jones' powerhouse duo of I'm a Chatterbox and Lovely Maria in each of her three subsequent starts on the Louisiana circuit this spring. The g
Tammy Fox, the assistant to trainer Dale Romans, was in the irons when they went out shortly after the track opened and clockers caught Keen Ice in splits of 12:40, 25 flat, and 37.60 and galloping out in 1:04. Romans said afterward that the easy half-mil
Just a short walk from where he is stabled, the Zayat Stables homebred son of Pioneerof the Nile will attempt to become racing's 12th Triple Crown winner and first since Affirmed in 1978, when he contests the 147th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Bel
The 3-year-old son of Curlin breezed a half-mile in :50.20 with Tammy Fox in the saddle for trainer Dale Romans at approximately 6:15 a.m. ET. Churchill Downs clocker John Nichols timed Keen Ice in 1/8-mile splits of :12.40, :25 and :37.60 before gallopin
With a few hundred spectators on hand, Zayat Stables’ homebred son of Pioneerof the Nile came onto the track at 8:30 a.m. ET after the renovation break during the special 15-minute training period for Churchill Downs-based Belmont Stakes contenders. He
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