---

08/16/2015

2015 ARLINGTON MILLION (GI) STAKES QUOTES

Joe Bravo (jockey, Big Blue Kitten, 2nd): “I think I was on the best horse today but he didn’t like the ground. When ‘Kitten kicks, he’s a runner.” Chris Emigh (jockey, Shining Copper, 3rd): “I thought I had a chance turning for home. He tried to win.” Dr

---

08/16/2015

Fourstardave Handicap (G2) Quotes

"I'm a big fan of King Kreesa's after his last couple of races, and to beat him in a hard-fought stretch drive, it was a thrilling race. When the fractions came up I thought King Kreesa was ridden very comfortably the way he was looking around. I thought

---

08/14/2015

International Festival of Racing Notes:  Friday, August 14, 2015

O’BRIEN GOES FOR FOURTH SECRETARIAT WITH HIGHLAND REEL Group I-placed Highland Reel will represent the powerful Coolmore operation and Ballydoyle-based Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien on Saturday in a salty renewal of the Grade I $450,000 Secretariat Stakes.

---

08/14/2015

Gulfstream News & Notes - August 14

The 5-year-old daughter of Burning Roma has blossomed into an elite graded-stakes performer this season, capturing the Royal Delta (G2) at Gulfstream in March before finishing second in the La Troienne (G1) and Fleur de Lis (G2) at Churchill Downs in the

---

08/14/2015

Saratoga Race Course Notes - Friday, August 14

The gray colt breezed four furlongs in 51.25 seconds over the Saratoga main track under regular exercise rider Rob Massey in preparation for the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers on August 29. "He usually works a little bit quicker, but he's fit and ready to

---

08/14/2015

Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $350,000

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL -- The 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $350,000 Saturday at Gulfstream after the popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the 16th consecutive rac

---

08/14/2015

Lake Placid (G2) Quotes

Joel Rosario, winning jockey aboard Sentiero Italia (No. 4): "I thought I was going to be a little closer, but I ended up further back but she was happy where she was. When I was turning for home, she has a good turn of foot and she just kept on going aft

---

08/13/2015

Successful Native Set to Stake Claim in Saturday’s Bonita Stakes

Claimed for $20,000 out of a maiden-breaking performance at five furlongs April 30, Successful Native is scheduled to make his fourth start for his current connections while taking on nine rivals in the Bonita. Assistant trainer Ricko Maragh recalled his

---

08/13/2015

Hall of Fame trainer John Nerud passes away at 102

Born in 1913 in Minatare, Nebraska, Nerud was first introduced to horses by his father, an immigrant from Prague who came to the United States in 1862. Nerud's equine career began around the time of the Great Depression, when he and his brother became hor

---

08/13/2015

NYSS Statue of Liberty Quotes

"If she broke sharp, I figured she'd be on or close to the lead. Sure enough, she was. The horse on the inside [Psychiatry, No. 1] took back so he was allowed to dictate the pace. He didn't get a whole lot of pressure. The first quarter was a little quick

---