HORSE RACING NEWS
03/25/2015
Louisiana Derby Week 2015 Notes: Worktab Report
DEFONDO – Sunday, four furlongs in :48.80 (16/82) – “He worked well. He galloped out in 1:02 and looked sharp. He jogged today and we are planning on running him. It’s a tough field, but we’ll take a shot.†INTERNATIONAL STAR – Sunday, five
03/25/2015
Gulfstream Florida Derby
The 8-5 morning-line favorite’s biggest fan, though, will be his trainer, Rick Violette Jr., whose admiration for the New York-bred ridgling has grown steadily from his winning debut at Saratoga last summer to his first-place finish in the Besilu Stable
03/20/2015
American Pharoah Set to Return for Arkansas Derby
American Pharoah was flown back to his Southern California base Monday, but Zayat said Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has already decided to return the Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old male to Oaklawn for his final Kentucky Derby prep “That has been t
03/20/2015
ST. JOE BAY LIKELY FOR LOUISIANA DERBY
“The horse is doing really well and everything is great,†Miller said. “Right now we are planning on coming, but I still have not booked a rider.†Ridden last out by local jockey Florent Geroux, the speedy Florida-bred will have to find a new pilo
03/20/2015
My Point Exactly Set for Return in Florida Derby
"Ideally, you'd like to have a race in him to tighten him up, but he's a true distance horse, he likes Gulfstream, and he's such an endurance horse I don't think it will affect him," trainer Bill Kaplan said. My Point Exactly shipped to Louisiana Downs la
03/19/2015
WAR STORY BULLETS IN FINAL LOUISIANA DERBY WORK
“He came out of the work fine,†Amoss reported. “That’ll be our last breeze before we run. We worked him about the same amount of days out from the Risen Star and he ran well. We got on the track (Wednesday morning) when it was at its best; it was
03/19/2015
Upstart Readies for Final Florida Derby Breeze
“I’m leaning towards Saturday, but he had a two-minute lick yesterday, a real big mile, so I might wait until Sunday,†said Violette at his winter base at Gulfstream’s satellite training facility Palm Meadows. While Violette was not in town to see
03/19/2015
Oaklawn Barn Notes - Thursday, March 19
Trainer Ron Moquett said early Thursday morning that he would monitor the track surface before deciding when to breeze Far Right for the second time since his victory in the $300,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 22. “I’ve read all the quotes from the De
03/19/2015
Spiral Stakes and Bourbonette Oaks
Bourbonette Oaks - Grade 3, $150,000: 1. Urtheoneeyelove 2. Walking The Kitten 3. Don’t Leave Me 4. Right On Kitten 5. Back Flip 6. Harlan’s Destiny 7. Sweet Success 8. Flat Deposit 9. Sharla Rae 10. Sweet On Smokey 11. College Holly 12. Bossy Spiral
03/19/2015
Spiral Stakes and Bourbonette Oaks
Bourbonette Oaks - Grade 3, $150,000: 1. Urtheoneeyelove 2. Walking The Kitten 3. Don’t Leave Me 4. Right On Kitten 5. Back Flip 6. Harlan’s Destiny 7. Sweet Success 8. Flat Deposit 9. Sharla Rae 10. Sweet On Smokey 11. College Holly 12. Bossy Spiral