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09/14/2014

Ashley T. Cole (NYB) Quotes

Junior Alvarado, winning jockey aboard Lubash (No. 3): "He's such a good horse. He might not win every time, but he always shows up. When I turned for home and saw it was [King Kreesa] ahead of me, I thought, 'Oh, no, I have to catch that one?' But he tri

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09/13/2014

CALIFORNIA CHROME

Away since finishing in a dead heat for fourth in the Belmont Stakes June 7, the California-bred son of Lucky Pulpit, who has been stabled at Los Alamitos since early in the year, turned in splits of 25.40 for the opening quarter, 49.60 for a half-mile an

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09/13/2014

Sands Point (G2) Quotes

"[Xcellence] also ran great; Ball Dancing was just a little bit better today." Joe Bravo, winning jockey aboard Ball Dancing (No. 10): "Chad [Brown] had a lot of confidence in this filly. She'd been training great and he got to know her. How impressive wa

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09/13/2014

Noble Damsel (G3) Quotes

Irad Ortiz, Jr., winning jockey aboard Annecdote (No. 6):"The track is very soft right now, so I just dropped the hands and tried to cover up. When I asked her, I had a lot of horse. I didn't want to be too close today because I saw there was a lot of spe

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09/13/2014

V. E. Day, Wicked Strong work for Jockey Club Gold Cup

Grade 1 Travers winner V. E. Day worked seven furlongs in 1:28.30 at approximately 8 a.m., with Grade 1 TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial victor Wicked Strong going six furlongs in 1:15.93 at 9:45. Exercise rider Kelvin Pahal was aboard for both workouts. In t

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09/11/2014

GULFSTREAM TODAY 9.11

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gameday Spanking pulled off a startling 44-1 upset in Thursday's 10th race at Gulfstream Park, producing huge payoffs in both the $1 Super Hi-5 and 20-cent Rainbow 6 on a day when mandatory payouts were scheduled. The Super Hi-5,

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09/11/2014

Daring Dancer, back in top form, returns to Belmont for G2 Sands Point

The Sands Point, which is restricted to 3-year-old fillies, will be contested at 1 1/8 miles on the inner turf course and will follow the Grade 3, $200,000 Noble Damsel. Daring Dancer won the Grade 3 Appalachian in April at Keeneland in her third start, b

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09/10/2014

Gulfstream Park News & Notes

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The much-anticipated next start for undefeated Atreides is expected to come in the $400,000 Kelso Handicap (G2) at Belmont Park on the undercard of the Jockey Club Gold Cup on Sept. 27. “Right now, I’m leaning to the Kelso,”

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09/08/2014

Sky Beauty Quotes

Javier Castellano, winning jockey aboard Toasting (No. 4): "The race set up very well for her. It was a small field, and the two favorites [Montana Native and Katie's Garden] had similar running styles. I was able to sit off the speed, which is the way sh

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09/08/2014

Real Courage Quotes

Was it the plan to be on the lead? "There are two ways to answer this. One is for me to look very smart and say 'Of course, that was the plan.' Two, which is the truth, and to say, 'That was not at all the plan.' But that is why I use Joel [Rosario]; he i

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