HORSE RACING NEWS
02/10/2014
N.Y.’s Rick Arbiter and Arthur Nigro earn WHHC berths
Arbiter started slowly in Friday (Feb. 7) evening’s contest involving the first 12 races at the Meadowlands. With only three-second place finishers selected through the first seven races, he had only $29.40 in his bankroll. But he rallied to pick the wi
02/10/2014
Mail seeks to deliver in Stymie
Mail, who won the Traskwood overnight stakes on December 27 at the Big A for Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren, had finished seventh and eighth in his first two career starts before being outfitted with blinkers in August by trainer Chad Brown. The Medaglia
02/09/2014
$300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf (G1) Quotes
Trainer Shug McGaughey (Imagining): “Turning for home, we were right there. There was a hole, and the horse (Lochte) just spurted through there. I’m very pleased with the way my horse ran.†Trainer Bill Mott (Amira's Prince): He just didn’t quicke
02/09/2014
Lochte Pulls Shocker in $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (G1)
It was the second straight win for Lochte ($80.60), making his stakes debut in his 10th career start, and first Grade 1 triumph for both trainer Marcus Vitali and jockey Orlando Bocachica. “It’s like they say in football after you win the Super Bowl,
02/08/2014
Falling Sky Takes Flight in $100,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint
“That race was actually run faster than the Hal’s Hope later in the day. We thought in that race, internally, that he ran a very, very good seven furlongs. He got tired the last 100 yards or so,†Weaver said. “We’re like, ‘OK, we went a mile.
02/08/2014
CANDY BOY CHARGES HOME IN STYLE TO WIN GRADE II ROBERT B. LEWIS
“I just wanted Gary to be patient, because this horse runs a distance, no problem,†said Sadler. “He kind of had a premature move in the (Dec. 14) CashCall…I think Gary will tell you that, you know, he moved him a little bit quick. Now he knows hi
02/07/2014
SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES (Friday February 7
He followed that by righting the ship in the Grade I Clark Handicap Nov. 29, finishing second by a head to Will Take Charge, the Preakness winner and Eclipse Award winner as outstanding male 3-year-old of 2013. Each time, Game On Dude was ridden by Mike S
02/07/2014
Gulfstream Today 2.7.14
Triple Charm was more amenable this time in the early stages under Bravo, then knifed through between rivals in the stretch to take it by a neck over the fast-finishing Waterway Run. She was timed in 1:35 4/5, and returned $9.60 to her backers. "I learned
02/07/2014
WISHING WELL STAKES
Named in honor of the stakes winning dam of 1989 Horse of the Year Sunday Silence, who was a winner of the Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic that year, the Wishing Well attracted a field of eight. Attentive to the pace, Purimâ€
02/07/2014
Gulfstream Park News & Notes - Fri 2/7
The multiple Grade 1 winner with a career bankroll of more than $2.5 million will break from the rail and be favored against six other older mares looking to spoil her going away party, including Sugar Swirl (G3) champion Heart Stealer and Azaela (G3) her