November 20, 2009
Sam-Son adds Pierce as second trainer
As Sam-Son Farm continues to restructure its operation, it has begun to spread its stock to a second trainer, Malcolm Pierce.
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November 20, 2009
Smart Surprise comes off the bench
Smart Surprise came to trainer Josie Carroll here two summers ago as a maiden after 10 starts.
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November 20, 2009
She Be Wild a possible Princess starter
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner She Be Wild was among 12 horses pre-entered Friday in the Grade 3, $500,000 Delta Princess.
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November 20, 2009
Quality Road iffy for Cigar Mile
Quality Road's status for the Grade 1 Cigar Mile on Nov. 28 at Aqueduct has not been decided, trainer Todd Pletcher said Friday morning.
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November 20, 2009
Piscitelli gearing up for Holy Bull
One of the more surprising sights during training hours here Friday was the red and white saddle towel of trainer Greg Sacco out on the track shortly after 8:30 a.m.
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November 20, 2009
Cup merely a Clark prep for Bullsbay
Bullsbay is 3 for 4 over the Churchill Downs main track, and his lone defeat resulted in a respectable fourth-place finish in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap in June. On top of that, he won the Grade 1 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga this summer.
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November 20, 2009
Moccasin: Bickersons will need rebound
Bickersons may not have liked the Santa Anita racing surface, or maybe the 1 1/16-mile Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies was too far, or perhaps the 20-1 long shot was overmatched.
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November 19, 2009
Custom for Carlos already eying '10 Sprint
In hindsight, Custom for Carlos might have fit nicely a couple of weeks ago in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. Not given to second-guessing, however, trainer Eddie Kenneally would gladly settle for a spot for Custom for Carlos in the Sprint next year, when the Breeders' Cup returns to Churchill Downs.
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November 19, 2009
El Brujo goes for Canadian sprint title
Canadian champion sprinter honors could be on the line Saturday at Woodbine, when El Brujo clashes with Field Commission over six furlongs in the Grade 3, $150,000 Kennedy Road Stakes.
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November 19, 2009
Cardinal: Acoma looks hit or miss
If you start with the highweight and go from there, well, figuring out the Cardinal Handicap looks a bit tricky.
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November 19, 2009
Prevue: American Lion ready to step up
At WinStar Farm, the baton is being passed. The Tiznow horse Colonel John, who along with Well Armed has been the torch-bearer for WinStar for the past three years, has been retired.
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November 19, 2009
Zenyatta team garners honor
The Turf Publicists of America has named the human connections of 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Zenyatta as the recipients of the organization's Big Sport of Turfdom Award, the organization announced on Thursday.
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November 19, 2009
Gone Astray streaks into Discovery
Gone Astray will seek his third straight stakes win in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct. In his last two starts, Gone Astray has won the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby and the $150,000 Ohio Derby.
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November 19, 2009
Final Frankel starter wins
Bobby Frankel went out a winner.
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November 19, 2009
NTRA Thoroughbred Notebook
News and notes from around the Thoroughbred racing world
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November 18, 2009
Picture clearing for Delta stakes
The Grade 3, $750,000 Delta Jackpot and the Grade 3, $500,000 Princess are still two weeks away, but the prospective fields for the races will be known on Friday when pre-entries are taken for the 2-year-old stakes, to be run at Delta Downs on Dec. 4. Entries will be finalized on Dec. 1.
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November 18, 2009
Mr. Nightlinger retired to stud
Mr. Nightlinger, who has long been one of the nation's top turf sprinters, has been retired and will stand stud in Oklahoma in 2010, JEH Stallion Station announced on Wednesday. His fee will be $1,500.
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November 18, 2009
Field Commission rewards faith
When Field Commission finished a close fourth in his stakes debut here in last year's six-furlong Kennedy Road, it confirmed trainer Danny Vella's belief that the colt could compete with the best in his division.
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November 18, 2009
Large crowd attends Frankel memorial
Bobby Frankel, the Hall of Fame trainer who died early Monday morning, was remembered for his gruff exterior and soft interior during a traditional Jewish memorial service and burial on Tuesday afternoon at Hillside Memorial Park, just a few miles northwest of Hollywood Park.
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November 17, 2009
Two from U.S. land in Japan
Interpatation and Just as Well, two of the three American-trained horses who will be running in the $5.9 million Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on Nov. 29, arrived in Japan at Narita International Airport near Tokyo in good order on Monday.
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November 17, 2009
Churchill plans six night cards
Churchill Downs has scheduled six nights of racing in 2010, including four nights at the spring meet, officials said Tuesday as they unveiled some of the details of the permanent lighting system that will be installed at the track.
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November 16, 2009
Torre witness to Frankel's soft side
A shared passion for horse racing, baseball, and dogs cemented the friendship of trainer Bobby Frankel and Joe Torre, the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who called Frankel "a very giving person" on Monday after learning of Frankel's death earlier in the day.
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November 16, 2009
Pick six offers test, $86K carryover
The first pick-six carryover of Hollywood Park's autumn racing season is at stake Wednesday, and bettors aiming for the $86,204 jackpot will find no easy spo
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November 16, 2009
Florida Derby moved up a week
Gulfstream Park has made adjustments to its 2010 stakes schedule that will include moving the Grade 1 Florida Derby up a week, from March 27 to March 20.
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November 16, 2009
Bobby Frankel dies at 68
Bobby Frankel, who rose from the streets of Brooklyn to become one of the most successful and respected trainers in the history of Thoroughbred racing, died early Monday morning at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif., from complications of lymphoma. He was 68.
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