Aqueduct: Dublin Girl splits foes to win Maddie May

By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Nearly four weeks to the day after breaking her maiden, Joemar Racing Stable’s homebred Dublin Girl added a stakes victory to her resume with a one-length score in the second running of the $100,000 Maddie May for...
Posted On 30 Jan 2017
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LIGHTHOUSE SOUND KEEPS WINNING RACES AND INFLUENCING PEOPLE

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Although only five of Lighthouse Sound’s 78 lifetime starts have been for Jamie Ness, the owner/trainer possesses tremendous admiration for the 10-year-old gelding’s unquenchable spirit and determination. Ness, who saw Lighthouse Sound...
Posted On 29 Jan 2017
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SANTA ANITA STAKES RECAPS

By Mike Willman —- Ashleyluvssugar; Benoit HEAVILY FAVORED ASHLEYLUVSSUGAR EARNS WELL-TIMED HALF LENGTH WIN IN $250,000 CALIFORNIA CUP TURF CLASSIC UNDER PRAT; EURTON TRAINEE GETS 1 1/8 MILES IN 1:46.43 PRESENTED BY CITY NATIONAL BANK, TURF CLASSIC IS ONE OF FIVE RACES FOR...
Posted On 29 Jan 2017
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Aqueduct: Haul Anchor wires field in Gander

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Chester and Mary Broman’s Haul Anchor won his second consecutive stakes, going gate-to-wire to capture the second running of the $100,000 Gander for New York-bred 3-year-olds on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack. Haul Anchor...
Posted On 29 Jan 2017
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Arrogate Asserts Himself in Saturday’s $12 Million Pegasus World Cup

By David Joseph —- Bob Baffert Trainee Wins World’s Richest Race by 4 ¾ Lengths California Chrome Disappoints with Ninth-Place Finish Gulfstream Sets All-Time Handle Record HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Juddmonte Farm’s Arrogate left little doubt about his status as the world’s...
Posted On 29 Jan 2017
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‘Big Money’ Smith Relishes Opportunity in World’s Richest Race

By David Joseph —- Hall of Fame Jockey Rides Arrogate in $12 Million Pegasus World Cup (G1) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – As the world’s richest horse race nears its inaugural running, it seems only fitting that the world’s best big-money rider would not only be involved, but have...
Posted On 27 Jan 2017
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R ANGEL KATELYN THRILLS BACKERS; THE MONEY MONSTER COLLECTS

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – For a few minutes following today’s $100,000 Gasparilla Stakes, leading Tampa Bay Downs trainer Gerald Bennett might have felt as if he was in a never-ending bad dream. Bennett, who sent out second-place finishers in two earlier stakes races...
Posted On 22 Jan 2017
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Laurel: High Roller Earns First Stakes Win in $75,000 Frank Whiteley Jr.

By David Joseph —- Filly Winner Looks ‘Super’ $75,000 Marshua Winter Leaves Rivals in the Cold in $75,000 Nellie Morse Jockey McCarthy Posts Three-Stakes Riding Triple LAUREL, MD – Louis Ulman and Stephen Parker’s High Roller opened his sophomore season in successful...
Posted On 22 Jan 2017
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Guest Suite joins Derby points race; Uncontested moves up

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview—- We’ve now had four points’ races in 2017 on the road to the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May and all of them have been run on sloppy racetracks. That still may not give one a good idea how the colts will go over a dry...
Posted On 22 Jan 2017
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GUEST SUITE LUXURIOUS IN LECOMTE; FARRELL FIRES IN SILVERBULLETDAY

By Brian Spencer Michael Adolphson —- NEW ORLEANS (January 21, 2017) – William S. Farish and Lora Jean Kilroy’s Neil Howard-trained Guest Suite showed professionalism and class with a 1¼-length victory in Saturday’s showcase event at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots on...
Posted On 22 Jan 2017
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