Posted by admin on March 15th, 2010 under View from the Grand Stand •
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Bob Hill
Staff writer
Tracksideview.com
It is hard to imagine that we could have been treated to a much more exciting day of three-year-old racing than what showed up on Saturday. The Tampa Bay Derby ended in a photo finish, Lookin At Lucky overcame a bad trip and gutted out a narrow win over Noble’s Promise, and Sidney’s Candy lived up to every accolade he had received in the past month. I am delighted that the outcome of the weekend’s races caused me to shake up my top 10 list that is shown below. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2010 under Race Results •
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PICK SIX CARRYOVER INTO WEDNESDAY OF $139,204
(Edited Santa Anita Park report)
ARCADIA, Calif. – Back from the Fair Grounds in Louisiana where she had won a minor stakes race sprinting on the grass at odds of 5-1, Annihilation ran down 2-1 Czechers in the final strides of Sunday’s inaugural running of the $64,050 Clocker’s Corner Handicap for fillies and mares at 6½ furlongs over Santa Anita’s downhill turf course. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2010 under Race Results •
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Graham Ross
Fair Grounds
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Foxwood Plantation’s Foreign Production broke in full stride to make the pace and continued willingly in the late stages to win Sunday’s $46,000 six-furlong allowance sprint for accredited Louisiana-breds by a length and three-quarters. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2010 under Race Results •
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Penelope P. Miller
Tampa Bay Downs
OLDSMAR, Fla. – Jockey Edgar Perez won three races today, while reinsman Daniel Centeno took home four wins on the card; two of Centeno’s victories came with leading Tampa Bay Downs trainer Kathleen O’Connell. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2010 under Champions, Racetrack Reports •
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(Fair Grounds and Tracksideview.com reports)
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra was in good order the morning following her second-place finish to Zardana in the $200,000 New Orleans Ladies, but trainer Steve Asmussen said Sunday that Rachel would not ship to Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., on Monday as previously planned and she will not run in the $5 million Grade I Apple Blossom Invitational.
Owner Jess Jackson issued a statement Sunday afternoon confirming that she will not run on April 9.
“Yesterday’s race while a disappointment, helped us define Rachel Alexandra’s racing condition. While she is healthy, just as I had anticipated, she is not in top form. Therefore, I decided today she will not be going to the Oaklawn Invitational on April 9. Steve and I discussed this fully and we now regret we tried to accelerate her training in order meet the Apple Blossom schedule. We have a whole season before us to help define her greatness. She will tell us when her next race will be,” Jackson said. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2010 under Racetrack Reports, Triple Crown •
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SON OF SAINT LIAM TO HAVE SURGERY, OFF FOR 60 TO 90 days
Jack Will
Gulfstream Park
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Zayat Stable’s 3-year-old Eskendereya worked an easy five furlongs in 1:02 2/5 Sunday morning at Palm Meadows as he is kept on edge for next Saturday’s $750,000 Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park, leading a team of a dozen stakes runners on the work tab from trainer Todd Pletcher’s arsenal of talent this winter. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2010 under Racetrack Reports •
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No Fan To Be Turned Away from General Admission
(Edited Oaklawn Park report)
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - No fan who has a desire to witness the best fillies and mares in the country face off in Oaklawn Park’s $5 million Grade 1 Apple Blossom Invitational on Friday, April 9 or leading Kentucky Derby contenders go head to head in the $1 million Grade 1 Arkansas Derby on Saturday, April 10 will be turned away. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on March 13th, 2010 under Race Results •
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(Edited Santa Anita Park report)
ARCADIA, Calif. – Calling Sidney’s Candy a frontrunner on the Kentucky Derby trail isn’t just hype. The colt has led all the way in winning his first two races of the season. Sidney’s Candy won the $150,000 San Felipe Stakes by a half-length on Saturday, sending 3-year-old rival Caracortado to his first loss in six races. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on March 13th, 2010 under Race Results •
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Ron Correll
Senior columnist
Tracksideview.com
Two-year-old champion Lookin at Lucky had to overcome a lot in his 2010 debut as he got up in the final yards to win the Rebel over a very game Noble’s Promise on Saturday at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on March 13th, 2010 under Champions, Race Results •
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Tracksideview.com
The proposed matchup on April 9 in the Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park between 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra and 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Zenyatta may have lost a little of its luster when Rachel Alexandra was beaten by Zenyatta’s stablemate Zardana in the New Orleans Ladies at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. Read the rest of this entry »
