Laurie Ross
Tracksideview.com
IRON MAIDENS
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008– Belmont

Zia Park release
HOBBS, New Mexico  – Joe Allen’s Peppers Pride has entered a six-furlong allowance race at Zia Park on Saturday afternoon in her attempt to set the record for consecutive wins.
The Joel Marr-trained Peppers Pride has won each of her 16 career wins and shares the record for consecutive wins with Triple Crown winner [...]

(Edited release from owners)
Evening Attire, a fan favorite because of his color, running style and tenacious longevity, has been retired, according to retired Hall of Fame trainer Tom “T.J.” Kelly, his co-owner. According to trainer Pat Kelly, a minor ankle injury has ended the racing career of the 10-year-old son of Black Tie Affair.

(Edited Santa Anita report)
ARCADIA, Calif. – Well Armed held off fast-closing Tiago to win the $500,000 Goodwood Stakes by a length at Santa Anita on Saturday and earn a shot at a much bigger payday, the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.
The victory gave Well Armed an automatic berth into the Classic, where Kentucky Derby and [...]

Ron Correll
Senior columnist
Reigning 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin became the first $10 million “man”  in North America when he won the Jockey Club Gold Cup for the second year in a row on Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.
The 4-year-old son of Smart Strike took home $450,000 for first place and pushed his [...]

Jenny Kellner
Belmont Park
Battling saddlecloth-to-saddlecloth with Fabulous Strike through the final yards, a determined Black Seventeen, the longest shot in the field at 23-1, got a head in front at the wire to take the 69th running of the Grade 1, $400,000 Vosburgh over a sloppy Belmont Park racetrack.

Francis LaBelle Jr.
Belmont Park
Godolphin Stable’s Cocoa Beach has raced in her native Chile and in the Mideast, but apparently, she has found a home in New York.
Fresh off a dominant win at Saratoga Race Course on August 29, the 4-year-old Doneraile Court filly collared defending Eclipse champion handicap mare Ginger Punch Saturday afternoon and went [...]

Bob Hill
Staff writer
Oak Tree Racing for Saturday, September 27th
ARCADIA, Calif., – Late September is one of the hotter times of the year in the Los Angeles area, and this week is no exception.  Temperatures in the afternoon at Santa Anita Race Track have averaged in the high 80s all week, and the Saturday forecast calls [...]

Bob Hill
Staff writer
Tracksideview writer Bob Hill offers his picks in three of the five Grade 1 races on the card at Belmont Park this Saturday.  Bob and Kat Kubik also offer their picks on the remaining Belmont races and two top races at Santa Anita in a companion article.  Heavy rains are forecast for New [...]