(Edited Tampa Bay Downs report)

OLDSMAR, Fla. – Tampa Bay Downs’s leading owner Richard Averill teamed up with second-leading trainer Kirk Ziadie for two wins on Tuesday afternoon’s 10 race program; those wins were two of three total for the conditioner today. Averill now has 20 wins for the 2008-2009 Tampa race meeting and Ziadie has 40 victories to his credit.

David Zenner
Arlington Park

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – In a continued effort to provide the wagering public the best racing product possible, Arlington Park management announced that they have reached an agreement with the Illinois Thoroughbred Horseman’s Association (ITHA) to offer a bonus of up to five percent of the base purse of overnight races contingent upon the number of distinct wagering interests in the starting field.

Equisponse release

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – David J. Lanzman, who recently announced the 50 percent sale of his homebred Derby contender (I Want Revenge) to IEAH Stables, has purchased 25 percent of IEAH’s leading 3-year-old filly, Stardom Bound, it was announced Tuesday.

(Edited Churchill Downs report)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Edward P. Evans’ homebred Quality Road, a sparkling winner of the Florida Derby (Grade 1) and Fountain of Youth (Grade 2), wears the mantle of morning line favorite among 24 betting interests for the third and final pool of Churchill Downs’ 2009 Kentucky Derby Future Wager (“KDWF”), which opens four days of betting at racetracks and satellite wagering outlets on Thursday, April 2. 

(Edited Hawthorne Race Course report)

Stickney, Ill. – While only one graded-stakes winner is entered for Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Illinois Derby at Hawthorne Race Course, that doesn’t mean a superstar won’t emerge, either this Saturday or the first Saturday in May. Musket Man, mild upset winner of the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby, will face 10 challengers, including the highly touted Illinois-bred Giant Oak, as eleven 3-year-olds try to punch their ticket to the Kentucky Derby.

IEAH Stables Purchases Interest in Kentucky Derby-Bound I Want Revenge, Partners with David J. Lanzman on Ownership

Equispose release

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – IEAH Stables, the owners of 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, has purchased a 50 percent interest in the Derby-bound I want Revenge, bloodstock agent Nick Sallusto announced Monday.

Graham Ross
Fair Grounds

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Vinery Stable and Fox Hill Farm’s Friesan Fire, who captured the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby by the largest margin in 46 years, was an overwhelming choice as Fair Grounds’ Horse of the Meeting for the track’s 137th season that concluded Sunday.

Bob Hill
Staff writer
Tracksideview.com

It was hard to beat the Grade 2 Swale for excitement in this past weekend’s stakes races for 3-year-olds even though the race has little or no impact on the Kentucky Derby field.  This Ones for Phil and Big Drama battled the entire length of the stretch of the seven-furlong sprint with Big Drama edging clear to cross the finish line a half-length in front.  The stewards, however, deemed that Big Drama had…

Hollywood Park release

INGLEWOOD, Calif.  — The $700,000 Hollywood Gold Cup and the $700,000 American Oaks anchor an $8-million stakes schedule for Hollywood Park’s 65-day Spring/Summer Meet, which opens Wednesday, April 22.

(Edited Churchill Downs report)

Champion Stardom Bound completed her serious training for Saturday’s $400,000 Ashland Stakes (Grade 1) at Keeneland with a six-furlong work on Sunday over the Lexington track’s Polytrack surface.