Articles
I’ll Have Another ‘a very happy horse’ at Belmont Park
NYRA/Belmont Park
ELMONT, N.Y. – Triple Crown hopeful I’ll Have Another was a “very happy horse” Tuesday morning as he continued to settle nicely into his new digs at BelmontPark, where on June 9 he will attempt to become the 12th horse to add the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes to victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
“He walked again this morning,” said Jack Sisterson, assistant to trainer Doug O’Neill, of I’ll
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Handicapping
I’ll Have Another settles in – 12 challengers so far
Ron Correll
Senior columnist
Tracksideview.com
(Updated May 21)
As of Sunday, May 20, there are 13 likely horses for the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel of the Triple Crown, on June 9 at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another left Baltimore, Md., by van Sunday morning headed to Belmont Park. Trainer Doug O’Neill and owner J. Paul Reddam want I’ll Have Another to
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View from the Grandstand
California connections had a great Derby day
Bob Hill
Staff writer
Tracksideview
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – I had opined in one of my Derby contenders columns that it just might be possible that the horses stabled in California could be the class of the three-year-old crop of colts this year. With a few cases for comparisons before the running of the Kentucky Derby, a large part of both the intrigue of the race and the challenge of handicapping it is that three-year-olds largely cluster in several…
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Race Results
FOUR BAGGER FOR LEADING RIDER BEJARANO
(Edited Betfair Hollywood Park)
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Halo Dolly was successful in her return to turf, wiring four opponents in the $71,750 Fran’s Valentine Stakes Sunday at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Owned by a partnership that includes Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, the 4-year-old Popular filly shook off 7-10 favorite Sugarinthemorning after six furlongs and went on to a 2½ length victory in a race restricted to California bred fillies and mares.
The win…
(Edited Befair Hollywood Park report)
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — One day after he moved a step closer to history, jockey Mario Gutierrez was back at work at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Gutierrez, who delivered another flawless ride aboard I’ll Have Another in Saturday’s Preakness two weeks after winning the Kentucky Derby with the son of Flower Alley, failed to score with any of his four mounts Sunday while still savoring his achievement at Pimlico.
A native of Veracruz, Mexico, the 25-year-old rider…
Travers Manley
Churchill Downs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Catesby Clay’s Rogue Romance took the lead from pacesetter Achaemenes at the eighth pole and increased his advantage from there to win the $59,522 Sunday afternoon allowance feature at Churchill Downs by a widening five lengths.
Rogue Romance, winner of the Bourbon (GIII) on the turf at Keeneland in his juvenile season, rated in third behind Achaemenes and Westshore through opening fractions of :23.66 and :47.92 and then moved into second ahead…
VIA VILLAGGIO ($23) SKIMS FENCE TO TAKE RAILBIRD
(Edited Betfair Hollywood Park report)
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Include Me Out remained perfect around two turns, winning the $150,000 Marjorie L. Everett Handicap Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park.
The three-quarters of a length victory as the 13-10 favorite was the third in a row – all in graded races – for the 4-year-old daughter of Include and the Mazel Trick mare Don’t Trick Me.
Trained by Ron Ellis for owner Samantha Siegel’s…
(Edited Maryland Jockey Club report)
BALTIMORE, Md. – Roger J. Weiss’ Hudson Steele won for the fifth time in seven tries on the turf Saturday at Pimlico Race Course, registering his biggest score of them all in the $300,000 Jagermeister Dixie Stakes (G2).
Todd Pletcher trains the son of Johannesburg, who won the Henry Clark Stakes over this course on April 28. In the Dixie, he carried Javier Castellano to a 2½ -length victory in 1:47.29 for the nine-furlong distance…
Jon Forbes
NYRA/Belmont Park
ELMONT, N.Y. – Former claimer Saginaw extended his winning streak to five with a sharp score against New York-breds in the inaugural $100,000 Affirmed Success on Saturday at Belmont Park.
Haltered for $30,000 in March by his current connections, Saginaw settled outside the flank of pacesetter Uncle T Seven through fractions of 22.92 and 45.00, claimed a narrow lead midway on the turn, and inexorably extended his advantage to find the wire 7 ½ lengths…
Picking Winners
Deep exotic plays could yield handsome reward at Belmont Park Rick Francis
Staff writer
Tracksideview.com
We start our race week at Belmont and with a slight change of pace, as we tackle the fourth on the card, a maiden turf contest for three’s and up at seven furlongs. Normally maidens are an iffy bunch, but with today’s purse at a crazy 70k, this field will be bringing it. Let’s get started.
Race 4 – Belmont Park – post time: 2:26 p.m. EDT
KEY TO POWER (1), after three…
Race Preview
Attfield duo named 1-2 high weights for Lousiville Handicap Travers Manley
Churchill Downs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Stella Perdomo’s Musketier-GER, a six-time graded stakes winner and earner of more than $1 million, has been assigned the high weight of 121 pounds by racing secretary Ben Huffman for Saturday’s 75th running of the $100,000-added Louisville Handicap.
The Louisville Handicap is for 3-year-olds and up and is scheduled to be contested at 1 ½ miles on the Matt Winn Turf Course.
Musketier raced the first four years of his career in France and his…
Racetrack Reports
NYRA Reorganization Board established to transform NYRA Public Control for 3 Year Period to Improve Horse Racing in New York State
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and the New York Racing Association (NYRA) Tuesday announced an agreement to establish the NYRA Reorganization Board that will place NYRA under temporary public control in order to reform the association and transform oversight and management of horse racing in New York State.
“As the upcoming Belmont Stakes shows, the racing industry is…
Iron Maidens
Agave Kiss dominates foes in Ms. Preakness Pink Warrior 
Mike Gathagan
Vice President-Communications
Maryland Jockey Club
BALTIMORE, Md. – Flying Zee Racing Stables, LLC’s Agave Kiss broke alertly and was on cruise control the rest of the way to remain undefeated in six starts with an impressive score in the $100,000 Ms. Preakness Pink Warrior Stakes.
The winner of four straight stakes, the daughter of Lion Heart carried Ramon Dominguez to a 5½
NTRA Releases
Belmont handicapping tournament set June 23-24 
Jenny Kellner
NYRA/Belmont Park
ELMONT, N.Y. – With $80,000 in prize money and a trip to the Daily Racing Form/National Thoroughbred Racing Association National Handicapping Championship at stake, the 2012 Belmont Summer Handicapping Challenge is now accepting applicants for the June 23-24 tournament at Belmont Park.
The top three finishers in the tournament will represent BelmontPark in the January 2013 national tournament in Las Vegas, where the top handicapper will receive $750,000 and NTRA Handicapper of the Year honors…
Trainers and Jockeys
Rosemary Homeister Jr. notches 2,500th career victory David Zenner
Arlington Park
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Jockey Rosemary Homeister Jr. notched the 2,500th victory of her career when she guided Center Hill Farm’s Eastern Precipice to a three-quarter-length win in the 7th race Sunday at Arlington Park.
Homeister was joined in the winner’s circle by her daughter Victoria Rose, Arlington officials and her fellow riders as a video played saluting the milestone score as well as highlights of her career.
“I can’t believe it’s 2,500 wins,” said…
