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Posted on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Saturday’s $750,000 United Nations Stakes has a solid mix of old and young performers in the field of 9, including Patricia Generazio’s Presious Passion, who will be out to duplicate his 2008 score in the 1 3/8-mile event at Monmouth Park July 4.
Presious Passion turned in a powerful prep for the 56th running of the United Nations Stakes by winning the June 13 Monmouth Stakes, regaining the lead in deep stretch after he looked beaten, and that race should set him up for a repeat.
The United Nations Stakes is part of the Breeders’ Cup 2009 “Win and You’re In” Challenge where the United Nations winner will automatically be part of the Breeders’ Cup Turf field.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge Entries: Salvator Mile Handicap & United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park July 4
Posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Monmouth Park will celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with 6 stakes races, topped by the first two 2009 Breeders’ Cup Challenge races in North America–the $750,000 United Nations Stakes (G1) and the $250,000 Salvator Mile Handicap (G3)–where the winners will have a berth in their respective Breeders’ Cup races.
As part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge, the United Nations Stakes winner will automatically be part of the Breeders’ Cup Turf field while the Salvator Mile Handicap winner will have a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile field.
Monmouth’s Salvator Mile Handicap and United Nations Stakes are races 9 and 10 in its July 4 card. Salvator Mile post time is 4:50 pm while United Nations post time is 5:20 pm.
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2009 Haskell Invitational News: Papa Clem Arrives at Monmouth Park; Belmont Stakes Winner Summer Bird En Route
Posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
With weeks away from the $1-million Haskell Invitational (G1) on August 2, the 3-year-olds are on the move.
Arkansas Derby winner Papa Clem, who ran sixth in the Preakness his last start, arrived at Monmouth Park Wednesday morning after shipping from California. The 3-year-old colt owned by Bo Hirsch and trained by Gary Stute, Papa Clem, is pointing for the $150,000 Long Branch Stakes on July 11 as his prep for the Haskell at 1 1/8 miles.
Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird, after running sixth in the Kentucky Derby, will start the long journey from Louisiana Downs to Monmouth Park by van on Wednesday night, race horse trainer Tim Ice said.
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Jockey Calvin Borel Out of Kentucky Derby Winner Mine That Bird
Posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Jockey Calvin Borel is out as the rider of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird.
The move comes after race horse trainer Chip Woolley, jockey Calvin Borel and the jockey’s agent could not agree on a long-term commitment.
Calvin Borel possibly could have been aboard the gelding for his next scheduled start at the $750,000 West Virginia Derby on August 1 but Woolley said he wants someone committed to ride Mine That Bird through the Breeders’ Cup 2009 November at Santa Anita Park.
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Filly Rachel Alexandra In Saratoga For The Summer
Posted on Sunday, June 28th, 2009
The Preakness winner filly Rachel Alexandra arrived by van to Saratoga Race Course, which will be the base for her summer horse racing campaign.
Filly Rachel Alexandra, who extended her record to 9-2-0 from 12 starts with earnings of $1,798,354, arrived at Saratoga mid-morning and took up residence in Curlin’s former stall in race horse trainer Steve Asmussen’s barn.
Several possibilities exist for Rachel Alexandra’s next start, including the $1-million Haskell Invitational (G1), also for 3-year-olds, at Monmouth Park on August 2 and the $1-million Travers Stakes for 3-year-olds going 1 1/4 miles on Saturday, August 29 at Saratoga.
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Horse Racing Results: Rachel Alexandra Wins Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park
Posted on Saturday, June 27th, 2009
A couple of late scratches made the $270,000 Mother Goose Stakes a 3-horse race and the Preakness winner filly Rachel Alexandra might as well have been running alone as she romped to a 19-length victory in a stakes record 1:46.33 at Belmont Park June 27.
“Believe me, she’s not normal,” jockey Calvin Borel said. “She’s unbelievable.”
Filly Rachel Alexandra hardly looked like she broke a sweat, strutting through the winner’s circle just as she had the paddock. The first filly to win the Preakness since 1924 was the overwhelming 1-9 favorite in the Mother Goose Stakes, and did absolutely nothing to dispute it, paying $2.10 to win.
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Mother Goose Stakes Field at Belmont Park on June 27
Posted on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Saturday afternoon, filly Rachel Alexandra will make her New York debut when she puts her 6-race winning streak on the line in the 53rd running of the $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park June 27.
Three-year-old fillies carrying 121 pounds racing in Belmont Park’s 1 1/8-mile Mother Goose Stakes field with jockeys line up as follows:
- Hopeful Image under jockey Edgar Prado
- Don’t Forget Gil under jockey Alan Garcia
- Rachel Alexandra under jockey Calvin Borel
- Malibu Prayer under jockey John Velazquez
- Flashing under jockey Javier Castellano
Belmont Park’s Mother Goose Stakes is race 9 in the June 27 card. Mother Goose post time is 5:17 pm.
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