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Posted on Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Zayat Stables’ 4-year-old Kentucky-bred colt Eaton’s Gift defeated the defending Eclipse Award sprint champion Benny the Bull in Saturday’s $350,000 Smile Sprint Handicap (G2) at Calder Race Course‘s Summit of Speed July 11.
Eaton’s Gift covered the 6 furlongs in 1:11.25 and paid $31.20, $6.00 and $4.40. Benny the Bull, the shortest price favorite of the day, returned $2.10 and $2.10, and Processor’s Turf paid $6.00 to show.
The Smile Sprint Handicap is part of the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” Challenge where the winner, Eaton’s Gift, automatically qualifies for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on November at Santa Anita Park.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge Results: Game Face Wins Princess Rooney Handicap at Calder Race Course
Posted on Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Zabeel Racing International’s 4-year-old Kentucky-bred filly Game Face got her first Grade I victory by taking the $350,000 Princess Rooney Handicap (G1) at Calder on Saturday at the Summit of Speed.
Game Face covered the 6 furlongs in 1:10.74 and paid $5.60, $3.60 and $2.80. Keep the Peace returned $5.80 and $4.00, while Orinoquia paid $8.40 to show.
As part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” program, Princess Rooney Handicap winner Game Face automatically qualifies for the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint on November at the Oak Tree Meeting at Santa Anita Park.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge Entries: Smile Sprint & Princess Rooney Handicaps at Calder Race Course July 11
Posted on Monday, July 6th, 2009
The fields were drawn for the 10th annual Summit of Speed program at Calder Race Course, to be held this Saturday, July 11. Some of the top sprinters in the country – including last year’s Eclipse Award winning champions–Benny the Bull and Indian Blessing–are coming to South Florida to take on the best local horses in 7 sprint stakes races worth a total of $1.45 million.
Included in the Summit of Speed horse racing program are the Smile Sprint Handicap (G2) and the Princess Rooney Handicap (G1), both at 6 furlongs with $350,000 in purses, which are part of the 2009 Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge where the winners will earn a berth in their respective Breeders’ Cup races.
The Smile Sprint Handicap winner will get into the Breeders’ Cup Sprint field while the Princess Rooney Handicap winner will get into the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint field.
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Benny the Bull, Indian Blessing To Race In Breeders’ Cup Challenge Races at Calder Race Course July 11
Posted on Sunday, July 5th, 2009
2008 Eclipse Award winning sprinters Benny the Bull and Indian Blessing are expected to race in next Saturday’s renewals of the $350,000 Smile Sprint Handicap (G2) and $350,000 Princess Rooney Handicap (G1), respectively, at Calder Race Course July 11.
The Smile Sprint and Princess Rooney Handicaps are part of the 2009 Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge where the Smile Sprint Handicap winner will get a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint and the Princess Rooney Handicap winner will earn a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint entries list.
IEAH Stables and partners’ 6-year-old Benny the Bull shoulders top-weight of 124 pounds as he defends his title in the Smile Sprint Handicap for race horse trainer Rick Dutrow.
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Churchill Downs Announces New Rules & Policies For Safety In The 2009 Kentucky Derby
Posted on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Almost a year after filly Eight Belles’s tragedy, Churchill Downs Incorporated announced a series of new rules and policies designed to enhance the safety and welfare of jockeys and horses. These measures will be in place at Churchill Downs racetrack in advance of the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 2, and will include unprecedented standardized third-party testing of track surfaces and comprehensive testing of all winning horses for more than 100 prohibited drugs.
The safety initiatives will be implemented at Churchill Downs effective opening day of its 2009 Spring Meet on Saturday, April 25, and will be phased in at all other Company racetracks — Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Ill.; Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Fla.; and Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans — by the start of their respective 2010 race meets.
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Calder Race Course Cancels Remaining 3 Stakes Races
Posted on Monday, December 15th, 2008
Calder Race Course (“Calder”) announced that due to the continuing overpayment of purses at the current Tropical Meet, the racetrack is cancelling 3 stakes races from the schedule: the $100,000 Stage Door Betty Handicap (G3) and $100,000 Frances Genter Stakes (G3) on December 27, and the $100,000 Tropical Park Derby (G3) on January 1. The 2008/09 Tropical Meet at Calder Race Course ends on January 2, 2009.
“Unfortunately, we have to take this action to lessen the overpaying of purses and to help balance the purse account,” said Kevin Flanery, senior vice president of Churchill Downs Incorporated, Calder’s parent company.
Reductions were made earlier in the year to daily purses and stakes races at both the Calder Meet and Tropical Meet due to lower than anticipated business levels.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Benny The Bull Wins Smile Sprint Handicap at Calder Race Course
Posted on Saturday, July 12th, 2008
IEAH Stables and partners’ 5-year-old horse Benny the Bull lived up to the expectations of his connections and the betting public that made him the heavy favorite in the $400,000 Smile Sprint Handicap (G2) at Calder Race Course on Saturday, July 12.
The country’s top-ranked sprinter Benny The Bull won the 6-furlong Breeders’ Cup Challenge event on Summit of Speed day and became one of the Breeders’ Cup entries for the October 25 Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita Park.
Trained by Rick Dutrow, Jr., Benny the Bull paid $4.60, $3.40 and $2.10. How’s Your Halo, a 50-to-1 long shot, returned $32.20 and $9.60; and Rockerfeller paid $3.00 to show.
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