Horse Racing News is the source of thoroughbred racing information with horse racing odds, betting tips, racing picks, race results, and handicapping. Latest news and articles on top horse racing contenders, jockeys, trainers, three-year-olds, race tracks, and major stakes races such as the Triple Crown races: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes as well as the Breeders' Cup horse races.Vineyard Haven wins Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga Race Course
Posted on Monday, September 1st, 2008
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP)–Vineyard Haven won the $250,000 Hopeful Stakes for 2-year-olds by 2 1/4 lengths Monday, September 1, at Saratoga Race Course.
Jockey Alan Garcia, the leading rider at Saratoga’s 140th Meeting that concluded Monday, rode Vineyard Haven, who benefited from a poor start by favored Munnings and Cribnote.
Trained by Bobby Frankel, Vineyard Haven ran the 7 furlongs in 1:23.40 for his 2nd victory in 3 starts paying $20.90, $8.80 and $4.90. Cribnote, piloted by jockey Rajiv Maragh, paid $6.60 and $3.70 and Munnings, under jockey John Velazquez, paid $2.80 to show.
Break Water Edison was 4th in Saratoga’s Hopeful Stakes followed by Notonthesamepage, Desert Party, Medaglia d’Onore and Cognito.
Filed under Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Race Tracks News, Results & Payouts, Saratoga, Stakes Races, USA Horse Racing | No Comments »
Curlin Wins Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course & Nears Cigar In Earnings
Posted on Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Curlin won the $500,000 Woodward Stakes beating long-shot Past the Point by 1 length Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.
The $300,000 winner’s share moved the Stonestreet Stable-owned Curlin past Skip Away as the second-leading money winning thoroughbred in history with more than $9.79 million and leaves him less than $200,000 behind Cigar ($9.9 million).
Curlin, ridden by jockey Robby Albarado, ran 1 1-8 miles in 1:49.34 in en route to his 4th victory in 5 starts this year and 6th straight win on dirt.
Last year’s Preakness Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, Curlin paid $2.70, $2.40 and $2.10. Past the Point, under jockey Edgar Prado, returned $13.80 and $6.40, and Wanderin Boy, piloted by jockey Julien Leparoux, paid $3.50 to show.
Read full story: "Curlin Wins Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course & Nears Cigar In Earnings"...
Filed under Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Race Tracks News, Results & Payouts, Saratoga, Stakes Races, USA Horse Racing | No Comments »
Curlin Draws Post Position 5 In The Woodward at Saratoga August 30
Posted on Thursday, August 28th, 2008
2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Curlin drew post position 5 post in a field of 8 and was made the 3-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s $500,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
The 4-year-old regarded as the world’s best horse on dirt, Curlin, goes for his 6th straight win on that surface in the 1 1/8-mile Woodward, a winning streak interrupted last month when he was asked to race on grass for the first time and finished second in the Man o’ War Stakes at Belmont Park.
Jockey Robby Albarado, who has ridden Curlin throughout his career, has the mount and a victory in Saratoga’s Woodward will put the colt, whose earnings stand just short of $9.5 million, at the threshold of $10 million and in position to surpass Cigar by season’s end as the all-time leading money winning thoroughbred.
Read full story: "Curlin Draws Post Position 5 In The Woodward at Saratoga August 30"...
Filed under Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Race Tracks News, Saratoga, Stakes Races, USA Horse Racing | No Comments »
Top Sprinter Benny The Bull Retired Due To Ankle Injury
Posted on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Top sprinter Benny the Bull has been retired from horse racing due to an ankle injury. Stud plans are pending.
The injury was discovered 2 days after working 6 furlongs in 1:14.29 on Monday at Aqueduct to prep for the Forego Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course. Benny the Bull developed a filling in the right front ankle and x-rays revealed a chip. Surgery is required to remove it making Benny the Bull miss the remainder of the year, including the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.
The defection of Benny the Bull from Saratoga’s August 30 Forego Handicap could leave Lucky Island the favorite. The Forego Handicap field of horses are expected to be: Eternal Star, Ferocious Fires, First Defence, Premium Wine, Real Estate. Possible Forego Handicap horses: Bold Start, Forefathers, and Tasteyville.
Read full story: "Top Sprinter Benny The Bull Retired Due To Ankle Injury"...
Filed under Aqueduct, Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Race Tracks News, Saratoga, Stakes Races, USA Horse Racing | No Comments »
Breeders’ Cup Challenge Race Results: Intangaroo Wins Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga
Posted on Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Sunday at Saratoga Race Course, 4-year-old filly Intangaroo pulled clear to a 2 3/4-length victory over Miraculous Miss in the 30th running of the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes (G1). Favored Sugar Swirl was another three parts of a length back in third.
With the Santa Monica Handicap and the Humana Distaff already on her resume, Intangaroo now heads into the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita on Friday October 24 with a guaranteed berth in Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. Saratoga’s Ballerina Stakes was part of the 2008 Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge.
Intangaroo earned $150,000 to increase her lifetime earnings to $623,231 and her record to five victories in 13 starts. Sent off at 5-1, she returned $12.20, $7 and $3.90. Miraculous Miss paid $7 and $3.50. Sugar Swirl showed $2.90.
Read full story: "Breeders’ Cup Challenge Race Results: Intangaroo Wins Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga"...
Filed under Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Race Tracks News, Results & Payouts, Saratoga, Stakes Races, USA Horse Racing | No Comments »
Colonel John Wins The $1-Million Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course
Posted on Sunday, August 24th, 2008
WinStar Farm’s Colonel John, making only his 2nd start on dirt, got his nose down at the wire after a head-bobbing late stretch duel with Mambo in Seattle at Saratoga Race Course to win Saturday’s 139th running of the $1-million Travers Stakes (G1).
Colonel John ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:03.20 and earned $600,000 for WinStar Farm. The Eoin Harty-trained horse paid $10.40, $5.40 and $4.30. Colonel John had not won a race since taking the Santa Anita Derby in April.
Mambo in Seattle, ridden by jockey Robby Albarado, paid $6.30 and $5.10. Pyro, the favorite in the Travers, finished third in the race for 3-year-olds with jockey Shaun Bridgmohan riding and paid $3.70.
Read full story: "Colonel John Wins The $1-Million Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course"...
Filed under Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Race Tracks News, Results & Payouts, Saratoga, Stakes Races, USA Horse Racing | No Comments »
Pyro Installed As Morning Line Favorite In The 2008 Travers Stakes at Saratoga August 23
Posted on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Pyro was installed as the 7-2 morning-line favorite for the $1-million Travers Stakes on August 23 at Saratoga Race Course.
The Steve Asmussen trainee, Pyro, will take on 11 other race horses, including Belmont Stakes winner Da’Tara. Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan will ride Pyro, who will leave from the 11th post.
The entire Travers field from the rail out is Tale of Ekati (20-1), Colonel John (8-1), Da’Tara (8-1), Tizbig (30-1), Macho Again (6-1), Cool Coal Man (15-1), Amped (30-1), Harlem Rocker (4-1), Mambo in Seattle (5-1), Tres Borrachos (15-1), Pyro (7-2) and Court Vision (12-1).
The 2008 Travers Stakes is race 11 of 12 in Saratoga’s August 23 card. Travers post time is 5:45 pm Eastern.
Read full story: "Pyro Installed As Morning Line Favorite In The 2008 Travers Stakes at Saratoga August 23"...
Filed under Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Race Tracks News, Saratoga, Stakes Races, USA Horse Racing | No Comments »