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DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) – Circa’sgoldengear held off favorite Red Defense by 1 3/4 lengths Thursday in the $88,740 sprint allowance at Del Mar. Ridden by Joe Talamo, Circa’sgoldengear ran five furlongs on the turf course in 55.63, and paid $10.20, $3.80 and $2.80 for his third victory in 14 starts. The 5-year-old gelding is [...]
(Jose Lezcano sits atop Street Life in the winners circle after the pair won The Curlin 8th race feature Friday at Saratoga Race Course. Ed Burke 7/27/12) (PhatzRadio / AP) — The second season of racing for 3-year-olds swings into high gear this weekend with the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga and the Haskell Invitational [...]
Union Rags ridden by John Velazquez narrowly beats Paynter ridden by Mike Smith during the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on June 9, 2012 in Elmont, New York. (June 8, 2012 – Source: Alex Trautwig/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP) —- Union Rags came to New York as a Belmont [...]
ELMONT, N.Y. – When Javier Castellano and John Velazquez showed up in the Belmont Park jockeys’ room to ride Sunday, their conversation ultimately turned to what they’d done that morning: Which was working their new mounts for the first time in preparation for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. Triple Crown hopeful I’ll Have Another looms as the [...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Dr. Kendall Hansen wasn’t worried when the Kentucky Derby draw came down to No. 14 spot or the dreaded No. 1 hole. He figured his good fortune would continue. “I don’t know why I just felt lucky. I was pulling for that from the beginning – 14 or 15,” said Hansen, [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — LOUISVILLE – Michael Matz knows the feeling of watching his horse enter the spotlight on the first Saturday in May, having brought Barbaro to the fore in 2006. “I was lucky enough to have one horse run real well here,” Matz said Monday as he stood in his barn on [...]
(PhatzRadio / SI) -– Picking the favorite for the Kentucky Derby may be as tough as picking the winner. Without a breakthrough star heading into the May 5 Derby, there’s a stable full of 3-year-olds worthy of the leading role as horse to beat when a full field of 20 spring from the starting gate [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — USA TODAY’s Tom Pedulla takes an in-depth look at the Derby Dozen, his ranking of the most promising 3-year-olds on the road to the 1¼-mile Kentucky Derby on May 5 at Churchill Downs. 1. Union Rags Trainer: Michael Matz MORE: El Padrino looks to punch ticket to Derby Jockey: Julien [...]
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Trainer Todd Pletcher says Kentucky Derby hopeful Algorithms is off the Triple Crown trail because of a leg injury that will require surgery. Algorithms was the morning-line favorite for the Fountain of Youth Stakes last weekend at Gulfstream Park. He was scratched before the race with a splint bone injury [...]
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Union Rags dominated the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, bolstering his credentials as one of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby. Trained by Michael Matz, Union Rags won his first race since he lost to Hansen by a head in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at [...]
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