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La Sombre wins Santa Anita featureFebruary 3, 2012 - ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - La Sombre defeated Lofty Ambition by 11/2 lengths to win the $70,150 Aristotle Purse for fillies and mares Friday at Santa Anita...Ridden by Martin Garcia, La Sombre ran 61/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course in 1:12.66 and paid $3.80, $2.60 and $2.60 as the odds-on favorite. The 5-year-old California-bred has never finished worse than second in eight career starts, while winning three...
Big Brownie wins the Big A's Holly Springs Stakes
February 3, 2012 - NEW YORK (AP) - Big Brownie returned from a nine-month layoff Friday to win the $73,500 Holly Springs Stakes at Aqueduct, beating Lady Gracenote by 11/4 lengths...Big Brownie went off as the 8-5 favorite in the race for New York bred fillies and mares despite her time away because of respiratory bleeding problems...
Santa Anita: Heading into Lewis, Liaison 'keeps on winning'
February 3, 2012 - Liaison is not the typical offspring of Indian Charlie, says someone who should know, Bob Baffert, who trained Indian Charlie and now has Liaison. And while that might not have made Liaison the most precocious of runners, it may serve him well in the long run. And the runs for Liaison are going to get longer in the next few months.
Don Perico wins Santa Anita feature
February 2, 2012 - ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Don Perico led gate-to-wire to win the $59,750 Black Rock Purse for California-breds at Santa Anita on Thursday, ending a six-race skid...Ridden by Joel Rosario, Don Perico ran 6 1-2 furlongs on the hillside turf course in 1:12.92 to win by a half-length. The 5-year-old gelding paid $18.40, $9.60 and $6.20 at 8-1 odds..
Falaah wins the Aqueduct feature
February 2, 2012 - NEW YORK (AP) - Falaah rolled to a 4 3-4 length win over Star Harbor on Thursday in the $62,000 allowance feature at Aqueduct...The 9-5 favorite trained by Kiaran McLaughlin and ridden by Alan Garcia, Falaah won for the second time in four starts. The 5-year-old ran the six furlongs in 1:09.70...
Animal Kingdom to return to racing in Florida
February 1, 2012 - Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is set to return to racing on Feb. 25 in the Tampa Bay Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs after being sidelined for nearly eight months with a hairline fracture to his left hock...Team Valor chief executive officer Barry Irwin says Animal Kingdom will use the 1 1-16-mile turf race as a prep for the $10 million Dubai World Cup in late March. Animal Kingdom hasn't raced since finishing sixth in the Belmont Stakes last June...
Road to the 2012 Kentucky Derby
February 1, 2012 - Dec. 17: CashCall Futurity (G1): Liaison, Rousing Sermon, Brother Francis (Hollywood Park)..Jan. 7 - Count Fleet: Alpha, Stephanoatsee, Il Villano (Aqueduct)..
Judicial Leader wins Big A feature
February 1, 2012 - NEW YORK (AP) - Judicial Leader, the 2-5 favorite, extended her winning streak at Aqueduct to four on Wednesday afternoon with a neck win over Silver Chest in the $40,000 handicap feature for fillies and mares...Trapped behind rivals turning for home, Judicial Leader and rider Alan Garcia angled to the far outside to launch the rally that produced her eighth win in 39 starts. It was the second training victory of the day for Chris Englehart, whose son Jeremiah also saddled a winner on the card...
Gulfstream Park: Mucho Macho Man ready for more
February 1, 2012 - HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. Mucho Macho Man went back to the track on Tuesday for an easy jog, obviously none the worse for wear from his extremely impressive 1 1/2-length victory over Ron the Greek in Saturdays Florida Sunshine Millions Classic.He came out of the race fine and trained well this morning, trainer Kathy Ritvo said on Tuesday. Hes doing great.
Rachel Alexandra back at farm
January 30, 2012 - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A spokeswoman for Stonestreet Farm says Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year, and her newborn colt have returned to their home...The two had been taken Friday to Rood and Riddle Equine Clinic in Lexington as a precautionary measure for pain management related to the birth...
Pletcher well stocked for Kentucky Derby assault, but tempers enthusiasm
January 30, 2012 - BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. A veteran of Triple Crown delight and disappointment, trainer Todd Pletcher knows as rosy as things look right now for his 3-year-olds, they can get thorny in a hurry.Thats why even as loaded as Pletcher appears to be for this years Kentucky Derby, he is doing his best to temper his enthusiasm.
Unzip Me takes Wishing Well Stakes at Santa Anita
January 29, 2012 - ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Six-year-old mare Unzip Me held off Teroda by a half-length Sunday in the $86,600 Wishing Well Stakes, winning for the seventh time in 11 starts on Santa Anita's downhill turf course...Sent off at odds of 7-10 despite several poor recent performances as a prohibitive favorite, Unzip Me and jockey Rafael Bejarano sat third in the early going, but took the lead as the bottom of the hillside turns into the main track, covering about 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:11.94...
Algorithms wins Holy Bull at Gulfstream Park
January 29, 2012 - HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Algorithms capped a big day for trainer Todd Pletcher's speedy 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park, winning the $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes...Algorithms, ridden by Javier Castellano, pulled away to beat 2-year-old champion Hansen by five lengths, running a mile on the sloppy dirt track in 1:36.17...
Media Starlett wins Big A feature
January 29, 2012 - NEW YORK (AP) - Media Starlett drew off to a 4 1/4-length victory over Winnie Dixie on Sunday in the $62,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares at Aqueduct...Junior Alvarado guided the 4-year-old trained by Tony Dutrow to a second straight win, her fourth in 10 career starts. The time was 1:10.97 for the six furlongs on the fast track...
National Handicapping Championship decided by a single dollar
January 29, 2012 - LAS VEGAS What's the difference between $150,000 and $1 million?One dollar.That was the margin of victory as Michael Beychok became horse racing's latest millionaire by winning the 13th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in the final race Saturday to claim the $1 million first-place prize and an Eclipse Award as Handicapper of the Year.
Gulfstream: Algorithms easily defeats Hansen in Holy Bull
January 29, 2012 - HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Eclipse Award winner Hansen may have been the center of attention, but it was Algorithms who stole the show in Sundays $400,000 Holy Bull at Gulfstream Park, cruising to an easy five-length victory over the reigning 2-year-old champion in the first major local prep on the Kentucky Derby trail.
Home Sweet Aspen wins Santa Anita feature
January 28, 2012 - ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Home Sweet Aspen edged Sugarinthemorning by a neck in the $300,000 Santa Monica Stakes for older fillies and mares at Santa Anita on Saturday, highlighting the Sunshine Millions card featuring stakes races exclusively for California-breds...Ridden by Joel Rosario, Home Sweet Aspen ran seven furlongs in 1:21.42 and paid $13.60, $6.80 and $4.40...
Mucho Macho Man wins at Gulfstream
January 28, 2012 - HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Mucho Macho Man won the $400,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Classic on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, beating Ron the Greek by 1 1/2 lengths...Ridden by Ramon Dominguez and trained by Kathy Ritvo, Mucho Macho Man ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.91 and paid $6.20, $3.80 and $3. One of only three horses to race in all the three legs of the Triple Crown last year, Mucho Macho Man made was making his 2012 debut in the finale of the six stakes for Florida-bred thoroughbreds...
Redding Colliery, Love and Pride win Big A stakes
January 28, 2012 - NEW YORK (AP) - Redding Colliery and Love and Pride raced to pacesetting victories Saturday in $75,000 stakes at Aqueduct...Redding Colliery held off I Want Revenge, the 4-5 favorite, by 2 lengths in the Evening Attire, a race postponed last weekend because of snow. A gray 6-year-old trained by Kiaran McLaughlin and ridden by Alan Garcia, Redding Colliery won for the seventh time in 20 starts. He ran the 1 1-16 miles in 1:43.05, and paid $6.90 to win as the 2-1 second choice...
Hog's Hollow wins Santa Anita feature
January 27, 2012 - ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Hog's Hollow won the $60,000 Highway 61 Purse at Santa Anita on Friday by 3 3/4 lengths...Ridden by Rafael Bejarano, Hog's Hollow ran 1 1-4 miles on the turf in 2:01.27 and paid $14.60, $5.80 and $2.80 at 6-1 odds...
