These horses don’t realize how comical they look sometimes! We have Hay Bars in the corner of the stalls and some of them love to stick their heads down as far as possible and in the process of bringing it up they flip the hay over their heads. Mary Jo Trotter had her camera today […]
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Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad
In fact it’s excellent. Arcane is a four year old who came to us unraced towards the end of last year. He had a few issues which were sorted out and he made his first start in June at Penn National. That was his first win which was followed up with an good third at […]
Ring Weekend wins the Hill Prince (Grade III)
A new jockey in Irad Ortiz, Jr. as John Velazquez is at Keeneland today and a new surface (first time on soft turf) didn’t seem to bother Ring Weekend in this afternoons Grade III Hill Prince Stakes at Belmont. This gelded son of Tapit has now won his second Grade III in succession and he […]
Vote for Icabad Crane
Pimlico are gearing up for their second year hosting the Thoroughbred Makeover. It’s being shown interactively on the Bloodhorse.com website which is terrific. Click the link below which explains all but most of all please go to the Retired Racehorse Project website and vote for Icabad Crane! Thoroughbred Makeover is Bigger, Interactive
Hat Trick for Main Sequence
As usual it was a nail biting finish as he has to have his run timed to perfection. Hit the front too soon and he thinks he’s done but Rajiv Maragh seems to have got the measure of him. He had him a little closer today after his usual tardy start and got up to […]
Buck Benny goes long
Buck Benny found his distance today in the one mile and a half turf allowance race at Delaware Park. He’s never run over that distance before having won his previous race over one mile and one sixteenth last year. Second race off a long lay off and a year older did the trick! Congratulations to […]
Spelling Again at Presque Isle again
Her results this year at the track are first, second, second, first. It’s the only year she’s run and the only track she’s run at but it suits her! Congratulations to George Strawbridge, Jr.
Winners at Monmouth, Parx and Delaware
We had winners at Monmouth Park, Parx and Delaware Park this afternoon. First out was So Festive at Monmouth winning her one mile and one sixteenth race on the turf and second out was Edge Of Reality at Parx winning the Alphabet Soup Handicap Stakes over the same surface and distance. Last but not least […]
Luna Time again
Luna Time won her maiden at Saratoga two races ago on the dirt, had a lacklustre race in between on the turf and came back today on the dirt at Laurel to win very impressively. Many congratulations to Dorsey Brown and Rich Palmer who are also her breeders.
Suffolk Downs closes
Sad day for Suffolk Downs who have been open for business for more than 70 years and also sad that it’s another racetrack that has to close because of lack of a casino. The following article is about all the horses who need relocating but Suffolk Downs are very pro-active in retirement so they will […]