Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club It’s the gift that keeps on giving. SHAREDASHENANIGANS won her first start at Laurel Park today, and it would be impossible for us to not feel emotional about it. As we mentioned earlier this year, we’ve had dams and their offspring in the barn before, but this third generation […]
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“Lucky she was today!”
Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club So said Laurel Park track announcer Dave Rodman when THEGIRLFROMIRELAND scored her third career victory in a 1 1/8 mile turf allowance with (you probably already guessed it!) Jorge Ruiz in the saddle. We’re starting to run out of superlatives for Jorge’s rides, but what a joy it is […]
Veteran’s Day Score for Inchon
(Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club) Seventy-three years ago, United States amphibious forces landed at Inchon, reversing the course of the Korean War. This afternoon, INCHON landed in the Laurel Park winner’s circle for his maiden-breaking victory. The 2-year-old bay colt was making his fourth career start for breeder/owners Alpha Delta Stables, LLC. Going 1 […]
Serifos Gets First Stakes Victory
He is named after a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, and today SERIFOS earned his first black type at the Jersey Shore with a win in Monmouth Park’s Presious Passion Stakes. Originally scheduled as 1 1/2 miles on the turf, the race came off the grass. Serifos and five rivals stayed in at the […]
Maith an bhean!
That’s how you say “Well done!” to an Irish girl….and Thegirlfromireland gets the congratulations today! We mentioned horses for courses in our last post, and the same can be said in this filly’s case. She made her first two career starts in New York last fall and then wintered at Tampa Bay Downs. But she’s […]