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Blue Ribbon to shut down
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormBlue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw, Okla., will cease operations permanently when its current mixed meet ends on Nov. 28, the track's owner, the Choctaw Nation, announced on Thursday.
Story | Conversation | October 23, 2009Jockey dies after spill at Blue Ribbon
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormJockey Mark Pace died Sunday of injuries he suffered during the first race at Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw, Okla. He was 58.
Story | Conversation | October 23, 2009Regal Ransom wires Super Derby
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormRegal Ransom is back. On Saturday he was a winner in his first start since the Kentucky Derby, when he cruised to an easy, front-running win in the Grade 2, $750,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs.
Story | Conversation | September 19, 2009Questions abound in Super Derby
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormThe field that Kentucky Derby alum Regal Ransom will face in his comeback Saturday in the Grade 2, $750,000 Super Derby has defined itself in the months he has been away.
Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009Oaklawn Handicap winner disqualified
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormThe Arkansas Racing Commission on Tuesday disqualified It's a Bird from his win in the Grade 2, $500,000 Oaklawn Handicap and ordered the purse of the race redistributed after the horse tested positive for naproxen.
Story | Conversation | July 21, 2009Asmussen suspended for six months
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormThe Lone Star Park board of stewards on Thursday suspended trainer Steve Asmussen six months and fined him $1,500 after one of his horses, Timber Trick, tested positive for a lidocaine metabolite in 2008.
Story | Conversation | July 16, 2009'Bird' has first work since Belmont
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormSummer Bird breezed an easy five furlongs at Louisiana Downs on Saturday in his first workout since his Belmont Stakes triumph on June 6.
Story | Conversation | June 27, 2009Ice adjusts Summer Bird's schedule
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormTrainer Tim Ice has adjusted the training schedule of Summer Bird, canceling a workout that had been planned for Saturday at Louisiana Downs in favor of giving the horse a little more time to regroup from his win in the Belmont Stakes on June 6.
Story | Conversation | June 19, 2009Filmmakers focus on Larry Jones
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormFilm producers John and Brad Hennegan are following up their critically acclaimed documentary "The First Saturday in May" with what they termed an "intimate portrait" of trainer Larry Jones.
Story | Conversation | March 05, 2009Elliott rides 4,000th winner
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormJockey Stewart Elliott won the 4,000th race of his career on Sunday, when he guided Jake's Bandaid ($18) home by 1 3/4 lengths in the seventh race at Philadelphia Park. He won the first-level allowance route for trainer Mark Fusco.
Story | Conversation | January 19, 2009All American Futurity winner disqualified
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormStolis Winner has been disqualified from his win in the $1.9 million All American Futurity for Quarter Horses following a lengthy stewards' hearing at Sunland Park on Thursday. The horse tested positive for caffeine following the Sept. 1 race.
Story | Conversation | January 09, 2009Peppers Pride's partner every step of the streak
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormPeppers Pride is not the only one who has been perfect throughout her historic 19-race career.
Story | Conversation | December 19, 2008Haskell next for Summer Bird
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormBelmont Stakes winner Summer Bird has returned to his Louisiana Downs base and is being prepared for a start in the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell at Monmouth Park on Aug. 2, said his trainer, Tim Ice.
Story | Conversation | June 10, 2009It's a Bird tests positive for naproxen
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormIt's a Bird tested positive for naproxen following his win in the Grade 2, $500,000 Oaklawn Handicap on April 4, according to an official with the Arkansas Racing Commission.
Story | Conversation | May 27, 2009Wasted Tears sets Lone Star record
Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing FormWasted Tears shattered the Lone Star Park course record for a mile on turf on Monday, when she was prominent throughout to win the Grade 3, $200,000 Ouija Board Distaff Handicap in a blazing time of 1:32.81.
Story | Conversation | May 25, 2009TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
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