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Blue Ribbon to shut down

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

Blue 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, 2009

Jockey dies after spill at Blue Ribbon

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

Jockey 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, 2009

Regal Ransom wires Super Derby

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

Regal 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, 2009

Questions abound in Super Derby

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

The 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, 2009

Oaklawn Handicap winner disqualified

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

The 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, 2009

Asmussen suspended for six months

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

The 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 Form

Summer 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, 2009

Ice adjusts Summer Bird's schedule

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

Trainer 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, 2009

Haskell next for Summer Bird

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

Belmont 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, 2009

It's a Bird tests positive for naproxen

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

It'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, 2009

It's a Bird battles to win Lone Star

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

It's a Bird had won two major stakes earlier this year by widening lengths. But it was his hard-fought victory over Jonesboro in the Grade 3, $400,000 Lone Star Park Handicap on Monday that might have been his best performance ye

Story | Conversation | May 25, 2009

Wasted Tears sets Lone Star record

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

Wasted 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, 2009

Mythical Power crushes Lone Star Derby

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

Mythical Power was a dominating 7 1/2-length winner of the Grade 3, $400,000 Lone Star Derby on Saturday.

Story | Conversation | May 09, 2009

Rosier gets first Derby mount

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

Jockey Chris Rosier rode at Lone Star last weekend and has since been at Churchill Downs, where he will be aboard Summer Bird in Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

Story | Conversation | April 29, 2009

Jonesboro becomes millionaire

Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form

Jonesboro became a millionaire in style on Saturday when he overcame trouble on both turns and then closed with determination down the middle of the track to register the richest win of his career in the Grade 3, $300,000 Texas Mile at Lone Star Park.

Story | Conversation | April 25, 2009