Giving safer whips a crack
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormTurning for home in the Woodward Stakes on Sept. 5 at Saratoga, Calvin Borel had the lead riding Rachel Alexandra. She already had turned back foes hounding her during the first two-thirds of the Woodward. Now the closers were on the hunt.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009Classic a real possibility for Zenyatta
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormThe connections of the Zenyatta, who raced to her 13th straight victory in the Lady's Secret Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting, said Monday they would wait as long as possible before determining which Breeders' Cup race she will run in.
Story | Conversation | October 13, 2009Interactif a BC standout after Bourbon
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormInteractif won, and he is most definitely in.
Story | Conversation | October 11, 2009Stewards put up Mushka in Spinster
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormJuddmonte Farms sponsored the Spinster Stakes at Keeneland, and there came the Juddmonte homebred Proviso, making her North American debut Sunday, racing to the eighth pole with a clear lead in the Grade 1, $500,000 Spinster.
Story | Conversation | October 11, 2009Hawthorne: Awesome Gem wins
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormThe last time Awesome Gem shipped out of California to run 1 1/4 miles in mud it was the fall 2007.
Story | Conversation | October 03, 2009Gran Estreno wires Washington Park
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormIn the same way you know Calvin Borel is coming up the fence if he can, you just know that jockey E.T. Baird is going to the lead if at all reasonable.
Story | Conversation | September 05, 2009Gio Ponti tops nine-horse Million field
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormThe Arlington Million will be contested on Saturday in suburban Chicago at 1 1/4 miles - a distance roughly 22 miles shorter than that separating Arlington Park and the ESPN Zone in downtown Chicago.
Story | Conversation | August 04, 2009C.S. Silk gets back on Poly in Oaks
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormWhen C. S. Silk visited Arlington Park 10 months ago, she left with a trophy, some win photos, and a highly impressive six-length romp in the Arlington-Washington Lassie.
Story | Conversation | July 17, 2009Informed Decision cruises
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormIt was as easy as it looked on paper. Informed Decision, a 1-5 favorite, went straight to the lead and never was headed, kicking away from pace-pressing Authenicat to win the Grade 3, $150,000 Chicago Handicap by 4 3/4 lengths.
Story | Conversation | July 04, 2009Terrain injured, euthanized
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormTerrain suffered a fractured sesamoid and condylar fracture in his right front leg during the running of the Iowa Derby late Friday night at Prairie Meadows, and had to be euthanized because of the severe injuries, trainer Al Stall said Saturday morning.
Story | Conversation | June 27, 2009Proceed Bee tough for Iowa Derby
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormTerrain's 2009 resume includes only Grade 1 and Grade 2 races, his last-out seventh-place finish in the Preakness Stakes was the product of a difficult trip, and he may be favored to win the Iowa Derby on Friday night at Prairie Meadows.
Story | Conversation | June 25, 2009Douglas making progress after surgery
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormSeverely injured jockey Rene Douglas continues to make steady progress after undergoing seven-hour back and neck surgery following a one-horse spill Saturday at Arlington Park, but a long-term prognosis for Douglas's recovery still is murky.
Story | Conversation | May 27, 2009Douglas remains paralyzed in lower legs
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormJockey Rene Douglas, injured badly in a spill Saturday at Arlington Park, underwent what was termed successful surgery to repair back and neck injuries early Sunday morning at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
Story | Conversation | May 25, 2009General Quarters OK after accident
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormGeneral Quarters was not injured in a minor traffic accident involving his horse van on Tuesday afternoon, but the incident gave a scare to his trainer and owner, Tom McCarthy.
Story | Conversation | May 13, 2009Mine That Bird trains at Pimlico
Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing FormKentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird made a journey of nearly 10 hours from Louisville, Ky., to Baltimore in a horse trailer, and arrived just before 7 p.m. Tuesday at a racetrack he had never seen.
Story | Conversation | May 13, 2009TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
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