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Pimlico: Maryland Sprint looks like anyone’s race

drenard — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:42:42 +0000

David Grening

BALTIMORE — There may not be a more inscrutable race on Saturday’s program at Pimlico than the Grade 3, $100,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap. There are no standouts in its 10-horse field.

Ravalo, an 8-year-old gelding, won this race in 2009 and was third in 2010. However, he has not started since finishing last in an overnight stakes at Aqueduct in January, from which he emerged with a quarter crack and then a bruised foot.

Live Blog – Preakness Day, May 19 NOON EDT

Blood-Horse — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:08:51 +0000

Join Jason Shandler and Tom LaMarra on Preakness Day.

Who do you think will win the Preakness Stakes?

Michael — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:43:46 +0000

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2012 Preakness – Predict the Order

Blood-Horse — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:35:23 +0000

Will it be I’ll Have Another once again? Will Bodemeister get revenge? Or will one of the new players take the Black-eyed Susans?

I’ll Have Another Chases History in Preakness Stakes

Michael — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:09:25 +0000

Trainer Doug O’Neill believes that his charge, Reddam Racing’s I’ll Have Another, just might be the horse to sweep the ever elusive Triple Crown. If O’Neill is correct, I’ll Have Another would be the 12th Triple Crown winner in history and the first horse since Florida-bred Affirmed in 1978 to pull off the feat. [...]

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Trickmeister Defeats Stay Thirsty in Vanlandingham Stakes

Michael — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:48:47 +0000

Trickmeister got back in the win column on Thursday at Belmont Park, defeating Stay Thirsty in the $90,000 Vanlandingham Stakes. Away sharply under Ramon Dominguez, Trickmeister led the field through an opening quarter-mile in 23.23 and a half in 45.72. Stay Thirsty, who had pressed the pacesetter though the first half-mile, dropped back briefly to [...]

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Preakness Report

Blood-Horse — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:05:48 +0000

PREAKNESS REPORT

In brief

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:00:55 +0000

A brief synopsis of today’s happenings in Thoroughbred Racing from brisnet.com.

Frankel to face six in Lockinge

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:39:06 +0000

Unbeaten superstar Frankel will line up against no more than six opponents
when returning to action in Saturday’s Group 1 Lockinge Stakes over a mile at
Newbury. Two of those are pacemakers — his own, Bullet Train, and Aidan
O’Brien’s Windsor Palace, who hopes to set the stage for stablemate
Excelebration, the presumptive second choice behind Frankel’s odds-on
favoritism.

Cozzetti feeling feisty

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:31:42 +0000

Albaugh Family Stable’s Cozzetti went out after the renovation break and
galloped 1 1/2 miles under exercise rider Mary Doser Thursday morning at Pimlico
Race Course. The gray colt flew in from Louisville on Wednesday.

Well-matched Dixie tops Preakness undercard

Thoroughbred Times Headlines — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:24:59 +0000

Belmont: Pick six carryover at $319K

dmcdonough — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:22:08 +0000

DRF Staff

A pair of major upsets on Thursday's Belmont Park card contributed to the pick six going unhit, resulting in a three-day carryover of $319,939 going into Friday.

After A Boy Named Em ($9.40) won the fourth race, Beppj returned $83 in the fifth. Victories by Rigby ($8.20) and Becky's Kitten ($9.50) followed, and then Irish Lion lit up the board with $102.50 payoff in the eighth. Margaret Lilian ($6.30) took the day's last race, the only winning favorite in the pick six sequence.

Tickets with five winners paid $6,231

Midnight Lute Colt Among Fastest F-T Workers

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:19:05 +0000

A son of Midnight Lute was among the top performers May 17 during the second and final session of the under tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale of 2-year-olds in training.

Augustin’s Smart Bid First Choice in Dixie

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:16:03 +0000

One race before trainer Graham Motion saddles Went the Day Well in the May 19 Preakness (gr. II) at Pimlico Race Course, he will send out Augustin Stables’ Smart Bid, the 7-2 overnight favorite in the Dixie Stakes (gr. IIT).

Preakness News Minute 5/17/2012

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:12:23 +0000

Evan Hammonds reports on the news of the day including horses on the track Thursday, and the Alibi Breakfast. Sponsored by Three Chimneys Farm.

Motion rates I’ll Have Another the one to beat

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:10:52 +0000

Team Valor International and Mark Ford’s Went the Day Well galloped a mile,
stood in the starting gate and galloped another mile at Pimlico Race Course
Thursday morning. Fourth in the Kentucky Derby, he joins Derby also-rans
Creative Cause, Daddy Nose Best and Optimizer in the Preakness.

Gutierrez getting used to the spotlight

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:09:58 +0000

Jockey Mario Gutierrez proved again Thursday morning that he could handle
himself on stage. The Kentucky Derby-winning rider showed confidence and a good
sense of humor during a news conference for Saturday’s Preakness outside the
stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course.

Sharp Humor filly drills fastest quarter at Midlantic show

Thoroughbred Times Headlines — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:58:07 +0000

Bodemeister takes first tour of Pimlico

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:57:38 +0000

Kentucky Derby runner-up Bodemeister made his first visit to the main track
at Pimlico Thursday morning, galloping 1 1/2 miles under exercise rider George
Alvarez after the renovation break.

Fasig-Tipton under-tack show ends; Midnight Lute colt runs 10-second furlong

dmcdonough — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:52:06 +0000

Glenye Cain Oakford

Fasig-Tipton Midlantic's 2-year-old under-tack show concluded Thursday in Timonium, Md., with a Midnight Lute colt the day's fastest worker over an eighth-mile.

A dark bay son of Grade 2-placed Angel Trumpet, he went in 10 seconds. He is cataloged as Hip No. 311 in Breaking Point Farm's consignment.

Thursday's quickest quarter-mile time was 21.8 seconds, the time posted by Hip No. 300. A dark bay filly, she is by Sharp Humor out of stakes-placed A Girl Needs Cash, from the family of graded winner Careless Heiress. Bobby Dodd, agent, is the consignor.

Handicapping Insights

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:31:12 +0000

HANDICAPPING INSIGHTS

Highly-Regarded Zagora Tackles Gallorette

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:31:06 +0000

Zagora will be trying to pad her already impressive resume when she takes on six rivals in the $150,000 Gallorette Handicap (gr. IIIT) May 19 at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland.

THS: Preakness Stakes 2012

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:29:26 +0000

Evan Hammonds and Jason Shandler handicap the Preakness Stakes track-side at Pimlico. Evan successfully picked I’ll Have Another to win the Kentucky Derby; will he be correct this time?

Grade II Winner Dean’s Kitten Retired

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:22:26 +0000

Dean’s Kitten, a grade II winner and a stakes winner all three years he raced, has been retired from racing after suffering a bowed tendon while being prepared for his 5-year-old debut.

Byrne looking forward to Positively’s debut

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:15:26 +0000

The Kentucky Derby journey for Take Charge Indy ended with the three-year-old
dark bay son of A.P. Indy finishing 19th of 20 in the Run for the Roses, but his
connections are hoping to get right back on the Derby trail with Positively, a
two-year-old son of Distorted Humor who is scheduled to make his career debut in
Friday’s

6TH race at Churchill Downs.

Stay Thirsty Second to Trickmeister in Return

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:11:12 +0000

Stay Thirsty, last year’s Travers Stakes (gr. I) winner, proved no match for Trickmeister in the Vanlandingham Stakes at Belmont Park May 17.

Stay Thirsty Runs Second in 2012 Debut

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:11:12 +0000

Mike Repole’s Stay Thirsty, last year’s Travers Stakes (gr. I) winner, proved no match for Trickmeister in the Vanlandingham Stakes at Belmont Park May 17.

I’ll Have Another turns heads as backstretch begins to fill

Thoroughbred Times Headlines — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:44:07 +0000

Haskin’s Preakness Report: Cause and Effect

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:27:42 +0000

Creative Cause just may turn out to be the overlay special of the Preakness.

Roxy Gap After Woodine Repeat in Hendrie

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:27:09 +0000

Roxy Gap, a gritty winner of the Whimsical Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine last month, attempts to make it two in a row in the $150,000 Hendrie Stakes (Can-II) May 19.

Roxy Gap Pursues Woodine Repeat in Hendrie

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:27:09 +0000

Roxy Gap, a gritty winner of the Whimsical Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine last month, attempts to make it two in a row in the $150,000 Hendrie Stakes (Can-II) May 19.

In Today’s TDN:

TDN Alert — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:15:56 +0000

Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:15 PM ET

Preakness weekend is officially underway, and TDN's Steve Sherack is reporting live on the scene from…

OBS June catalog available online

Thoroughbred Times Headlines — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:12:59 +0000

Judge rules against Jamgotchian in dispute with Coolmore

Paulick Report Ray's Paddock — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:06:02 +0000

A federal judge has confirmed that an arbitrator’s ruling in
Europe against California owner-breeder Jerry Jamgotchian is
valid and that Jamagotchian owes Ireland’s Coolmore Stud
more than $400,000…

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OBS June Sale’s Catalog Has 680 Horses

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:57:46 +0000

The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. has cataloged 680 horses for its June sale of 2-year-olds in training and older horses. The auction will be held June 19 and 20 in Central Florida.

Stay Thirsty game in return runner-up effort behind Trickmeister

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:53:29 +0000

Owner Mike Repole was on hand Wednesday to witness the return of his Grade 1
Travers star Stay Thirsty in the $88,200

Vanlandingham Stakes at Belmont Park, but didn’t get to visit the winner’s
circle with his colt after Trickmeister wired the race by 1 3/4 lengths.

OBS June Sale Catalog now on the Internet

OBS Sales — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:28:03 +0000

The catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s June Sale of Two-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com. The website features a sortable master index for the catalog, daily pedigree updates and …

Belmont: Trickmeister wires Vanlandingham with Stay Thirsty second

dmcdonough — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:24:21 +0000

Dave Litfin

Adam Coglianese/NYRA

Trickmeister wraps up victory in the Vanlandingham as Stay Thirsty can not catch him.

Threatening the 1 1/16-mile track record, Trickmeister ($4.80) bounced back from an off-the-board finish in the Donn Handicap to wire Thursday's $88,200 Vanlandingham overnight stakes at Belmont Park over troubled even-money favorite Stay Thirsty.

Trickmeister broke alertly under Ramon Dominguez to quickly clear his four rivals, rolled through fractions of 23.23 seconds, 45.72, and 1:09.50 while racing in the two path, repelled a final try from Stay Thirsty in deep stretch after a mile in 1:33.58, and reached the wire 1 1/2 lengths in front.

Martinez looking to add Arlington riding title to accomplishments

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:17:06 +0000

Leading rider titles at such diverse locations as Minnesota’s Canterbury
Park, Washington’s Emerald Downs and Arizona’s Turf Paradise are in his past,
but at 32 years old, jockey Seth Martinez will be hanging his tack full-time at
Arlington for only the second time in his career.

Harness racing: Elite pacers scheduled to compete this weekend

dgiwner — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:15:50 +0000

Derick Giwner

Ken Weingartner

American Jewel makes her 3-year-old debut at Vernon Downs on Saturday.

There is no shortage of star power racing this weekend in the harness world. Nearly every top 3-year-old pacer in North America is racing at one track or another.

The colt division is lead by last year's champion rookie Sweet Lou. The World Record holder for 2-year-olds (1:49) will start in one of three $105k-plus Pennsylvania Sire Stakes divisions at Pocono Downs on Saturday evening. The Ron Burke trainee will start from post five as the 5-2 morning line choice in race 12 on the 16-race program but seems likely to head behind the gate at 3-5 or lower.

Crist: Preakness look like slight shuffle of Derby’s top flight

dmcdonough — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:47:23 +0000

Steven Crist

Barbara D. Livingston

Bodemeister led the Kentucky Derby field through demanding fractions, which has led to many a Derby front-runner finishing near the back of the pack, but Bodemeister had enough left to hold second when he was passed by I’ll Have Another.

On paper, the 137th Preakness is a four-horse race, a rematch among the 1-2-4-5 finishers in the Kentucky Derby. Those who finished farther back at Churchill Downs did so without any apparent excuse, and the new shooters in the field of 11 look hopelessly overmatched.

Meadowlands: Saturday 5/19 Analysis and Video Pick Four Analysis

dgiwner — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:47:04 +0000

Derick Giwner

CHAMPIONSHIP MEET STATS: 13 – 47 / $69.20

Best Bet: PIROUETTE HANOVER (1st) Spot Play: BLADE RUNNER (3rd)

Race 1

(4) PIROUETTE HANOVER got the race she needed two weeks ago and should be ready to roll against this group. (7) ROCKIN BELLE ships in for a good barn and did prove herself with a good mile here last year. (5) CHILDS PLAY has a longshot chance with a good trip.

Race 2

Bodemeister, I’ll Have Another Clash Again

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:42:37 +0000

Though I’ll Have Another ran him down in deep stretch in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill, all signs point to Bodemeister being the one to beat in Preakness 137 at Pimlico Race Course May 19.

Preakness: Many layers to Derby winner O’Neill

DRF — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:37:54 +0000

Jay Privman

Barbara D. Livingston

Trainer Doug O’Neill scored the biggest win of his career when I’ll Have Another won the Kentucky Derby. Questions about his history of violations have been raised in the two weeks since.

BALTIMORE – By training the winner of the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, Doug O’Neill arrived at the peak of his profession. He said it was confirmation that, given the opportunity, he could compete at the highest level of the sport.

Equine Chiropractor Asset to O’Neill Team

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:34:25 +0000

Larry Jones has been a looming presence on the backside of Pimlico Racecourse during the week leading up to the May 19 137th Preakness Stakes (gr. I).

Sister Moon Tries Graded Company in Railbird

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:33:36 +0000

Sister Moon, a runaway winner in two of her three lifetime starts, steps into graded stakes company for the first time in the $100,000 Railbird (gr. III) on the Preakness day program at Betfair Hollywood Park May 19.

Giant´s Causeway filly tops Copa Bullrich

Thoroughbred Times Headlines — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:26:07 +0000

GERMANY: Worthadd strikes for Sir Mark Prescott

Horse Racing News | Racing Post — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:16:00 +0000

FORMER Italian star Worthadd, having his first race for Sir Mark Prescott, ran away with the Badener Meile, the feature race of the second day of the Spring Meeting here.

Few Alibis Offered at Alibi Breakfast

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:15:56 +0000

A Preakness tradition, the Alibi Breakfast gives trainers a chance to offer up an ‘alibi’ before the second jewel of the Triple Crown. This year there were few alibis and a lot more confidence from the connections.

Turfway Aftercare Program sends funds to four groups

Blood-Horse — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:14:01 +0000

The Turfway Aftercare Program has written its first checks, sending funds to
four racehorse adoption groups in April and May. The program was developed last
year to assist groups that accept retiring racehorses, prepare them for life off
the track, and place them in new homes.