July 24, 2010
Harbinger wins King George by 11 lengths
Harbinger blew them away in the $1.5 million King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday as he cruised to an incredibly easy 11-length triumph in England's most important mile-and-a-half weight-for-age race.
July 24, 2010
Rachel Alexandra gets job done in Lady's Secret
Rachel Alexandra, the reigning Horse of the Year, rolled to a three-length win over Queen Martha in the $400,000 Lady's Secret Stakes for fillies and mares on Saturday at Monmouth Park.
July 24, 2010
CCA Oaks: Devil May Care rolls at Saratoga
The Kentucky Derby has taken its toll on plenty of 3-year-old colts over the years. It obviously has had little effect on the 3-year-old filly Devil May Care.
July 24, 2010
Windward Islands beats stablemate in Nijinsky
Sam-Son Farm and trainer Mark Frostad ran one-two in Saturday's Grade 2, $312,400 Nijinsky Stakes at Woodbine, with Windward Islands and Grand Adventure.
July 18, 2010
Tuscan Evening controls Modesty pace in win
Tuscan Evening's run of wins - and good fortune - continued in the Modesty Handicap on Saturday at Arlington.
July 17, 2010
Life At Ten cruises to Del Cap victory
Nobody went with Life At Ten early, so nobody was going to catch her late.
July 17, 2010
A. U. Miner wears down Alcomo in Greenwood
A. U. Miner, a distant seventh at 88-1 in his only previous stakes appearance last month, ran down heavily favored Alcomo in deep stretch to upset Saturday's $240,000 Greenwood Cup at Philadelphia Park.
July 17, 2010
Bill Allen, owner of Wild Again, dies
Bill Allen, who won the inaugural Breeders' Cup Classic with Wild Again, died Friday at his home in Las Vegas, said Bryan Brown, his son-in-law and the chief executive officer of Retama Park. Allen, whose health had deteriorated in the last few years due to complications from heart and ankle surgeries, was 84.
July 10, 2010
Awesome Gem upsets Rail Trip in Gold Cup
So what if Awesome Gem needed 13 starts in Grade 1 races over 40 months to finally win a race at that level in Saturday's $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park?
July 10, 2010
E Z's Gentlemen takes Triple Bend Handicap
Jockey Martin Pedroza s 1,000th career win at Hollywood Park came with his most lucrative mount of the spring-summer meeting aboard E Z's Gentlemen in Saturday's $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap.
