http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2010 MiamiHerald.com Horse Racing 60 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:41:10 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1470694.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1470694.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:11 EST Tim Ice is out and Tim Ritchey in as the new trainer of Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1470764.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1470764.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:51 EST The Daily Racing Form is reporting that 2009 champion three-year-old Summer Bird will no longer be trained by Tim Ice and will be moved to the stable of trainer Tim Ritchey. Summer Bird is one of 25 horses owned by K.K. and Vilasini Jayaraman that Ice will no longer train. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1471029.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1471029.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:51 EST A second major winter storm in less than a week has forced several racetracks to cancel racing. The storm is expected to dump as much as two feet of snow over parts of the Northeast. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1471390.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1471390.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:36 EST Edmund Gann, a prominent thoroughbred owner who campaigned Medaglia d'Oro and several other major stakes winners, has died. He was 86. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1469692.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1469692.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:19 EST Less than 12 hours after the New Orleans Saints captured Super Bowl XLIV, the other champion residing in the Big Easy took to the track for a jog. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1467436.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1467436.html Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:20 EST Eclipse Award winners Lookin At Lucky and She Be Wild lead a field of 366 3-year-olds nominated to the Triple Crown races, while Todd Pletcher returns to the head of the trainers list with 20 nominees. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1468165.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1468165.html Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:39 EST Richard's Kid found room along the rail and rallied to win the $150,000 San Antonio Handicap by a head Sunday at Santa Anita. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1467129.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1467129.html Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:00 EST Quality Road smashed two Gulfstream Park records Saturday and set up talk about whether he could be headed toward more racing history this year.<p/> The 4-year-old colt won the $500,000 Donn Handicap (Grade 1) by a record 12 3/4 lengths. The previous biggest margin for the race was nine lengths by Going Straight in 1972. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1466603.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1466603.html Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:18 EST Peppi Knows won the $100,000 Whirlaway Stakes at chilly Aqueduct Racetrack after favorite Eightyfiveinafifty bolted through the outside rail on the first turn and unseated jockey Jorge Chavez. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1466010.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1466010.html Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:00 EST Quality Road has become Gulfstream Park's biggest star by winning the Florida Derby and two of its other major stakes over the past 12 months.<p/> The 4-year-old colt will seek a fourth Saturday, as the heavy favorite in the $500,000 Donn Handicap (Grade 1) at 1 1/8 miles on dirt. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1466858.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1466858.html Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:38 EST Odds-on favorite Quality Road won Saturday's $500,000 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park and in the process broke his own track record for 1 1/8 miles. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1462720.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1462720.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:20 EST The stage is set for the first ladies of racing. Now all Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta have to do is show up. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1462756.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1462756.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:44 EST In an effort to bring together Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra and undefeated champion mare Zenyatta, Oaklawn Park has announced that it will increase the purse of the Apple Blossom Handicap to $5 million. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1461208.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1461208.html Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:14 EST Wednesday's third race at Gulfstream Park should have been given a name to indicate the high level of competition it contained. Some of the better older thoroughbreds in the country were in the mile allowance race at the South Florida facility. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1460466.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1460466.html Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:26 EST Owner Rick Porter announced on Tuesday that Holy Bull Stakes winner Winslow Homer is injured and will not be able to remain pointed toward the Kentucky Derby. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1461034.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1461034.html Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:14 EST Quality Road, 2009 Florida Derby winner, heads a field of 10 for Saturday's $500,000 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/8 mile race is the track's top event for older horses. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1458934.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1458934.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:12 EST Pennsylvania racing authorities are ousting the top-earning owner in the sport amid a series of horse breakdowns and a protest from jockeys. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1456739.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1456739.html Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:00 EST GULFSTREAM PARK<p/> <p/> Bickersons put on a dominant show at Gulfstream Park on Sunday with a seven-length victory over Joanie's Catch in the $150,000 Forward Gal Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1457116.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1457116.html Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:47 EST Champion filly She Be Wild got off to a less than auspicious start to her three-year-old campaign on Sunday. Racing on a dirt track for the first time in her career, the 2009 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner finished fifth in the $150,000 Forward Gal Stakes at Gulfstream Park. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1457690.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1457690.html Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:50 EST Larry Bortstein, a veteran sports writer who specialized in horse racing during a career that lasted more than 40 years, has died. He was 67.