Fort Larned has workout for Foster Handicap
Breeders' Cup Classic winner Fort Larned put in a workout Friday morning at Churchill Downs as he prepares for the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap on June 15.
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Csaba, a winner of five stakes races in South Florida since last July, and Rule Number Six, the impressive winner of a recent Calder Casino & Race Course stakes, will meet for the first time Saturday in the $75,000 Memorial Handicap.
Breeders' Cup Classic winner Fort Larned put in a workout Friday morning at Churchill Downs as he prepares for the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap on June 15.
Flat Out, trained by Bill Mott, will try to remain undefeated at Belmont Park when he takes on eight challengers in the $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap (Met Mile) on Memorial Day.
It may have been his fifth time winning the Preakness Stakes, but Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas didn't feel any less happy than if it had been the first time.
Thursday morning marked the return to the track of Kentucky Derby winner Orb. The 3-year-old colt, fourth in the Preakness Stakes, galloped a mile at Belmont Park with exercise rider Jennifer Patterson.
Santa Anita Handicap winner Game On Dude has begun workouts and is on target for the Hollywood Gold Cup thus summer.
Woodbine Race Course released its complete stakes schedule for 2013, with significant changes to major races.
Kenny Noe Jr. inherited a course that was ‘all mud’ and transferred it into a racing showplace during his tenure from 1979 to 1990.
Kentucky Derby pacesetter Palace Malice will run in the 145th Belmont Stakes on June 8 with Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith in the saddle.
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Discreet Dancer and Cross Traffic will represent the stable of trainer Todd Pletcher in Monday's $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap (Met Mile) at Belmont Park.
A quartet of stakes winning thoroughbreds posted Tuesday morning workouts ahead of possible starts Memorial Day in the Met Mile at Belmont Park.
Veteran jockey Patrick Husbands underwent surgery Tuesday after suffering injuries Monday at Woodbine.
Now that the Triple Crown will not be won for the 35th consecutive year, attention can focus solely on the pending field for the 145th Belmont Stakes on June 8.
Preakness Stakes champ Oxbow has jumped into second-place behind Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the current NTRA 3-year-old Poll. Reigning Horse of the year Wise Dan continues to lead the way in the national rankings.
Close it Out rolled to an easy victory in the Champali Stakes, and trainer Steve Towne has plans to make it a big year for the horse.
The consistent sprint stakes veteran Close It Out and the speedy stakes newcomer Wickersheim head the field for Saturdays $55,000 Champali Stakes at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through.
There are only two outcomes when it comes to Saturday's Preakness Stakes - either the Kentucky Derby winner Orb wins the race to set up a Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes in three weeks, or another horse pulls an upset and prevents a shot at history.
Long-shot Oxbow led wire-to-wire to take the 138th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, preventing the possibility of a Triple Crown winner for a 35th consecutive year.