Game On Dude working his way back
Santa Anita Handicap winner Game On Dude has begun workouts and is on target for the Hollywood Gold Cup thus summer.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Early Saturday morning, Shug McGaughey was walking back and forth in front of the stakes barn at Pimlico.
Although no one really keeps track of such things, Gary Stevens had no problem making the assessment with complete conviction.
In front of one stage, a mother propped her young child on her shoulders while watching the country music group Florida Georgia Line.
Orb came up short in the Preakness, frustrating everyone who made the Kentucky Derby winner a 3-5 favorite - no one more than trainer Shug McGaughey.
In a time when horses are babied, racing once a month, D. Wayne Lukas does it his way.