FILE - In this May 2, 2005, file photo, trainer Tim Ritchey listens to questions in the stable area of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird has a new trainer. Owner K.K. Jayaraman said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, that Summer Bird will now be trained by Tim Ritchey, who trained 2005 Preakness Stakes and Belmont winner Afleet Alex. Ritchey replaces Tim Ice.

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Ritchey in, Ice out as trainer of Summer Bird

Tim Ice is out and Tim Ritchey in as the new trainer of Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird.

Winter storm forces eastern tracks to close

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.
Prominent thoroughbred owner Edmund Gann dies

Edmund Gann, a prominent thoroughbred owner who campaigned Medaglia d'Oro and several other major stakes winners, has died. He was 86.
Report: New trainer for Summer Bird

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.
Rachel Alexandra staying loose in Big Easy

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.
2-year-old champs among 366 Triple Crown nominees

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.
GULFSTREAM PARK

Quality Road has record-setting day

Quality Road smashed two Gulfstream Park records Saturday and set up talk about whether he could be headed toward more racing history this year.
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.
Richard's Kid wins San Antonio 'Cap at Santa Anita

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.
Peppi Knows wins Whirlaway disrupted by spill

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.
Quality Road captures Donn Handicap

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.
Quality Road looking for another stakes win

After three Gulfstream Park stakes victories last year, Quality Road will run as the favorite on Saturday in the Donn Handicap.
Arkansas track aiming for Rachel-Zenyatta showdown

The stage is set for the first ladies of racing. Now all Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta have to do is show up.
Oaklawn Park announces plans for Rachel and Zenyatta

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.
Winslow Homer sidelined with injury

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.
Quality Road one to beat in Donn Handicap

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.
No guarantee that the ladies will show

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.
Top racehorse owner ousted from Pa. track

Pennsylvania racing authorities are ousting the top-earning owner in the sport amid a series of horse breakdowns and a protest from jockeys.
She Be Wild has tame 2010 return

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.
Longtime turf writer Bortstein dies at 67

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.
Bickersons captures Forward Gal Stakes at Gulfstream

GULFSTREAM PARK

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.