April 2005

4/13/05 Last updated: 4/12/05 9:21 PM IN THE GOLD (Golden Missile) and ASPEN TREE (Holy Bull), the second- and third-place finishers in the recent Bonnie Miss S. (G2), will meet again in […]

4/13/05 Last updated: 4/12/05 6:02 PM Overall, total wagering was down 11.3 percent at Turfway Park, which concluded its Winter/Spring Meet last Friday. The drop was fueled by the track’s decision […]

4/13/05 Last updated: 4/12/05 4:02 PM Paraneck Stable’s MR SWORD (Rizzi), prepping for Saturday’s $750,000 Blue Grass S. (G1), blazed five furlongs in a bullet :57 4/5 over a fast track at […]

4/12/05 Last updated: 4/11/05 7:35 PM Eight horses will contest Thursday’s Count Fleet Sprint H. (G3) at Oaklawn Park, including RODEO’S CASTLE (Rodeo), who will be making his stakes debut. The four-year-old […]

4/12/05 Last updated: 4/11/05 9:27 PM Sun King is undefeated this year in two attempts  (Lauren Pomeroy/Horsephotos.com) Tampa Bay Derby (G3) winner SUN KING (Charismatic), who could go postward as the […]

4/11/05 Last updated: 4/10/05 6:15 PM Grade 2 hero ROCKPORT HARBOR (Unbridled’s Song) worked seven furlongs on the fast track at Oaklawn Park on Sunday in 1:25 3/5. It was the sophomore’s […]

4/11/05 Last updated: 4/10/05 9:27 PM Buzzards Bay gave trainer Jeff Mullins a historic third-straight Santa Anita Derby win (Michael J. Marten/Horsephotos.com) […]

4/11/05 Last updated: 4/10/05 5:34 PM Thomas McClay and Harry Nye’s MORE SMOKE  (Smoke Glacken) took the lead out of the gate and was never seriously challenged en route to a dominating […]

4/11/05 Last updated: 4/10/05 4:53 PM QUEST (Seeking the Gold), hero of the 2003 Clark H. (G2), has been retired and will enter stud next season at co-owner Arthur Hancock’s Stone Farm […]

4/11/05 Last updated: 4/10/05 5:00 PM Grade 1 winner CONSOLIDATOR (Storm Cat) breezed five furlongs at Churchill Downs on Sunday in his final major prep for Saturday’s Blue Grass S. (G1) at […]