April 2005

4/27/05 Last updated: 4/26/05 7:19 PM SUCCESSFUL APPEAL (Valid Appeal), the leading freshman sire of 2004, underwent colic surgery on Monday at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. […]

4/27/05 Last updated: 4/26/05 3:08 PM Gulfstream Park concluded its 86-day meet on Sunday with strong handle figures. Despite extensive, ongoing renovations that necessitated the use of temporary facilities throughout the […]

4/27/05 Last updated: 4/26/05 9:50 PM DISTAFF DIARY APRIL 27, 2005 by Hunter T. Houlihan Grade 1 heroine MADCAP ESCAPADE (Hennessy) stamped her name at the top of the […]

4/27/05 Last updated: 4/26/05 6:42 PM BEWITCH S. (G3), 8TH-KEE, $100,000, 4YO/UP, F/M, 1 1/2MT, 4:45 P.M. (EDT)           […]

4/27/05 Last updated: 4/26/05 1:19 PM Trainer Kenny McPeek will put away the condition book and become a full-time bloodstock agent, beginning July 1. “I have given great thought to this […]

4/26/05 Last updated: 4/25/05 10:16 PM Gotham S. (G3) winner SURVIVALIST (Danzig), a distant second to Bellamy Road (Concerto) in the nine-furlong Wood Memorial (G1) in his last start, breezed five […]

4/26/05 Last updated: 4/25/05 2:06 PM Remsen S. (G2) winner ROCKPORT HARBOR (Unbridled’s Song) will miss the Triple Crown following his disappointing sixth-place finish as the odds-on favorite in Saturday’s Lexington […]

4/26/05 Last updated: 4/25/05 5:07 PM DERBY HOPEFULS WHAT’S NEXT Horse   Next Possible Start       Top 2 BRIS Speed   AFLEET […]

4/26/05 Last updated: 4/25/05 7:09 PM Churchill Downs announced Monday that every horse will undergo pre-race testing during the 2005 Spring Meet for alkalizing agents known as “milkshakes” — typically a […]

4/25/05 Last updated: 4/24/05 10:57 PM Walter Family Trust’s homebred ROBADOR (Robannier) picked a fine time to break his maiden by closing with a huge rush in winning the featured $250,000 […]