December 2005

12/23/05 Last updated: 12/22/05 5:37 PM Fresh off her score in last Saturday’s off-the-turf Furl Sail H., Grade 3 heroine CULINARY (El Amante) has been entered to face seven other fillies and […]

12/23/05 Last updated: 12/22/05 5:32 PM HANDICAPPING INSIGHTS DECEMBER 23, 2005 by Dick Powell Although the winners of Hollywood Park’s Grade 1 stakes for juveniles got all of the […]

12/22/05 Last updated: 12/23/05 2:18 PM Santa Anita will begin its 71st season of racing on Monday. The historic track, located beneath the picturesque backdrop of the San Gabriel Mountains in […]

12/22/05 Last updated: 12/21/05 5:45 PM AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK DECEMBER 22, 2005 by Bernard T. Moore Reminder — There is no racing at Aqueduct this week due to the Holiday […]

12/22/05 Last updated: 12/21/05 7:34 PM PEDIGREE HANDICAPPING DECEMBER 22, 2005 Can the ‘jinx’ be broken? by Tim Holland With the last major two-year-old race of 2005, the Hollywood […]

12/22/05 Last updated: 12/21/05 1:54 PM Fasig-Tipton will add an additional yearling sale on August 15 to its auction schedule during the 2006 Saratoga meet. The new yearling sale will be […]

12/22/05 Last updated: 12/21/05 5:46 PM HOLLYWOOD PARK NOTEBOOK DECEMBER 22, 2005 by Bernard T. Moore Will they be the stars of tomorrow? Juvenile runners took center stage this […]

12/21/05 Last updated: 12/27/05 12:58 PM THOROUGHBRED BEAT DECEMBER 28, 2005 by James Scully Brother Derek won three of five starts this year  (Alex Evers/Horsephotos.com) […]

12/21/05 Last updated: 12/20/05 2:45 PM Hollywood Park concluded its 27-day Autumn Meet on Monday with a combined daily average handle of $8,588,871, a 4 percent decline from the average of […]

12/20/05 Last updated: 12/19/05 5:07 PM Multiple Grade 3 stakes winner and classic-placed MIDWAY ROAD (Jade Hunter) will enter stud at Lane’s End Texas near Hempstead in 2006, and not at […]