February 2006

2/24/06 Last updated: 2/23/06 5:35 PM Risen Star S. (G3) winner LAWYER RON (Langfuhr) was the top draw for last Monday’s $250,000 Southwest S. and remains the horse to beat in […]

2/24/06 Last updated: 2/23/06 5:39 PM Calder will offer 45 stakes worth a record $6.7 million during the track’s 35th season. A total of 112 racing days have been scheduled for 2006, […]

2/24/06 Last updated: 2/23/06 5:34 PM GUN SALUTE (Military), who strung together victories in the Secretariat S. (G1), American Derby (G2) and Hawthorne Derby (G3), will make his four-year-old debut in […]

2/24/06 Last updated: 2/23/06 7:48 PM Brother Derek took only three starts to earn his first graded victory in the Norfolk (Lauren Pomeroy/Horsephotos.com) […]

2/24/06 Last updated: 2/23/06 7:18 PM PEDIGREE HANDICAPPING FEBRUARY 24, 2006 Turf maiden trainers and angles by Tim Holland In February 2004, at Gulfstream Park, future Joe Hirsch Turf […]

2/24/06 Last updated: 2/23/06 4:41 PM The National Jockey Club begins its 2006 meet at Hawthorne Race Course on Friday. The 49-day meet continues through May 2. Wednesdays and Thursdays will […]

2/23/06 Last updated: 2/22/06 8:14 PM John C. Oxley’s STRONG CONTENDER (Maria’s Mon) threw his name into the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture with a convincing performance in Gulfstream Park’s 9TH race […]

2/23/06 Last updated: 2/22/06 7:26 PM MUSIC SCHOOL (A.P. Indy), an undefeated three-year-old trained by Neil Howard, breezed four furlongs in :49 3/5 over a muddy track at Oaklawn Park on […]

2/23/06 Last updated: 2/22/06 8:21 PM SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK FEBRUARY 23, 2006 by Bernard T. Moore The first stakes contest of the Presidents’ Day holiday weekend went to SURF […]

2/23/06 Last updated: 2/22/06 7:24 PM THOROUGHBRED BEAT FEBRUARY 23, 2006 by James Scully Cat sizzles — SURF CAT’s (Sir Cat) move in Saturday’s San Carlos H. (G2) was […]