May 2008

5/9/08 Last updated: 5/8/08 7:48 PM Tampa Bay Downs set records during its recently concluded winter/spring meet. During the Oldsmar, Florida, track’s 82nd season, a new record of $321,963,460 was set […]

5/9/08 Last updated: 5/8/08 5:32 PM In a sure sign of the approach of summer, Monmouth Park will launch its 63rd season of Thoroughbred racing on Friday. The 99-day meeting at the […]

5/9/08 Last updated: 5/8/08 2:51 PM Sonny Via’s GOOD NIGHT SHIRT (Concern) entered the 2007 Iroquois Hurdle S. (NSA-G1) against the star power of McDynamo and Sur La Tete. After a […]

5/9/08 Last updated: 5/8/08 1:35 PM The Jockey Club Chairman Ogden Mills Phipps announced on Thursday that the officers of The Jockey Club have commissioned a seven-member Thoroughbred Safety Committee. […]

5/8/08 Last updated: 5/7/08 6:28 PM PREAKNESS REPORT MAY 8, 2008 by James Scully BIG BROWN (Boundary) lived up to the hype — and then some — but his […]

5/8/08 Last updated: 5/8/08 1:00 PM Recapturetheglory is the only Derby runner besides Big Brown committed to the Preakness (Ed Van Meter/Horsephotos.com) The connections of […]

5/8/08 Last updated: 5/7/08 7:48 PM A son of War Chant topped the first Goffs Dundalk Flat Breeze-Up Sale on Wednesday when snapped up by Yuma Bloodstock for 67,000. Consigned by Willie […]

5/8/08 Last updated: 5/7/08 5:52 PM ARLINGTON NOTEBOOK MAY 8, 2008 by Steve Collison Arlington Park opened its doors this past weekend to what promises to be another exciting […]

5/8/08 Last updated: 5/7/08 4:39 PM BELMONT NOTEBOOK MAY 8, 2008 by Bernard T. Moore Reverting to rating tactics for Belmont Park’s opening day feature, the Westchester H. (G3) […]

5/8/08 Last updated: 5/7/08 7:41 PM His Highness The Aga Khan’s unbeaten ZARKAVA (Zamindar) delighted connections in a gallop on Tuesday as she prepares for Sunday’s Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (French […]