May 2009

5/4/09 Last updated: 5/3/09 6:26 PM Quality Road could still leave his mark on this year’s Triple Crown (Guy Gustafson/Horsephotos.com) Florida Derby (G1) and Fountain of Youth […]

5/4/09 Last updated: 5/3/09 2:54 PM The morning after running a distant second to MINE THAT BIRD (Birdstone), trainer Bob Baffert was noncommittal about a run in the May 16 Preakness S. […]

5/3/09 Last updated: 5/2/09 9:40 PM 135TH KENTUCKY DERBY KENTUCKY DERBY (G1), CD, $2,177,200, 3YO, 1 1/4M, 5-2.   8— MINE THAT BIRD, g, 3, Birdstone–Mining My Own, by […]

5/3/09 Last updated: 5/2/09 10:42 PM Mine That Bird shocked Derby 135 (Harold Roth/Horsephotos.com) When Calvin Borel guided 1-5 favorite Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia d’Oro) to a […]

5/3/09 Last updated: 5/2/09 5:30 PM Rainbow View looks to keep mark perfect in One Thousand Guineas In terms of pure achievement, George Strawbridge’s RAINBOW VIEW (Dynaformer) sets a rare […]

5/3/09 Last updated: 5/2/09 5:08 PM Informed Decision was too game to hold off in the Humana Distaff (Melissa Wirth/Horsephotos.com) Augustin Stable’s INFORMED DECISION (Monarchos) was forced […]

5/3/09 Last updated: 5/2/09 3:36 PM Just Jenda was not able to keep pace with Four Gifts (EquiSport Photos) Heiligbrodt Racing Stable’s FOUR GIFTS (Even the Score) […]

5/3/09 Last updated: 5/2/09 2:57 PM Sea the Stars (right) will now try to win the Derby like his half-brother Galileo (Frank Sorge/Horsephotos.com) […]

5/3/09 Last updated: 5/2/09 1:31 PM It was easy to figure out where the winner of Friday’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) was at Churchill Downs on Saturday morning. Just follow the lilies. […]

5/3/09 Last updated: 5/7/09 2:42 PM Flying Zee Stable’s COSMONAUT (Lemon Drop Kid) overtook pacesetter Tam Lin (GB) (Selkirk) in the stretch and inched clear to a 1 1/2-length win in the […]