May 2009

5/3/09 Last updated: 5/2/09 9:14 PM Denes and Woelfel’s GORGEOUS GOOSE (Mongoose) swooped past odds-on favorite Diamond Diva (GB) (Dansili [GB]) inside the final furlong to register an 11-1 upset of […]

5/2/09 Last updated: 5/1/09 8:43 PM 135TH KENTUCKY OAKS KENTUCKY OAKS (G1), CD, $554,500, 3YO, F, 1 1/8M, 5-1.   6— RACHEL ALEXANDRA, f, 3, Medaglia d’Oro–Lotta Kim, by Roar. […]

5/2/09 Last updated: 5/1/09 2:56 PM AMERICAN GRADED STAKES PREVIEWS KENTUCKY DERBY (G1), 11TH-CD, $2,000,000, 3YO, 1 1/4M, 6:24 P.M. EDT, 5-2   1 WEST SIDE BERNIE, 3, […]

5/2/09 Last updated: 5/1/09 1:54 PM AMERICAN GRADED STAKES PREVIEWS CHURCHILL DOWNS S. (G2), 6TH-CD, $250,000, 4YO/UP, 7F, 1:21 P.M. EDT, 5-2   1 MY PAL CHARLIE, 4, c, […]

5/2/09 Last updated: 5/1/09 1:53 PM TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS CHURCHILL DISTAFF TURF MILE S. (G2), 8TH-CD, $200,000, 3YO/UP, F/M, 1MT, 3:03 P.M. EDT, 5-2   PP HORSE […]

5/2/09 Last updated: 5/1/09 9:04 PM A crowd of 104,867, up 4.8 percent over the 2008 crowd of 100,046, witnessed a sublime performance in Friday’s Kentucky Oaks (G1), as favored RACHEL […]

5/2/09 Last updated: 5/1/09 8:22 PM Rachel Alexandra was never challenged in taking the Oaks (EquiSport Photos) L and M Partners’ RACHEL ALEXANDRA (Medaglia d’Oro) continued her […]

5/2/09 Last updated: 5/1/09 3:13 PM Miss Isella bullied her way to victory (EquiSport Photos) Domino Stud of Lexington’s homebred MISS ISELLA (Silver Charm) was content […]

5/2/09 Last updated: 5/1/09 2:56 PM TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS KENTUCKY DERBY (G1), 11TH-CD, $2,000,000, 3YO, 1 1/4M, 6:24 P.M. EDT, 5-2   PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY […]

5/2/09 Last updated: 5/1/09 7:32 PM While it would be unfair to say that RIP VAN WINKLE (Galileo [Ire]) is all reputation and hype, it is the aura surrounding Ballydoyle’s main contender […]