June 2009

6/28/09 Last updated: 6/27/09 2:41 PM Winchell Thoroughbreds and Gainesway Thoroughbreds’ HIGHTAP (Tapit) settled into the second flight of runners down the backstretch of Friday night’s $200,000 Iowa Oaks (G3) […]

6/28/09 Last updated: 6/27/09 1:39 PM TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS FIRST FLIGHT H. (G2), 8TH-BEL, $150,000, 3YO/UP, F/M, 7F, 4:44 P.M. EDT, 6-28   PP HORSE TRAINER […]

6/28/09 Last updated: 6/27/09 1:33 PM Belmont S. (G1) winner SUMMER BIRD (Birdstone) will make a brief return to Churchill Downs on Thursday. Trainer Tim Ice is vanning Summer Bird from […]

6/28/09 Last updated: 6/27/09 1:28 PM The field for the 53rd edition of the Mother Goose S. (G1) was reduced to three Saturday morning with the scratches of DON’T FORGET GIL (Kafwain) and […]

6/28/09 Last updated: 6/27/09 7:31 PM Decelerator gave as good as she got in the slugfest (Reed Palmer Photography/Churchill Downs) Westrock Stables’ DECELERATOR […]

6/28/09 Last updated: 6/27/09 8:56 PM Rachel Alexandra crushed the competition to extend her winning streak to seven (Melissa Wirth/Horsephotos.com) With the scratches […]

6/28/09 Last updated: 6/27/09 3:29 PM Duke of Mischief romps in Iowa Derby; Terrain suffers fatal injury Florida shipper DUKE OF MISCHIEF (Graeme Hall) romped to an impressive five-length victory […]

6/28/09 Last updated: 6/27/09 1:40 PM TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS BEVERLY HILLS H. (G2), 8TH-HOL, $150,000, 3YO/UP, F/M, 1 1/4MT, 4:30 P.M. PDT, 6-28   PP HORSE TRAINER […]

6/28/09 Last updated: 6/27/09 6:29 PM MARY’S FOLLIES (More Than Ready) had never raced on turf before Saturday’s $150,000 Boiling Springs S. (G3), but the John Forbes pupil looked like a […]

6/28/09 Last updated: 6/27/09 1:40 PM AMERICAN GRADED STAKES PREVIEWS BEVERLY HILLS H. (G2), 8TH-HOL, $150,000, 3YO/UP, F/M, 1 1/4MT, 4:30 P.M. PDT, 6-28   1 HOT N’ […]