July 2009

7/24/09 Last updated: 7/23/09 6:47 PM Jockey Rafael Bejarano, who sustained serious facial injuries in a spill Wednesday during the 3RD race on Del Mar’s opening-day program, was reported doing well […]

7/23/09 Last updated: 7/22/09 8:37 PM HOLLYWOOD NOTEBOOK JULY 23, 2009 by John Mucciolo A strong effort by a rising sophomore headlined the week at Hollywood Park. Swaps […]

7/23/09 Last updated: 7/22/09 3:16 PM Fresh off crashing the party at Royal Ascot, trainer Wesley Ward could plot a trans-Atlantic raid on Britain’s premier six-furlong juvenile contests, the £170,000 Middle […]

7/23/09 Last updated: 7/22/09 8:44 PM Whatsthescript is looking to write his own ending to the Eddie Read (Benoit Photo) WHATSTHESCRIPT (Ire) (Royal Applause [GB]) turned in […]

7/23/09 Last updated: 7/22/09 10:09 PM Ronald C. Waranch’s homebred AFLEET EAGLE (Northern Afleet) tracked the pace until the far turn and ran away from his rivals at the top of the […]

7/23/09 Last updated: 7/22/09 8:27 PM Sir Michael Stoute is looking for his fourth win in Saturday’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. (Eng-G1) at Ascot, and  has three hopefuls for […]

7/23/09 Last updated: 7/22/09 8:50 PM Sixty-two of the best claiming horses in the country were entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 11th running of the Claiming Crown at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, […]

7/23/09 Last updated: 7/22/09 9:25 PM Jockey Rafael Bejarano was taken by ambulance to Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, California, for precautionary X-rays after he was unseated in the stretch run […]

7/23/09 Last updated: 7/22/09 8:49 PM Boasting a roster of past champions that reads like a who’s who of sophomore fillies — from Vagrancy and Top Flight to Shuvee and Ruffian, Davona […]

7/23/09 Last updated: 7/22/09 8:14 PM The six-year-old SUN CLASSIQUE (Fuji Kiseki), who beat the boys in the Dubai Sheema Classic (UAE-G1) in March of 2008, has been retired and is tentatively […]