August 2009

8/18/09 Last updated: 8/17/09 8:18 PM Nine promising two-year-olds will line up in Thursday’s $150,000 Saratoga Special S. (G2) at Saratoga, and all of the top barns are represented in the […]

8/18/09 Last updated: 8/17/09 7:26 PM During Monday’s final session of Arqana’s August Yearling Sale, agent Alain Decrion was prominent and paid €140,000 for the session topper, an Enrique filly from […]

8/18/09 Last updated: 8/17/09 7:50 PM A routine post-work scope revealed that Mine That Bird had an entrapped epiglottis (Equi-Sport Photo) Kentucky Derby (G1) winner MINE THAT […]

8/18/09 Last updated: 8/17/09 7:35 PM Rachel fires five-furlong bullet; next target to be determined Even the fog can’t obscure a dazzling Rachel (Beth Arkin/NYRA Photo) […]

8/17/09 Last updated: 8/16/09 9:42 PM Bienstock, Mandabach & Winner’s MAGICAL FANTASY (Diesis [GB]) produced her patented late kick to extend her winning streak to three in a row in Sunday’s […]

8/17/09 Last updated: 8/16/09 8:38 PM Canadian Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year WANDO (Langfuhr) recorded his first winner on Sunday when his juvenile son D’s Wando captured the 7TH […]

8/17/09 Last updated: 8/16/09 3:52 PM Arlington-based trainer Steve Hobby posed in the Saratoga winner’s circle late Saturday afternoon in upstate New York, but was back in Barn 21 at Arlington […]

8/17/09 Last updated: 8/16/09 3:27 PM Hip No. 322, a Roman Ruler filly consigned by Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck), agent, brought a winning bid of $115,000 from Anthony Turfaro to […]

8/17/09 Last updated: 8/16/09 10:16 PM Tice Ranch’s ASSESSMENT (Jump Start) rallied down the center of Emerald Downs’ track in Sunday’s $294,375 Longacres Mile H. (G3), took over nearing the wire […]

8/17/09 Last updated: 8/16/09 7:52 PM Gilles Forien’s FIPS Agency secured the top-priced yearling of day three of Arqana’s August Yearling Sale on Sunday when paying €205,000 for Hip No. 310, a […]