August 2009

8/4/09 Last updated: 8/3/09 6:14 PM Edward Evans’ homebred QUALITY ROAD (Elusive Quality), denied the opportunity to compete in the Triple Crown due to a series of quarter-crack issues, made a […]

8/4/09 Last updated: 8/3/09 7:48 PM Attendance is up 13.5 percent, on-track handle up 5 percent, and all-sources handle fractionally up 1.1 percent from 2008 totals through the first week of […]

8/4/09 Last updated: 8/4/09 12:49 PM COMMENTARY AUGUST 4, 2009 The Woodward Solution by Vance Hanson If there was a pantheon devoted to great races of the American turf, the […]

8/3/09 Last updated: 8/2/09 8:30 PM Seventh Street (foreground) came again after being passed (Bill Roberts/Horsephotos.com) Godolphin Stable’s SEVENTH STREET (Street Cry [Ire]) […]

8/3/09 Last updated: 8/2/09 4:48 PM KENSEI (Mr. Greeley), who powered home to a 2 1/4-length victory over WARRIOR’S REWARD (Medaglia d’Oro) in Saturday’s Jim Dandy (G2), came out of the […]

8/3/09 Last updated: 8/2/09 5:08 PM Zenyatta enjoyed a little target practice Sunday (Benoit Photo) At Del Mar on Sunday, undefeated champion ZENYATTA […]

8/3/09 Last updated: 8/2/09 7:43 PM Get Serious, Captain’s Lover shine at Monmouth Heavy rains caused both of the Grade 3 races on Sunday’s Haskell Invitational (G1) undercard to be […]

8/3/09 Last updated: 8/2/09 5:30 PM Darley Stable’s JUSTENUFFHUMOR (Distorted Humor) lived up to his illustrious pedigree with an authoritative 2 1/2-length victory in his stakes debut in Sunday’s $158,750 […]

8/3/09 Last updated: 8/2/09 9:54 PM Sunday’s $250,000 San Diego H. (G2) at Del Mar was expected to star a son of Tiznow who had run on Dubai World Cup night, […]

8/3/09 Last updated: 8/2/09 10:37 PM Calvin Borel celebrates another big win aboard the superstar filly (Bill Denver/Equi-Photo) Stonestreet Stables and Harold McCormick’s […]