October 2009

10/5/09 Last updated: 10/4/09 7:08 PM Pletcher pupils capture off-the-turf Pilgrim, Miss Grillo Juvenile turfistes were all set to square off in a pair of Breeders’ Cup preps at Belmont Park […]

10/5/09 Last updated: 10/4/09 4:34 PM When Sunday’s $225,000 Kelso H. (G3) was transferred from the Belmont Park turf onto the muddy, sealed main track, and 4-5 morning-line favorite Court Vision […]

10/5/09 Last updated: 10/4/09 7:41 PM While the stellar performance of Sea the Stars (Cape Cross [Ire]) stole the headlines on a glorious autumnal afternoon in Paris, record-breaking Ascot Gold Cup […]

10/5/09 Last updated: 10/4/09 8:44 PM Blind Luck needed no luck in finding the Oak Leaf winner’s circle (Benoit Photo) Mark DeDomencio LLC, John Carver and Jerry […]

10/5/09 Last updated: 10/4/09 5:12 PM A few horses who raced on Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Fr-G1) undercard could reappear in the Breeders’ Cup at Oak Tree at Santa Anita. […]

10/5/09 Last updated: 10/4/09 8:36 PM Karl Watson, Mike Pegram and Paul Weitman’s LOOKIN AT LUCKY (Smart Strike) circled his foes entering the second turn of Sunday’s $299,000 Norfolk S. (G1) […]

10/5/09 Last updated: 10/4/09 3:28 PM Belmont S. (G1), Travers S. (G1) and newly minted Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) winner SUMMER BIRD (Birdstone) was his usual self Sunday morning — alternately […]

10/5/09 Last updated: 10/4/09 6:55 PM Sea the Stars overcame adversity to remain perfect in 2009 (Frank Sorge/Horsephotos.com) Christopher Tsui’s homebred SEA THE […]

10/4/09 Last updated: 10/3/09 1:32 PM Calder Race Course announced Saturday a 15 percent reduction in overnight purses to take effect Thursday. This purse cut is in response to the economic […]

10/4/09 Last updated: 10/3/09 7:42 PM Allybar tops Arqana Arc sale at €370,000 Arqana’s compact Arc Sale at the auction house’s Saint-Cloud venue, held after racing finished on the first of the […]