October 2009

10/4/09 Last updated: 10/3/09 6:49 PM Phipps Stable’s homebred GONE ASTRAY (Dixie Union) didn’t duplicate the fireworks of his smashing 9 1/4-length victory in the Pennsylvania Derby (G2), but the up-and-coming […]

10/4/09 Last updated: 10/3/09 6:02 PM Lakland Farm’s homebred PURE CLAN (Pure Prize) unleashed a sustained late run to mow down Criticism (GB) (Machiavellian) in Saturday’s $600,000 Flower Bowl Invitational S. […]

10/4/09 Last updated: 10/3/09 5:48 PM Fabulous Strike’s (Smart Strike) Eclipse Award aspirations took a hit Saturday amidst a downpour at Belmont Park. The six-year-old gelding yielded late in the 2008 […]

10/4/09 Last updated: 10/3/09 3:10 PM TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS NORFOLK S. (G1), 8TH-OSA, $300,000, 2YO, 1 1/16M, 4:00 P.M. PDT, 10-4   PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY […]

10/4/09 Last updated: 10/3/09 3:09 PM TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS MISS GRILLO S. (G3), 6TH-BEL, $150,000, 2YO, F, 1 1/16MT, 3:39 P.M. EDT, 10-4   PP HORSE TRAINER […]

10/4/09 Last updated: 10/3/09 8:48 PM It seems that there is little will in the gods to upset the course that SEA THE STARS (Cape Cross [Ire]) is charting during his golden […]

10/4/09 Last updated: 10/3/09 8:22 PM Saturday’s $125,000 Cliff Hanger S. (G3) went right down the wire, with BRAVE TIN SOLDIER (Storm Cat) out-finishing Pleasant Strike (Smart Strike) by a nose […]

10/4/09 Last updated: 10/3/09 4:13 PM Godolphin Stable’s MUSIC NOTE (A.P. Indy) continued her return to form on Saturday with an easy 2 1/4-length victory in the $588,000 Beldame S. (G1) […]

10/4/09 Last updated: 10/3/09 3:10 PM AMERICAN GRADED STAKES PREVIEWS KELSO H. (G2), 4TH-BEL, $250,000, 3YO/UP, 1MT, 2:35 P.M. EDT, 10-4   1 LE GRAND CRU, 4, c, by […]

10/4/09 Last updated: 10/3/09 1:52 PM Reigning Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) queen GOLDIKOVA (Ire) (Anabaa) was upset in Saturday’s Prix de la Foret (Fr-G1) over about seven furlongs at Longchamp, winding […]