October 2009

10/24/09 Last updated: 10/23/09 6:38 PM Belmont’s Fall Championship Meet comes to an end on Sunday, but there is no shortage of stakes action on closing day. The two turf stakes originally […]

10/24/09 Last updated: 10/23/09 5:04 PM AMERICAN GRADED STAKES PREVIEWS HAROLD C. RAMSER SR. H. (G3), 8TH-OSA, $100,000, 3YO, F, 1MT, 4:00 P.M. PDT, 10-24   1 CENTURY […]

10/24/09 Last updated: 10/23/09 5:04 PM AMERICAN GRADED STAKES PREVIEWS FRANK J. DE FRANCIS MEMORIAL DASH S. (G1), 9TH-LRL, $300,000, 3YO/UP, 6F, 5:07 P.M. EDT, 10-24   1 […]

10/24/09 Last updated: 10/23/09 4:56 PM Grade 1 veteran BLACK MAMBA (NZ) (Black Minnaloushe), third in the October 10 Yellow Ribbon S. (G1) in what was expected to be her final start […]

10/24/09 Last updated: 10/23/09 5:56 PM CLASSIC DIARY OCTOBER 24, 2009 by James Scully Call it the heart of a line-up. In baseball, the New York Yankees come at […]

10/23/09 Last updated: 10/22/09 3:18 PM BELMONT PARK NOTEBOOK OCTOBER 23, 2009 by Albie Johnson Last weekend’s stakes — the Athenia (G3) and Knickerbocker (G3) — were re-scheduled for […]

10/23/09 Last updated: 10/22/09 7:56 PM Dion A. Recachina’s homebred OPERATION RED DAWN (Miswaki) was kept under a snug hold by jockey Rajiv Maragh on the backstretch of Thursday’s $106,500 Knickerbocker […]

10/23/09 Last updated: 10/22/09 2:47 PM KEENELAND NOTEBOOK OCTOBER 23, 2009 by Frank Cotolo The first full week of Keeneland’s 2009 autumn season brought 47 races from October 14 […]

10/23/09 Last updated: 10/23/09 7:53 AM HANDICAPPING INSIGHTS OCTOBER 23, 2009 by Dick Powell Saturday’s $350,000 guaranteed Pick 4 pool at Belmont Park once again failed to hit the […]

10/23/09 Last updated: 10/22/09 7:17 PM Stephen Foster H. (G1) hero MACHO AGAIN (Macho Uno) has been ruled out of the November 7 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) because of a cough, West […]