November 2009

11/26/09 Last updated: 11/25/09 3:14 PM Churchill Downs concludes its fall meet Saturday with its Stars of Tomorrow II program, 12 races exclusively for two-year-olds. The traditional meet-ending feature, the $150,000 […]

11/25/09 Last updated: 11/24/09 1:08 PM HOLLYWOOD NOTEBOOK NOVEMBER 25, 2009 by John Mucciolo There was a single graded race during the second week of the Hollywood Park fall/winter […]

11/25/09 Last updated: 11/24/09 6:03 PM Friday’s $400,000 Clark H. (G2) features a number of interesting storylines. Top older horses EINSTEIN (Brz) (Spend a Buck), MACHO AGAIN (Holy Bull) and BULLSBAY […]

11/25/09 Last updated: 11/25/09 11:09 AM Ira “Babe” Hanford, who won the 1936 Kentucky Derby aboard Bold Venture, passed away on Saturday in Ocala, Florida, after a lengthy illness. He was 91. […]

11/25/09 Last updated: 11/24/09 5:16 PM Tattersalls’ December Foal Sale kicks off in Newmarket Wednesday with 950 lots cataloged, the smallest number at the auction since 2001. This year’s Foal Sale, […]

11/25/09 Last updated: 11/24/09 4:37 PM In the wake of what many consider to be the most dramatic performance in Breeders’ Cup history, the Oak Tree Racing Association has announced that the […]

11/25/09 Last updated: 11/24/09 4:03 PM COWBOY CAL (Giant’s Causeway), who faded to ninth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) earlier this month after dueling through fast splits, could have an easier […]

11/24/09 Last updated: 11/23/09 6:38 PM Five six-figure lots helped Tattersalls’ December Yearling Sale bounce back from a disappointing 2008 renewal to produce a solid trade in Newmarket Monday, led by […]

11/24/09 Last updated: 11/23/09 4:21 PM Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who has 30 stalls at Fair Grounds this winter, is planning to campaign his promising youngsters at the historic […]

11/24/09 Last updated: 11/23/09 6:26 PM Goldikova could become the first horse to win three Breeders’ Cup events (Benoit Photo) Wertheimer and Frere’s two-time Breeders’ […]