December 2009

12/30/09 Last updated: 12/29/09 3:04 PM The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers Association announced Tuesday that William S. Farish, owner of Lane’s End […]

12/29/09 Last updated: 12/28/09 5:48 PM LAVA MAN’s (Slew City Slew) racing future was undecided as of Monday morning, the day after his seventh-place finish in Sunday’s San Gabriel H. (G2), his […]

12/29/09 Last updated: 12/28/09 5:27 PM The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers Association announced Monday that WLKY-TV in Louisville, Kentucky, has won the […]

12/29/09 Last updated: 12/28/09 2:12 PM Becky’s Kitten hoping to keep Tropical Park Derby in the family Six years after his sire, Kitten’s Joy, kicked off his Eclipse Award-winning campaign […]

12/29/09 Last updated: 12/28/09 7:29 PM Shadow of Illinois bids for Santa Anita history in Sensational Star Grade 3 veteran SHADOW OF ILLINOIS (Illinois Storm) will attempt to write another […]

12/29/09 Last updated: 12/28/09 8:51 PM Macias may have inherited his taste for turf from his French-bred dam (Benoit Photo) Zayat Stables’ […]

12/28/09 Last updated: 12/27/09 6:06 PM The California Retirement Management Account Foundation (CARMA) voted last month to give $264,000 to 12 different charitable organizations caring for retired California racehorses. It represents […]

12/28/09 Last updated: 12/27/09 6:02 PM Humberto Ascanio, the longtime assistant to the late Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel, will welcome back Juddmonte Farms’ homebred MIDSHIPS (Mizzen Mast) into his […]

12/28/09 Last updated: 12/27/09 5:27 PM Wishful Tomcat outclassed his foes in front-running style (Ross Woodson/Horsephotos.com) WISHFUL TOMCAT (Tactical Cat) had not […]

12/28/09 Last updated: 12/27/09 5:51 PM General Quarters in high spirits after runner-up effort in return Tom McCarthy, owner/trainer of GENERAL QUARTERS (Sky Mesa), reported for duty early at Fair […]