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January 14, 2016 11:46 AM
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David Taylor Jr.'s Mana Strike will seek his second consecutive Golden Gate Fields stakes in the $100,000 California Derby Jan. 16 at the Bay Area racetrack.
A commanding winner—by 2 1/4 lengths—in the mile Gold Rush Stakes over Golden Gate's synthetic main track Dec. 5, the Washington-bred, gelded son of Papa Clem also won his six-furlong debut by an impressive four lengths at Golden Gate in October, with a sixth-place run in the Golden State Juvenile Stakes on the Del Mardirt sandwiched in between.
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January 13, 2016 10:07 AM
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Live racing returns to The Meadowlands on Friday (Jan. 15) at 6:35 p.m. Fourteen races comprised largely of full, competitive fields of trotters and pacing mares are again the order of the day.
The top trotters split into a pair of Opens with the tougher group spotted in race two where a field of seven goes to post in an Open I Handicap for a purse of $25,000.
The logical favorite is likely last week’s winner Uva Hanover, who is blossoming into a splendid performer for his connections at age five. The altered son of Cantab Hall has quietly amassed lifetime earnings of nearly $350,000 for owners Stake Your Claim Stable and Martin Sternberg. His most recent effort was a career best 1:52.2 score in last week’s feature with driver Tim Tetrick motionless in the sulky. It looks as though Uva Hanover may be on course to perpetuate trainer Linda Toscano’s enduring production of top trotters.
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January 13, 2016 10:06 AM
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Bob McIntosh is a little embarrassed to admit even he didn't fully realize how much he had earned in Ontario Bred Rewards with his star homebred pacing filly L A Delight in her rookie season in 2015.
"To tell the truth, I didn't even know all these things were available. I was as shocked as anybody when I got the cheque,” said the Hall of Fame trainer from LaSalle, ON.
L A Delight earned $704,335 on the track and collected an additional $179,959 in Ontario Bred Rewards throughout the season the daughter of Bettors Delight is Ontario Sired and McIntosh paid the $50 to enroll her dam, West Of L A, in the Ontario Resident Mare Program. (Those living outside of Ontario please note: the resident mare program is open to horse owners anywhere in the world. The ‘resident' part refers to the mare needing to reside in Ontario for a minimum of 180 days, including the date of foaling, to remain eligible).
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January 13, 2016 10:06 AM
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Seventy-two $5,000 claimers, 36 males and 36 females, 'survived' the frigid Monday and Tuesday matinees at Miami Valley Raceway and moved on to the second elimination round of the popular Survivor Series.
A total of 93 horses and geldings entered into 10 $5,000 divisions Monday, with 66 fillies and mares dropping into seven heats on Tuesday.
There will be four $6,000 elimination divisions for each sex next week, reduced to two $7,000 heats in week three, and culminating with nine males chasing a $20,000 championship purse on Feb. 1 and nine fillies and mares hopeful of capturing the lion's share of their $17,500 final purse a day later.
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January 11, 2016 10:52 AM
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Sheer Drama, an Eclipse Award finalist for champion older female of 2015, will race this year, trainer David Fawkes said Jan. 9.
The multiple grade I-winning 6-year-old mare bred and owned by Harold Queen has been her owner's farm in Ocala, Fla., since November. Sheer Drama, byBurning Roma, finished fourth in last year's Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I).
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January 11, 2016 10:52 AM
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Lady Sheila Stable's La Verdad turned the $100,000 Interborough Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack into a cakewalk Jan. 9, easily winning her season debut to set herself up for another start before retirement.
Sheila Rosenblum's 6-year-old New York-bred daughter of Yes It's True, a finalist for champion female sprinter honors at the Jan. 16 Eclipse Awards, is set to be bred to Medaglia d'Oro this season. But thanks to her 2 3/4-length Interborough win, she will first target the Feb. 13 Barbara Fritchie (gr. II) at Laurel Park, a race in which she came in second in 2014.
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January 11, 2016 10:41 AM
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The $25,000 Open I Handicap Trot was the featured event on the Friday night (Jan. 8) program at The Meadowlands.
A highly competitive field of nine went to the gate, with Lindy’s Tru Grit a slight 2-1 favorite at post time.
There was plenty of speed off the gate as Uva Hanover, Opulent Yankee and Somebody As all left for position. Only two of those remained trotting after the first quarter as Opulent Yankee went off-stride on the first turn.
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January 11, 2016 10:34 AM
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After closing out the 2015 Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots meet with a pair of graded stakes wins on the turf,Chocolate Ride will try for a third graded victory on the grass in less than 12 months Jan. 16 in the $125,000 Colonel E. R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT).
Wentworth Brochu's Chocolate Ride prepped for the Bradley, a 1 1/16-mile turf race for 4-year-olds and older, with a three-length waltz to victory in a Nov. 27 allowance at the same distance on the Fair Grounds turf. Jockey Florent Geroux geared down the Candy Ride gelding in the stretch that day.
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January 8, 2016 5:13 PM
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Undefeated 14 Hands Winery Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) winnerSongbird, who is expected to be named champion 2-year-old filly of 2015 when Eclipse Award winners are announced Jan. 16, worked five furlongs in a bullet :58 1/5 Jan. 8 at Santa Anita Park under regular rider Mike Smith.
It was the fastest of 53 drills at the distance, the average time of which was 1:00.81. Santa Anita clocker Dane Nelson had fractional times for Songbird of :34 flat and :46 1/5, with a gallop out to six furlongs in 1:11 2/5.
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January 8, 2016 5:12 PM
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Frankthebank hasn’t been around forever, it just seems that way.
Last week the pacing son of Sportsmaster celebrated his 14th birthday, which means this will be his final year of racing, and judging by his performance in the finale of the Shelly Goudreau at Cal Expo he appears to be set to make the most of it.
Frankthebank is owned by Richard and Marlene Thomas and conditioned by George Reider. They actually lost the veteran via the claim box on Dec. 5, but reached right back in the next week and he returned to the cozy confines of the Reider barn.
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January 8, 2016 4:50 PM
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Henderson Farms’ Bushwacker (9-5 morning line) and Kenneth Jacobs’ Doctor Butch (2-1) are poised for a Saturday night (Jan. 9) rematch in the featured $25,000 Open Handicap Pace at The Meadowlands, and the heavily favored pair will square off against a quintet of other foes in the night’s most prestigious of 14 races, carded as the second event.
Doctor Butch, the lone millionaire of the septet, was assigned post six for his second start of the meet. The 6-year-old Art Major entire turned in a massive rally in last week’s Open, kicking third-over cover late to pass all but one of his rivals. John Campbell handles the driving duties once again for trainer Linda Toscano.
The one that Doctor Butch failed to pass -- Bushwacker -- was assigned the outside post seven in the group by virtue of a string of four straight top two finishes against Open company at both Dover and the Meadowlands. Last week, the 5-year-old Rocknroll Hanover gelding found a seam up the pegs in the final eighth to kick clear off a pocket trip. Corey Callahan handled the driving assignment for trainer Chris Ryder last week, and “The Captain” is slated to be back aboard the 13-time winner this week.
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January 8, 2016 9:43 AM
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Yankee Heaven and Giant Sculpture came from off the pace in each of the Thursday co-feature paces at Dover Downs. Ross Wollfenden had a four-win ‘grand slam. Wolfenden hustled Yankee Heaven up in the closing strides to overtake front-pacing McJagersonthemove (Tony Morgan) in a field of all 4 year olds to score a 1:53.4 triumph for trainer Bruce Saunders and owners Clark, Altobelli, M&M Harness and M&L Of Delaware. A brown son of Rock N Roll Heaven-Adept Yankee, the win was the fourth in his career while earning $63,766 lifetime. McJagersonthemove was second with Shinobu Hanover (Ben Stafford Jr.) third.
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January 8, 2016 9:35 AM
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Slugfest, the 2014 Trotter of the Year at Saratoga Casino and Raceway, was named the 2015 Trotter and Horse of the Year at the annual end of the season holiday banquet.
The Maureen Salino-trained Slugfest started out the year on a tear and while he slowed down a bit in the second half of the season he still ended up as the winningest Open horse of the ’15 campaign. Slugfest earned just shy of $120,000 by way of seven wins and nine second place finishes in the Open Trot. Jay Randall was the driver for all of the 6-year-old’s starts in his award winning season.
Slugfest is the first trotter to be named Horse of the Year since 2012 when Mymomsablizzard earned top honors and the first to take home the award for Trotter of the Year in back-to-back years since American Kash did it in 1998-1999.
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January 13, 2016 10:17 AM
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From the moment she was born, Just Jess’ connections were excited about her future and are still pinching themselves that their filly is an Indiana champion.
“We bought her dam Glide Sally Glide and she is such a nice mare,” said Alan White, Just Jess' co-owner and breeder. “She made over a $100,000 for us and we had a couple Swan For Alls from her before this filly came along. They were nice looking horses, but they were a little big so we thought maybe he was not a good fit for her. That’s when we chose Jailhouse Jesse and when this filly came along, right from day one she was just perfect. She has a beautiful conformation and always had an excellent attitude.”
Just Jess is owned by White and Julie Rideout. She is conditioned and steered by Julie’s husband Doug, who is also Just Jess' co-breeder. In 15 trips to the gate last year as a 2-year-old, she collected eight victories, two seconds, one third and just over $250,000. She established her lifetime mark of 1:57 when she captured the $220,000 Indiana Sire Stakes championship on Oct. 10 at Hoosier Park and completed her freshman campaign with three consecutive triumphs.
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January 13, 2016 10:07 AM
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The new dynasty of Bruce Aldrich Jr. and Bob Lounsbury has begun at Monticello Raceway. For the second consecutive year both Aldrich and Lounsbury captured their respective categories for leading driver and trainer at The Mighty M.
Bruce Aldrich Jr. took the leading driver title by virtue of his 390 wins and purses of $1,163,520 at Monticello Raceway. He also ranked fourth in North America with 663 wins and compiled $3.36 million in purses. Bruce splits his time between Monticello and Saratoga; he was also the leading driver at Saratoga with 273 wins.
James Taggart Jr. was runner-up with 277 wins. Taggart did most of the driving for leading trainer Robert Lounsbury. Larry Stalbaum was third with 220 wins, 2013 leading dash winner James Marohn Jr. finished the year with 200 trips to the winner's circle and rounding out the top five was Jason Ryan (199).
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January 13, 2016 10:06 AM
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Rainbow Gold, fresh off of a lifetime best 1:55.4 performance in the top conditioned class at Pompano one week ago, stepped up to the top rung on the ladder on Tuesday night (Jan. 12) and established yet another lifetime best performance, stopping the clock in 1:55.3 in the $13,000 Open Handicap Trot.
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January 11, 2016 10:52 AM
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Markus and Ingrid Jooste's Legal Eagle silenced doubters when he cut back in distance to win the one-mile L'Ormarins Queen's Plate (SAf-I) Jan. 9 at Kenilworth. The victor in last season's SA Derby (SAf-I) at about 1 1/2 miles, the 4-year-old was expected to find Saturday's R1 million race on the short side, but South Africa's highest-rated Thoroughbred showed his class with a professional display. The Queen's Plate is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series and Legal Eagle earned a starting berth in the 2016 Breeders Cup Mile (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park later in the year.
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January 11, 2016 10:52 AM
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The 5-year-old daughter of Footstepsinthesand won by 1 1/2 lengths from closing A Little Bit Sassy, with Tuttipaesi a length away in third in the field of nine older fillies and mares. As the even-money favorite, Sandiva finished the 1 1/16 miles on firm turf in 1:42.04 and added a fourth graded or group win to her record.
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January 11, 2016 10:51 AM
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Odds-on favorite Regil Elektra (Brian Sears, $2.70) was more than good enough Friday night (Jan. 8), winning Yonkers Raceway’s featured $20,000 conditioned pace for the ladies.
In play from post position No. 3, Regil Elektra was looped leaving by Cracker Coffee (Tyler Buter) directly to her outside. The people’s preference then took over before a :28.1 opening quarter-mile. From there, intervals of :57.2, 1:26.1 and 1:54.2 made her a safe winner.
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January 11, 2016 10:34 AM
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Ken and Sarah Ramsey's International Star returns to the site of his greatest accomplishments Jan. 16, when the reigning Louisiana Derby (gr. II) winner starts in the $60,000 Louisiana Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
After sweeping all three graded stakes for sophomores at the New Orleans oval last year, the compact colt was poised for a run in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), but was scratched the morning of the race with heat on the inside quarter of his left front hoof.
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January 8, 2016 5:19 PM
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January 8, 2016 5:12 PM
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Robert Masterson's Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) winner Tepin returned to the worktab Jan. 8 for the first time since her October 31 victory over the boys, clocking a half-mile in an easy :52.25 under regular rider Julien Leparoux at Palm Meadows training center.
"She went good," trainer Mark Casse said. "Her next work will be a little more focused. She's been in kind of a relaxed mode, but this little bit of a breeze woke her up."
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January 8, 2016 5:01 PM
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Shadwell Stable's undefeatedMohaymen, regarded by many as the leading 3-year-old on the East Coast, continued preparations for his 2016 debut in the $350,000 Holy Bull (gr. II) coming up Jan. 30 at Gulfstream Parkwith a sharp half-mile work the morning of Jan. 8.
With exercise rider Miguel Jaime aboard, Mohaymen went four furlongs in :47 4/5 and galloped out five-eighths in 1:00 4/5 at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream's satellite training facility in Palm Beach County, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said.
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January 8, 2016 4:49 PM
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Woodbine Entertainment Group dedicated Thursday evening's (Jan. 7) card of racing to the equine lives lost in Monday night's (Jan. 4) barn fire at Classy Lane Stables.
Horsepeople gathered in the Standardbred paddock to watch a tribute video created by the Woodbine Broadcasting Department and pay their respects. A moment of silence was also held in honor of the horses lost in Monday's fire.
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January 8, 2016 9:43 AM
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Minutes after 2014 Horse of the YearCalifornia Chrome makes his 5-year-old debut Jan. 9 in Santa Anita Park'sSan Pasqual Stakes (gr. II), his full sisterHope's Love will return from a seven-month layoff in a maiden special weight event at Golden Gate Fields.
A daughter of Lucky Pulpit out of theNot For Love mare Love the Chase, Hope's Love was a fast-closing second in a 4 1/2-furlong maiden race June 13 at the Bay Area track and will make her second career start in Golden Gate's eighth race Saturday, a six-furlong event for 3-year-old fillies. She was installed as 7-2 second choice on the morning line in the field of 13. Post time is scheduled for 4:18 p.m. PST.
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