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December 24, 2015 12:03 PM
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Some Kinda Beach made it three straight victories when he endured a demanding first quarter and triumphed convincingly in Monday’s $20,000 Winners Over $10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows.
Assigned post 8, Some Kinda Beach dueled with Stonebridge Adam through a 26.3 opening panel before grabbing the lead. Eric Goodell gave Some Kinda Beach a 29.3 second-quarter breather, and the 5-year-old son of Somebeachsomewhere-Art’s Fantasy was plenty strong in the stretch, downing the first-over Dew N Doughnuts by 1-1/4 lengths in 1:51.2. Stonebridge Adam saved show.
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December 24, 2015 12:03 PM
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James McIngvale's Runhappy, a two-time grade I-winning sprinter this year, drew the middle four post in a field of seven for the Dec. 26 Malibu Stakes (gr. I) atSanta Anita Park. The seven-furlong race for 3-year-olds, worth $300,000, is the traditional feature on Santa Anita Park's opening day.
Runhappy, winner last time out of the TwinSpires.com Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), has a solid field of competitors. To his inside will be a pair of lightly raced but well-bred runners from Godolphin Racing and trainer Kiaran McLaughlin and to his outside isEl Kabeir and Lord Nelson, both with plenty of back class.
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December 15, 2015 3:47 PM
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Bee A Magician, Mission Brief, and Pinkman added to their respective Dan Patch Award totals Tuesday when divisional honors for trotters were announced by the U.S. Harness Writers Association.
Mission Brief, a filly, and Pinkman, a gelding, were Dan Patch Award winners last year at age 2 and repeated as honorees for 2015. Five-year-old mare Bee A Magician was previously recognized in 2013, when she was voted harness racing's best 3-year-old female trotter as well as Trotter of the Year and Horse of the Year.
Joining that trio in also receiving Dan Patch Award divisional honors this year were 2-year-old filly Broadway Donna, 2-year-old colt Southwind Frank, and older male JL Cruze.
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November 30, 2015 4:03 PM
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British-based Frankie Dettori has been named the Longines World's Best Jockey for 2015, besting U.S. Triple Crown-winning rider Victor Espinoza and British-based Ryan Moore for the title. Dettori won five of the world's top 100 group I or grade I races, and four of those—the Investec Derby, Coral-Eclipse, QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes, and Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe—came aboard Golden Horn, Europe's Horse of the Year. His other top victory came in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot with Undrafted.
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November 23, 2015 12:10 PM
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With Broadway Donna done for the season, the Breeders Crown winner All The Time had a chance to make her case for divisional honors in the $409,950 Goldsmith Maid Final. The bettors believed she was the horse to beat, establishing her as the 2/5 morning line favorite. But in the end, it was the lightly raced Double Exposure who proved best on this night.
Following a solid runner-up try in the elimination last week, Double Exposure was supported well at the windows, sent off as the 4-1 second choice. Tetrick moved his filly forward off the gate and she remained parked through an opening quarter of 28.1 as the favorite, All The Time set the pace. Double Exposure cleared the lead and put up a sharp second quarter, reaching the half-mile in 55.4.
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November 23, 2015 12:00 PM
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Shake It Cerry proved supreme once again, winning the last major stake of the season for the older trotting mares, capturing the $200,000 TVG Mares Trotting Championship on Friday night at the Meadowlands. Released as the even-money second-choice, Shake It Cerry was gathered off the gate by her pilot Dave Miller, while the 4/5 favorite Bee A Magician moved to the lead early in the mile. Bee A Magician, the 2013 Horse of the Year, reached the quarter in :27.2 and as soon as the field straightened up on the backstretch, Shake It Cerry, the 2014 Trotter of the Year, made her move for the lead and took charge three-eighths of a mile into the race. Shake It Cerry, a 4 year old, reached the half in a sharp :55.4, before getting a third-quarter breather, hitting three quarters in 1:25, with Handover Bell committed first-over, Classic Martine in the outer flow and Bee A Magician pinned in behind the leader.
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November 23, 2015 11:58 AM
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Just one night after a pair of two-year-old series finals, the Autumn Series action continued with first leg divisions for the three-year-old fillies. A total of four $18,000 divisions were contested Friday, as 19 sophomore pacing fillies and 13 sophomore trotting fillies competed in round one action.
Aniston Seelster lived up to her 1/2 billing to win the first pacing division in 1:53.2. The Gregg McNair trainee was sent directly to the front by driver Doug McNair and posted an opening-quarter of :27.2. After a :30.2 second-quarter, Aniston Seelster cruised by the third-station in 1:25.4, before pacing home comfortably in :27.3 for a length and three-quarters victory.
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November 23, 2015 11:57 AM
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Atta Boy Dan continued his outstanding 2015 season Friday at The Meadows, capturing the $20,000 winners over $10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap Pace for his 17th victory in 31 starts this year. Atta Boy Dan was pushed by the parked-out Cammikey to a demanding :26.2 opening panel. But when Dave Palone gave the 6-year-old Western Terror-Dropitlikeitshot gelding a :29 second-quarter breather, he had plenty left to discourage challengers. Atta Boy Dan scored in 1:50.2, 2-1/4 lengths better than the first-over Unlocked, with Dew N Doughnuts a rallying third.
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November 23, 2015 11:57 AM
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Sell A Bit N (Jordan Stratton, $7.50) continued her roll Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's $40,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace. The race took on a different dynamic after Krispy Apple came up ill. That left Sell a Bit N—now from post position No. 7—with an easier path to pursue. She worked around Request for Parole (George Brennan) then completed the course (:27.1, :56.3, 1:25, 1:53.1), disposing of a first-up Jonsie Jones (Tyler Buter) along the way. Sell a Bit N held sway Request for Parole by a three-quarters of a length, with slight 2-1 choice Al Raza N ( Eric Carlson) showing up late and losing the place photo. Narcian Jewel (Matt Kakaley) and UF Dragon's Queen (Mark MacDonald) rounded out the payees.
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November 23, 2015 11:57 AM
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Taking full advantage of a soft second quarter, The Triple C Stables LLC's Sweet Bettor ($6.80) blitzed to the fore, passing all five of her rivals before reaching the far turn and subsequently winning Friday (November 20) evening's featured $6,600 distaff pace at Vernon Downs. Trainer-driver Chris Lems settled at the back of the pack with the 6-year-old Bettor's Delight mare, not involved at all with the early pace. After Table Games (John MacDonald) and Crucial Moment (Jimmy Whittemore) dueled through a :27.2 initial quarter, MacDonald tried to pull the pace back with 2-1 favourite Table Games--but to no avail. After Table Games rated a :57.2 half, she was overpowered by Sweet Bettor, who seized command just upon reaching the far turn. Not only would the 13-time winner ultimately stave off Table Games, but also a late bid up the pegs from Aritzia Hanover (Claude Huckabone, III) who narrowly captured second. Sweet Bettor ultimately prevailed by 1-1/4 lengths in 1:53.4.
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November 23, 2015 11:54 AM
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State-bred pacing colts headlined the action on Friday (November 20) at Balmoral Park as a field of six freshmen were sent post-ward in a $7,980 Xpressbet Stake.
When the smoke cleared from this battle it was Caffeine Kid who proved victorious, notching a three-quarter-length victory in 1:55.0 for owner Peter Karras and trainer Rodney Freese.
Confidently handled by driver Mike Oosting the gelded son of Sportsmaster—Rachel Hanover ranged up first over on the final turn drawing right along the pace setting Eddie Eddie Eddie (Sam Widger) as the field turned for home.
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November 23, 2015 11:53 AM
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Jockey Ricardo Gonzalez had X-rays come back negative Nov. 20, following a fall well beyond the wire after Friday's fifth race at Golden Gate Fields.
Agent Ron Freitas reported Gonzalez's condition to the Golden Gate publicity department Friday night and also said the jockey plans on riding Nov. 21. The initial concerns were that Gonzalez may have injured his wrist.
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November 23, 2015 10:25 AM
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Three-time Melbourne Cup (Aus-I) runner-up and global fan favorite Red Cadeaux has been euthanized because of complications from the injury he suffered Nov. 3 while making his fifth appearance in the race. The 9-year-old gelding by Cadeaux Genereux—Artisia, by Peintre Celebre, trained by British-based Ed Dunlop, was pulled up nearing the finish in the two-mile race, having sustained a medial sesamoid fracture in his left front fetlock. Following surgery on the limb, his condition stabilized and his connections and veterinarians were optimistic for his recovery and retirement to Living Legends retirement facility near Melbourne. However, irreversible complications arose with the loss of blood flow to the foot on his injured leg.
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December 24, 2015 12:03 PM
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Chantal Sutherland-Kruse hasn't ridden on a regular basis since June 2014 but has reunited with agent Tommy Ball as she undertakes her return to race riding. Sutherland-Kruse has already launched her comeback, having ridden one race at the just-concluded meet at Los Alamitos Race Course, her only mount this year.
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December 15, 2015 3:48 PM
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Runhappy, winner of two grade I sprints this year, will attempt a third Dec. 26 inSanta Anita Park's Malibu Stakes. The 3-year-old son of Super Saver breeezed seven furlongs Dec. 15 at the California track under Hall of Fame rider Gary Stevens, who will sub on Runhappy for a sidelined Edgar Prado.
Jim McIngvale's Runhappy was clocked in 1:25 2/5, according to trainer Laura Wohlers. "He looked good," she said. "The track was playing a little slow and there's a lot of moisture in the track. We're just trying to get him ready for the distance."
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December 15, 2015 3:47 PM
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Bee A Magician, Mission Brief, and Pinkman added to their respective Dan Patch Award totals Tuesday when divisional honors for trotters were announced by the U.S. Harness Writers Association.
Mission Brief, a filly, and Pinkman, a gelding, were Dan Patch Award winners last year at age 2 and repeated as honorees for 2015. Five-year-old mare Bee A Magician was previously recognized in 2013, when she was voted harness racing's best 3-year-old female trotter as well as Trotter of the Year and Horse of the Year.
Joining that trio in also receiving Dan Patch Award divisional honors this year were 2-year-old filly Broadway Donna, 2-year-old colt Southwind Frank, and older male JL Cruze.
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November 23, 2015 12:14 PM
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Even after his first serious workout in just more than eight months, California Chrome wanted more.
It's become somewhat of a habit for the 2014 Horse of the Year. After he hits the wire, he doesn't want to pull up, and it was business as usual Nov. 21, when he covered three furlongs in :37 3/5 at Los Alamitos Race Course.
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November 23, 2015 12:10 PM
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With Broadway Donna done for the season, the Breeders Crown winner All The Time had a chance to make her case for divisional honors in the $409,950 Goldsmith Maid Final. The bettors believed she was the horse to beat, establishing her as the 2/5 morning line favorite. But in the end, it was the lightly raced Double Exposure who proved best on this night.
Following a solid runner-up try in the elimination last week, Double Exposure was supported well at the windows, sent off as the 4-1 second choice. Tetrick moved his filly forward off the gate and she remained parked through an opening quarter of 28.1 as the favorite, All The Time set the pace. Double Exposure cleared the lead and put up a sharp second quarter, reaching the half-mile in 55.4.
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November 23, 2015 11:59 AM
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Just one night after a pair of two-year-old series finals, the Autumn Series action continued with first leg divisions for the three-year-old fillies at Woodbine Friday. A total of four $18,000 divisions were contested as 19 sophomore pacing fillies and 13 sophomore trotting fillies competed in round one action.
Aniston Seelster lived up to her 1/2 billing to win the first pacing division in 1:53.2. The Gregg McNair trainee was sent directly to the front by driver Doug McNair and posted an opening-quarter of :27.2. After a :30.2 second-quarter, Aniston Seelster cruised by the third-station in 1:25.4, before pacing home comfortably in :27.3 for a length and three-quarters victory. Amazing Control finished second, while Show Some Leg was third.
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November 23, 2015 11:58 AM
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Sell A Bit N (Jordan Stratton, $7.50) continued her roll Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s $40,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
The race took on a different dynamic after Krispy Apple came up ill. That left Sell A Bit N—now from post position no. 7—with an easier path to pursue. She worked around Request for Parole (George Brennan) then completed the course (:27.1, :56.3, 1:25, 1:53.1), disposing of a first-up Jonsie Jones (Tyler Buter) along the way.
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November 23, 2015 11:57 AM
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Wiggle It Jiggleit heads a nine-horse field in the Hap Hansen Progress Pace elimination on Monday, Nov. 23, at Dover Downs. Also, in the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund 2-Year-Old Filly Trot, Epic Smash, winner of last month's $100,000 Harrington final, brings a four-race win streak and leaves from the rail for driver Pat Berry, trainer Traci Berry and owners Craparolla and Berry Racing. The Progress Pace elim, worth $35,000, will feature a field of nine, with eight advancing to the $300,000 final.
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November 23, 2015 11:57 AM
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Hello Chipper, a late-blooming 3-year-old filly trotter, made it "Three-in-a-row in O-HI-O" on Friday night (Nov. 20) at Hollywood Dayton Raceway by beating a full field of older and more experienced condition trotters. Owned, trained and driven by Rocky Stidham, the daughter of Chip Chip Hooray was content to get away seventh through the opening :27.2 panel despite leaving from the coveted rail post position. Buried and shuffled back to eighth at the :56.3 half, Stidham backed out and swung three wide down the backstretch as his talented filly, off at 8-1 odds, got back into contention at the 1:26.4 three-quarter station.
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November 23, 2015 11:54 AM
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It's an old story, but one that's frequently told in western New York. Lutetium wins another $9,500 Open trot feature race at Batavia Downs on Friday night (Nov. 20). Leaving from the outside (post six) in an abbreviated field, Lutetium (Kevin Cummings) shot right to the front and took a lead he would never relinquish. With a loose, two-length advantage for most of the race, Lutetium cut quarters of :28.2, :58.3 and 1:28.2. As he opened up a wider margin past that last station, Cummings guided Lutetium to the wire first in 1:58.2 as the rest of the field viewed his efforts while arguing for minor spoils. It was the tenth win of the season for Lutetium ($3.20) and sixth victory at Batavia Downs this meet. The winner's share of the purse inflated his 2015 earnings to $80,371 for owner Colleen Girdlestone. Mark Laidlaw trains the 8-year-old gelded son of Credit Winner.
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November 23, 2015 11:53 AM
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Epic Smash, drew the rail, Cicada’s Song, outside post 8 in the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF)Two-Year-Old Filly Trot Final and Wiggle It Jiggleit heads a nine-horse field in the Hap Hansen Progress Pace elimination on Monday (Nov. 23) at Dover Downs.
In the $100,000 DSBF Final, Epic Smash, winner of last month’s $100,000 Harrington final brings a four-race win streak and leaves from the rail for driver Pat Berry, trainer Traci Berry and owners Craparotta and Berry Racing.
Jane Dunavant’s Ciccada’s Song also boasts impressive past performances. She won last week wire-to-wire and seeks to revenge her performance in the Harrington final when she broke stride and finished out-of-the-money, as odds-on favorite. Trainer Carlo Poliseno drives the six-race winner of seven career starts.
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November 23, 2015 11:53 AM
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Friday's (November 20) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from The Meadows, Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway, Vernon Downs, Batavia Downs and Saratoga Harness.
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