May 17, 2013
Mary Russ-Tortora won one for her sister Friday at Pimlico Race Course as she guided Haywired to a half-length victory in the fourth race, the Lady Legends for the Cure IV.
Dance the Wind has found a nice spot to follow up her smart win in a first-level allowance race April 28. There is a plethora of speed to set up her strong late kick in a $35,000 optional claimer for fillies and mares that will serve as Sunday’s ...
Rather than run in the Kentucky Oaks, Iotapa stayed home to prepare for the $70,000 Railbird Stakes on Sunday at Betfair Hollywood Park. Iotapa, whose recent works over the track have been sharp, is the horse to beat.
Dale Romans does not dispute that if someone had cut him a deal a long time ago – that if in one glorious year his horses were to win 20 graded stakes and nearly $12 million and he would be voted the Eclipse Award for top trainer – then, yes, he would ...
Coffee Clique and Overheard, both coming off solid efforts in turf stakes in the United States, deserve serious attention in a solid field for Sunday’s Selene Stakes at Woodbine.
Harley Hoppe, a Washington-based Thoroughbred owner, businessman and politician, died May 13 in his home on Mercer Island, Wash., according to an obituary in the Seattle Times. He was 82 years old.
Some of the first-level allowance races held so far at the Churchill Downs spring meet have been thin, both in numbers and talent. Happily for horseplayers, the exact opposite is the case with a $52,000 sprint that goes as the ninth of 10 Sunday races.
Pyramid Peak, a multiple graded stakes winner and sire, was humanely euthanized on May 17 at Nuckols Farm in Midway, Ky., due to the infirmities of old age. The Mt. Livermore horse was 21.
Spring Venture will try to build her case for this year’s champion 3-year-old filly in Sunday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Selene Stakes.
Grade 1 winner and freshman sire Square Eddie was represented by his first winner Thursday at Hollywood Park, as the 2-year-old filly Sprouts romped to a 5 1/2-length win in a maiden special weight event.
In this latest edition of Jeremy Plonk's Countdown to the Crown, he analyzes the field for the 138th Preakness.
Black-Eyed Susan Day results, replays, and recaps from Pimlico.
Archive of DRF's 2013 Preakness handicapping chat with Dan Illman and Kenny Peck. Live chat took place Thursday, May 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. ET on DRF.com.
On Monday, Tracys Song will try to make it 16 in a row and set the record for most consecutive victories at Monticello Raceway.
May 16, 2013
Trainer Stanley Roberts was taken to a Bossier City, La., hospital Thursday afternoon following an accident in the Louisiana Downs paddock. Roberts was saddling Ollie Baby for the day’s fourth race with the horse flipped in his stall, injuring Roberts.
A Grand Slam colt turned in the overall fastest time for one furlong on the second and final day of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale under-tack show on Thursday, covering the distance in :10 seconds flat at the Maryland State ...
Similar to the Kentucky Derby, the number of horses sold at public auction will once again trump the homebred entries in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.
Saturday’s Lone Star Park allowance feature at a mile on turf has all the makings of a good, old-fashioned Texas shootout.
Amanecer de Oro, last seen chasing the pace in the Grade 3 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap at Oaklawn Park last month before coming up empty in the drive, returns to his favorite oval Saturday, as he leads a quality group of allowance sprinters in the ...
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 5/18 card at The Meadowlands.
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