Sat, 10/01/2011 - 21:49

Santa Anita: Rosario completes Grade 1 triple aboard Dubawi Heights in Yellow Ribbon

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Joel Rosario collects his third Grade 1 win of the day aboard Dubawi Heights in the Yellor Ribbon.

ARCADIA, Calif. -- Hockey season is just days away, but it was jockey Joel Rosario who got the hat trick on Saturday at Santa Anita, winning three Grade 1 races, capped off by favored Dubawi Heights in the Yellow Ribbon for female turf horses.

After winning with Creative Cause in the Norfolk and Zazu in the Lady’s Secret, both of whom scored mild upsets, Rosario never looked in danger with Dubawi Heights, who won for the fifth time in her last six starts.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 19:58

Santa Anita: Blind Luck to undergo tests after last-place finish

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Blind Luck would be trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's third Kentucky Oaks winner and his first since 1996.

ARCADIA, Calif.- Nearly an hour after Blind Luck’s last-place finish in the Grade 1 Lady’s Secret Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer was at a loss to explain the performance and said the 4-year-old filly will undergo tests in coming days.

“She didn’t run a good race and I didn’t train her right,” he said. “Something must be bugging her. I don’t know what it is.

“I’ll watch her and get a scan on her.”

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 19:27

Santa Anita: Zazu takes Lady's Secret; Blind Luck last

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Zazu rallies from last under Joel Rosario to take the Lady's Secret.

ARCADIA, Calif.- Zazu rallied wide through the stretch to win the $250,000 Lady’s Secret Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, beating a field that included Blind Luck, who raced at the back of the field throughout and finished last as the 6-5 favorite.

Blind Luck was sixth in the field of seven on the first turn and was last for the final five furlongs, a result that left trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and jockey Garrett Gomez stunned.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 19:03

Santa Anita: Creative Cause defeats Drill in Norfolk

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Creative Cause, with Joel Rosario riding, wins the Norfolk.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Creative Cause regained command of the California 2-year-old male division on Saturday with an impressive win in the Grade 1, $250,000 Norfolk Stakes at Santa Anita.

The victory led trainer Mike Harrington to plan for a start in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 18:46

Belmont: Flat Out scores convincingly in Jockey Club Gold Cup

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After finishing second in the Whitney and the Woodward, Flat Out was a clear winner of the Jockey Club Gold Cup.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Flat Out may not have run as fast as Uncle Mo or won by as wide a margin as Havre de Grace, but he won the most coveted prize on Belmont Park's Super Saturday card - the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup - in convincing fashion, paying his way into the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs next month.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 18:16

Belmont: Giant Ryan wires in Vosburgh

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Giant Ryan, with Cornelio Velasquez riding, goes gate to wire in the Vosburgh.

ELMONT, N.Y. - The connections of Giant Ryan were already planning to put up the $100,000 supplemental fee to run their New York-bred in the Breeders' Cup Sprint even before he entered the starting gate for Saturday's Grade 1, $350,000 Vosburgh Invitational at Belmont Park.

Giant Ryan's gate-to-wire victory in the Vosburgh against a Breeders' Cup Sprint-quality field only confirmed that they had made the right decision.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 18:02

Delaware: Grace Hall passes audition for BC Juvenile Fillies by taking Blue Hen

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Grace Hall will be heading to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies after winning her two-turn debut in the Blue Hen.

Grade 1 stakes-winning 2-year-old filly Grace Hall easily passed her test to see if she could handle two turns when she cruised to a 5 3/4-length romp in Saturday’s $75,000 Blue Hen Stakes at Delaware Park.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 17:35

Belmont Park: Havre de Grace glides to lengthy win in Beldame

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Havre de Grace crosses the line an easy winner of the Beldame.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Trainer Larry Jones left no doubt. Havre de Grace is headed to the Breeders’ Cup Classic following her romp in the mud in the Grade 1, $350,000 Beldame Invitational on Saturday at Belmont Park.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 14:19

Laurel: Eighttofasttocatch scores as favorite in Maryland Million Classic

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Sheldon Russell, who won last year's Maryland Million Classic aboard Regal Solo, takes this year's edition with Eighttofasttocatch.

Eighttofasttocatch collected his third stakes victory of the season in the Maryland Million Classic, the richest of 11 races for the offspring of Maryland-based stallions on Saturday's 26th annual Jim McKay Maryland Million card at Laurel Park.

Fri, 09/30/2011 - 17:30

Longchamp's Saturday card could produce Breeders' Cup runners

Arc weekend in Paris begins on Saturday at Longchamp with a program that features four Group 2 races, and a few races that could produce runners for the Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs on Nov. 4-5.

The Prix Daniel Wildenstein, over about a mile, and a possible prep for the BC Mile, includes Rio de la Plata, who was second in the Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp on Sept. 11, as well as the French Group 3 winners Best Dating and Zinabaa.

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