HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Affirmative Lady came to South Florida this winter winless in four starts. She’ll head to Kentucky in a few weeks on a two-race winning streak and among the contenders for the $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 5.
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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Angel of Empire will head to Churchill Downs on Tuesday to begin preparations for the Kentucky Derby, trainer Brad Cox said Sunday, a day after the horse won his second straight qualifying points race in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Arkansas Derby.
Angel of Empire, who also captured the Grade 2 Risen Star at Fair Grounds, has compiled 154 points for the Kentucky Derby, second on the list behind champion Forte with 190.
A federal judge in Texas on Friday ordered the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority to cease enforcing a new set of rules involving medications and illegal drugs until May 1.
Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued the 30-day injunction in response to a request for an emergency injunction filed Monday by the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association and the state of Texas. In the filing, the plaintiffs had asked Hendrix to rule in an expedited manner on the request.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The phrase “one shining moment” will be heard frequently this weekend, especially here in South Florida, where two schools qualified for the Final Four of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament to be held in Houston.
Horsemen, both in South Florida and approximately 1,200 miles away in Arkansas, will be hoping many of their heretofore unheralded 3-year-olds – Cinderellas if you will – can have one shining moment Saturday in either the Florida Derby or Arkansas Derby in hopes of qualifying for the Kentucky Derby on May 6.
Wild On Ice, upset winner of Sunday’s Sunland Park Derby, was among a group of 13 3-year-olds who were made eligible for the Triple Crown, their connections paying a $6,000 late nomination fee by Monday’s deadline.
There were 12 horses announced on Tuesday; on Wednesday a 13th horse, Empirestrikesfast, was added to the list after a clerical error was discovered.
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Despite Southlawn’s eight-length victory in an allowance race on Feb. 17 in her 3-year-old debut, trainer Norm Casse tried to temper his enthusiasm entering Saturday’s Fair Grounds Oaks.
“We’ve been burned before by horses that have won by open lengths and come back with a big number and then run against tougher and don’t show up,” Casse said.
In the Fair Grounds Oaks, Southlawn showed up in a big way, rolling to a 3 1/4-length victory over Pretty Mischievous to put herself among the top contenders for the Kentucky Oaks on May 5 at Churchill Downs.
When the principals of Spendthrift Farm sent Kingsbarns to Todd Pletcher last October, they weren’t necessarily thinking he was going to have time to develop into a Kentucky Derby horse.
Kingsbarns, a son of Uncle Mo, was purchased for $800,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream auction after breezing a quarter in 20.60 seconds, and needed some time to get over some seemingly minor issues.