Two-time reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan continued to recover without complications after undergoing emergency surgery the morning of May 16 in Lexington, Ky., and could be released from Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital as early as Wednesday.
“He is great,” trainer Charlie LoPresti said.
When California Chrome goes for a sweep of the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes on June 7, it appears that he will face 10 or 11 challengers, almost all of whom he defeated in the Kentucky Derby and/or the Preakness.
That’s the way the prospective field looked Monday, 19 days before California Chrome, the winner of the Derby and Preakness, will attempt to become the 12th Triple Crown winner and the first since Affirmed in 1978.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome will be able to wear a nasal strip for the June 7 Belmont Stakes and all horses competing at New York Racing Association tracks will be able to wear them, effectively immediately, according to a press release issued Monday by the New York State Gaming Commission.
A decision on whether dual classic winner California Chrome will be permitted to use nasal strips when he bids for the Triple Crown in the June 7 Belmont Stakes should be made by Tuesday, according to a New York Racing Association official.
A rare triple dead heat for second occurred in the last race at Hastings on Saturday.
Ruffy Joe ($5.40) won the $16,000 claiming race for 3-year-olds and up by 2 1/2 lengths, but the photo finish camera couldn’t separate the next three finishers, Payton’s Best, Steveston Lad, and Leo’s in the House. The largest of the six trifecta payouts, $44.70, had Payton’s Best second and Steveston Lad third.
BALTIMORE – As Ride On Curlin walked behind California Chrome in the shed row of the Pimlico stakes barn Sunday morning, the irony of his place in the pecking order was not lost on trainer Billy Gowan.
“We’re still following him,” Gowan said as he led his Ride On Curlin in circles behind assistant trainer Alan Sherman and California Chrome.
Ride On Curlin chased California Chrome through the stretch of Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, having to settle for second-place, 1 1/2 lengths behind the Kentucky Derby winner.
BALTIMORE – As Ride On Curlin walked behind California Chrome in the shed row of the Pimlico stakes barn Sunday morning, the irony of his place in the pecking order was not lost on trainer Billy Gowan.
“We’re still following him,” Gowan said as he led his Ride On Curlin in circles behind assistant trainer Alan Sherman and California Chrome.
Ride On Curlin chased California Chrome through the stretch of Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, having to settle for second-place, 1 1/2 lengths behind the Kentucky Derby winner.
BALTIMORE – California Chrome emerged from his win in the Preakness Stakes tired but otherwise fine, trainer Art Sherman said Sunday morning here at Pimlico, where California Chrome will remain for a few more days before heading to Belmont Park and a bid for a Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes on June 7.
“I’m going to let him unwind,” Sherman said outside the stakes barn. “He’ll go to Belmont on Tuesday or Wednesday.”
BALTIMORE - When Ride On Curlin crushed a field of Ellis Park maidens last July 13, a victory that produced an eye-catching speed figure, owner Daniel Dougherty and trainer Bill Gowan faced the classic question asked of small-scale owners with a clearly promising colt: Hold or sell.
Low seven-figure offers at least were dangled, if not presented, but by the end of Ride On Curlin’s 2-year-old season, his connections had made their call: They were staying in.
Two-time reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan spent an uneventful night at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., after undergoing emergency colic surgery Friday morning.
"He is great," trainer Charlie LoPresti said Saturday morning.
