Monzon, who comes off a sixth-place finish in the Peter Pan, remained on course for a start in the June 11 Belmont Stakes with a six-furlong workout at Sagamore Farm in Maryland on Tuesday morning.
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According to trainer Nacho Correas, Monzon was timed in 1:16 for one lap over the training track at Sagamore, the legendary farm once owned by Alfred Vanderbilt II and now being revitalized by Kevin Plank.
Del Mar will launch an incentive program that will pay a $1,000 appearance fee, and a 20 percent bonus for initial purse money earned in overnight races, to the owners of horses from outside of California who start at the upcoming meeting from July 20 to Sept. 7, the track announced on Sunday.
We don't have to wait for the last leg of the Triple Crown for a big stakes race at Belmont. This Monday the Breeders' Cup Challenge series comes to town for the Met Mile, with a spot in the Dirt Mile at stake -- as well a $500,000 purse. Top contenders include Caixa Eletronica and Aikenite.
Here is the rundown for the top Memorial Day stakes races across the country:
Proposed legislation to expand gaming in Illinois, including the introduction of racetrack casinos, is back in play after passing out of House of Representatives committee by an 8-3 vote Friday afternoon. The legislation could come to a vote before the full House early next week. To become law, it would then have to be passed by the Senate and be signed by Gov. Pat Quinn.
Preakness card lacked incentive for pool-diving
Analyzing Preakness day handle, as reported in the May 25 article "Preakness day numbers show mixed results," is simple. When you have multi-race wagers before the Preakness that offer only moderate-size fields producing short-priced winners, you put off the betting public. People's opportunity for a big score is greatly diminished, and the money stays in their pockets, or is bet on the Preakness itself.
Trainer Ron Dandy and the late jockey Henry Wajda are among five men set to be inducted into the New England Racing Hall of Fame in the 2011 class.
Dandy was the dominant trainer on the circuit in the 1990’s and early 2000’s, while Wajda was the top rider from the 1960’s who died in a racing accident in 1973. They will be joined by the late Francis “Skip” McDonnell, one of the most successful owner/breeders in the region, plus Narragansett Park founder James “Judge” Dooley and leading turf writer Bob Waldo.
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation has formed an alliance of equine veterinarians who have agreed to provide free veterinary care to former Thoroughbred racehorses from non-profit organizations.
To receive the free care under the new National Equine Veterinary Alliance, a non-profit organization must be registered with and approved by the retirement foundation. According to the foundation, criteria for approval includes “many factors, such as reputation, registered 501(c)(3) status, and dedication to transitioning Thoroughbred racehorses exclusively.”
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Wilderness Song, Canada’s champion older female in 1992 and a Grade 1 stakes winner of more than $1.4 million, is dead at age 23.
Owned and bred by Sam-Son Farm, Wilderness Song spent much of her career racing in the shadow of her superstar stablemate, Dance Smartly, particularly when finishing second to her in both the Woodbine Oaks and Queen’s Plate.
Wilderness Song still managed to knock out 10 stakes winners in her career, however, with the 1991 running of the Grade 1 Spinster her most important success.
LEXINGTON, Ky. − At 10 minutes to post last Saturday, many spectators and handicappers didn’t think Shackleford looked like a horse who could win the Preakness Stakes. The Forestry colt had been bucking in Pimlico’s infield saddling enclosure, and on his way to the starting gate he appeared washed out, wet with sweat and lather. Even experienced horse observers thought Shackleford was too tense to run his race. Of course, he won at odds of nearly 13-1.
As the general counsel for the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and chief executive officer of the Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, he is involved in a number of important issues in the Mid-Atlantic region and nationally. He was interviewed last weekend at Pimlico.
Birthdate: March 22, 1950, in Baltimore, Md.
Family: wife, Randi; sons, Alexander, Adam, and Kevin
