Mon, 09/24/2012 - 15:56

Remington Park: Kip Deville tops Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame class

Sarah K. Andrew/Equi-Photo
Kip Deville, winner of the 2007 Breeders' Cup Mile, will enter the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

Kip Deville is one of five individuals to be inducted into the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame at Remington Park on Wednesday night. The winner of the Breeders’ Cup Mile in 2007 will be joined by Don McNeill, who co-owns Caleb’s Posse, winner of last year’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile; Steve Asmussen, a perennial leading trainer in North America; David Vance, a past president of Remington; and Highland Ice, who is tied for most wins at Remington.

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 15:18

Northlands Park: Tony the Tank eyes rebound in Wednesday sprint

Tony the Tank will try to make amends for his loss as the favorite in the $50,000 Birdcatcher when he runs in a first-level allowance race for 2-year-olds at Northlands Park on Wednesday. The six-furlong sprint drew eight horses and will go as the fourth race.

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 15:17

Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont not just a prep for Hymn Book

Tom Keyser
Hymn Book is one of as many as six Grade 1 winners who could be in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.

ELMONT, N.Y. – The connections of the majority of the horses running in Saturday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park are hoping to use the race as a springboard to the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 3 at Santa Anita.

That would put trainer Shug McGaughey in the minority. As far as Hymn Book is concerned, Saturday’s Jockey Club Gold Cup could very well be his Breeders’ Cup.

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 14:59

Woodbine: La Tia shows something extra in La Lorgnette win

Michael Burns
La Tia is now 4 for 4 on Polytrack.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – It looked like the La Lorgnette was all over when La Tia led by four lengths into the final furlong. But that scenario changed abruptly when La Tia hit the rail. Remarkably, she was able to regather herself and win the La Lorgnette.

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 14:39

Calder: Kaplan pleased with Musical Romance's Breeders' Cup prep

Barbara D. Livingston
Trainer Bill Kaplan was pleased with Musical Romance’s effort in Saturday’s Gallant Bloom at Belmont.

MIAMI – South Florida’s top two Breeders’ Cup candidates were on their way back home Monday after shipping north for important prep races over the weekend.

Musical Romance was scheduled to leave New York at noon Monday for her return trip to south Florida following a third-place finish in Saturday’s Grade 2 Gallant Bloom at Belmont Park. She will likely pass through the Calder stable gate several hours after Trinniberg, who was being vanned back home from Philadelphia on Monday by trainer Shivananda Parbhoo following his second-place finish in Parx Racing’s Gallant Bob.

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 14:29

Belmont Park: Heidi's Holiday could be stakes-bound with good performance Wednesday

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Eoin Harty said he could not find a little stakes race for his visually impressive juvenile filly maiden winner Heidi’s Holiday, but he appears to have found a nice spot for the New York-bred to face winners for the first time Wednesday at Belmont Park.

Heidi’s Holiday heads a field of five 2-year-olds in a $53,000 starter/optional claiming event going six furlongs. The race is open to 2-year-old fillies that started for a claiming price or would be offered for $50,000 on Wednesday. None of the five is in for the claiming tag.

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 14:15

Woodbine: Expensive youngster Northern Lion making debut

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Northern Lion, a pricey $625,000 2-year-old purchase by prominent owner John Oxley, debuts in Wednesday’s fourth race at Woodbine, a six-furlong maiden special for 2-year-olds.

Northern Lion ran an eighth of a mile in a rapid 10 seconds in his pre-sale work at Fasig-Tipton’s Florida sale in March. He subsequently worked at the Ocala Training Center before joining trainer Mark Casse’s local string in August and has breezed four times on the Polytrack. He worked a half-mile from the gate in 49 seconds here Sept. 9.

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 10:03

Suffolk: Jockey David Amiss posts 1,000th victory

Jockey David Amiss, 47, recorded the 1,000th victory of his career on Saturday at Suffolk Downs, winning the $50,000 African Prince Stakes on Adahai.

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 08:46

Los Alamitos: Cold Cash 123 takes Go Man Go in California debut

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - Cold Cash 123 won his sixth consecutive race and solidified his status as the favorite for the $750,000 Champion of Champions in December with a convincing win in Sunday’s $100,000 Go Man Go Handicap at Los Alamitos.

The 2011 World Champion, Cold Cash 123 ($6.60) won by a half-length under a confident hand ride from jockey Roy Baldillez. Cold Cash 123 ran 400 yards in 19.51 seconds.

Creston Goer, a 10-1 shot, was second, a half-length in front of Senor Toby in the field of 10.

Sun, 09/23/2012 - 21:41

Fairplex: Pedroza dethroned, but wins closing-day Hinds

POMONA, Calif. – Jockey Martin Pedroza broke slowly at the start of the 13-day Los Angeles County Fair meet, and finished second in the standings. It was the first year since 1998 Pedroza has not led the meet.

But 6-year-old gelding Norvsky suffered the season’s biggest stumble. Even money in the $100,000 Ralph M. Hinds Handicap on closing day Sunday at Fairplex Park, Norvsky stumbled at the start, and unseated jockey Joe Talamo.

That left Pedroza and Worth Repeating ($8.20) with a perfect trip and five-length runaway victory in the centerpiece race of the meet.