HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Doubles Partner could have launched his comeback last weekend in the Sunshine Millions Turf at Santa Anita or this coming Saturday in the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap. Instead, trainer Todd Pletcher has opted to take the more conservative route, bringing Double Partners back instead under high-priced optional claiming and allowance conditions in Wednesday’s $57,000 feature at Gulfstream Park.
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OLDSMAR, Fla. – It’s no surprise to see Jamie Ness winning races, but last week Ness runners at Tampa Bay Downs were simply on fire.
In a five-day span beginning Jan. 26, horses from the Ness barn won 9 races from 14 starts for a staggering 64 percent hit rate.
There’s no secret that making good claims and keeping fresh stock is one of the keys to maintaining a high level of success for an operation like Ness’s and Saturday the trainer showed he has a pretty good eye for potential with the runners he claims.
ARCADIA, Calif.- A little more than a month into the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting, Switch has become the undisputed leader of California’s older female sprint division.
She won the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies over seven furlongs by four lengths on Dec. 26, and essentially repeated the effort against older fillies and mares in Sunday’s $250,000 Santa Monica Stakes.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Things didn’t go exactly as trainer Nick Zito had planned for his top 3-year-old prospect Dialed In. But they turned out even better than he could have expected Sunday at Gulfstream Park after Dialed In rallied from far back to register an impressive 1 1/2-length victory over Sweet Ducky in the $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes.
Sun, 01/30/2011 - 18:09
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Dancinginherdreams and R Heat Lightning had attracted all the pre-race publicity coming into Sunday’s $200,000 Forward Gal Stakes at Gulfstream Park, but Pomeroys Pistol had a race over the track.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Trainer Blake Heap, who works as an outrider during morning training at Santa Anita, suffered facial injuries and a broken arm in an accident during training hours early Sunday, according to friends.
Heap, 54, was taken to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, where he was diagnosed with a fractured bone near his left eye socket and a fractured right arm near his shoulder, according to Rich Bassett, a friend of Heap’s. Bassett owns horses in Heap’s stable.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Turbulent Descent was described by trainer Mike Puype as “totally ready” for her 3-year-old debut in Saturday’s $250,000 Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita after her final prerace workout at Hollywood Park on Sunday.
The unbeaten winner of three starts last year, the most recent of which was the Grade 1 Hollywood Starlet Stakes on Dec. 11, Turbulent Descent will be heavily favored in the Grade 1 Las Virgenes, which is run over a mile.
Sun, 01/30/2011 - 10:45
Schramsberg is emerging as one of the Southwest’s most significant turf horses after winning his second major stakes in the region in Saturday night’s Grade 3, $200,000 Connally Turf Cup at Sam Houston Race Park..
The score came following his October win in the $150,000 Remington Park Green.
PORTLAND, Ore. – Heavily favored Alec’s Moon had an adventurous trip but scored an easy 6 1/2-length victory in the $82,700 Portland Meadows Oaks on Saturday at Portland Meadows.