That Mike Hushion had Common Currency ready to win a New York-bred maiden race Saturday off a seven-month layoff was a good sign for the trainer. In the coming weeks, Hushion will try to bring back two stakes winners off even longer absences.
OZONE PARK, N.Y.– Annual Appeal needs a strong pace to be most effective and she just might get it in Wednesday’s featured $44,000 first-level allowance race going six furlongs at Aqueduct.
In a field of mostly maiden winners, Annual Appeal, a 4-year-old daughter of Successful Appeal, has recorded three victories, all of them coming when the pace has been hot and heavy in front of her. The last of those victories came on Nov. 14 at Parx Racing when she came from seven lengths off the pace to win a starter allowance by one-half length.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer Nick Zito said both Morning Line and Fly Down came out of Saturday’s Grade 1 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park in good order and both remain under consideration for a possible trip to Dubai for the World Cup.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - One day after watching one of his top Kentucky Derby prospects, Casper’s Touch, suffer through a horrendous trip in his 3-year-old debut at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, trainer Ken McPeek was calm and composed discussing the unfortunate circumstances that led to the colt’s second-place finish as the even-money favorite in the nine-furlong, entry-level allowance event
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Awesome Feather, the undefeated 2-year-old filly Eclipse Award champion, could return to training before the end of the month.
Trainer Chad Brown said Awesome Feather, who was discovered to have a tendon injury shortly after her victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and subsequent purchase by Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs, is currently walking under tack at Brown’s barn at the Palm Meadows training center in Boynton Beach, Fla.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A pair of 6-year-olds who usually do their best work on the lead, Exchanging Kisses and Commandeered, could end up on an early collision course in Wednesday’s $55,000 feature event at Gulfstream Park, a second-level optional claiming race carded at a mile on the grass.
TAMPA, Fla. - Brethren, a half-brother to 2010 Kentucky Deby winner Super Saver, is being pointed for Saturday’s Grade 3, $225,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes for his 2011 debut, according to trainer Todd Pletcher. The Sam Davis will be joined on the Saturday card at Tampa Bay Downs by Grade 3, $125,000 Endeavour Stakes and the $125,000 Florida Oaks.
Unbeaten in two starts, Brethren worked five furlongs Sunday at Palm Meadows in 1:01.00, the fourth-best time of 23 runners who worked that distance. Ramon Dominguez will be aboard on Saturday, Pletcher said.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – When somebody finally writes that book titled “100 Ways to Lose a Horse Race,” Sunday’s Hallandale Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park and trainer Tom Albertrani must be included among the first few chapters.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Trainer John Sadler’s remarkable weekend at Santa Anita continued Sunday when Gladding, making his stakes debut, led from start to finish in the Grade 2, $150,000 San Antonio Stakes for older horses.
The win came on the heels of a Saturday in which Sadler won the Strub Stakes with Twirling Candy and the Las Virgenes Stakes with Zazu.
“This is a good habit,” a beaming Sadler said in the winner’s circle.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Super Espresso was super determined to win on Super Bowl Sunday.
Needing virtually the entire length of Aqueduct’s inner track stretch to do it, Super Espresso, under Junior Alvarado, wore down longshot Diva’s Gold to win the $60,000 Sky Beauty Stakes by a head. It was 7 3/4 lengths back to Electric Gold in third. Lady Durlyn, Vindy City, and Kittylicious completed the order of finish.
