Sun, 05/16/2010 - 00:00

Tribal Belle overtakes Dr. Zic in Hendrie

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Tribal Belle, last year's Canadian female champion sprinter, wore down favored Dr. Zic in the stretch to take the Grade 3, $155,500 at Woodbine on Sunday.

Dr. Zic, who was coming off a victory in the Grade 1 Vinery Madison at Keeneland, hooked up with Silver Z on the lead and set fractions of 22.42 and 45.18 seconds in the 6 1/2-furlong sprint.

Tribal Belle ($5.50) stalked in third through the turn before moving into serious contention early in the stretch, and she went on to prevail by 1 1/4 lengths 1:15.34.

Sun, 05/16/2010 - 00:00

West Coast Hawk takes Kindergarten at 14-1

West Coast Hawk remained unbeaten after three starts, and upset the heavily favored All N the Jeans, in Saturday's $362,300 Kindergarten Futurity at Los Alamitos. The Kindergarten was the first futurity of the year at Los Alamitos.

Ridden by Juan Andrade, West Coast Hawk ($30.60) finished a head in front of 13-1 Kool Cowboy, with 2-5 favorite All N the Jeans finishing third, beaten a half-length by the winner. West Coast Hawk ran 300 yards in 15.21 seconds despite drifting to the outside in the first 100 yards.

Sun, 05/16/2010 - 00:00

President of Los Alamitos resigns

Los Alamitos track owner Ed Allred announced his resignation as president and chairman of the board of the racetrack on Saturday.

Allred has had a controlling interest in the racetrack since 1998 and has overseen the Orange County track as an exclusive Quarter Horse venue since 2000. He has owned the track or been part of a horsemen's organization that operated a race meeting there since the 1970s.

Sun, 05/16/2010 - 00:00

Burn Card registers $54.40 upset in Speed Stakes

LINCOLN, Neb. - Burn Card got the jump on the field after a roughly run opening quarter-mile, then was able to preserve his lead in the stretch to post a half-length upset win in Saturday's $15,000 Speed Stakes for older horses at Lincoln Race Course.

Sun, 05/16/2010 - 00:00

Injured teen receives dream gift at River Downs

CINCINNATI, Ohio - Billy Hays is known throughout the Midwest as somebody who has acquired hundreds of horses through claims, private sales, or the sales ring. He will most be remembered around River Downs for the horse he gave away Saturday.

Hays, a Louisville, Ky., car dealer who ranks first in the nation in number of wins for an owner, purchased a hunter/jumper for $3,500, just to give the horse away to Taylor Rhodus.

Sun, 05/16/2010 - 00:00

Frozen Angel responds well to activity

ALTOONA, Iowa - Frozen Angel, making his third start within 30 days, scored a 1 1/2-length victory in Saturday's $70,000 John Wayne Stakes at Prairie Meadows. It was the third time owner Sandra Rasmussen of River Ridge Ranch has won the stakes.

"When you planned a mating, foaled a horse, and raised them, and then this, this is really something," said Rasmussen of Frozen Angel, a 5-year-old homebred son of Devil His Due.

Sun, 05/16/2010 - 00:00

Robertson misses stakes sweep by a nose

Mac Robertson seemed to have the right horses entered to win both stakes races for Minnesota-breds on opening weekend at Canterbury Park. He had Canterbury's 2009 horse of the year, Chick Fight, in the $35,000 Lady Slipper, and the morning-line favorite, Bizet, set to run a big one in the $35,000 10,000 Lakes.

Bizet got the job done as the slight 2-1 favorite, but Chick Fight got nosed out at the wire by an 11-1 longshot, Special Occasion.

Sun, 05/16/2010 - 00:00

'Lucky' gets perfect Preakness trip

Barbara D. Livingston
Lookin At Lucky wins the 135th Preakness Stakes under jockey Martin Garcia.

BALTIMORE - Five years ago, Martin Garcia, recently arrived from his native Mexico, was working in a deli in Northern California near Pleasanton racetrack when a patron walked in and asked him, based on his size, if he had ever thought of being a jockey.

Sat, 05/15/2010 - 00:00

Proceed Bee shows surprising speed

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Even with four scratches in the male division of the on Saturday at Arlington, there appeared to be three solid early-speed horses still running. Proceed Bee was not one of them, but he was the one who wired the race, posting a half-length victory over late-closing Princeville Condo in the $100,000 Owners Stakes.

Sat, 05/15/2010 - 00:00

Miranda Diane remains horse for the course

Miranda Diane improved her record at Will Rogers Downs to 7 for 8 on Saturday, when she splashed to a six-length win in the $57,500 Cherokee Casino Classic. The race was one of two six-furlong stakes restricted to horses bred in Oklahoma on the card.

Miranda Diane ($3.40) was pressured through an opening quarter in 22.27 seconds, then began to move clear of her rivals on the final turn. She opened up on the field in the stretch, while covering the distance in the mud in 1:08.91.

Nena Matz was aboard for B and S Racing and trainer Shane Seaton.