Wesley Ward expands his European string:
http://www.drf.com/news/wesley-ward-...uropean-string
Wesley Ward expands his European string:
http://www.drf.com/news/wesley-ward-...uropean-string
First rule: Try always to do what's right for the horse. The people part will work out. -- Josh Pons, Merryland, 2007
Bridgmohan boots home five winners at Churchill
Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan kicked off a five-win day at Churchill Downs on Sunday with Richard, Bertram and Elaine Klein's CASH REFUND (Petionville) in the featured 3RD race.
http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/edito...e.cgi?id=22108
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
From brisnet.com
Jockey Manny Cruz gave himself an early birthday present on a soggy Saturday afternoon when he guided Lohan (Malibu Moon) to an eight-length victory in the 6TH race for his first victory as a Churchill Downs regular. Cruz, who will turn 41 on Friday, has moved his tack to Churchill Downs for the spring meet from South Florida and along with it a solid resume that totals 2,398 victories after Saturday's score. "He made the move mainly to ride for Ken McPeek, but we plan on riding for many other trainers, as well," said Steve Elzey, Cruz's agent. "Also, the top racing in Florida really takes place in the winter months and so he wanted to move up to Churchill for the spring." The location of Cruz's tack at the conclusion of the Churchill Downs meet is still undecided. "We don't know where we'll go from here," Elzey said. "We'll just play it by ear."
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
The widow of Woody Stephens has died, age 93.
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/nat...-stephens.aspx
First rule: Try always to do what's right for the horse. The people part will work out. -- Josh Pons, Merryland, 2007
Rodriguez, LeBarron reach personal milestones
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/rac...ilestones.aspx
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
From brisnet.com
British-based trainer Gerard Butler has been a consistent presence in Chicago for a number of summers during Arlington's International Festival of Racing each August, but this season the 45-year-old Newmarket-based conditioner made his first transatlantic crossing during the 2011 meet on Monday in time to supervise the training of several of his horses slated for Arlington stakes races in the near future. Headlining the Butler contingent is PACHATTACK (Pulpit), who finished sixth in last year's Beverly D. (G1) despite dwelling at the break. The five-year-old mare breezed seven furlongs in 1:26 3/5 Wednesday morning under the watchful eye of Butler before galloping out the mile in 1:39 3/5 under confident handling by Arlington's leading rider Junior Alvarado. "She seems to handle the (Polytrack) easily," Butler said. "I would think the Beverly D. is a long term goal for us again this summer, but in the meantime I think we'd like to run her in the Matron (G3) Saturday a week (May 28)." Pachattack wasn't the only Butler trainee to go over the local course this week. On Tuesday, Butler breezed his four-year-old filly AKHMATOVA (GB) (Cape Cross [Ire]) five furlongs over the Polytrack with Eddie Perez in the irons. "She just went an easy five-eighths (in 1:01 3/5)," Butler said, "but I think I'm going to run her in the Hanshin Cup (G3) this Saturday (against males in Arlington's first graded stakes of the 2011 season.) She gets in light so I think we'll try her in that spot." Also breezing Tuesday for Butler were his three-year-old colts BURJ ALZAIN (Ire) (Marju) and JOE LE TAXI (Ire) (Johannesburg). The pair went in company, getting a half-mile in :49. Burj Alzain, who exits a third-place effort on April 9 behind subsequent English Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-G1) runner-up Dubawi Gold (Dubawi), is entered in an allowance/optional claiming test Friday, but is also a possible candidate for the American Derby (G2) on July 9, the second leg of Arlington's Mid-America Triple. Joe Le Taxi is likely to be entered for a race on Sunday.
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
Jockey Luis Quinonez won the 6th at Lone Star yesterday aboard a mare he also co-bred: Kiss Me Chocolate.
http://www.drf.com/blogs/lone-star-q...-wins-homebred
First rule: Try always to do what's right for the horse. The people part will work out. -- Josh Pons, Merryland, 2007
Journeyman rider Chris DeCarlo bolstered by success in Saudi Arabia
http://www.nj.com/horse-racing/index...di_arabia.html
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
Jockey Joel Steiner wins first race in six years
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...motional-tally
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
Dominguez sweeps New York Stallion Stakes on six-win day
Ramon Dominguez joined Jorge Velasquez as one of two jockeys to win six races in a single day at Belmont Park, aided by a sweep of Sunday's New York Stallion S. (NYSS) races aboard DARRIN'S DILEMMA (Freud) and HESSONITE (Freud).
http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/edito...e.cgi?id=22426
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
From brisnet.com
Former jockey Carlos Silva, who retired from the tack less than two-years ago as Arlington's third all-time leading reinsman, officially embarked on a second career as atrainer by saddling Dazzlin Day (Sunday Break [Jpn]) to finish sixth in the 8TH race on Saturday at the Chicago venue. Dazzlin Day bumped with a rival leaving the gate and had to be steadied but recovered to steadily improve position despite a wide trip. "(Dazzlin Day) got bounced around coming out of the gate but she ran all right after that," Silva said Sunday morning. Was the Chilean-born horseman nervous during his debut as a trainer? "Oh, yeah, I got a little nervous," Silva said. "I had butterflies going around in my stomach. It's a lot different saddling a horse in the paddock as a trainer than it is getting a leg up as a jockey."
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
Kent Desormeaux: A jockey for all seasons
“He's one of the best riders in the country, if not the best,” Romans said. “When his head is in the game, he's as good as there is. And it seems like his head is in the game right now.
http://www.courier-journal.com/artic...sectionstories
First rule: Try always to do what's right for the horse. The people part will work out. -- Josh Pons, Merryland, 2007
Iowa Trainer's License Revoked by Stewards
Stewards at Prairie Meadows have revoked the license of Joseph Louis Nealon, saying the action is necessary to “protect the public’s health, safety, and welfare and to protect the public from a person who should not hold a trainer’s license.”
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ed-by-stewards
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
From brisnet.com
Veteran trainer Garry Simms, who has waged a battle with melanoma since early 2010, spoke of his health issues a few weeks back and said: "There's nothing that a fast horse can't fix." Simms was speaking specifically of Tanzana (Freefourinternet), his winner of the 2010 Cradle S. at River Downs, but Simms hopes he has another "fast horse" in his barn in the promising REDBOARD (Flower Alley). The lightly-raced sophomore is being pointed to his stakes debut in Saturday's Jefferson Cup S. (G3)going 8 1/2 furlongs on the grass. Redboard just broke his maiden on the Matt Winn Turf Course earlier in the meet. "That was only his second start and his first time on the turf," Simms said. "He won so impressively that day that I'm going to give him a shot." The three-year-old gelding will be Simms' first stakes starter beneath the Twin Spires since he saddled Wheelin Dealin for a fourth-place finish in the Churchill Downs Turf Sprint in 1995. "I've had some other good ones in my career that could have run in stakes here," Simms said. "But we've always taken the money when someone has wanted to buy the horse for a good number. With my current condition, I think we will keep him (Redboard) for awhile, but if the number is right then we may end up selling him, too. Obviously his price would go way up if he wins Saturday, and I really think he is going to run well." Redboard tuned-up for the Jefferson Cup with a five furlong work at Churchill Downs on Saturday in 1:03 3/5. "It was a nice maintenance work for him," Simms said. "He just ran a couple of weeks ago so we didn't want him going too fast. It was perfect."
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
Jockey Chapa Reinstated in New Mexico
A jockey who was suspended for five years in 2007 for possession of an electrical device has been reinstated to ride by the New Mexico Racing Commission on a probationary basis.
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
Move to Louisiana pays off for Hamilton
There is nothing like a little change of scenery to shake up one’s outlook on things. Just ask jockey Quincy Hamilton and his agent, Kevin Johnson.
A native of Texas, Hamilton has been a perennial top-five rider on the I-35 corridor circuit from his home state northward into Oklahoma. This summer, however, the 27-year-old has elected to shift his tack a couple hundred miles east to Louisiana Downs, and the results have been immediate. Through the first five weeks of the young season, Hamilton has booted home 15 winners, good enough for fourth in the standings behind Louisiana Downs veterans Don Simington and Richard Eramia and fellow newcomer Justin Shepherd.
http://www.drf.com/news/move-louisiana-pays-hamilton
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
Trainer Jerry Orm Dies
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...jerry-orm-dies
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
From brisnet.com
Marcelino Pedroza Jr., the leading apprentice jockey at Churchill Downs, will miss the rest of the spring meet after suffering a fracture to his right tibiaduring a spill aboard Holy Shazaaam (Holy Bull) in Friday's 6TH race. The three-year-old gelding stumbled and fell just a few yards out of the gate and unseated Pedroza. The 18-year-old apprentice briefly lost consciousness, but recovered moments later. He was transported to University of Louisville Hospital for evaluation, and the fracture was discovered. "He's going to miss about three weeks," agent Julio Espinoza said. "He has a small fracture to his right tibia, but other than that he's OK." The injury marks the second time this year that Pedroza has been knocked out of action by injury. A hairline fracture in his right knee suffered during a January gate accident at Turfway Park sent him back to his native Panama to recover. Pedroza returned to the saddle in April in the final days of Keeneland's spring meet. "It's unfortunate, but we're glad it's nothing serious," Espinoza said. "He'll only be out a few weeks and then he will ride at Ellis Park."
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
From brisnet.com
Jockey Brandon Meier, seriously injured in a spill at Hawthorne Race Course on February 18, finished fifth in the 1ST race at Arlington Park on Wednesdayaboard Ripe Tomato (Lord Carson) for trainer Roger Brueggemann. Meier, named Arlington's Rising Star in 2007, is the son of longtime Arlington reinsman Randy Meier. "I'm glad to be back this soon," Meier said Wednesday morning during training hours at the Chicago venue. "It's been a long road back, but going through all that physical therapy was worth it. I don't remember the fall at all. I came to in the hospital. I was in Intensive Care for three days, and during that time I had two seizures. I messed up the C-2, C-3 and C-4 vertebrae in my neck as well as my shoulder. I had surgery on my shoulder, but the therapist healed my neck by placing her fingers in between in each vertebra every day and bending everything back into place."
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
From brisnet.com
Apprentice Curatolo fractures clavicle
Apprentice jockey Ryan Curatolo fractured his clavicle when he fell from his mount, Vision of Jewels (Pollard's Vision), in Friday's 4TH race at Belmont Park, according to the NYRA jockey advocate. The expected recovery period for this type of injury is approximately six weeks.
http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/edito...e.cgi?id=22682
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