Blood-Horse Racing News

February 2008 - Posts

• Trainer Levine Wins Four at Aqueduct
  Feb 29 2008, 06:17 PM

  Trainer Bruce Levine saddled four winners at Aqueduct on Feb. 29. It was the first four-win day for a trainer in New York in nearly a year. Read More... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Visionaire Headed for Gotham Stakes
  Feb 29 2008, 12:39 PM

  Visionaire, third to Pyro in the Risen Star Stakes (gr.III) at the Fair Grounds Feb. 9, will run next in the Gotham Stakes (gr. III) at Aqueduct March 8, majority owner Barry Irwin said Feb. 28. Read More... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Hawthorne Optimistic For Spring Meet
  Feb 29 2008, 11:36 AM

  Handle rose by more than 7% during Hawthorne Park's new January racing schedule, and the Chicago-area racetrack is hoping that the upswing will continue when doors open March 7 for the start of its Spring Meet. Read More... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Hollywood Offers $8.5M in Stakes
  Feb 28 2008, 08:40 PM

  Hollywood Park will offer a non-Breeders' Cup record $2.2 million graded stakes program on July 5, the major highlight of the Inglewood track's 60-day spring/summer meet. Read More... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Sea of Pleasure Makes Turf Debut
  Feb 28 2008, 06:07 PM

  Speedster Sea of Pleasure, winner of three of four lifetime starts for trainer Gary Stute, makes his turf debut in the $100,000 Baldwin Stakes (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-olds vying on Santa Anita's hillside turf course March 2. Read More... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Davona Dale Packed with Talent
  Feb 28 2008, 05:18 PM

  Cloverleaf Farm's homebred Bsharpsonata, winner of the Feb. 9 Forward Gal Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park, heads a field of six talented fillies in the $150,000 Davona Dale Stakes (gr. II) there March 1. Other runners include Game Face, American... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Curlin Romps in Dubai
  Feb 28 2008, 01:18 PM

  Curlin got a perfect trip, a perfect ride, and a perfect prep for the $6-million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) when he won the $175,000 Jaguar Trophy Handicap at Nad Al Sheba Race Course Feb. 28. Read More... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Deep 14-Horse Field Set in Big 'Cap
  Feb 27 2008, 07:32 PM

  Fourteen horses, potentially matching the largest field in the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) in a quarter century, are headed for the $1 million event March 1 in a race that redefines "wide open." Read More... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Artiste Royal Shortens Up in Kilroe
  Feb 27 2008, 06:22 PM

  Artiste Royal, winner of Oak Tree's Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (gr. IT) on the Santa Anita lawn last fall, kicks off his 2008 campaign for trainer Neil Drysdale in the $300,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap (gr. IT) March 1. Read More... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Two Donn Starters Back in GP 'Cap
  Feb 27 2008, 05:43 PM

  Amy Tarrant's 5-year-old Kiss the Kid may have gone off at odds of 46-1 in the Feb. 2 Donn Handicap (gr. I) at Gulfstream, but a strong third-place finish in that race has him looking like the favorite for the March 1 Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Colonial '08 Meet Has 17 Stakes
  Feb 27 2008, 04:05 PM

  Colonial Downs' 45-day summer meet will host 17 stakes worth $2.52 million, it announced Feb. 27. Read More... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Spring at Last Preparing for Dubai
  Feb 27 2008, 12:11 PM

  It is all systems go for a trip to Dubai by Spring At Last, who worked an easy four furlongs in :50 1/5 at Hollywood Park Feb. 25 for trainer Doug O'Neill. Read More... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Curlin Faces Five in Dubai
  Feb 26 2008, 10:11 AM

  Horse of the Year Curlin will face five challengers when he makes his debut at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday, Feb. 28. Read More... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Tiz Elemental Gives Honest Effort
  Feb 24 2008, 07:46 PM

  Tiz Elemental, a promising filly whose 3-year-old campaign ended abruptly last spring, returned in style with a late-running victory in the $109,300 Honest Lady Stakes on the Santa Anita main track Feb. 24. Read More... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments

• Viva Pataca Wins Hong Kong Gold Cup
  Feb 24 2008, 07:46 PM

  Vengeance of Rain may be retired but there will be no respite for his intended Dubai Sheema Classic opposition, ith Viva Pataca's dominating victory in the HK$8 million Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2,000m) Feb. 23 proving he's ripe and ready for the... Posted by BloodHorse.com - Racing with no comments