Blood-Horse Racing News

March 2008 - Posts

• Crossing the Line Back in Training
  Mar 31 2008, 03:35 PM

  Crossing the Line, sidelined after winning the Del Mar Mile Handicap (gr. IT), is gearing up for a return at the races at the upcoming Hollywood Park spring/summer meet, which gets under way April 23. Read More... Post Reactions

• Ever a Friend Preparing for Shoemaker
  Mar 31 2008, 03:21 PM

  Ever a Friend, dominant winner of the Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park March 1 for trainer Mike Mitchell, worked four furlongs in :52 2/5 under Tyler Baze at Hollywood Park March 31. Read More... Post Reactions

• Perfect Drift Appears Eager to Race
  Mar 31 2008, 02:58 PM

  Perfect Drift had his second three-furlong work at Santa Anita March 31 for trainer Richard Mandella. The 9-year-old earner of $4,680,691 clocked :37 flat on Santa Anita's synthetic surface and appears eager to get back to the races. Read More... Post Reactions

• Dominguez, Contessa Rule Winter Meet
  Mar 31 2008, 01:02 PM

  Jockey Ramon Dominguez and trainer Gary Contessa won their respective titles and set records when Aqueduct concluded its 2007-08 inner-track meet March 30. Racing switches to the main track April 2. Read More... Post Reactions

• Lethal Heat Still Perfect After 'Paula
  Mar 30 2008, 08:19 PM

  Undefeated Lethal Heat won her third straight race in the space of a month and became a grade III winner when she burned past the pacesetters mid-stretch en route to a 1 3/4-length victory in the $108,500 Santa Paula Stakes on the Santa Anita synthetic... Post Reactions

• Kobiskie Saddles First Winner As Trainer
  Mar 30 2008, 07:07 PM

  The unusual racing career of Dane Kobiskie reached another milestone today when the lanky jockey-turned trainer saddled his first career winner in the last race at Laurel Park March 30. Read More... Post Reactions

• Jockey John McKee Wins 1,000th Race
  Mar 30 2008, 06:55 PM

  Jockey John McKee reached the 1,000 career-win mark March 30 when he guided Bid Made to a 5 1/4-length score in the eighth race at Turfway Park. Read More... Post Reactions

• Hostess Serves Up Win in Orchid 'Cap
  Mar 30 2008, 06:00 PM

  William Clifton Jr.'s Hostess received a perfect ground-saving trip from John Velazquez, struck the front with a half-furlong to go, and edged away to win the $150,000 Orchid Handicap (gr. IIIT) by a length March 30 on the turf at Gulfstream Park... Post Reactions

• Morning Line Goes to Dubai: Sunday Wrap
  Mar 30 2008, 04:43 PM

  Together, trainer Steve Asmussen, jockey Robby Albarado and owner Jess Jackson have won more than 8,000 races -- but none even remotely like the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I). Read More... Post Reactions

• Curlin to Get Break, Race Later in Year
  Mar 30 2008, 12:55 PM

  After his impressive win in $6 million Dubai World Cup UAE-I), Curlin will have a well-deserved rest before returning to the track for the second part of the year, trainer Steve Asmussen said a day after his champion's March 29 victory. Read More... Post Reactions

• Niagara Causeway Gets Jump in Tokyo City
  Mar 29 2008, 08:53 PM

  Long disappointing on the turf, Niagara Causeway has found a home on synthetic racing surfaces after tallying a game score over Church Service by a nose for his first graded stakes win in the $108,200 Tokyo City Cup Handicap (gr. III) at Santa Anita March... Post Reactions

• She's All Eltish All Class in Oaks Prep
  Mar 29 2008, 06:07 PM

  On Florida Derby (gr. I) day at Gulfstream Park, horsemen hoped to gain some insight for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) picture. Before the 3-year-old colts took the spotlight, however, 3-year-old fillies tackled the $150,000 Bonnie... Post Reactions

• Wow Me Free Rallies to Win Next Move H.
  Mar 29 2008, 05:16 PM

  Edward Seltzer's Wow Me Free started slowly and trailed the field around the first turn, but the poor start did little to deter the daughter of Menifee, as she took over in mid-stretch and powered to a convincing 3 -length victory in the $104,400... Post Reactions

• Favored Sporting Art Wins Palm Beach S.
  Mar 29 2008, 04:48 PM

  Making his second start in the U.S. and stretching out to 1 1/8 miles after missing by a neck in his last outing, Jon and Sarah Kelly's Sporting Art was sitting on a win in the $100,000 Bulleit Bourbon Palm Beach Stakes (gr. IIIT). Read More... Post Reactions

• Sugar Swirl Sparkles in Shirley Jones
  Mar 29 2008, 04:23 PM

  Odds-on choice Sugar Swirl completed an unprecedented sweep of Gulfstream Park's sprint series for fillies and mares with yet another dazzling win for trainer Brian Lynch in the $170,000 Shirley Jones Handicap (gr. II) on March 29. Read More... Post Reactions