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December 2008 - Posts

• Lethal Heat tries to burn Monrovia foes
  Dec 31 2008, 08:19 PM

  Lethal Heat, who won six of nine starts in 2008 before going to the sidelines following a third-place finish in the Del Mar Oaks (gr. IT), starts a new year for trainer Barry Abrams in the $100,000 Monrovia Handicap (gr. IIIT) over Santa Anita's hillside... Post Reactions

• Pitched Perfectly needs trip in Count Fleet
  Dec 31 2008, 07:52 PM

  OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Pitched Perfectly will have to be on top of his game in order to defeat Haynesfield in Saturday's $65,000 Count Fleet Stakes, but if his last race was any indication of his true ability, he'll stand more than a puncher's... Post Reactions

• Full gate for Hal's Hope
  Dec 31 2008, 07:46 PM

  HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - The 2009 Gulfstream Park meeting will get off to a fast start on Saturday with a 10-race program that includes two stakes, the $100,000 Spectacular Bid for 3-year-olds and the Grade 3, $100,000 Hal's Hope for older horses... Post Reactions

• NTRA Thoroughbred Notebook: Dec. 31, 2008
  Dec 31 2008, 01:20 PM

  News and notes from around the Thoroughbred racing world Read More... Post Reactions

• Careers near end for two fillies
  Dec 31 2008, 01:08 PM

  ARCADIA, Calif. - It will be a short California winter for Dearest Trickski and Baroness Thatcher, who will begin the season as sprinters at Santa Anita and end as broodmares in Kentucky. Both fillies will race twice at the Santa Anita meet, starting... Post Reactions

• Third Eclipse Award for Billy Reed
  Dec 31 2008, 01:04 PM

  The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers Association announced Dec. 31 that Billy Reed, long time sports writer and columnist, has won the 2008 Media Eclipse Award for Writing in the News/Commentary... Post Reactions

• El Conejo: Black Seventeen at crossroads
  Dec 30 2008, 07:08 PM

  ARCADIA, Calif. - Black Seventeen's 2009 campaign will be defined by Thursday's $100,000 El Conejo Handicap at Santa Anita. If he runs well, he is likely to race primarily in Southern California through the year. If he bombs, Black Seventeen will... Post Reactions

• No decision yet on Peppers Pride
  Dec 30 2008, 07:02 PM

  Peppers Pride has not yet been officially retired, but all signs were pointing in that direction as of Tuesday. Read More... Post Reactions

• Square Eddie to run in San Rafael Stakes
  Dec 30 2008, 02:36 PM

  Square Eddie, who worked six furlongs Dec. 29 at Hollywood Park in a sharp 1:12 2/5 for trainer Doug O’Neill, is scheduled to stay in California for his next race. The Canadian-bred Smart Strike colt, owned by Paul Reddam, will make his next start in... Post Reactions

• After 20 days unhit, pick six pays $116K
  Dec 30 2008, 11:57 AM

  Some bettor somewhere was alive to The Lord's Facts in the final leg of the pick six on Saturday at Hawthorne. One can only hope, for their sanity, that they also had Doc Webster on the ticket. Read More... Post Reactions

• Gomez returns in style on Monday
  Dec 30 2008, 11:56 AM

  Not even a frightening spill that knocked out several front teeth can slow down Eclipse Award-winning jockey Garrett Gomez, who continued his pursuit of Jerry Bailey’s single-season North American earnings record with two wins on Monday at Santa Anita... Post Reactions

• No surgery expected for injured Indyanne
  Dec 30 2008, 11:52 AM

  Surgery for the brilliant filly Indyanne, who fractured a sesamoid in her left front ankle while leading in the stretch of the La Brea Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park Dec. 27, has been postponed, trainer Greg Gilchrist said the morning following the... Post Reactions

• Perrone wins Eclipse for feature writing
  Dec 30 2008, 11:50 AM

  The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers Association today announced that Vinnie Perrone has won the 2008 Media Eclipse Award for Writing in the Feature/Enterprise category for "Recalling... Post Reactions

• Haynesfield tests road to the Derby
  Dec 29 2008, 07:39 PM

  OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The dominant victory Haynesfield recorded in the Damon Runyon Stakes here Dec. 7 had many excited to see him run again. That chance will come Saturday in the $65,000 Count Fleet Stakes at Aqueduct, where Haynesfield will step out of... Post Reactions

• Big Drama will stay in comfort zone at Calder
  Dec 29 2008, 07:36 PM

  MIAMI - The richest 3-year-old stabled in south Florida, at least through the majority of the winter season, will not be training at Gulfstream Park, Payson Park, or even at Palm Meadows, which has nurtured the last three Kentucky Derby winners. Read... Post Reactions