Thoroughbred Times Racing News

Zenyatta drills another six furlongs at Hollywood as Del Mar looms ahead

2010-07-30T13:00:03Z

Unbeaten two-time champion older female Zenyatta breezed six furlongs on Friday at Hollywood Park as she prepares for a probable start in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) on August 7 at Del Mar. Read More......(read more)

Personal Ensign next for Rachel Alexandra

2010-07-30T10:02:02Z

Reigning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra will try to extend her current win streak to three on August 29 when she starts the Personal Ensign Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. Read More......(read more)

Three-year-old division lead on line this weekend

2010-07-30T07:36:01Z

As the Triple Crown fades in the rear-view mirror, the season’s second half for three-year-old males with championship aspirations begins in earnest this weekend. Read More......(read more)

Free Fee Lady takes aims for another jewel of Canada's Triple Tiara

2010-07-30T06:39:03Z

Harlequin Ranches’ Free Fee Lady will look to secure two-thirds of Canada’s Triple Tiara series on Sunday when she meets seven opponents in the $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine. Read More......(read more)

Cost of Freedom seeks third straight victory in Bing Crosby

2010-07-30T06:21:02Z

Gary and Cecil Barber’s Cost of Freedom will shoot for his third straight victory this season and second career Grade 1 triumph in the $250,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) on Sunday at Del Mar. Read More......(read more)

Grade 1 aim for Unrivaled Belle in Ruffian Invitational

2010-07-29T15:28:03Z

Unrivaled Belle, one of the top female horses in training without a Grade 1 victory, will try to take care of that detail on Sunday in the $250,000 Ruffian Invitational Handicap (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. Read More......(read more)

Classic winners clash again in Haskell

2010-07-29T13:56:03Z

Two of this year’s three classic winners are set to tangle with six talented three-year-olds for divisional supremacy in the $1-million IZOD Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) on Sunday at Monmouth Park. Read More......(read more)

Mine That Bird preps for Whitney

2010-07-29T13:22:03Z

Mine That Bird put in his final major workout for the $750,000 Whitney Handicap (G1) on Thursday morning, a stout six-furlong breeze on the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga Race Course. Read More......(read more)

Canada-based fillies sweep top three spots in Lake George

2010-07-28T15:51:03Z

Canada-based fillies swept the top three places in the $150,000 Lake George Stakes (G2) as Perfect Shirl shook off Exclusive Love in the final sixteenth for a three-quarter-length victory on Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course. Read More......(read more)

Richard’s Kid among three for Baffert in San Diego Handicap

2010-07-28T15:36:03Z

Trainer Bob Baffert is seeking a repeat win in the Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) with Richard’s Kid, but he had yet to decide as of Wednesday exactly what path to take to get there—the Cougar II Handicap (G3) on Friday at Del Mar or the San Diego Handicap Read More......(read more)

Streaking Proviso, Forever Together star in Diana

2010-07-28T14:59:08Z

It will be a clash of impressive win streaks when Proviso (GB) and Forever Together meet in the $500,000 Diana Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Read More......(read more)

Super Saver back with defining chance in Haskell

2010-07-28T14:38:01Z

Freshened since a disappointing Preakness Stakes (G1) performance, Super Saver will head straight for an opportunity to validate his Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) victory on Sunday in the $1-million Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1). Read More......(read more)

Fly Down, Winslow Homer to meet in Jim Dandy

2010-07-28T13:12:03Z

Belmont Stakes (G1) runner-up Fly Down and Grade 3 winner Winslow Homer headline a field of nine three-year-olds entered in the $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Read More......(read more)

Informed Decision game in Windward victory

2010-07-27T17:53:04Z

After setting a leisurely pace in the $97,500 Windward Stakes on Tuesday night at Presque Isle Downs, reigning champion female sprinter Informed Decision turned back a bid from runner-up Hooh Why in the stretch and shook free to a 1 1/2-length victory Read More......(read more)

Baffert eager for another shot at Haskell Invitational

2010-07-27T13:42:04Z

Since 2001, trainer Bob Baffert has shipped six horses into Monmouth Park for graded stakes races, and he has left there with five wins, including three in the Haskell Invitational Handicap (G1) and two at the 2007 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Read More......(read more)