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August 2009 - Posts

• Belmont champion Summer Bird soars in Travers Stakes
  Aug 29 2009, 06:42 PM

  Summer Bird splashed his way to a 3 1/2-length victory over long shot Hold Me Back on Saturday and added thoroughbred racing's ... Read More... Post Reactions

• With filly sitting idle, Kensei takes Travers spotlight
  Aug 27 2009, 08:03 PM

  Owner Jess Jackson kept the fortunes of two horses in mind when he debated whether Rachel Alexandra should again test 3-year-old ... Read More... Post Reactions

• Derby winner Mine That Bird out of Travers Stakes
  Aug 26 2009, 09:46 AM

  Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird will not run in the Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Read More... Post Reactions

• Rachel Alexandra skips Travers, will run in Woodward
  Aug 24 2009, 10:17 AM

  Rachel Alexandra will run next in the Woodward Stakes on Sept. 5 at Saratoga Race Course. Read More... Post Reactions

• Derby winner Mine That Bird's surgery casts doubt on Travers
  Aug 17 2009, 03:35 PM

  Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird will have minor throat surgery Tuesday, and his trainer still hopes the horse can run in ... Read More... Post Reactions

• Baffert leads new inductees to racing hall
  Aug 14 2009, 02:54 PM

  Three-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Bob Baffert was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame on Friday along with trainer ... Read More... Post Reactions

• Bullsbay spoils Commentator's bid for third Whitney win
  Aug 08 2009, 07:14 PM

  Sentiment gave way to a surprise finish when longshot Bullsbay ran down Commentator in Saturday's $750,000 Whitney Stakes. Most ... Read More... Post Reactions

• Gio Ponti shakes off stumble to win Arlington Million
  Aug 08 2009, 06:54 PM

  Favorite Gio Ponti overcame a stumble at the start, took the lead on the final turn Saturday and won the 27th running of the ... Read More... Post Reactions

• Muscle Hill goes wire-to-wire in record Hambletonian victory
  Aug 08 2009, 04:58 PM

  Muscle Hill cruised to a six-length victory in record time Saturday in the $1.5 million Hambletonian for 3-year-old trotters ... Read More... Post Reactions

• At age 8, Commentator seeks third Whitney Stakes win
  Aug 06 2009, 08:47 PM

  Commentator, who has already defied the aging process, takes on history Saturday in his bid to join Discovery and Kelso as the ... Read More... Post Reactions

• Breeder Ernest Paragallo indicted on horse cruelty charges
  Aug 06 2009, 07:18 PM

  A Greene County grand jury indicted racehorse breeder Ernest Paragallo on Thursday on 35 misdemeanor cruelty charges arising ... Read More... Post Reactions

• Horses moved as floodwaters hit Churchill Downs
  Aug 04 2009, 03:30 PM

  Flash flooding has left part of the famed Churchill Downs track under water, and some horses stabled at the Louisville track ... Read More... Post Reactions

• Rachel's Alexandra's next start? A decision is 2 weeks away
  Aug 03 2009, 09:31 PM

  Back in her summer home at Saratoga, superstar filly Rachel Alexandra is set to begin training for her next race. Which race ... Read More... Post Reactions

• Rachel Alexandra beats boys again, gallops to Haskell crown
  Aug 02 2009, 06:50 PM

  Rachel Alexandra has done it again. The magnificent 3-year-old filly beat the boys for the second time in rolling to an easy ... Read More... 8 comment(s)

• Soul Warrior surges to win at West Virginia Derby, Mine That Bird third
  Aug 01 2009, 07:12 PM

  Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird's classic finishing kick wasn't strong enough in the West Virginia Derby. Read More... 3 comment(s)