Bob Baffert has another one! The 3-year-old son of Unbridled's Song, Alcindor looked nothing short of awesome in his win on Sunday in the 8th race. Even though it was just a allowance affair, the way this colt scored, coming off a gutty nose maiden win, has people talking. Now two for two lifetime, Alcindor was ridden by Rafael Bejarano and should be followed up the ladder.
Zenyatta says farewell on Sunday, December 5th to her fans at Hollywood Park and then will head to her new home in Kentucky on Monday, December 6. All fans that are able to are encouraged to see her off as it will be the last time she'll be available to the public.
Hollywood Park will go back to a five day work week beginning on Wednesday, December 1 with a racing schedule Wednesday though Sunday as long as the race cards fill. This new schedule will last until closing day on Sunday, December 19th.
The 7-year-old gelding, Cost of Freedom continued with his winning ways on Thanksgiving Day by posting another win in the Grade III $100,000 Vernon O. Underwood at Hollywood Park for trainer John Sadler under Joe Talamo. Cost of Freedom is now 10 for 20 lifetime and the Calbred son of Cee's Tizzy (Relaunch) is showing no signs of slowing down. Look for him to be back at Santa Anita.
Team Valor International and Green Lantern's Gypsy's Warning put it all together on Friday at Hollywood Park when the daughter of Mogok (Storm Cat) took home the winners share of the Grade I $250,000 Matriarch. Now seven for 16 lifetime, the 5-year-old mare ran perhaps her best race in the U.S. so far while posting the win under Joel Rosario for trainer Graham Motion. Getting a nice, ground saving trip also helped and this mare may be seen back in California at Santa Anita.
The Grade II $250,000 Citation Handicap was taken by Victor's Cry at $24.40 for trainer Eoin Harty under Victor Espinoza as the 5-year-old ridgling rolled home late to post the upset over favored Court Vision who checked in 4th. Victor's Cry was winning for the first time since his upset win in the Shoemaker Mile over the same course back on May 10 of this year.
Haimish Hy upset the field at $25.80 when winning the Grade I $250,000 Hollywood Derby for trainer Art Sherman under Garret Gomez. The 3-year-old colt by Ecton Park (Forty Niner) was posting his first Graded win and has now won five races from 10 lifetime tries.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Approaching Thanksgiving day
Everything is proceeding as planned with the installation of Santa Anita's new dirt surface and we are all excited here as to playing the ponies when they start racing over it on Sunday, December 26! If you haven't been apart of watching the installation, click here to watch now! http://santaanita.com/content/workout-webcam
We hope the other tracks will then follow Santa Anita's lead and tear up the synthetic crap that has been a big part in ruining racing in California and driving down the handle.
Premier Pegasus sure did look good winning the Grade III $100,000 Hollywood Prevue on Saturday. Trained by Myung Kwon Cho and ridden by Alonso Quinonez, the 2-year-old son of Fusaichi Pegasus drew away late and returned $6 to his backers. Winning for the third time in three lifetime efforts, the colt kept his unbeaten mark in tact and is sure a force to be reckoned with down the road. he's owned by M K Cho Stables LLC.
Perhaps the most impressive performance of the week was turned in by Turbulent Descent for trainer Mike Puype under David Flores at $3.40. The 2-year-old daughter of Congrats (A.P. Indy) took down the $100,000 Moccasin in impressive fashion while really never being asked by her rider. Now a perfect two for two, she was coming off an impressive maiden win while earning a nice Beyer number of 91. Owned by Blinkers On Racing Stables et al, look for promising things down the road from this filly.
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We hope the other tracks will then follow Santa Anita's lead and tear up the synthetic crap that has been a big part in ruining racing in California and driving down the handle.
Premier Pegasus sure did look good winning the Grade III $100,000 Hollywood Prevue on Saturday. Trained by Myung Kwon Cho and ridden by Alonso Quinonez, the 2-year-old son of Fusaichi Pegasus drew away late and returned $6 to his backers. Winning for the third time in three lifetime efforts, the colt kept his unbeaten mark in tact and is sure a force to be reckoned with down the road. he's owned by M K Cho Stables LLC.
Perhaps the most impressive performance of the week was turned in by Turbulent Descent for trainer Mike Puype under David Flores at $3.40. The 2-year-old daughter of Congrats (A.P. Indy) took down the $100,000 Moccasin in impressive fashion while really never being asked by her rider. Now a perfect two for two, she was coming off an impressive maiden win while earning a nice Beyer number of 91. Owned by Blinkers On Racing Stables et al, look for promising things down the road from this filly.
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Tidbits left over from Breeders' Cup
We still are bummed by Zenyatta's loss in the classic. But we still are as proud as ever by the mare's accomplishments and what she has done for the sport. If there was an Eclipse Award for being the official ambassador to the sport she should receive it. What we can't understand however are the throngs of Zenyatta fans bitter towards Blame for beating her. LOL What is there to be bitter about? Both horses displayed greatness and courage and should be applauded. Lets show some class Zenyatta fans.
Speaking of Blame, he begins his new career at Claiborne with a stud fee of $35,000. Can you imagine if Blame and Zenyatta teamed up and had a baby? Wow! Both horses have great prospects as horse parents.
Zenyatta will be at Hollywood Park "winding down" from her campaign and no final plans have been made yet as to where she'll ship to as she begins her new career as a broodmare. Postings continue to pop up on blogs that she hasn't been retired as of yet but she has been. A formal announcement will be coming soon.
Another retirement comes in the way of Mind That Bird who lost his ninth straight race since winning the 2009 Kentucky Derby at 50-1. The time is right for this guy to begin his new career as he simply looks to have lost interest in racing. As of right now no formal arrangements have been made.
Lookin At Lucky has returned to Hollywood Park and no plans have yet been made with his future. Asked if Lookin At Lucky would have a 4-year-old racing campaign trainer Bob Baffert responded with "Right now, I'd say yes."
Unusual Suspect upset the field Saturday in the Grade I $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup to the tune of $22.40 under Cory Nakatani for trainer Barry Abrams. The son of Unusual Heat was winning for the ninth time in 55 lifetime starts and ended an 0 for 13 skid in 2010.
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Zenyatta will be at Hollywood Park "winding down" from her campaign and no final plans have been made yet as to where she'll ship to as she begins her new career as a broodmare. Postings continue to pop up on blogs that she hasn't been retired as of yet but she has been. A formal announcement will be coming soon.
Another retirement comes in the way of Mind That Bird who lost his ninth straight race since winning the 2009 Kentucky Derby at 50-1. The time is right for this guy to begin his new career as he simply looks to have lost interest in racing. As of right now no formal arrangements have been made.
Lookin At Lucky has returned to Hollywood Park and no plans have yet been made with his future. Asked if Lookin At Lucky would have a 4-year-old racing campaign trainer Bob Baffert responded with "Right now, I'd say yes."
Unusual Suspect upset the field Saturday in the Grade I $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup to the tune of $22.40 under Cory Nakatani for trainer Barry Abrams. The son of Unusual Heat was winning for the ninth time in 55 lifetime starts and ended an 0 for 13 skid in 2010.
Double carryover for Hollywood Park for Thursday! $99,992.60 carries into the Pick 6 and a robust $41,816.53 into the Super High 5 pool! Join us for some great racing on Thursday and sign up now at http://www.horseracing-selections.com/
Monday, November 8, 2010
Zenyatta streak ends at 19 ... Goldikova wins third BC Mile
Bummer. Pretty much sums it all up. Zenyatta's streak came to a halt on Saturday in the Breeders' Cup Classic as her furious rally fell a head short to Blame. While taking nothing away from the winner, who fought her off gamely, Zenytatta was the best horse in defeat. Blame got the trip inside and Zenyatta, far back early, weaved her way in and out of traffic while swinging outside for the drive. Mike Smith did all he could and took the blame (no pun intended) after the race saying he should have put her into the race earlier. But that's racing and Blame took home the prize. Now, let all of the Horse of the Year debates begin. We can't wait to hear how ridiculous some of the thoughts and opinions will become.
How about Andy Beyer of the Daily Racing Form not even picking Zenyatta in his top three? We really thought he was a sharper handicapper than that. Must be he is developing dementia now.
Goldikova looked good yet once again taking her third Breeders' Cup Mile. This 5-year-old mare by Anabaa could be mention in Horse of the Year talk but her distance limitations to a flat mile need to be addressed. Still, she is worthy of being considered.
Calvin Borel should be given the jackass of the year award with his behavior following the Breeders' Cup Marathon on Friday. Looking more like a crazed WWF fighter than a jockey, he totally made himself look more foolish than normal with his antics. While we totally understand the emotions involved this should have been taken into the jocks room and not live on ESPN for the world to see. Not the day for it.
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How about Andy Beyer of the Daily Racing Form not even picking Zenyatta in his top three? We really thought he was a sharper handicapper than that. Must be he is developing dementia now.
Goldikova looked good yet once again taking her third Breeders' Cup Mile. This 5-year-old mare by Anabaa could be mention in Horse of the Year talk but her distance limitations to a flat mile need to be addressed. Still, she is worthy of being considered.
Calvin Borel should be given the jackass of the year award with his behavior following the Breeders' Cup Marathon on Friday. Looking more like a crazed WWF fighter than a jockey, he totally made himself look more foolish than normal with his antics. While we totally understand the emotions involved this should have been taken into the jocks room and not live on ESPN for the world to see. Not the day for it.
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Monday, November 1, 2010
Breeders' Cup buzz
The action is now heating up to a boil. With pre-entries already going down last week, we will take our normal Breeders' Cup plunge when entries and post positions are drawn on Wednesday. Of course all eyes will be on the queen, Zenyatta, when she takes the track on Saturday in the Breeders' Cup Classic. She'll be out to keep her perfect record in tact at 20-20.
The Oak Tree meeting at Hollywood Park concluded their meeting on Sunday and the soon to be released numbers figure to be quite frightening. Perhaps that's why closing day was scheduled on holloween.
Trainer Bob Baffert unveiled a very promising 3-year-old colt, Alcindor, in Saturday's 3rd race under Martin Garcia. By Unbridled's Song (Unbridled) this colt should be watched as he goes through his connections and may have a bright future ahead of him.
Gone Rebel took down the Anoakia on Sunday for trainer Vladimir Cerin and was ridden to her win by Patrick Valenzuela for her owners Holly and David Wilson. This filly looked good winning and was coming off a dismal try in the Grade I Darley Debutante.
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The Oak Tree meeting at Hollywood Park concluded their meeting on Sunday and the soon to be released numbers figure to be quite frightening. Perhaps that's why closing day was scheduled on holloween.
Trainer Bob Baffert unveiled a very promising 3-year-old colt, Alcindor, in Saturday's 3rd race under Martin Garcia. By Unbridled's Song (Unbridled) this colt should be watched as he goes through his connections and may have a bright future ahead of him.
Gone Rebel took down the Anoakia on Sunday for trainer Vladimir Cerin and was ridden to her win by Patrick Valenzuela for her owners Holly and David Wilson. This filly looked good winning and was coming off a dismal try in the Grade I Darley Debutante.
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