This Date in Racing History:
April 28, 1923 - Opening day of the metropolitan New York racing season at Jamaica.
April 28, 1953 - Dark Star wins the Derby Trial at Churchill Downs with Henry Moreno up. He would return four days later to upset Native Dancer in the Kentucky Derby.
April 28, 1966 – Illinois Bred Abe’s Hope ends Graustark’s unbeaten run with a nose victory in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on a sloppy track. Last race of Graustark’s career – 7 wins and 1 defeat – Trainer Boo Gentry receives heavy criticism for handling of colt.
April 28, 1966 - Evangeline Downs opens for inaugural meeting.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Horses in Training - Expected Starts for Top Horses – April 28:
Adriano - 3yo c - Motion - Courtlandt Farms - Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Afrashad – 6yo c- Suroor – Godolphin –
Ariege - 3yo f - Frankel - IEAH Stables - Kentucky Oaks - Churchill Downs - May 2
Arson Squad – 5yo c – Headley – Jay Em Ess
Asiatic Boy – 4yo c – De Kock – Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum –
Awesome Gem – 5yo g- C Dollase – West Point –
Barrier Reef – 3yo c – Albertrani - Darley
Becrux – 6yo g – Drysdale – Team Valor & Barber –
Belgravia – 4yo c – Biancone – Tabor –
Benny the Bull – 5yo c- Dutrow – IEAH Stables –
Big Brown - 3yo c - Dutrow - IEAH Stables - KY Derby - Churchill - May 3
Big Timer – 4yo c – Semple – McKenzie
Bit of Whimsy – 4yo f – Tagg - Young & McManis –
Boca Grande – 4yo f – McGaughey – Phipps –
Bordonaro – 7yo g – Spawr – Carrillo or Cassella –
Boscobel – 4yo c – Johnston – Darley – break
Bright One - 5yo c – Romans –
Brillant – 5yo c – Howard – Mill House - return towards end of 2008
Brother Derek – 5yo c – Hendricks – Peacock –
Bustin Stones - Levine - Valente - Metropolitan - Belmont - May 26
Can’t Beat It – 5yo c – Wolfson – Live Oak –
Champs Elysees – 5yo h – Frankel – Juddmonte -Jim Murray - Hollywood - May 10 or Whittingham - Hollywood - June 7 or Hollywood Gold Cup - June 28
Chatain – 5yo c- Penna – Lazy F Ranch –
Chelokee – 4yo c – Matz – Centennial -
Citronnade – 5yo f – Frankel – Stronach –
Colonel John – 3yo c – Harty – WinStar Farm - Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Commentator – 6yo c – Zito – Farmer – Metropolitan - Belmont - May 26 - Whitney at Saratoga is long-term goal
Cool Coal Man - 3yo c - Zito - LaPenta - Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Cosmonaut – 6yo h-Carlos Martin – Flying Zee – Woodford Reserve - Churchill - May 3
Country Star – 3yo f – Frankel – Stonerside Stable – Kentucky Oaks - Churchill - May 2
Court Vision – 3yo c – Mott – WinStar Farm & IEAH Stables – Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Cowboy Cal – 3yo c – Pletcher – Stonerside – Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
CP West – 4yo c – Zito – Farmer –
Creachadoir – Suroor – Godolphin –
Criminologist - 5yo m - McGaughey - Janney -
Curlin – 4yo c –Asmussen - Stonestreet & Padua – stabled at Churchill - next start unknown
Daiwa Scarlet - 4yo f - Matsuda - Oshiro - Royal Ascot
Danak – 5yo c- Oxx – Aga Khan –
Darjina – 4yo f – Royer Dupre – Princess Aga Khan –Prix d'Ispahan - Longchamps - May 18
Dark Islander – 5yo c – John Hills –
Daytona – 4yo g – Hendricks – Skyline Stables –
Denis of Cork - 3yo c - Carroll -Warrens - Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3 or Peter Pan - Belmont - May 10
Diabolical – 5yo c- Suroor - Godolphin
Diamond Stripes - 5yo h - Dutrow - Four Roses Thoroughbreds
Dixie Meister – 6yo g – Canani – Tanaka –
Doctor Dino – 6yo h – Gibson – Salmean -
Dreaming of Anna – 4yo f- Catalano – Calabrese- Distaff Turf Mile - Churchill Downs - May 3
Dream Rush – 4yo f – Violette – West Point- training for return
Eagle Mountain – 4yo c- O’Brien – Coolmore –
Eight Belles - 3yo f - Jones - Fox Hill - Kentucky Oaks - Churchill - May 2
Einstein – 6yo h – Pitts – Midnight Cry - Woodford Reserve - Churchill - May 3
El Gato Malo - 3yo g- C Dollase - West Point -
Ermine – 5yo f – Werner – Oxbow – break in training
Euroears - 4yo c - Calhoun - Helzers - undefeated sprinter - out for year with injury
Evening Attire – 10 yo g – P Kelly –
Fabulous Strike - - Beattie – 5yo c –
Fast Parade – 5yo g – Miller- Barbers –
Fed Watcher – 3yo c – Violette – Saratoga 3yo campaign
Fierce Wind - 3yo c - Zito - out of training for now - lung problem
Finsceal Beo – 4yo f – Bolger – Michael Ryan –
First Defence – 4yo c – Frankel – Juddmonte –
Folk – 4yo f – Albertrani – Hamdan Maktoum –
Forever Together – 4yo f – Sheppard – Augustin Stable -
Georgie Boy – 3yo g – Walsh – Schwary –injured and off Derby Trail
Germance – 5yo f – Rouget – Radwan –
Ginger Punch – 5yo f- Frankel – Stronach
Glacken’s Gal – 3yo f – Pletcher – Let’s Go Stable–
Go Between - 5yo h – Mott - Vegso –
Gotcha Gold – 5yo c – Plesa – Centaur –
Grand Couturier – 5yo c- Ribaudo – Keller – resting until end of Gulfstream Park meeting
Grasshopper – 4yo c- Howard – Farish – Westchester - Belmont - April 30 - then Metropolitan - Belmont - May 26
Greg’s Gold – 7yo g – D Hofmans – Boswell -
Heatseeker - 5yo h- Hollendorfer - de Burgh - Californian - Hollywood - May 31
Henrythenavigator – 3yo c- O’Brien – Coolmore –
High Finance – 5yo c – Violette – West Point –
Idiot Proof – 4yo c- Sise – Wygods –
Indian Blessing – 3yo f – Baffert – Earnhardt –
Infallible - 3yo f- Gosden - Cheveley Park Stud - 1000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 2
In Summation – 5yo c – Clement – Waterford Stable –
Into Mischief – 3yo c – R. Mandella – B. Wayne Hughes - foot injury - next start unknown
Irish Smoke – 3yo f – Biancone - West Point & Lakin –
Jambalaya – 6yo g – Day-Phillips – Kingfield – training at Woodbine for 2008 return
Johnny Eves – 4yo c – Robbins – Hillard –
Joint Effort – 5yo f – D Romans – Dizney –
Jump On In – 4yo f – Sadler – CRK Stables –
JZ Warrior – 3yo f – Mott – Zayat –
Kelly's Landing - 7yo g - Kenneally - Smile Sprint - Calder - July
Kip Deville – 5yo c – R Dutrow – IEAH Stables – Woodbine Mile - Sept 7 - then BC Mile at Santa Anita
Kodiack Kowboy – 3yo c – Asmussen – Vinery & Fox Hill -
Lady of Venice – 5yo f – Biancone – Schwarz
La Traviata – 4yo f – Biancone – Tabor –
Lattice – 4yo c – Mott – Dilschneider & Claiborne –
Lava Man – 7yo g – Doug O’neill – STD Racing – Californian - Hollywood - May 31
Lear’s Princess – 4yo f – McLaughlin – West Point –
Lewis Michael – 5yo c – Catalano - Calabrese –
Liquidity – 4yo c – O’Neill – Reddam –
Listen – 3yo f – O’Brien – Derrick Smith –
Literato - 4yo c - Suroor - Godolphin -
Little Belle - 3yo f- McLaughlin - Godolphin - Kentucky Oaks - Churchill - May 2
Lucarno – 4yo c- Gosden – Strawbridge – turned out until 2008 – goal of Coronation at Royal Ascot in June
Mach Ride – 5yo c – Standridge – Rustlewood Farm –
Maimonides – 3yo c – Baffert – Zayat – Out indefinitely with sore shins
Magna Graduate – 6yo h – Pletcher – Elizabeth Alexader
Magnificience – 4yo f – Headley- Sikura, Headley, et al-
Marchand d’Or – 5yo g – F Head – Giral –
Medici Code – 4yo c – Vienna – Herrick Racing -
Michael Lewis – 5yo c – Catalano – Calabrese -
Midnight Lute – 5yo c – Baffert – Pegram – will not start until summer
Minted – 3yo c – Fabre – Aga Khan –
Miss Macy Sue – 5yo f – K. Von Hemel –
Mistical Plan – 4yo f – O’neilll – Reddam
Monba - 3yo c - Pletcher - Starlight Stable - Kentucky Derby - Churchill Downs - May 3
Monterey Jazz – 4yo c – C Dollase – Class Racing & Arndt – Met Mile - Belmont - May 26 or Shoemaker Mile - Hollywood -May 26
More Happy – 3yo f – Baffert – Zayat –
Mr. Mistoffelees - 2yo c - Coolmore - Pletcher -
Muthabara - 3yo f- Dunlop - Hamdan Al Maktoum - 1000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 4
Mushka – 3yo f – Mott – Zayat -
Musical Note – 3yo f – Suroor – Godolphin –
Nashoba’s Key – 5yo m – Gaines – Williamson Racing - Out of training - Del Mar comeback possible
Natagora – 3yo f – Bary – Friborg – 1000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 4
New Approach – 3yo c – Bolger – Sheikh Mohammad – 2000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 3 - then Irish 2000 Guineas
Nobiz Like Showbiz – 4yo c – Tagg - Valando –
Noonmark – 5yo h – Asmussen – Bolton & Corrigan
Nownownow - 3yo c - Wachman - Fab Oak - 2000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 3
On the Acorn – 7yo g – Indizguys Stable – Mitchell –
Out of Control -5yo c – Frankel – TNT Stud –
Panty Raid – 4yo f – Pletcher – Glencrest –
Passage of Time – 4yo f – Cecil – Juddmonte –
Peeping Fawn – 4yo f- O’Brien – Coolmore – awaiting 2nd half 2008 campaign
Political Force – 5yo h– A Jerkins – Joseph Allen –
Precious Kitten – 5yo m – – Roy & Gretchen Jackson
Proud Spell – 3yo f – Larry Jones – Brereton Jones – Kentucky Oaks - Churchill - May 2 or Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Proviso - 3yo f - Fabre - Juddmonte - Prix Vanteaux - Longchamp - April 27 - then Prix de Diane
Prussian – 4yo c – Mott – Monticule Farm – Crown Royal American Turf - Churchill - May 2
Pure Clan - 3yo f- Holthus - Lakin - Kentucky Oaks - Churchill - May 2
Pyro – 3yo c- Asmussen – Winchell – Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Ramonti – 4yo c – Suroor – Godolphin –
Ravel – 4yo c – Pletcher – Smith & Tabor –
Raven’s Pass – 3yo c – Gosden – Stonerside – 2000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 3
Ready’s Image – 3yo c – Pletcher – Scatuorchio – summer 3yo campaign
Rebellion - 5yo h - Motion - Hickory Tree - Shoemaker Mile - Hollywood - May 26
Red Giant – 4yo c – Pletcher – Peachtree Stable -
Red Rocks – 5yo h – Meehan – Reddam –
Rio De La Plata – 3yo c- Suroor – Godolphin – likely target is 2000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 3
Rob Roy – 6yo – Stoute – Newton - preparing for English campaign
Rondo – 5yo c – Suroor – Godolphin –
Rutherienne – 4yo f – Clement – Virginia Kraft-Payson – Gamely - Hollywood - May 26 or Just a Game - Belmont - June 9
Sagara – 4yo c – Suroor – Godolphin – resting for 2008 campaign
Sakhee’s Secret – 4yo c – Morrison – Swire – Palace House Stakes - Newmarket - May 4
Sealy Hill – 4yo f – Casse – Melynk –
Shediak – 3yo c – Mandella – Triple B Farm
Sightseeing – 4yo c – McGaughey – Phipps - Westchester - Belmont - April 30
Silkwood – 4yo f – Jarvis – Darley –
Silver Lord – 5yo h – Asmussen – Bowman Couch Racing –
Sixties Icon – 5yo c – Noseda – Susan Roy –
Sky Conqueror – 6yo c – Banach – Sorokolit – Connaught Cup - Woodbine - May 25
Smokey Stover – 5yo g – Gilchrist – Aleo –
Soldier of Fortune – 4yo c – Coolmore – O’Brien - Tattersalls Gold Cup - Curragh - May 25Soviet Song – 8yo m – Fanshawe – Elite Racing Club
Spring House - 6yo g - Canani - Hubbard -
Stage Gift – 5yo c – Suroor – Godolphin –
Stream of Gold - McLaughlin - Zabeel -
Student Council – 6yo h – Cerin – Millenium Farms –Woodford Reserve Turf Classic - Churchill - May 3
Sugar Shake – 5yo m – Frankel – Stronach –
Sugar Swirl – 5yo m – Lynch – Stronach –
Surf Cat – 6yo c – Headley – Naify & Headley – Metropolitan - Belmont - May 26 or Californian - Hollywood - May 31
Summer Doldrums – 4yo c- Violette – Klaravich –
Tale of Ekati – 3yo c – Tagg – Fipke – Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Tariq – 4yo c – Chapple-Hyam – Homeizi & Sagar
The Leopard – 3yo c – Pletcher – Coolmore –
Thewayyouare - 3yo c - Fabre - Mulryan & Coolmore - Poule d'Essai des Poulins - Longchamps - May 12 - then Epsom Derby - June 7
Thor’s Echo –O’Neill - Sheikh Rashid – injured – out until winter
Three Valleys – 6yo h – Frankel – Juddmonte
Tiago – 4yo c – Shirreffs – Moss – Californian - Hollywood - May 31
Tribesman – 4yo g – Hansen – Qvale
Twice Over - 3yo c - Cecil - Juddmonte - Dante - York - May 15
Unbridled Express – 4yo c – Flint
Vadapolina – 4yo f – Fabre – Aga Khan –
Valbenny – 4yo f – Gallagher - Wellmann –
Visionaire - 3yo c - Matz - Team Valor
Visionario – 4yo c – Fabre – Aga Khan -
War Pass – 3yo c – Zito – LaPenta – inured - recuperating
Well Armed – 5yo h – Harty – WinStar Farm –
West Wind – 4yo f – Suroor – Godolphin –
What a Tale – 4yo c- Biancone
Winker Watson – 3yo c – Chapple-Hyam - Irish 2000 Guineas - Curragh - May 24
Wordly – 4yo g –Ben Cecil - Christopher Wright –
Yeats – 7yo h – O’Brien – Coolmore – 7yo h - Vintage Crop Stakes - Navan - then Ascot Gold Cup
Your Flame in Me – 4yo f – Tombetta – Goldsmith -
You’resothrilling – 3yo f – O’Brien – Coolmore –
Zada Belle – 4yo f – Harty – Godolphin - New York spring-summer campaign
Zambezi Sun – 4yo c – Bary – Juddmonte –
Zanjero – 4yo c – Asmussen – Winchell – minor foot injury -
Zarkava – 3yo f – Royer-Dupre – Aga Khan – 2008 campaign with goal of Poule d’Essai des Pouliches
Zenyatta – 4yo f – Shirieffs – Moss - Vanity - Hollywood - July 5
Adriano - 3yo c - Motion - Courtlandt Farms - Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Afrashad – 6yo c- Suroor – Godolphin –
Ariege - 3yo f - Frankel - IEAH Stables - Kentucky Oaks - Churchill Downs - May 2
Arson Squad – 5yo c – Headley – Jay Em Ess
Asiatic Boy – 4yo c – De Kock – Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum –
Awesome Gem – 5yo g- C Dollase – West Point –
Barrier Reef – 3yo c – Albertrani - Darley
Becrux – 6yo g – Drysdale – Team Valor & Barber –
Belgravia – 4yo c – Biancone – Tabor –
Benny the Bull – 5yo c- Dutrow – IEAH Stables –
Big Brown - 3yo c - Dutrow - IEAH Stables - KY Derby - Churchill - May 3
Big Timer – 4yo c – Semple – McKenzie
Bit of Whimsy – 4yo f – Tagg - Young & McManis –
Boca Grande – 4yo f – McGaughey – Phipps –
Bordonaro – 7yo g – Spawr – Carrillo or Cassella –
Boscobel – 4yo c – Johnston – Darley – break
Bright One - 5yo c – Romans –
Brillant – 5yo c – Howard – Mill House - return towards end of 2008
Brother Derek – 5yo c – Hendricks – Peacock –
Bustin Stones - Levine - Valente - Metropolitan - Belmont - May 26
Can’t Beat It – 5yo c – Wolfson – Live Oak –
Champs Elysees – 5yo h – Frankel – Juddmonte -Jim Murray - Hollywood - May 10 or Whittingham - Hollywood - June 7 or Hollywood Gold Cup - June 28
Chatain – 5yo c- Penna – Lazy F Ranch –
Chelokee – 4yo c – Matz – Centennial -
Citronnade – 5yo f – Frankel – Stronach –
Colonel John – 3yo c – Harty – WinStar Farm - Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Commentator – 6yo c – Zito – Farmer – Metropolitan - Belmont - May 26 - Whitney at Saratoga is long-term goal
Cool Coal Man - 3yo c - Zito - LaPenta - Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Cosmonaut – 6yo h-Carlos Martin – Flying Zee – Woodford Reserve - Churchill - May 3
Country Star – 3yo f – Frankel – Stonerside Stable – Kentucky Oaks - Churchill - May 2
Court Vision – 3yo c – Mott – WinStar Farm & IEAH Stables – Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Cowboy Cal – 3yo c – Pletcher – Stonerside – Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
CP West – 4yo c – Zito – Farmer –
Creachadoir – Suroor – Godolphin –
Criminologist - 5yo m - McGaughey - Janney -
Curlin – 4yo c –Asmussen - Stonestreet & Padua – stabled at Churchill - next start unknown
Daiwa Scarlet - 4yo f - Matsuda - Oshiro - Royal Ascot
Danak – 5yo c- Oxx – Aga Khan –
Darjina – 4yo f – Royer Dupre – Princess Aga Khan –Prix d'Ispahan - Longchamps - May 18
Dark Islander – 5yo c – John Hills –
Daytona – 4yo g – Hendricks – Skyline Stables –
Denis of Cork - 3yo c - Carroll -Warrens - Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3 or Peter Pan - Belmont - May 10
Diabolical – 5yo c- Suroor - Godolphin
Diamond Stripes - 5yo h - Dutrow - Four Roses Thoroughbreds
Dixie Meister – 6yo g – Canani – Tanaka –
Doctor Dino – 6yo h – Gibson – Salmean -
Dreaming of Anna – 4yo f- Catalano – Calabrese- Distaff Turf Mile - Churchill Downs - May 3
Dream Rush – 4yo f – Violette – West Point- training for return
Eagle Mountain – 4yo c- O’Brien – Coolmore –
Eight Belles - 3yo f - Jones - Fox Hill - Kentucky Oaks - Churchill - May 2
Einstein – 6yo h – Pitts – Midnight Cry - Woodford Reserve - Churchill - May 3
El Gato Malo - 3yo g- C Dollase - West Point -
Ermine – 5yo f – Werner – Oxbow – break in training
Euroears - 4yo c - Calhoun - Helzers - undefeated sprinter - out for year with injury
Evening Attire – 10 yo g – P Kelly –
Fabulous Strike - - Beattie – 5yo c –
Fast Parade – 5yo g – Miller- Barbers –
Fed Watcher – 3yo c – Violette – Saratoga 3yo campaign
Fierce Wind - 3yo c - Zito - out of training for now - lung problem
Finsceal Beo – 4yo f – Bolger – Michael Ryan –
First Defence – 4yo c – Frankel – Juddmonte –
Folk – 4yo f – Albertrani – Hamdan Maktoum –
Forever Together – 4yo f – Sheppard – Augustin Stable -
Georgie Boy – 3yo g – Walsh – Schwary –injured and off Derby Trail
Germance – 5yo f – Rouget – Radwan –
Ginger Punch – 5yo f- Frankel – Stronach
Glacken’s Gal – 3yo f – Pletcher – Let’s Go Stable–
Go Between - 5yo h – Mott - Vegso –
Gotcha Gold – 5yo c – Plesa – Centaur –
Grand Couturier – 5yo c- Ribaudo – Keller – resting until end of Gulfstream Park meeting
Grasshopper – 4yo c- Howard – Farish – Westchester - Belmont - April 30 - then Metropolitan - Belmont - May 26
Greg’s Gold – 7yo g – D Hofmans – Boswell -
Heatseeker - 5yo h- Hollendorfer - de Burgh - Californian - Hollywood - May 31
Henrythenavigator – 3yo c- O’Brien – Coolmore –
High Finance – 5yo c – Violette – West Point –
Idiot Proof – 4yo c- Sise – Wygods –
Indian Blessing – 3yo f – Baffert – Earnhardt –
Infallible - 3yo f- Gosden - Cheveley Park Stud - 1000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 2
In Summation – 5yo c – Clement – Waterford Stable –
Into Mischief – 3yo c – R. Mandella – B. Wayne Hughes - foot injury - next start unknown
Irish Smoke – 3yo f – Biancone - West Point & Lakin –
Jambalaya – 6yo g – Day-Phillips – Kingfield – training at Woodbine for 2008 return
Johnny Eves – 4yo c – Robbins – Hillard –
Joint Effort – 5yo f – D Romans – Dizney –
Jump On In – 4yo f – Sadler – CRK Stables –
JZ Warrior – 3yo f – Mott – Zayat –
Kelly's Landing - 7yo g - Kenneally - Smile Sprint - Calder - July
Kip Deville – 5yo c – R Dutrow – IEAH Stables – Woodbine Mile - Sept 7 - then BC Mile at Santa Anita
Kodiack Kowboy – 3yo c – Asmussen – Vinery & Fox Hill -
Lady of Venice – 5yo f – Biancone – Schwarz
La Traviata – 4yo f – Biancone – Tabor –
Lattice – 4yo c – Mott – Dilschneider & Claiborne –
Lava Man – 7yo g – Doug O’neill – STD Racing – Californian - Hollywood - May 31
Lear’s Princess – 4yo f – McLaughlin – West Point –
Lewis Michael – 5yo c – Catalano - Calabrese –
Liquidity – 4yo c – O’Neill – Reddam –
Listen – 3yo f – O’Brien – Derrick Smith –
Literato - 4yo c - Suroor - Godolphin -
Little Belle - 3yo f- McLaughlin - Godolphin - Kentucky Oaks - Churchill - May 2
Lucarno – 4yo c- Gosden – Strawbridge – turned out until 2008 – goal of Coronation at Royal Ascot in June
Mach Ride – 5yo c – Standridge – Rustlewood Farm –
Maimonides – 3yo c – Baffert – Zayat – Out indefinitely with sore shins
Magna Graduate – 6yo h – Pletcher – Elizabeth Alexader
Magnificience – 4yo f – Headley- Sikura, Headley, et al-
Marchand d’Or – 5yo g – F Head – Giral –
Medici Code – 4yo c – Vienna – Herrick Racing -
Michael Lewis – 5yo c – Catalano – Calabrese -
Midnight Lute – 5yo c – Baffert – Pegram – will not start until summer
Minted – 3yo c – Fabre – Aga Khan –
Miss Macy Sue – 5yo f – K. Von Hemel –
Mistical Plan – 4yo f – O’neilll – Reddam
Monba - 3yo c - Pletcher - Starlight Stable - Kentucky Derby - Churchill Downs - May 3
Monterey Jazz – 4yo c – C Dollase – Class Racing & Arndt – Met Mile - Belmont - May 26 or Shoemaker Mile - Hollywood -May 26
More Happy – 3yo f – Baffert – Zayat –
Mr. Mistoffelees - 2yo c - Coolmore - Pletcher -
Muthabara - 3yo f- Dunlop - Hamdan Al Maktoum - 1000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 4
Mushka – 3yo f – Mott – Zayat -
Musical Note – 3yo f – Suroor – Godolphin –
Nashoba’s Key – 5yo m – Gaines – Williamson Racing - Out of training - Del Mar comeback possible
Natagora – 3yo f – Bary – Friborg – 1000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 4
New Approach – 3yo c – Bolger – Sheikh Mohammad – 2000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 3 - then Irish 2000 Guineas
Nobiz Like Showbiz – 4yo c – Tagg - Valando –
Noonmark – 5yo h – Asmussen – Bolton & Corrigan
Nownownow - 3yo c - Wachman - Fab Oak - 2000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 3
On the Acorn – 7yo g – Indizguys Stable – Mitchell –
Out of Control -5yo c – Frankel – TNT Stud –
Panty Raid – 4yo f – Pletcher – Glencrest –
Passage of Time – 4yo f – Cecil – Juddmonte –
Peeping Fawn – 4yo f- O’Brien – Coolmore – awaiting 2nd half 2008 campaign
Political Force – 5yo h– A Jerkins – Joseph Allen –
Precious Kitten – 5yo m – – Roy & Gretchen Jackson
Proud Spell – 3yo f – Larry Jones – Brereton Jones – Kentucky Oaks - Churchill - May 2 or Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Proviso - 3yo f - Fabre - Juddmonte - Prix Vanteaux - Longchamp - April 27 - then Prix de Diane
Prussian – 4yo c – Mott – Monticule Farm – Crown Royal American Turf - Churchill - May 2
Pure Clan - 3yo f- Holthus - Lakin - Kentucky Oaks - Churchill - May 2
Pyro – 3yo c- Asmussen – Winchell – Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Ramonti – 4yo c – Suroor – Godolphin –
Ravel – 4yo c – Pletcher – Smith & Tabor –
Raven’s Pass – 3yo c – Gosden – Stonerside – 2000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 3
Ready’s Image – 3yo c – Pletcher – Scatuorchio – summer 3yo campaign
Rebellion - 5yo h - Motion - Hickory Tree - Shoemaker Mile - Hollywood - May 26
Red Giant – 4yo c – Pletcher – Peachtree Stable -
Red Rocks – 5yo h – Meehan – Reddam –
Rio De La Plata – 3yo c- Suroor – Godolphin – likely target is 2000 Guineas - Newmarket - May 3
Rob Roy – 6yo – Stoute – Newton - preparing for English campaign
Rondo – 5yo c – Suroor – Godolphin –
Rutherienne – 4yo f – Clement – Virginia Kraft-Payson – Gamely - Hollywood - May 26 or Just a Game - Belmont - June 9
Sagara – 4yo c – Suroor – Godolphin – resting for 2008 campaign
Sakhee’s Secret – 4yo c – Morrison – Swire – Palace House Stakes - Newmarket - May 4
Sealy Hill – 4yo f – Casse – Melynk –
Shediak – 3yo c – Mandella – Triple B Farm
Sightseeing – 4yo c – McGaughey – Phipps - Westchester - Belmont - April 30
Silkwood – 4yo f – Jarvis – Darley –
Silver Lord – 5yo h – Asmussen – Bowman Couch Racing –
Sixties Icon – 5yo c – Noseda – Susan Roy –
Sky Conqueror – 6yo c – Banach – Sorokolit – Connaught Cup - Woodbine - May 25
Smokey Stover – 5yo g – Gilchrist – Aleo –
Soldier of Fortune – 4yo c – Coolmore – O’Brien - Tattersalls Gold Cup - Curragh - May 25Soviet Song – 8yo m – Fanshawe – Elite Racing Club
Spring House - 6yo g - Canani - Hubbard -
Stage Gift – 5yo c – Suroor – Godolphin –
Stream of Gold - McLaughlin - Zabeel -
Student Council – 6yo h – Cerin – Millenium Farms –Woodford Reserve Turf Classic - Churchill - May 3
Sugar Shake – 5yo m – Frankel – Stronach –
Sugar Swirl – 5yo m – Lynch – Stronach –
Surf Cat – 6yo c – Headley – Naify & Headley – Metropolitan - Belmont - May 26 or Californian - Hollywood - May 31
Summer Doldrums – 4yo c- Violette – Klaravich –
Tale of Ekati – 3yo c – Tagg – Fipke – Kentucky Derby - Churchill - May 3
Tariq – 4yo c – Chapple-Hyam – Homeizi & Sagar
The Leopard – 3yo c – Pletcher – Coolmore –
Thewayyouare - 3yo c - Fabre - Mulryan & Coolmore - Poule d'Essai des Poulins - Longchamps - May 12 - then Epsom Derby - June 7
Thor’s Echo –O’Neill - Sheikh Rashid – injured – out until winter
Three Valleys – 6yo h – Frankel – Juddmonte
Tiago – 4yo c – Shirreffs – Moss – Californian - Hollywood - May 31
Tribesman – 4yo g – Hansen – Qvale
Twice Over - 3yo c - Cecil - Juddmonte - Dante - York - May 15
Unbridled Express – 4yo c – Flint
Vadapolina – 4yo f – Fabre – Aga Khan –
Valbenny – 4yo f – Gallagher - Wellmann –
Visionaire - 3yo c - Matz - Team Valor
Visionario – 4yo c – Fabre – Aga Khan -
War Pass – 3yo c – Zito – LaPenta – inured - recuperating
Well Armed – 5yo h – Harty – WinStar Farm –
West Wind – 4yo f – Suroor – Godolphin –
What a Tale – 4yo c- Biancone
Winker Watson – 3yo c – Chapple-Hyam - Irish 2000 Guineas - Curragh - May 24
Wordly – 4yo g –Ben Cecil - Christopher Wright –
Yeats – 7yo h – O’Brien – Coolmore – 7yo h - Vintage Crop Stakes - Navan - then Ascot Gold Cup
Your Flame in Me – 4yo f – Tombetta – Goldsmith -
You’resothrilling – 3yo f – O’Brien – Coolmore –
Zada Belle – 4yo f – Harty – Godolphin - New York spring-summer campaign
Zambezi Sun – 4yo c – Bary – Juddmonte –
Zanjero – 4yo c – Asmussen – Winchell – minor foot injury -
Zarkava – 3yo f – Royer-Dupre – Aga Khan – 2008 campaign with goal of Poule d’Essai des Pouliches
Zenyatta – 4yo f – Shirieffs – Moss - Vanity - Hollywood - July 5
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Fargo Off-Track Wagering
Spent Friday evening in Fargo's only off-track location- the basement at the downtown Howard Johnson's. An outfit name Lien Games operates it - no Hollywood, no Churchill, no Prairie Meadows - "too expensive" the teller told me. At least they are getting New York racing back on the screens on Wednesday with Belmont's opening.
There were three guys there - including me and the teller. Very depressing - especially while a very late Spring blizzard was roaring outside. The teller said that the live racing facility - North Dakota Horse Park - was cutting back on live racing dates for the upcoming season in August.
The story of Susan Bala and her luring of the whales to bet in the North Dakota pools is a fascinating story with the story ending up with her spending time in jail.
Night ended with Fargo's Legacy winning the 6th race at Hollywood - couldn't bet this in Fargo outside on my computer which of course I didn't do.
Spent Friday evening in Fargo's only off-track location- the basement at the downtown Howard Johnson's. An outfit name Lien Games operates it - no Hollywood, no Churchill, no Prairie Meadows - "too expensive" the teller told me. At least they are getting New York racing back on the screens on Wednesday with Belmont's opening.
There were three guys there - including me and the teller. Very depressing - especially while a very late Spring blizzard was roaring outside. The teller said that the live racing facility - North Dakota Horse Park - was cutting back on live racing dates for the upcoming season in August.
The story of Susan Bala and her luring of the whales to bet in the North Dakota pools is a fascinating story with the story ending up with her spending time in jail.
Night ended with Fargo's Legacy winning the 6th race at Hollywood - couldn't bet this in Fargo outside on my computer which of course I didn't do.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Derby Contender Graded Earnings link
DRF has list of Graded Stakes Earnings for Derby Contenders here:
http://www.drf.com/tc/kentuckyderby/2008/DerbyEarnings.jsp
There are many names in the first 20 that probably or definitely will not be going to post in the Derby - Proud Spell, Country Star, Into Mischief, Kodiak Kowboy, Wicked Style, Turf War, Georgie Boy, Sierra Sunset. Not until you get into the 35-45 mark of the list will there start to be worrying about getting in the race. I'm sure there will be the usual full field of 20 for the race.
DRF has list of Graded Stakes Earnings for Derby Contenders here:
http://www.drf.com/tc/kentuckyderby/2008/DerbyEarnings.jsp
There are many names in the first 20 that probably or definitely will not be going to post in the Derby - Proud Spell, Country Star, Into Mischief, Kodiak Kowboy, Wicked Style, Turf War, Georgie Boy, Sierra Sunset. Not until you get into the 35-45 mark of the list will there start to be worrying about getting in the race. I'm sure there will be the usual full field of 20 for the race.
Blue Grass items
I know this is red-boarding writing this on Sunday morning but the 50-1 morning line odds on third place finished Kentucky Bear do look ridiculous in hindsight. The horse is obviously very talented - finishing 3rd in a Grade I in only his third lifetime start. He ran a 93 Beyer in his first start and then beat almost half the field in running 7th in the Fountain of Youth in his second lifetime start. Putting a 50-1 number on the Whitney/Lukas Stone Bird folly is one thing but to put 50-1 on a horse that went off at 4-1 in the Fountain of Youth was a very bad morning line - the horse went off at 27.8-1.
The Bear was closing on the top two at the finish while racing very greenly. I'm sure the Zito/LaPenta camp were surprised on the finishing order of their two entries - Cool Coal Man had no excuse (except Poly) for his horrible 9th while the perennial also-ran Stevil stayed as usual to pick up 4th. Pyro looked only for a brief moment on the backstretch like the Crescent City Pyro. The pace was slow and it developed into the usual Poly sprint for the wire turning for home. It was mostly a Merry Go Round race - best moves in the race came from Kentucky Bear on the final turn and Miner's Claim with a strong move late backstretch and on the turn.I'm not sure how much it means for the results three weeks down the road in Louisville.
I will make this bold prediction - by the end of the year - Kentucky Bear will have done more in his career than Big Brown.
I know this is red-boarding writing this on Sunday morning but the 50-1 morning line odds on third place finished Kentucky Bear do look ridiculous in hindsight. The horse is obviously very talented - finishing 3rd in a Grade I in only his third lifetime start. He ran a 93 Beyer in his first start and then beat almost half the field in running 7th in the Fountain of Youth in his second lifetime start. Putting a 50-1 number on the Whitney/Lukas Stone Bird folly is one thing but to put 50-1 on a horse that went off at 4-1 in the Fountain of Youth was a very bad morning line - the horse went off at 27.8-1.
The Bear was closing on the top two at the finish while racing very greenly. I'm sure the Zito/LaPenta camp were surprised on the finishing order of their two entries - Cool Coal Man had no excuse (except Poly) for his horrible 9th while the perennial also-ran Stevil stayed as usual to pick up 4th. Pyro looked only for a brief moment on the backstretch like the Crescent City Pyro. The pace was slow and it developed into the usual Poly sprint for the wire turning for home. It was mostly a Merry Go Round race - best moves in the race came from Kentucky Bear on the final turn and Miner's Claim with a strong move late backstretch and on the turn.I'm not sure how much it means for the results three weeks down the road in Louisville.
I will make this bold prediction - by the end of the year - Kentucky Bear will have done more in his career than Big Brown.
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