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Jockey Garrett Gomez taken to hospital after spill, Bonnie Brown Eyes, Hollywood Park, breakdown, horse fatality, horse racing, horse, neck fracture

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Jockey Garrett Gomez was taken to a local hospital after his mount in the final race on Saturday at Hollywood Park, the 2-year-old filly Bonnie Brown Eyes, fatally broke down near the sixteenth pole while leading the race. Gomez's ...

From JAY PRIVMAN, ESPN,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bonnie Brown,  Garrett Gomez,  Mike Mitchell

American Lion lives up to hype in Grade 3 Hollywood Prevue Stakes at Hollywood Park, Bob Baffert, Bill Casner, WinStar Farm, Julien Leparoux, Eoin Harty, juvenile, babies, horse racing, horse, Cushion Track, Kenny Troutt, Macias, Indian Firewater

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- The highly-touted American Lion made the successful jump from the maiden ranks to stakes competition when he scored a half-length victory in the Grade 3, $100,000 Hollywood Prevue Stakes on Saturday at Hollywood Park. American Lion ...

From JAY PRIVMAN, ESPN,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bob Baffert

American Lion ready to step up in Hollywood Prevue Stakes, Hollywood Park, Indian Firewater, Macias, American Lion, Bob Baffert, juveniles, Triple Crown, horse racing, horse, WinStar Farm

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- At WinStar Farm, the baton is being passed. The Tiznow horse Colonel John, who along with Well Armed has been the torch-bearer for WinStar for the past three years, has been retired. Who might take his place? How about another son ...

From JAY PRIVMAN, ESPN,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bob Baffert

Bobby Frankel dies at 68

Bobby Frankel, who rose from the streets of Brooklyn to become one of the most successful and respected trainers in the history of thoroughbred racing, died early Monday at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif., from complications due to lymphoma. He ...

From JAY PRIVMAN, ESPN,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bobby Frankel,  Los Angeles Dodgers,  D. Wayne Lukas,  Belmont Stakes,  Jose Cuevas

Shirreffs shows his wild side

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Even John Shirreffs, so reticent to join celebrations that he purposely avoids getting into the winner's circle after his horses win, got caught up in the moment after Zenyatta rallied to win the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic on ...

From JAY PRIVMAN, ESPN,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Zenyatta,  John Henry

New career beckons Zenyatta

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Zenyatta looked bright and alert Sunday morning here at Hollywood Park, one day after her popular victory in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic across town at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting. "It's like she's saying, 'Want to run ...

From JAY PRIVMAN, ESPN,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Zenyatta,  Mike Smith

Only one can be the champ

ARCADIA, Calif. -- It's all over but the debating. Zenyatta's victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting has reignited the debate over the 2009 Horse of the Year between her and Rachel Alexandra, who had an ...

From JAY PRIVMAN, ESPN,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Zenyatta,  John Henry,  Life Is Sweet,  Jewel,  Todd Pletcher

Summer Bird to run in Japan Cup Dirt

ARCADIA, Calif. - After traveling from Arkansas to Kentucky, to New York and New Jersey, back to New York and then to California, Summer Bird next will be discovering Japan. Tim Ice, the trainer of Summer Bird, on Monday said that an invitation has ...

From JAY PRIVMAN, ESPN,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kent Desormeaux,  Zenyatta

Zenyatta wins 14th in a row in Breeders' Cup Classic, Oak Tree, Santa Anita, Gio Ponti, Twice Over, Rip Van Winkle, John Shirreffs, Summer Bird, Mike Smith, Jerry and Ann Moss, horse racing, horse

Zenyatta ($7.60), the favorite, broke slowly, and was in front of only one horse, Mine That Bird, going down the backstretch. But she kicked in swiftly midway on the far turn, split horses at the quarter pole, and collared Gio Ponti with a sixteenth of ...

From JAY PRIVMAN, ESPN,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Zenyatta,  Mike Smith,  Life Is Sweet,  Jess Jackson

horse, horse racing, Breeders' Cup, Bob Baffert, Indian Blessing, 2007 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Monmouth Park, retired

ARCADIA, Calif. - Indian Blessing, a two-time champion, was retired on Thursday morning, trainer Bob Baffert said. Indian Blessing worked a half-mile in 47.40 seconds on Thursday at Santa Anita, but Baffert said he had no race in mind for her at the ...

From JAY PRIVMAN, ESPN,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bob Baffert,  Simon Harris,  Zenyatta,  Ryan Moore

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