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Zenyatta looks to make history in Classic race

Zenyatta has won all 13 of her starts and, if she can win No. 14, she will become the first lady to win the Classic. Santa Anita will be jumping at 3:45 p.m. when Zenyatta goes into the starting gate, probably as the betting favorite. Without Zenyatta, ...

From TIM WILKIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Zenyatta,  Mike Smith,  Christophe Clement

BREEDERS' CUP / Surface keeps many horses away

Horses running in the 26th Breeders' Cup this weekend will not have to beat only each other in the 14 championship races, but they'll also have to beat the funky surface, which is anything but the conventional dirt used since racing began. All three ...

From TIM WILKIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Jess Jackson,  Nick Zito,  D. Wayne Lukas,  Bob Baffert

Belmont winner skipping Jim Dandy

National and local horse racing news Don’t look for Summer Bird in the Jim Dandy at Saratoga. The Travers is a different story. Trainer Tim Ice after winning the Belmont (AP) Trainer Tim Ice said Wednesday that the 11-1 upset winner of the Belmont ...

From TIM WILKIN, Albany Times-Union,  10 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Kent Desormeaux

Mine That Bird might run more than twice before Cup

Maybe we’ll see Mine That Bird more than twice before the Breeders’ Cup Classic. The Kentucky Derby winner is back at Churchill Downs relaxing after a solid run through the Triple Crown. Chip Woolley shares a moment with Mine That Bird after his third ...

From TIM WILKIN, Albany Times-Union,  10 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Churchill Downs

Dunkirk injured in Belmont, likely out for year

National and local horse racing news The second place finish in the Belmont Stakes took its toll on Dunkirk, the colt who cost his owners $3.7 million. Dunkirk underwent surgery Tuesday morning to repair a condylar fracture in his left hind cannon bone ...

From TIM WILKIN, Albany Times-Union,  9 Jun 2009

Rachel works, still no word on next race

National and local horse racing news Rachel Alexandra, the filly who won the Preakness Stakes, worked six furlongs over a fast Churchill Downs in a time of 1:13.80 Monday morning. Exercise rider Dominic Terry was in the saddle and she was caught in ...

From TIM WILKIN, Albany Times-Union,  8 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Churchill Downs

Looking back on the Belmont with Chip

ELMONT — As soon as Mine That Bird and jockey Calvin Borel got to the lead in the Belmont Stakes Saturday evening, the rafters of old Belmont Park began to shake as over 50,000 people began screaming for the little gelding. Bennie “Chip” Wooley, who ...

From TIM WILKIN, Albany Times-Union,  7 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Calvin Borel

Happy birthday

ELMONT — There is no better birthday present Tim Ice could have gotten Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park. When he watched his 3-year-old colt Summer Bird cruise under the finish line first in the Belmont Stakes, the rookie trainer was assured a most ...

From TIM WILKIN, Albany Times-Union,  7 Jun 2009

Belmont Stakes / Soaring win, different 'Bird'

Mine That Bird, the little horse who pleased the long-shot crowd when he won the Kentucky Derby five weeks ago at odds of 50-1, was in the lead and the wire of the Belmont Stakes was getting close. However, it didn't come quickly enough. Mine That Bird, ...

From TIM WILKIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  7 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Kent Desormeaux,  In Style

Calvin moved too soon

National and local horse racing news ELMONT — The Triple Crown is in the books and Calvin Borel didn’t win his own personal crown. Mine That Bird got sucked up in the huge Belmont stretch and got beat by Summer Bird in the Belmont Stakes. Calvin Borel, ...

From TIM WILKIN, Albany Times-Union,  6 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Calvin Borel,  Alan Garcia

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