Saturday, April 06 2013

SANTA ANITA DERBY QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES


GARRETT GOMEZ, FLASHBACK, 11-10 FAVORITE, SECOND: “Everything was good. I was very happy with my position and I was able to get him to settle a little bit. He took everything well. Up the backside I found myself behind Goldencents and (Bob) Baffert’s other horse (Super Ninety Nine) and I thought I was in a good spot, I really did. I thought even if I get stuck in here for a while that I was in a good spot saving ground right in behind them.

Friday, April 05 2013

Aqueduct Racetrack Notes

• Brown hoping for some racing luck for Normandy Invasion
• Close Hatches looking for third straight in Gazelle
• Jinxes don’t faze Pletcher
• Streaking Cluster of Stars pointing toward April 13 Distaff

GULFSTREAM TODAY 4.5.13

Lead: Janis Whitham’s 3-year-old Kentucky homebred colt Ruble rated comfortably in third down the backstretch of Friday’s third race allowance feature run at one mile on a ‘sloppy’ Gulfstream Park track, swung out around horses to take command in the upper stretch and went on to score by 1 ¾ lengths over Shadwell Stable’s Irsaal.

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN Friday April 5, 2013

• HEADLEY, STEVENS JOIN FORCES IN SANTA ANITA DERBY
• O’NEILL’S THE REAL DEAL THANKS TO MOM’S VALUES
• OWNER B. WAYNE HUGHES ON HAND FOR CHAMP BEHOLDER
• CAMP VICTORY RETURNS IN GRADE II POTRERO GRANDE

Calder Barn Notes

SKY CAPTAIN LOOKING TO UPSET CALDER DERBY

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (April 5, 2013) – While the Eddie Plesa-trained colt Speak Logistics is likely to go favored in Saturday’s $250,000 Calder Derby, trainer Mark Casse is hoping that his promising yet puzzling colt Sky Captain will put forth the type of effort that could return the son of Sky Mesa to the top of the barn’s sophomore depth chart.

Maleeh Defends Home Court vs. Clearly Now, Honorable Dillon in Bay Shore

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Unbeaten Maleeh will face his toughest test to date when he takes on graded stakes winners Clearly Now and Honorable Dillon in Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Bay Shore on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack.

The Bay Shore, a seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds, is one of five graded stakes on Saturday’s card, which is topped by the Grade 1, $1 million Wood Memorial.

Funnys Approval No Laughing Matter in G2 Ruffian

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – After homebred Funnys Approval upset the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie Handicap at odds of 21-1 on February 16 at Laurel Park, owner Bobby Rankin promised to buy his trainer Jose Lopez a new truck.

SPEAK LOGISTICS HEADLINES $250,000 CALDER DERBY

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (April 3, 2013) – Hardway Stables’ Speak Logistics, winner of the $300,000 In Reality Division of the Florida Stallion Stakes at Calder in 2012 and most recently third to subsequent Florida Derby winner Orb in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes, headlines a field of eight that will gather for the 41st running of the $250,000 Calder Derby, the 1 1/8-mile centerpiece event on opening day of the 2013 live racing season at Calder Casino & Race Course.

Three 10-cent Rainbow 6 Races Moved From Turf to Main Track

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL -- In the best interests of bettors chasing Friday's mandatory 10-cent Rainbow 6 payout, Gulfstream Park management made an early decision to move three races originally scheduled to be run on turf to the main track. Races 9, 12 and 13, all included in the six races included in the multi-race wager that is expected to payout millions on Friday, will be contested on the main track on the 13-race card of the closing day program of Gulfstream's 2012-2013 meeting.

Wednesday, April 03 2013

Keeneland Barn Notes April 3, 2013

TESSERON WORKS TOWARD POSSIBLE START IN TOYOTA BLUE GRASS
• BROWN ALMIGHTY RETURNS TO THE TURF IN FRIDAY’S TRANSYLVANIA
• GALLOPING OUT

Saturday, March 30 2013

PIMLICO SPRING MEETING BEGINS NEXT THURSDAY

BALTIMORE, 03-29-13---Live racing in Maryland will shift to historic Pimlico Race Course next Thursday, April 4 for the spring meeting. The headline event of the 36-day stand is the 138th running of the $1 million Preakness® Stakes (G1), the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, on May 18.

FLORIDA DERBY DAY HAS $1.5 MILLION RAINBOW 6 CARRYOVER

Lead: Saturday's Florida Derby Day program, which features seven stakes (six graded) worth $1.9 million, will also have a 10-cent Rainbow 6 Carryover starting at $1,536,579.07.