LOUISVILLE — At about 7 p.m. Saturday, 25-year-old Mario Gutierrez was escorted by a group of handlers and several police officers into the paddock at Churchill Downs. The sign over his head, the one touting the 138 years of Kentucky Derby history by listing the first and last winners, had already been changed to add: I’ll Have Another.
Gutierrez became the 42nd jockey to win in his first try at the Derby, guiding the long-striding, Doug O’Neill-trained colt past 4-1 morning line favorite Bodemeister in the final furlong to a victory by 11 / 2 lengths… Read more>>
Win Fair Hill P2P VIP Box Seat Tickets!
Posted on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at 9:49 am.
Congratulations to Kate, whose entry was chosen by Random.org! Thanks to all who entered.
We’re holding a quickie contest – only 24 hours duration!
Flair LLC, maker of FLAIR® Equine Nasal Strips, is sponsoring the inaugural Fair Hill Point-to-Point races this Sunday, April 22, 2012! In celebration, we’re giving away — to one lucky winner — a patron’s box that includes: two vip parking passes, six patron seats, and armbands that entitle each wearer to a very nice lunch (Maryland crab cakes have been mentioned)!
If you’re a steeplechase fan and would like to take yourself and five guests to the races this weekend – in style – leave a comment below telling us what you love about going to the races. If we draw your name, you’ll win the box package to this weekend’s Fair Hill Point-to-Point races. Good luck!
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Note: This contest is 24 hours in duration — beginning at Noon ET, April 17, 2012 — ending at Noon ET, April 18, 2012. Winner of the drawing will be announced at 1pm ET, April 18, 2012.
*Winner has 24 hours to respond to an email request for contact information from pr@flairstrips.com or another winner will be drawn.
Good luck!
I’ll Have Another edges Creative Cause in SA Derby
Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012 at 9:39 am.
Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G2) winner I’ll Have Another out finished San Felipe Stakes (G2) victor Creative Cause andgame pacesetter Blueskiesnrainbows to win a Santa AnitaDerby (G1) thriller on Saturday at Santa Anita Park. “I saw Creative Cause come up on the inside and I thought for a split second, running second in the Santa Anita Derby is pretty freaking good,” said winning trainer DougO’Neill, who trains I’ll Have Another for owner J. Paul Reddam. “All the wins are big at the time, but right now, this feels as big as it ever gets. ”Ridden by Mario Gutierrez, who was riding in the SantaAnita Derby for the first time, the three-year-old Flower Alley colt stalked 42.30-to-1 outsider Blueskiesnrainbows through an opening quarter in :23.11 and a half-mile in :47.11 in the 1-1⁄8-mile race. Read the complete article here>>
Top two from SA Derby & Wood on to Louisville…
Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012 at 8:08 am.
Thoroughbred Times|April 8, 2012| Page 1-2
A day after thrilling finishes in key TripleCrown prep races in New York and Southern California, the connections of the top two finishers from both the Santa AnitaDerby (G1) and Resorts World Casino NewYork City Wood Memorial Stakes (G1) confirmed their horses for the Kentucky DerbyPresented by Yum Brands (G1) on May 5. Santa Anita Derby winner I’ll Have Another and runner-up Creative Cause will move on to Louisville as will Wood Memorial victor Gemologist and secondplace finisher Alpha, but on Sunday it was a horse already in Central Kentucky gearing up for his final Derby prep who generated major buzz… To read the complete article, follow this link>>
NZ record for Twist & Twirl…
Posted on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 at 5:12 am.
NZ record for Twist & Twirl in Northern Oaks
Willa B Awesome looks for follow-up…
Posted on Friday, March 2nd, 2012 at 5:25 am.
By Joe Nevills | Thoroughbred Times TODAY | March 1, 2012 3
Willa B Awesome parlayed a successful juvenile campaignon the California state-bred stakes circuit last year into her first gradedstakes victory in her most recent start. She will attempt to jump in class againon Saturday and string together a pairof graded stakes scores in the Las Virgenes Stakes (G1) at Santa AnitaPark.
The one-mile race for three-year-oldfillies attracted a field of eight, including five who have won or placed ingraded stakes competition… Read more>>
Don’t discount Auckland Reactor says Butt
Posted on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 at 9:21 am.
“They don’t give these finals away and it’s not a two-horse race by any means,” Butt said after driving New Zealand superstar Auckland Reactor to a convincing victory in the sixth heat of the series at Gloucester Park on Monday night.
Auckland Reactor was the fastest of the four heat winners on the second night of the carnival and after the first eight heats the brilliant seven-year-old, Im Themightyquinn and Smoken Up are the only undefeated pacers in the series…Read more>>
Auckland Reactor draws first blood for NZ
Posted on Sunday, February 19th, 2012 at 5:49 am.
Auckland Reactor draws first blood for NZ
Auckland Reactor drew first blood for the Kiwis when he won the first heat of harness racing’s prestigious 2012 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship at Gloucester Park in Perth tonight (Friday February 17).
The former Auckland Cup winner, who is affectionately nicknamed Mac because of his Dad - Mach Three, proved too smart after receiving a glorious one-one trip by Canterbury reinsman Anthony Butt… Read more>>
O’Neill hopes he has ‘Another’ Derby Horse
Posted on Monday, February 13th, 2012 at 1:15 pm.
O’Neill hopes he has ‘Another’ Derby horse for owner Reddam
by Steve Bailey
Thoroughbred Times TODAY| Februar y 9, 2012|pg 4
If trainer Doug O’Neill had gotten his way, I’ll Have Another would have made his first start in five months in an allowance race.
Instead, he may have a horse for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum Brands (G1) after J. Paul Reddam’s chestnut Flower Alley colt captured the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) on Saturday at Santa Anita Park at odds of 43.30-to-1.
It was Reddam that, when he heard O’Neill and his brother Dennis talking about the allowance race, let them know that their sights were not set nearly high enough… Read more>>
LACIE SLEW rallies to victory…
Posted on Monday, February 13th, 2012 at 5:15 am.
Laurel: Lacie Slew rallies to victory in Maryland Racing Media
Lacie Slew made a wide move under rider Joe Rocco Jr. leaving the eighth pole and went from fourth in a field of five to the one-length winner of Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Racing Media Stakes. Maryland Jockey Club/Jim McCue Lacie Slew, with Joe Rocco Jr. riding, wins the Maryland Racing Media.
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The 8-1 Pilot Point Lady made the early pace in the 1 1/8-mile Maryland Racing Media, setting fractions of 24.88 seconds, 48.67, and 1:13.01, with the 6-5 favorite, Acting Happy, in close pursuit while Rocco saved ground aboard Lacie Slew. Pilot Point Lady led Acting Happy by a head entering the stretch. Those two bumped a furlong out, and Acting Happy would fade to fourth… Read more>>
