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Out of State Horses Out of Luck

Saratoga has a reputation as the graveyard of favorites, but Del Mar’s Pacific Classic is a “sinkhole for shippers.” (LA Times)

Posted in Races/Results on August 22, 2004

Familiar Company

Funny Cide is set to make his local debut this Sunday in the Saratoga Breeders’ Cup and he’ll be facing some familiar foes: Sarava, Evening Attire, and The Lady’s Groom, all of whom ran with Funny Cide in this year’s Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs, are also entered in the BC. (Daily Racing Form)
Related: “The time has arrived” and “Funny Cide faces stiff competition” (Times Union)

Posted in Races/Results on August 21, 2004

My Snookie’s Boy Heading to PA Derby

There’ll be no rematch of budding rivals My Snookie’s Boy and Lion Heart in the Travers: “The son of Crafty Friend will have to wait before facing [Lion Heart] again, however, as trainer Allen Iwinski said he would most likely not send My Snookie’s Boy to the $1-million Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on August 28, opting instead for the $750,000 Pennsylvania Derby (G2) at Philadelphia Park on September 6.” (Thoroughbred Times)

Posted in Races/Results on August 15, 2004

Something to Remember

About the Arlington Million: “Never write off the Germans.” (The Guardian)

Posted in Races/Results on August 9, 2004