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Short Field Blues

Hawthorne officials are hustling for entries for this Saturday’s Grade 2 $750,000 Gold Cup, which has so far drawn only three horses. (Daily Racing Form)

Posted in Races/Results on September 29, 2004

Funny Cide Places in Saratoga BC

“Dug in gamely” reads the chart note on this afternoon’s race. Give Funny Cide this: he really tries.
Related: “Evening Attire spoils Funny Cide homecoming” (ESPN) and “Funny Cide has earned respect” (Daily Racing Form)

Posted in Races/Results on August 22, 2004

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

Buildup to Arlington Million Begins

“This is Arlington Park’s week to shine. It’s the International Festival of Racing — the Midwest’s only Grade I races — and a week of activities that will culminate Saturday with the 22nd running of the Arlington Million.” (Daily Herald)
Related: The first European horse, Epalo, to arrive at Arlington Park for the weekend’s races is settling in well: “‘He likes the weather here much better than in Germany,’ said Mrs. Schutz, wife of trainer Andreas Schutz, who will not arrive in Chicago until Monday evening. ‘It has been raining at home. A little while ago Epalo was looking up at the sun as if to say: ‘What is that? There is no rain here.'” (Blood-Horse)

Posted in Races/Results on August 8, 2004

Without Smarty Around …

The three-year-old division is getting interesting. A nine-horse field was drawn for this Sunday’s Haskell at Monmouth Park, with Lion Heart and Rock Hard Ten the two big favorites. (ESPN)
Related: “Smarty’s absence opens a window (New York Times), “Lion Heart is smart pick” (Boston Globe), and “If Haskell pace is fast, beware Royal Assault” (Daily Racing Form)

Posted in Races/Results on August 6, 2004

Very Much Alive, Thank You

After all the tongue clucking about the mismangement of her career, it’s nice to see Azeri come back with such a strong win. “Azeri, runaway winner of the Grade 1, $500,000 Go For Wand Handicap yesterday at Saratoga, is the Mark Twain of horseracing. Reports of her demise were greatly exaggerated.” (New York Post)
Related: “Azeri win thrills big Spa crowd” (Daily Racing Form) and “Wand win puts Azeri in league of her own” (Blood-Horse)

Posted in Races/Results on August 2, 2004

Azeri Wins Go For Wand

“Can a champ find her way home?,” Jay Hovdey asks. Yes, she can.

Posted in Races/Results on August 1, 2004