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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
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Trainer Tim Ritchey and veterinarian Patricia Hogan said today Afleet Alex's injured leg is still in the healing process and he will not be ready for the Oct. 29 Breeders' Cup Classic – Powered by Dodge (gr. I).
In a joint statement posted on Afleet Alex's website, Ritchey and Hogan stated: "Recently, Alex was cleared for speed work and responded with two very impressive breezes. This was a test to see if there was a possibility of returning to racing within the scope of the Breeders' Cup races. All involved with Alex agreed that if that was to be a possibility, then the healing process was to have been completed 100% for this to be considered. After the recent works, Alex was radiographed again, and although it is very subtle, it is evident that bone is still in the end stages of the healing process. We are 99% there, but for this horse we require 100%.
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Friday, 07 October 2005 |
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The Breeders' Cup board of directors didn't take formal action during an Oct. 4 retreat but did reach consensus on extension of the organization's management agreement with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.
In an unrelated matter, Breeders' Cup president and NTRA commissioner D.G. Van Clief Jr. said officials have discussed the rapidly developing situation in New York, where the New York Racing Association has said it's running out of money. Belmont Park, operated by NYRA, is scheduled to host the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships Oct. 29.
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Friday, 07 October 2005 |
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Afleet Alex took a tremendous step forward in his comeback bid Friday morning by working a half-mile in :46 flat over the main track at Belmont Park. Two private clockers recorded the work in :45 4/5. Afleet Alex's regular rider, Jeremy Rose, was aboard. The 3-year-old son of Northern Afleet jogged with a pony from the half-mile pole to the mile pole, then was let loose at the mile pole and he "two-minute" licked to the half-mile pole. Trainer Tim Ritchey was aboard the pony.
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Friday, 22 July 2005 |
 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Nothing whets a horseplayer’s appetite more than the anticipation of another Saratoga season, fast approaching July 27. Six weeks of full fields, virtually a stakes race a day, and all the turf and 2-year-old racing one can fit on his wagering plate. It’s not a meet for the timid. But if a horseplayer wants to be successful at Saratoga, or anywhere for that matter, he must be prepared to lose.
No, I have not yet lost my mind. There’s nothing wrong with your bifocals, nor is this some form of handicapping heresy. Instead, think of it as a variation on a theme, that “scared money never wins.”
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Monday, 18 July 2005 |
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The Del Mar turf course will have a new type of Bermuda grass created by champion golfer Greg Norman when it opens for its 43-day meet July 20.
The Jimmy Durante Turf Course figures to be tested immediately. The traditional opening-day feature, the $100,000 Oceanside Stakes, at one mile on the turf, usually is run in split divisions. A grass allowance race for "non-winners of two" also figures to fill.
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Wednesday, 13 July 2005 |
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Chicago lies at the eastern edge of the Central Time Zone, which means during December night starts creeping in not long past lunch. The darkness seems to fall harder at Hawthorne Race Course, where the horses run amid a cityscape of oil storage tanks, a tin plant, and a waste management terminal.
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Wednesday, 13 July 2005 |
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Turk O Witz, the dam of Grade 1 winners Mr Purple and Queens Court Queen and two other stakes winners for owner and breeder Alex Campbell Jr., was euthanized on June 14 due to the infirmities of old age at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington. She was 26. |
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