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Tres Dream rallies to win Churchill feature
Tres Dream edged Somethinaboutbetty by a neck Wednesday in the $53,080 feature race for fillies and mares at Churchill Downs. Ridden by Shaun Bridgmohanm Tres Dream ran six furlongs in 1:10.44, and paid $6.20, $3.60 and $2.40. The 3-year-old daughter of Chester House has four wins in 11 starts with earnings of $171,970 for Savorthetime…
Gomez rides Vice Admiral to victory
Garrett Gomez guided Vice Admiral to victory in Oak Tree’s $48,600 allowance feature at Santa Anita on Wednesday. Vice Admiral beat River Island by a nose, with Dawn’s Early Sky another nose back in the mile race for California-breds. The winner was finished in 1:35.58 and paid $7, $4 and $3. River Island returned $7.60…
Sensational Humor wins Big A feature on a DQ
Sensational Humor won the $58,000 allowance feature at Aqueduct on Wednesday when first-place finisher Ground Hero was disqualified to second for bumping in the stretch. The time was 1:39.06 for the mile on the turf course, with Ground Hero finishing a neck ahead of Sensational Humor. Sensational Humor, trained by Tom Bush and ridden by…
Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense to stand at stud for $75,000; Hard Spun for $50,000
The stud fees are in from Darley America: Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense will stand for $75,000, Hard Spun for $50,000. Street Sense closed out his career with a disappointing fourth-place finish in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup at Monmouth Park on Saturday, with Hard Spun finishing second behind Curlin.
William Condren, co-owner of 2 Derby winners, dies at 74
William Condren, co-owner of Kentucky Derby winners Strike the Gold and Go for Gin, has died. He was 74. Condren died Monday at Massachusetts General Hospital, the hospital said. The cause of death was not released. Condren and Joseph Cornacchia won the 1991 Derby at Churchill Downs with Strike the Gold, and three years later…
The Kauto Star story
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Florida A&M law school scandal could turn up at fen-phen trial
A $1 million endowed chair at Florida A&M law school could become central to the trial of three Kentucky lawyers on wire fraud charges that they bilked clients out of millions in a settlement over the diet drug fen-phen. Federal prosecutors said they may use evidence that attorney Shirley Cunningham Jr., a co-owner of Breeders’…
Half of Churchill barn removed from quarantine following tests
Half of a Churchill Downs barn that was put under quarantine last Friday had the restriction lifted Tuesday, allowing the horses to return to regular training. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture imposed the quarantine after a horse in Barn 47 was found to be infected with equine herpes virus. The 40-stall barn is divided by…
Kauto Star loses on season debut
Kauto Star loses his opening race of the season, finishing a close second to the grey Monet’s Garden at Aintree.
Washington suffers fatal injury
George Washington is put down on a miserable weekend for European hopes at America’s Breeders’ Cup meeting.