Sun Button, a two-year old son of Full Mandate, ran third in his initial race on opening day at Churchill Downs’ fall meet on Sunday. Jockey Calvin Borel was in the irons for trainer Buff Bradley and owner Button Down Racing. The Florida-bred bay colt was 2-1/4 lengths behind winner The Right Face, and just [...]
Class Racing’s Ghetto After an easy win at Golden Gate, Class Racing Stable’s Ghetto was well fancied by the partnership to pull off the Grade 2 Oak Tree Derby on Breeders Cup day at Santa Anita Park. Ghetto ran another good race, stalking his rivals for much of the way. He went three wide off [...]
Little Red Feather’s Hard Bill Hard Bill is the most recent South American star to join Little Red Feather. By the sire Hardy II, this Chilean import is seven for eight lifetime – losing his only race by a nose! He will be trained Mike Puype, who already trains two other South American Little Red [...]
Bongo Racing’s Mt. Orient put in a gutsy performacne to win the fourth race at Oaktree on Thursday October 16th, only to be claimed away by Jerry Hollendorfer. The brown four year old gelding, ridden by Garret Gomez and trained Mike Mitchell quarterhorsed out of the starting gate and took an early lead. In the [...]
When Miller Time, a four year old owned by Team Valor International, crossed the line three quarters of a length to the good in a handicap race at Arlington Park in South Africa recently, he made Team Valor International history by achieving milestone victory number 50, making it the first time that the Kentucky-based racing [...]
I was recently wondering how the current economic crisis might be affecting horse racing partnerships so I spoke with a couple of people working to administer such entities. Both were surprisingly upbeat. They did admit however that the inquiries they are receiving are shifting from people completely new to race horse ownership to people who [...]
Guts Game, a filly owned by Little Red Feather was placed second in the Proud Puppy Handicap at Finger Lakes on Saturday October 4th. Somewhat slowly out of the gate, the filly settled nicely for her regular jockey Elaine Castillo. As the field turned for home, Guts Game began her run after the leaders and [...]
A quite remarkable coincidence occurred on October 7th—two great champions were euthanized on the same day.
Bowmans Band A New York-bred bay colt by Bowman’s Band, and nominated to the Breeders Cup, Maryland Million, Aspirant S, NY Breeders’ Futurity is a partnership being formed by Relatively Stable Equine. Bowman’s Band, the sire of Kool Band, is a multiple graded stakes winner of over $1.3 million. His first foals are 2 year [...]
