RacehorseGirl

Entries Tagged as 'aqueduct'

Big Brown out of Breeders Cup, retired

October 13th, 2008 · Comments Off

Big Brown has grabbed a quarter and torn part of his hoof off, according to Bloodhorse.com. The incident occured at Aqueduct after a workout with Kip Deville on the turf, in which they both completed 6f in 1:12 4/5. Big Brown, who was due to retire at the end of this season as stated by […]

[Read more →]

Tags: 2008 breederscup · aqueduct · bigbrown · kipdeville · michaeliavarone · threechimneys

Random Updates

April 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Beyers for the 3 year old preps over the weekend:
Illinois derby - Recapturetheglory (102)
Santa Anita Derby - Colonel John (95)
Wood Memorial - Tale of Ekati (93)
And on the non-Derby front (what, you mean there’s other horse racing in the world?) Tiago racked up a whopping 110(!) Beyer in the Oaklawn Handicap, Daytona cruised to a […]

[Read more →]

Tags: appleblossom · aqueduct · arcadia · beyers · bigbrown · bustinstones · carterhandicap · daytona · futurepool · illinoisderby · nbc · oaklawnhandicap · oaklawnpark · pyro · recapturetheglory · santaanita · santaanitaderby · taleofekati · televisioncoverage · tiago · woodmemorial · zenyatta

No Rain on My Parade

April 5th, 2008 · Comments Off

According to Alan, the Big A should be pretty dry come racetime today. This makes me a happy girl, because my little Giant Moon will have a shot to redeem himself. I’m not sure why I’ve gotten attached to him (or why I call him ‘little’, he’s not really a small horse), but hey, it […]

[Read more →]

Tags: aqueduct · giantmoon · woodmemorial