Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre wont be able to watch hishorse run in the Kentucky Derby, so he went to see him while he hadthe chance. With the Dodgers in Cincinnati for a series with the Reds, Torredrove down to spend Wednesday morning on the backside at ChurchillDowns visiting with Homeboykris. The 3-year-old colt [...]
Trainer Ken McPeek has little doubt Nobles Promise isspecial. So special, in fact, that McPeek is unwilling to jeopardize thepromising but nicked up 3-year-old colts health in an effort towin the Kentucky Derby. “He deserves a chance and if we get everything right, weregoing to dance, and if we dont, were going to wait for [...]
A 3-year-old horse training for a final Kentucky Derby prep racehas been euthanized after collapsing during a workout at ChurchillDowns. Tiz Chromes trainer Bob Baffert said the colt suffered a fatalfracture of the left front sesamoid during a workout Sundaymorning. Tiz Chrome was scheduled to run in the Derby Trial onSaturday. Baffert said the colt [...]
Heath Reed already had plenty of confidence in Llano Tellerschances of winning the $596,000 Grade 1 Remington Park Futurity.When the trainer saw the weather forecast for Saturday night, hefigured the result might already be a done deal. It rained all day in Oklahoma City, and like his sire – 2005 AllAmerican Futurity winner Teller Cartel [...]
The ashes of Pimlico general manager Chick Lang have beenscattered in the Preakness winners circle in keeping with hiswishes. Lang was honored before the first race of the spring meetSaturday. His ashes were carried on horseback around the mile ovaland spread near the cupola. He died March 18 at 83. Langs daughter, Debi Tessier, says [...]
A bronze statue honoring Kentucky Derby and Preakness winnerAlysheba was unveiled Friday across from a monument for John Henry,giving a final resting place of two of the greatest racehorsesever. The structures, surrounded by flowers and bushes, show thehorses looking at each other with an imaginary gust of wind hittingJohn Henry from the back and Alysheba [...]