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| Prominent thoroughbred owner Edmund Gann dies (AP) Edmund Gann, a prominent thoroughbred owner who campaigned Medaglia d'Oro and several other major stakes winners, has died. He was 86. Gann died at his home Sunday, a spokeswoman for the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum in San Diego said Tuesday. The cause of death was cancer, according to Gann's family. |
| Owner of Belmont winner Summer Bird fires trainer (PA SportsTicker) By RICHARD ROSENBLATT AP Sports Writer |
| Ritchey in, Ice out as trainer of Summer Bird (AP)
Tim Ice is out and Tim Ritchey in as the new trainer of Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird. Ice was fired as trainer of the 3-year-old champion colt and 24 other horses owned by Drs. K.K. and Vilasini Jayaraman. The owners cited "lack of communication" as the reason for the change. K.K. Jayaraman said Tuesday from Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., that Ritchey will take over handling Summer... |
| Richard's Kid wins San Antonio 'Cap at Santa Anita (AP)
Richard's Kid found room along the rail and rallied to win the $150,000 San Antonio Handicap by a head Sunday at Santa Anita. Ridden by Garrett Gomez, Richard's Kid covered 1 1-8 miles in 1:49.05 and paid $5.20, $3.40 and $3 as the 8-5 favorite. Dakota Phone returned $21.40 and $10.80, while Philatelist was another head back in third and paid $7.80 to show. |
| More Than a Reason wins Big A feature (AP) More Than a Reason surged past Wishful Tomcat, the 2-5 favorite, to pull off the upset Sunday in the $50,350 allowance feature at Aqueduct. As usual, Wishful Tomcat was on the lead in a bid for a fifth straight win. He carried the field until the final eighth of mile when More Than a Reason, the longest shot in the five-horse field at 12-1, stormed by for a 4 3/4 -length win. |
| Horse to miss week of training after bolting track (AP) The trainer ofEightyfiveinafifty says his 3-year-old colt has received 14 stitches to repair a cut suffered after crashing through the outer rail during the running of the $100,000 Whirlaway Stakes. Gary Contessa said Sunday that Eightyfiveinafifty should return to training in a week after the frightening incident at Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday. |
| 2-year-old champs among 366 Triple Crown nominees (AP) Eclipse Award winners Lookin At Lucky and She Be Wild lead a field of 366 3-year-olds nominated to the Triple Crown races, while Todd Pletcher returns to the head of the trainers list with 20 nominees. With the economy still shaky, the number of horses nominated to the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes is down for the third year in a row. |
| Quality Road breaks track record in Donn (AP) Quality Road broke his own track mark at Gulfstream Park on Saturday while winning the $500,000 Donn Handicap by a record 12 3/4 lengths. The Todd Pletcher-trained colt covered 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.49 with John Velazquez aboard, breaking the mark of 1:47.72 he set last year when winning the Florida Derby. |
| Freehold Raceway to see $4.8M purse money increase (AP) Purse money at Freehold Raceway will soon increase by nearly $4.8 million. The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey announced Saturday afternoon that the state's Sports and Exposition Authority has agreed to release the funds, which will mostly be disbursed in 2010. Association officials say most claiming and condition classes will experience a 30 percent purse increase,... |
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