Posts tagged Quality Road
Zenyatta impresses in final gallop
Oct 31st
She is ready. That was the verdict of jockey Mike Smith after he rode Zenyatta in her final work at Hollywood Park before she travels to Kentucky. The queen of American racing will be defending her crown when she runs in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs next Saturday and Smith believes that anyone [...]
Breeders’ Cup Mile option for Paco Boy
Sep 6th
The trip to Paris may have been a waste of time but Richard Hannon may have an even more ambitious plan for Paco Boy. The run of high-profile reverses that have punctuated Hannon’s yard has been frustrating for the trainer. First there was Strong Suit, who did not perform to expectations in the Phoenix Stakes [...]
Breeders’ Cup Classic next for Quality Road
Sep 6th
There may be questions to answer- such as can he really stay 10 furlongs – but Quality Road’s victory in the Grade One Woodward Stakes at Saturday was enough to make up Todd Pletcher’s mind. The trainer will now prepare his colt for a crack at the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs on November [...]
Quality Road takes Woodward Stakes win
Sep 4th
Quality Road put himself back in the picture for the Breeders’ Cup when he won the Grade One Woodward Stakes at Saratoga. Four weeks previously Quality Road had just lost out to Blame in a tight finish to the Grade One Whitney Handicap, giving the winner 5lbs, and he was the heavy market leader this [...]
Woodward Stakes preview
Sep 4th
Vince Lombardi, the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers once said that: “If you can accept losing, you can’t win.” Four weeks ago, when Quality Road lost out in a tight finish to Blame in the Grade One Whitney Handicap at Saratoga, Todd Pletcher would probably have said that he could have done without [...]
Calvin Borel off Mine That Bird ride for Woodward Stakes
Sep 2nd
This will probably be a week that Calvin Borel will prefer to forget. First Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver was a dismal 10th of 11, beaten 24 lengths, in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday. Twenty-four hours later Borel rode the same 10 furlongs in the Personal Ensign Stakes and for eight of them [...]
Quality Road goes to Whitney Handicap
Aug 3rd
So who is the best horse in America? The supporters of Zenyatta will point to an unbeaten 18-race career, even if John Shirreffs has yet to definitively point the mare to her next race. Then those members of the Rachel Alexandra fan club will remind you that she is the reigning Horse of the Year, [...]
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