Posts tagged Super Saver
Zenyatta working well at Hollywood
Oct 29th
The theory about strength in numbers does not always work out. Todd Pletcher leads the field most of the time in terms of success in America but, when it comes to the Breeders’ Cup, he is neck-and-neck with John Shirreffs in the most important statistic of all. In the last 10 years Pletcher has saddled [...]
Leg injuries discovered with Super Saver
Sep 12th
When Super Saver trailed in behind Afleet Express in the Grade One Travers Stakes at Saratoga last month many observers felt that it was vindication of the growing belief that the colt could be classed as a one-run wonder. Super Saver, who was beaten 24 lengths when he finished 10th of 11 in the Travers, [...]
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 [...]
Shock defeat for Rachel Alexandra in Personal Ensign Stakes
Aug 29th
Rachel Alexandra was a shock loser to Shug McGaughey’s Persistently in the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga. Steve Asmussen’s filly, racing over 10 furlongs for the first time, was facing only four rivals, all of whom were considered inferior. The main threat was expected to be Life At Ten, winner of her last six starts, [...]
Travers Stakes preview
Aug 27th
Rather like the ageing star, the Travers Stakes is finding itself upstaged by a relative upstart as this year’s Saratoga meeting reaches its climax. Given that the Travers predates even the Kentucky Derby, and has been the magnet race that has drawn crowds to the Spa track for most of its 146-year history, it would [...]
Todd Pletcher’s Saratoga double
Aug 25th
Picking winners is never easy – just look at all those short-term loan adverts on the television – but the marketing gurus at the New York Racing Association are pushing a special double wager for Saratoga this weekend. Just find the winners of both the Grade One features, the Travers and Personal Ensign Stakes, which [...]
Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra back in training
Jun 29th
The clash between Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra, which has been mooted ever since Zenyatta returned from one of the briefest sporting retirements in January, had been on the back burner following defeats for Rachel Alexandra in her first two starts of the year. Normal service was resumed when Rachel Alexandra won the Grade Two Fleur [...]
Special Duty awarded second Classic
May 17th
The old adage used to be that the fittest horse wins the Guineas, the luckiest the Derby and the best the St Leger, but fortune has certainly smiled on Special Duty. Criquette Head-Maarek’s filly now holds an unusual distinction of being the winner of two European Classics, both of which were claimed in the stewards’ [...]
Lookin At Lucky crowned in Preakness
May 16th
The prospect of a US Triple Crown champion was put into cold storage for at least another year after Lookin At Lucky won the 135th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. Lookin At Lucky had been anything but that in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs two weeks ago, where he got the worst [...]
Zacinto the one in Lockinge Stakes
May 14th
The Classic generation step aside in favour of their elders now for the Group One totesport.com Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. The race has attracted a field of nine but appears likely to develop into a match between Paco Boy and Zacinto. The pair have never met but there is one horse who ties in closely [...]
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