Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the dash to the wire and was 10th of the 12 finishers.Zenyatta's win capped a mammoth weekend for Hollywood Park trainer Shirreffs after Life Is Sweet emulated Zenyatta with success in Friday's Ladies' Classic. Shirreffs said: "When she got out and started to come with her big challenge I got excited and when she crossed the finishing line in front it was unbelievable. What a great,...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the dash to the wire and was 10th of the 12 finishers.Zenyatta's win capped a mammoth weekend for Hollywood Park trainer Shirreffs after Life Is Sweet emulated Zenyatta with success in Friday's Ladies' Classic.Shirreffs said: "When she got out and started to come with her big challenge I got excited and when she crossed the finishing line in front it was unbelievable."Tears are coming...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
America's sweetheart has the unquestioning support of the home crowd in Breeders' Cup Classic When Zenyatta made the 20-mile trip from her barn at Hollywood Park to Santa Anita on Wednesday, the main racing network gave her the OJ Simpson treatment. Her horsebox was tracked every yard of the way and the producer even asked John Shirreffs, her trainer, if they could put a camera crew...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... three races against Zenyatta they have both entered since May.Life Is Sweet resides in a stall at Hollywood Park right across from Zenyatta. Life Is Sweet has a personality somewhat counter to the last word in her name, a name that would have been a better fit for Zenyatta. Shirreffs likes to show visitors a picture on his laptop of groom Mario Espinoza, lying down in Zenyatta's stall...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... I've ever seen in my life."Bailey recalls the fairly recent sight of Smith jogging around the Hollywood Park racetrack on a sweltering summer afternoon, wearing a rubber suit, conditioning himself for the night racing card.Smith has no immediate plans to retire. The Breeders' Cup, he adds, "brings me to life." He has won 12 Breeders' Cup races and, with at least four mounts today,...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... 1982. It took two more years to get his idea up and running, but since the inaugural running at Hollywood Park 25 years ago, the Breeders’ Cup has established itself as the season-ending championship of Thoroughbred racing. Related Articles It is now firmly entrenched in American and European racing lore with a history and tradition all of its own. With each Breeders’ Cup race worth...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... July 1, 2007 to July 30, 2008, there were 31 horse deaths on synthetics at Santa Anita and 38 at Hollywood Park. There remains a fierce debate within the industry as to the success of the experiment. So much so that the board has relaxed its stance, saying it would now probably allow any track to switch back to dirt if it wants to. The tracks have already spent $40 million to make...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... in 2008. For Head, it was his third BC Mile win. He rode Miesque to consecutive wins in 1987-88 at Hollywood Park and Churchill Downs.The personal ramifications of Saturday's race were foremost on Head's mind earlier this week."It's amazing to win it twice," he said. "It's something that I'm looking at. It would make it even more satisfying."There is little reason to think Goldikova...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... year, Gosden saddled Royal Heroine to win the inaugural Breeders' Cup Mile across town at Hollywood Park. But a sense of belonging is no longer confined to Gosden, whose CV happens to bridge transatlantic cultures; it can be shared by each and every European trainer here. The heat and sunshine may seem exotic, but the new surface means that their horses actually enjoy something akin...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Last weekend, Baffert's second-string 2-year-olds did well. He won Saturday's Jack Goodman Stakes with Macias and Sunday's Anoakia with Crisis of Spirit. They could run in graded stakes at the Hollywood Park fall meeting, which runs from Nov. 13 to Dec. 20, as could Marcello and Excellent News, who were scratched from Saturday and Sunday's 2-year-old stakes. Later this month, Miss Heather...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... lot for his third start."Dave in Dixie will be freshened and could return late in the fall meet at Hollywood Park before the Santa Anita winter meet that begins Dec. 26.Noble's Promise, one of the leading Juvenile contenders after winning his third straight race on Oct. 4 at Keeneland in the Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity, had his first workout since the race Sunday morning at Santa Anita.Trainer...
