Real Reason Why Lookin at Lucky Won’t Go in Travers Stakes 2010
By GREG MELIKOV
Shortly after Lookin at Lucky came up with a temperature last week following his impressive Haskell Invitational victory, trainer Bob Baffert announced on his Facebook page the colt would miss the Travers Stakes.
His daily reports on the colt’s progress were welcomed by many, including me, and some of them follow:
Aug. 3: No Travers for Lucky. Woke up with a little Temperature (102) but looks like he is not too sick…
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Trainer Bob Baffert Inducted To National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
Three-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Bob Baffert was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Friday along with trainer Janet Eliot, jockey Eddie Maple and 3 race horses.
Race horse trainer Bob Baffert, winner of 3 Eclipse Awards as the nation’s outstanding trainer, won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness with Silver Charm, Real Quiet and War Emblem. He has trained the winners of eight Triple Crown races, seven Breeders’ Cup races and developed 10 champions, including Silverbulletday, who was among Friday’s inductees.
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Commentator Retired After Whitney Handicap
Hall of Fame race horse trainer Nick Zito announced this morning that Tracy Farmer’s two-time Whitney Handicap winner Commentator has been retired after finishing third in Saturday’s $750,000 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga Race Course.
“He’s officially retired. We’ll let him go out on a high note,” race horse trainer Nick Zito said.
Commentator first made a name for himself in 2005 when he defeated Horse of the Year and Breeders’ Cup Classic champion Saint Liam in the Whitney Handicap. The 8-year-old New York-bred Commentator finishes his horse racing career with a record of 14-1-4 in 24 starts with earnings of $2,049,845.
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Race Horse Trainer Bob Baffert Elected To Horse Racing’s Hall Of Fame
Race horse trainer Bob Baffert, who saddled 3 Kentucky Derby winners, was elected Monday to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. The induction ceremonies are on August 14.
Bob Baffert won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness with Silver Charm, Real Quiet and War Emblem, but failed to complete the Triple Crown sweep in the Belmont Stakes each time. Baffert has trained the winners of 8 Triple Crown races, 7 Breeders’ Cup races and has handled 10 champions, including Silverbulletday.
Other horse racing Hall of Fame inductees announced by the museum in Saratoga Springs are jockey Eddie Maple, steeplechase trainer Janet Elliot and race horses Ben Nevis II, Tiznow and Silverbulletday, a mare trained by Bob Baffert.
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Trainer Of Kentucky Derby Contender I Want Revenge Suspended
Jeff Mullins, race horse trainer of one of the leading Kentucky Derby contenders I Want Revenge, was suspended for 7 days and fined $2,500 by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board for giving one of his horses medication before a race at Aqueduct.
Mullins violated New York horse racing rules by administering an over-the-counter medication to Gato Go Win while the horse was in a security barn before the Bay Shore Stakes on April 4. The horse was scratched by the New York Racing Association stewards.
The suspension begins May 3, the day after the Jeff Mullins-trained I Want Revenge runs in the Kentucky Derby 2009. The ruling was released Sunday.
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Race Horse Trainer Bob Baffert Among Finalists For Horse Racing Hall of Fame
Race horse trainer Bob Baffert, who won 8 Triple Crown races and trained 7 Breeders’ Cup winners, is among the 11 finalists for election to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame.
Two of Bob Baffert’s champion horses, Point Given and Silverbulletday, are also among the finalists for enshrinement at ceremonies August 14 at the Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs.
Other finalists for the horse racing Hall of Fame included jockeys Eddie Maple, Randy Romero and Alex Slolis, trainer Robert Wheeler and horses Open Mind, Sky Beauty, Best Pal and Tiznow.
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Race Horse Trainer Steve Asmussen Breaks Own Record at Remington Park
Race horse trainer Steve Asmussen, who set the record of 555 wins in 2004, broke his own record for most wins in a year Sunday when Prophesy won the first race at Remington Park to give the trainer victory number 556.
Steve Asmussen, who also trains reigning Horse of the Year Curlin, equaled the mark with 2 winners Saturday, and topped the record after 3-year-old gray filly Prophesy won by a half-length as the even-money favorite.
“We’ve had a tremendous year, made possible by some tremendous opportunities and my outstanding help,” race horse trainer Steve Asmussen said from the Fair Grounds, where he had several horses entered Sunday.
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Race Horse Pyro To Be Part Of 2008 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Field
Race horse trainer Steve Asmussen announced Tuesday that the Louisiana Derby winner, Pyro, will be one of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile entries and will not run in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Pyro was one of the 3 Breeders’ Cup contenders of Steve Asmussen pre-entered for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, including defending Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Curlin and Student Council.
The 2008 Breeders’ Cup will be run for 2 days from October 24-25 at Santa Anita Park. Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile post time is 11:30 am while the Breeders’ Cup Classic post time is 3:45 pm Pacific.
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Texas Hall of Fame Inducting 4 of Horse Racing’s Renowned
By GREG MELIKOV
Bill Allen was asked a quarter-century ago why he was putting up 12 percent of the $3 million purse to supplement his Wild Again in the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Classic at Hollywood Park when the thoroughbred had no chance.
Allen, who organized and led Black Chip Stables, promptly predicted his horse was going to win and he was betting on it, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Wild Again went off at more than 31-1. The son of Icecapade led from the half-mile marker and won by a head in a rough-and-tumble race that prompted a stewards’ inquiry. Runner-up Gate Dancer was disqualified to third for interferring with favored Slew O’ Gold during the final furlong while the latter was advanced to second.
Allen, from Clarendon, TX, has been involved in horse racing for four decades. He is among four Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductees that will be enshrined on Oct. 4.
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Jockey Edgar Prado, Street Sense Trainer Carl Nafzger Inducted In National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame
Jockey Edgar Prado and Street Sense trainer Carl Nafzger, who between them have 3 Kentucky Derby wins, led a group of 6 new inductees into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame on Monday.
Inducted with jockey Edgar Prado and race horse trainer Carl Nafzger were retired jockey Ismael Valenzuela and three race horses: Manila, Inside Information and Ancient Title.
“I want to thank God for making me 5-foot-3 and 114 pounds so all this could happen,” jockey Edgar Prado said to an appreciative, capacity crowd gathered at the Hall across the street from Saratoga Race Course, home of the 2008 Travers Stakes.
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