REMARKS: The ratings underwent their biggest shuffle of the season, with two horses dropping out, Badger Land moving up from sixth place to third and Country Light and Zabaleta being listed for the first time.
REMARKS: Chris McCarron, who has never won a Kentucky Derby, seemed to have a good chance with three 3-year-olds this year, but all of them are injured and the jockey will have to go shopping for a mount.
Career Horse S 1 2 3 Earnings 1. Spend a Buck 13 9 2 2 $3,998,509 2.
REMARKS: When Alysheba's winning time in the Kentucky Derby--2:03 2/5, which is the slowest since Cannonade's 2:04 in 1974--was mentioned to a trainer, he said: "I'm sure Jack Van Berg didn't wake up Sunday morning and say to himself: 'Geez, I won the Kentucky Derby Saturday, but I wish my...
REMARKS: When Alysheba arrives at Belmont Park by van from Baltimore today, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner will be sent to barn 33 instead of the stakes barn, which is usually reserved for out-of-town horses running in the Belmont Stakes.
REMARKS: Although Alysheba ran fourth, beaten by 14 1/2 lengths, in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, he has narrowly kept the top spot in the final edition of this year's ratings.
REMARKS: Three trainers running horses in the 113th Kentucky Derby Saturday have previously won the race.
REMARKS: Trainer Woody Stephens thought he had Saturday's Gotham Stakes all figured out.
REMARKS: Of the 10 horses listed in The Times' first edition of the 1985 Triple Crown ratings
Career Horse S 1 2 3 Earnings 1. Chief's Crown 12 9 2 0 $1,245,622 2.
Career Horse S 1 2 3 Earnings 1. Spend a Buck 12 8 2 2 $1,397,509 2.
Career Horse S 1 2 3 Earnings 1. Spend A Buck 12 8 2 2 $1,397,509 2.
As Crown Bancorp prepares for what could be a bitter battle for corporate control, it has signed up a new public relations agency.
Career Horse S 1 2 3 Earnings 1. Chief's Crown 11 8 1 0 $1,101,682 2.
Career Horse S 1 2 3 Earnings 1. Chief's Crown 11 8 2 0 $1,101,682 2.
REMARKS: A man of many afterthoughts, trainer Neil Drysdale has had another one in the wake of Tasso's easy victory Saturday at Aqueduct, in the colt's first start since he finished last year as 2-year-old champion.
REMARKS: The presence of Tasso, Mogambo, Broad Brush and Groovy makes the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct the most attractive of four Kentucky Derby prep races Saturday.
REMARKS: The last deadline for nominating horses to this year's Triple Crown races is next Monday
REMARKS: In the paddock just minutes before Saturday's Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park, trainer Jimmy Croll and jockey Craig Perret were having more than the typical prerace conversation as they discussed the strategy to employ with Bet Twice.