RED RIFLE and jockey Florent Geroux wired the field in the G-II Hawthorne Gold Cup. This was Red Rifle’s first graded stakes win. Last month he was caught at the wire to finish second in the G-II Sycamore Stakes at Keeneland to Holiday Star on a very soft turf. Since becoming a gelding back in …
Twin Creeks Racing Stables along with WinStar Farm are anticipating a good performance from CONSTITUTION, who won three in a row including the GI Florida Derby earlier this spring. He will face eight other foes in the GI-Clark Handicap ($500,000) at Churchill Downs and will break from post seven with regular rider Javier Castellano. …
Constitution and Hoppertunity, two auspicious 3-year-olds that were denied starts in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands because of ill-timed setbacks, look for redemption Friday at Churchill Downs against seven rivals in the 140th renewal of the $500,000-added Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I). The Clark Handicap, one of the country’s most …
Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Bayern and Besilu Florida Derby (gr. I) victor Constitution headline 20 horses nominated to the $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (gr. I) at Churchill Downs Nov. 28. Named for Churchill Downs founder Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., the 1 1/8-mile dirt contest will be renewed for the 140th time as the featured event …
Three big stakes targeted for the month of November! Twin Creeks Racing Stables has three big guns shooting for a trip to the winner’s circle before the end of the month. CONSTITUTION is pointing for the G-I Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs on 11/28; RED RIFLE is pointing for the G-III Red Smith H. on …
RED RIFLE sets his sites on the GIII Sycamore S. this Thursday, October 16th. Red Rifle was named after the Bengal’s quarterback Any Dalton who came out to visit him during the spring meet at Keeneland where he finished a disappointing 9th in the Ben Ali S. Since that race Red Rifle was castrated and his …
The much anticipated wait for Constitution’s return to racing is over!!! See him run on Sunday, October 12th in the 8th race at Belmont! Constitution had a brilliant start earlier this year winning three in a row including the G1 Florida Derby. Prior to the Florida Derby, he won what turned out to be …
ELMONT, N.Y. – Constitution, the undefeated Grade 1 Florida Derby winner, is working steadily toward a return to the races, which could occur within the next three weeks, according to trainer Todd Pletcher. On Monday, Constitution worked five furlongs in 1:02.80 over the Belmont Park training track, breezing in company with the 4-year-old Unitarian, who …
By David Grening DRF for full article ELMONT, N.Y. – Constitution, the undefeated Grade 1 Florida Derby winner, is working steadily toward a return to the races, which could occur within the next three weeks, according to trainer Todd Pletcher. On Monday, Constitution worked five furlongs in 1:02.80 over the Belmont Park training track, breezing in …
Earlier this year Red Rifle set a new track record at Sam Houston in the Maxxam Gold Cup going 1 1/8-mile distance in 1:48.73 on a fast main track to defeat Frac Daddy by 2 3/4 lengths. He went gate to wire that day setting every fraction. The Todd Pletcher camp believed he could and wanted to …
