Terry Hamilton’s Heart to Heart took the field from gate-to-wire in Monday’s Grade 2 Bernard Baruch Handicap at Saratoga, crossing the wire 1 1/4 lengths ahead of Forge and Delta Prince. The 6-year-old son of English Channel was taken to the lead by Irad Ortiz, Jr., who set well-timed fractions to have plenty of horse turning for home. Trained by ...
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‘My Heart Is Shattered’: Ben’s Cat Succumbs To Complications Of Colic Surgery
Four-time Maryland Horse of the Year and multi-million dollar-earner Ben’s Cat, who underwent colic surgery on July 6 to repair an epiploic foramen entrapment, was euthanized Tuesday due to complications that arose during his recovery. “It is with great sadness that we report that Ben’s Cat was euthanized this afternoon due to post-operative complications following colic surgery,” said Dr. Rana ...
Read More »Heart To Heart Ships West To Take On Bal A Bali, What A View In Shoemaker Mile
Heart to Heart wins the Canadian Turf. Coglianese Photo First and second when last they met, Brazilian-bred Bal a Bali and California-bred What a View, along with eastern invader Heart to Heart, classy Bolo and recent winner Farhaan, head a field of seven 3-year-olds and up in Saturday’s Grade I, $ 400,000 Shoemaker Mile (turf). Named for perhaps the greatest ...
Read More »Heart To Heart Wire-To-Wire In Commanding Canadian Turf Performance
Terry Hamilton’s Heart to Heart gave jockey Julien Leparoux his fourth win on the afternoon in Saturday’s G3 Canadian Turf Stakes, taking the field from gate to wire in a dominating performance that saw him win by three-quarters of a length. The 6-year-old son of English Channel covered a mile on Gulfstream’s firm turf course in 1:32.63 for trainer Brian ...
Read More »Wild At Heart Easily Takes Off-Turf Buena Vista
Ramona S. Bass’ Wild At Heart was the easy winner of Saturday’s Grade 2 Buena Vista Stakes, galloping under the wire about three lengths in front for jockey Flavien Prat. Originally scheduled for one mile on the turf, local rains in the Santa Anita area forced the race to be run at a mile on the main track, resulting in ...
Read More »Heart To Heart Nears Million-Dollar Mark After El Prado Victory
With an eye on bigger prizes at Gulfstream Park this winter, Heart to Heart got off to a hot start at the 2016-17 Championship Meet by winning the $ 100,000 El Prado on Saturday afternoon. Piloted by Julien Leparoux, the 5-year-old son of English Channel set a pressured pace in the 7 1/2-furlong turf race and hung on for a ...
Read More »Champions Sprint: The Tin Man shows heart to land prize
The Tin Man (second left) proves too good for his rivals at Ascot PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos) By Alex Wiltshire 2:07PM 15 OCT 2016 Report: Ascot Saturday Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1), 6f, 3yo+ THE TIN MAN got his head in front at the highest level for the first time as jockey Tom Queally unleashed the four-year-old ...
Read More »Heart To Heart Leads All The Way In Knickerbocker
Terry Hamilton’s Heart to Heart grabbed the lead out of the starting gate in Belmont’s G3 Knickerbocker, then set a measured pace and had enough left to hold on for the win by a half-length at the wire. The 5-year-old by English Channel, under the expert handling of Irad Ortiz, Jr., recorded a final time of 1:50.62 for nine furlongs ...
Read More »Texas Chrome All Heart In Thrilling Oklahoma Derby
Texas Chrome takes the Super Derby on Sept. 10 Danny Keene’s Texas Chrome showed the racing world the size of his heart Sunday evening at Remington Park, bulling his way through the narrowest of holes along the inside rail to defeat Sticksstatelydude by a half-length in the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby. The sophomore son of Grasshopper and jockey C.J. McMahon ...
Read More »Tin Man out to show he has the heart for sprint battle
The Tin Man: has won five of his nine career starts PICTURE: Getty Images By David Milnes 9:12AM 31 AUG 2016 THE TIN MAN is set to follow the yellow brick road up to Haydock on Saturday when he will bid to give James Fanshawe a second success in the Group 1 32Red Sprint Cup in the past four ...
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