January 28, 2013 - 10:45am
It wasn’t Shanghai Bobby’s lucky day, but Itsmyluckyday’s day in Holy Bull win.
It was trainer Eddie Plesa’s lucky day when Itsmyluckyday took down Two-Year-Old Eclipse Champion Shanghai Bobby in the $400,000 Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla. Itsmyluckyday earned 10 points for the victory and is now on the board in Churchill Downs’ new...
January 25, 2013 - 10:30am
Shanghai Bobby, who was recently awarded an Eclipse Award for champion top two-year-old will make his sophomore debut in Saturday’s Holy Bull.
The Road to the Kentucky Derby is well underway and makes a stop Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla. for the 26th running of the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes. The race is one of 19 Kentucky Derby “prep” races under Churchill Downs’ new 36-race points system that will...
January 21, 2013 - 11:00am
Area horse racing connections won big at Saturday’s Eclipse Awards.
Kentucky-based connections took home the top prize when horse racing’s Eclipse Awards were handed out Saturday night. The Eclipse Awards honor the horses and individuals in the horse industry that, through their achievements throughout the year, have earned the title of Champion in their...
November 5, 2012 - 9:15am
Shanghai Bobby gives connections high hopes for Kentucky Derby 139.
Before a crowd of 55,123 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Cal., favored Shanghai Bobby fought off a game He’s Had Enough to win the $2,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) for Louisville’s Jack Wolf, Ed Glasscock and their Starlight Racing Partnership. Wolf and his filly Ashado gave...
November 2, 2012 - 10:30am
The marquee Kentucky Derby prep race for two-year-olds is the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile which will run Saturday at Santa Anita Park.
Last year fans saw the pale grey Hansen become the early Kentucky Derby favorite when he won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on a fast track at Churchill Downs in early November. In the 2010 edition of the race, it was Uncle Mo who would hold that title until an illness forced the colt to be...