Jacqueline Ohrstrom’s Demonstrative, winner of three consecutive grade I NSA races, lands the Eclipse Award as the top steeplechase horse of 2014.
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Ramseys Repeat as Outstanding Breeders
For a second consecutive year, Ken and Sarah Ramsey were voted an Eclipse Award as outstanding breeders, once again eclipsing perennial leader Adena Springs Farm.
$20,000 Yearling Judy the Beauty a Champion
Hard as it is to believe that a daughter of a Horse of the Year out of a mare by another Horse of the Year sold for only $20,000 as a yearling, it isn’t hard to see that she could become a champion.
Work All Week Earns Male Sprint Eclipse Award
When he won the Xpressbet Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I), Work All Week became only the second Illinois-bred to capture a Breeders’ Cup event. He won five of six starts in 2014 and was second once for earnings of $1,131,173.
Thegirlinthatsong Powers Clear in La Canada
Thegirlinthatsong was the first to the wire in the $200,000 La Canada (gr. II) for older fillies Jan. 17 at Santa Anita Park.
Cross the Line Strikes in California Derby
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer was triple-handed entering the $100,000 California Derby Jan. 17 at Golden Gate Fields and emerged with an eighth win in the race after Cross the Line surged clear in early stretch.
Main Sequence Secures Older Male Championship
Main Sequence, a homebred of the Nicarchos family’s Flaxman Holdings, won all four of his starts in 2014–each at the grade I level–to secure an Eclipse Award in the older male division.
Ramseys Take Home Fourth Eclipse as Owners
On the strength of their prepotent stallion Kitten’s Joy, Ken and Sarah Ramsey earned their fourth Eclipse Award as top owner and second in a row as their 2014 runners earned $10,524,948.
Pletcher's Big Year Ends With Seventh Eclipse
Pletcher secured his second straight Eclipse as outstanding trainer in ceremonies Saturday, Jan. 17 at Gulfstream Park and his seventh outstanding trainer award overall.
Of Sammy Davis, Sheldon Adelson, Blue Jeans and 9 Other Facts About (Jewish) Nevada
Temple Emanu-El still serves the city’s Jewish residents. 2) Jacob W. Davis, a Jewish immigrant and tailor, invented jeans at his shop in Reno in 1871 when a customer paid $3 to commission a pair of sturdy work pants for her husband.
Why This Billionaire Is Betting Big on Marijuana
Small retail investors aren’t the only people who think there could be money made by investing in marijuana. The big investors are starting to get interested in marijuana’s profit potential, too.
Western Kansan claims $1 million lottery prize
The winner of the $1 million grand prize in the Holiday Millionaire Raffle had to drive a long way to claim his prize. The winner and his family arrived at Lottery headquarters in Topeka, after leaving early this morning to drive in from Greeley County in far western Kansas.
Manchurian High Wins Sunshine Millions Turf
Late-running Manchurian High swept to the lead on the far outside at the top of the stretch and kept going, pulling away to an authoritative win in the $100,000 Sunshine Millions Turf on Saturday Jan. 17 at Gulfstream Park.
I'm a Chatterbox Wires Silverbulletday
Fletcher and Carolyn Gray’s homebred I’m a Chatterbox, by Munnings, takes 3-year-old fillies wire-to-wire in the $125,000 Silverbulletday Stakes Jan. 17 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
String King Game in Col. Bradley Victory
Louisiana-bred String King put away tough pacesetter Gentleman’s Kitten and carried on to a well-earned victory Jan. 17 at Fair Grounds, taking the $125,000 Col. E. R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT) to become a graded winner.
Recent Claim Sr. Quisqueyano Rules SM Classic
Fresh off the claim, Sr. Quisqueyano upset the$250,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Classic Jan. 17 at Gulfstream Park, holding off East Hall by a half-length in a shocker.
Sacred Star, Gaultier Pull Upsets at Trentham
Rank outsider Sacred Star stunned 16 opponents in the JR & N Berkett Telegraph (NZ-I) Jan. 17 at Trentham when he unleashed an explosive rally to win by four lengths.
Weekend Hideaway Rolls in 'Millions' Sprint
New York-bred Weekend Hideaway dispatched pacesetter Happy My Way with a furlong to run and romped clear to win the $100,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Sprint Jan. 17 at Gulfstream Park.
Hard Aces Upsets Albano in Louisiana 'Cap
Albano was expected to ace the Louisiana Handicap in his Jan. 17 return to the races, but it was longshot Hard Aces who notched his first stakes score at odds of 9-1 in the $75,000 Fair Grounds event.
Wynn Resorts Co-Founder Joins Push to Outlaw Private Gun Sales in Nevada
Billionaire and Wynn Resorts co-founder Elaine Wynn has joined Michael Bloomberg’s push to ban private gun sales in the state of Nevada. For her part, Wynn “will chair an advisory board that is working to pass a background check initiative that recently qualified for the 2016 ballot.”