Mothers day - Emerald Downs - Race 3 & 4 [08:33]
Race 3: Claiming: Gladis Sienko Memorial Purse: Purse: $4200: 5 1/2 furlongs 1) Adriatic Princ 2) Seventeenmiledrive 3) Hollow the Gold (disqualified) 4) Bookitbrooke 5) Red Ball Express 6) Wild Hank 7) Awesome Toccet 8)Golddue 9) Our Marshal Cahill (scratch) Winners: 3rd: Golddue 2nd: Seventeenmiledrive 1st: Adriatic Princ _________________________________________ Race 4: Maiden Special Weight: Bacardi Silver Purse: Purse: $17000: 6 furlongs 1) Royal Cantu 2) Elliegant One 3) Liberty Lake 4) Lil Sister Sadie 5) Maui Rose 6) Bobbylouie 7) Semele 8) Courting Delilah 9) Smokin' Gery 10) La Distanza Winners: 3rd: Liberty Lake 2nd: Courting Delilah 1st: Smokin' Grey
Tags: Claiming, Gladis Sienko Memorial Purse, Adriatic Princ, Maiden Special Weight, Bacardi Silver Purse, Smokin' Grey, May, Day, Racing, Race, Life, Track, horses, horse, racehorse, Thoroughbred, Auburn, Washington, Seattle, Mothers day, Emerald Downs, First,
Vo Rogue Tribute [14:07]
The mighty front-running Queenslander was the dominant horse in an era of champions, winning 26 races from 83 starts, including six Group 1 races, and a further five which now carry Group 1 status. He passed away at the ripe old age of 28.
Tags: Vo Rogue, Horse Racing, TSP 12 9 1 FOX
Start of the G2 Churchill Stakes with Shackleford 5/5/2012 [00:38]
Start of the 7 furlong G2 Churchill Stakes (in chute, on left) at Churchill Downs on Derby day undercard, 5/5/2012. Shackleford (ridden by Jesus Castanon) was the winner, with Amazombie (ridden by Mike Smith) second.
Tags: Shackleford, Jesus Castanon, Churchill Downs, Churchill Stakes, Louisville, Kentucky, Amazombie, Mike Smith, horse, horses, horse racing, track, jockey
Traditional Bells wins the maiden at Bonvilston ...Eliza waits to present a trophy [01:26]
A popular winner of the day at Bonvilston pt to pt near Cardiff was 'Traditional Bells' who was ridden by Evan David to win the maiden . All the winners at Bonvilston receive a trophy of a fine art print by Eliza's artist partnwer David Dent. In addition there is a cup from the race sponsor; plus champagne. So even though it is an amateur sport; it is nice for the winner to have something by which to remember the day their horse won its first race....
Tags: horse, racing, jumps, national, hunt, point, to, Bonvilston, near, cardiff, Wales, sport, cup, picture, Eliza, vintage, fur, coat, Trophy (Award Category), big, crowd, lovetheraces, outdoor sports, maiden, presentation, winner, enclosure, horses, Traditio
co owner of Tickity Bleue Peter Gordon chats to Eliza at Cheltenham [01:14]
One of Eliza's friends Peter Gordon is co owner in a small syndicate of 'Tickity Bleue' an exciting prospect for next season trained by Alan King . She was beaten on this ocassion by Glorious Twelfth from the Nicky Henderson yard; but had beaten it on her sole run previously at Newbury. The big tests is always Cheltenham to see if a horse copes with the hill; and also they were unsure about the soft going but she handled it well. The race was a 'bumper' - an introduction to racecourse action for future jumpers but on the flat; also known as a 'National Hunt flat race'. Tickity Bleue was giving weight to Glorious Twelfth (and the rest of the runners) because of the fact she'd won before; but the latter is a 5 year old. The last race of the day on a filthy afternoon; many racegoers had departed and as a result have probably missed two of the new stars of next season...
Tags: Cheltenham, races, bumper, national, hunt, flat, race, future, winners, exciting, prospects, Peter, Gordon, racing, enthusiast, jumping, Tickity, Bleue, Glorious, Twelfth, soft, ground, wet, Eliza, lovetheraces, mink, fur, coat, owners, trainers, jockeys,