Videos tagged with "opening"

2012 Breeders' Cup contender - Headley shoots to rev back up with Octane [02:15]
Bruce Headley discusses Octane ahead of the $100000 Eddie D (GIII) on opening day of Santa Anita's autumn meet.

Awesome Feather - 2012 Nasty Storm S. [01:59]
Undefeated champion Awesome Feather ran her record to 10-for-10 Thursday afternoon at Belmont Park as she came off an eight-month layoff to post a dominating 11 ¼-length victory in the $85000 Nasty Storm overnight stakes. Revving up for a planned start in the Grade 1, $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic at Santa Anita on November 2, the slightly built filly was away from the gate alertly, and then settled in third as Daddy's Honor and All Due Respect ripped through an opening quarter-mile in 22.63 seconds, with the half going in 44.96. Given her cue by jockey Jeffrey Sanchez on the turn, Awesome Feather barreled past the pacesetters and swept into the stretch with a sizeable lead and opened up under a hand ride to hit the wire in a swift 1:33.47 for the mile. "Six weeks out from the Breeders' Cup, I think she needed a race, so I'm not at all upset about winning by that many and having a strong final time," said Chad Brown, who trains the 2010 juvenile filly champion for Frank Stronach. "I think she needed the race and we got the race we needed." The 1-5 favorite, Awesome Feather returned $2.60 for a $2 win bet as she added the Nasty Storm to her 5 ¾-length victory in January's Sunshine Millions Distaff, her only other start of 2012.

Ladbrokes St Leger - Day 1 Race Preview [02:11]
David Williams from Ladbrokes previews the opening day of the St Leger festival at Doncaster. He takes you through every race on day 1 giving his selections for each. What will you be backing today? Game On.

New York Watch: Noble Tune [02:00]
Trainer Chad Brown initially thought Noble Tune was destined for the dirt before the colt posted a pair of "exceptional" breezes on the Oklahoma turf course, and on Monday the great-grandson of Serena's Song made it clear that he prefers the grass by unleashing a strong turn of foot to take his debut by 3 ½-lengths. Noble Tune raced behind cover in sixth along the inside before ranging up between horses on the final turn, finding a wide opening turning for home when the pacesetter drifted outwards, and blowing away his opponents once set down by Ramon Dominguez. "After seeing his turf works, I wasn't expecting him to run that well, but I was expecting him to run well," said Brown. Off as the 5-2 favorite, Noble Tune paid $7.30 and completed 1 1/16 miles on the Mellon turf course in 1:43.08.

$100K Black Gold Futurity Division 2 - 2012 [03:07]
September 8, 2012 at Will Rogers Downs, Claremore Oklahoma. The 330 yard Black Gold Futurity Division 2 topped the 2012 Quarter Horse meeting opening day card at Will Rogers Downs. The $100000 event is the second of four races in the lucrative Black Gold Futurity series. Oklahoma Cartel prevailed by a length under jockey Juan Vazquez. The winner is trained by Luis Villafranco.