Monday, August 2, 2010

Live blog for Monday, August 2

For live race results throughout the day, check out our Twitter stream.

9:59 p.m.: Here's a look at Discreetly Mine's dominant win in the Amsterdam earlier today.



3:53 p.m.: The 9-year-old Redefined just scored a solid win in the sixth race. Always fun to see these older campaigners do this. He's trained by Tony Dutrow - who sent out the aforementioned Winslow Homer, as well as Jim Dandy winner A Little Warm, this weekend. Ramon Dominguez was aboard for his third win of the day.

2:16 p.m.: Well, the sort of news you always hate to hear. Winslow Homer, winner of yesterday's Curlin Stakes, is out of the Travers and likely done for the year with a condylar fracture.

11:45 a.m.: Hi folks, and welcome to our live blog for Monday, August 2. Apologies for the lack of a blog yesterday. Thanks to technical difficulties, we were on an early deadline for the Pink Sheet and Saratogian, meaning our energies had to be directed toward finishing our stories for print (remember that? go buy one from the kids right outside the track!).

To make it up to you, here's some video from this morning during training hours. First, Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra turned in her first breeze since winning the Lady's Secret at Monmouth, going five furlongs in 1:02.45 on the Oklahoma track. She did it nearly effortlessly, and trainer Steve Asmussen was pleased with the move.



Here's some bonus footage of Rachel's stablemate Kantharos, an exciting 2-year-old who won the Bashford Manor last out, going five furlongs in 1:00.45 in company.



Just under two hours ago, Quality Road schooled at the gate in preparation for his start in this Saturday's Whitney. As you'll recall (and who could forget), he melted down at the gate at the Breeders' Cup Classic last fall, forcing a late scratch. Following that episode, he went through extensive schooling with gate guru Bob Duncan, and has been fine for all three of his races this year. Todd Pletcher said this morning's session, which went very smoothly, as "a safety net."



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