Independence Hall got acquainted with Gulfstream Park March 22 during a sharp half-mile breeze ahead of a scheduled start in the $750,000 Curlin Florida Derby (G1) March 28, and Tiz the Law put in his final breeze for the race with a five-furlong move at Palm Meadows Training Center. Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Twin Creeks Racing Stables, and Kathleen and Robert …
Independence Hall returned to the work tab Feb. 22 for the first time since suffering his lone loss, but where he’ll resurface for his next race remains in question. He went well. It was his first breeze after his race two weeks ago,” Trombetta said. “It was just a little maintenance work, and he did well.” …
The Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale picked up the pace throughout the Feb. 11 second and final session, with the Creative Cause mare Remedy bringing $570,000 in the supplemental catalog to top the sale. Remedy hails from the prolific family of broodmare of the year Leslie’s Lady and was sent home to Twin Creeks Farm, who …
Trainer Mike Trombetta said Monday afternoon that Independence Hall will make his next start in the Feb. 8 Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs, where the colt has been training for several weeks. Independence Hall, who has emerged as one of the top early contenders for the 146th Kentucky Derby after winning his first …
By Bob Ehalt BloodHorse 1/1/20 There’s only one Independence Hall, but in a sense there’s two. There’s “Paddock” Independence Hall and “Game Time” Independence Hall. “Paddock” Independence Hall is an impetuous, newly turned 3-year-old who can make quite a fuss and be a handful to saddle and control before a race. “He’s a racehorse, not a …
TIZ THE LAW was much the best in the G1 Champagne Stakes pulling away to a 4 length victory and earning him an all expenses paid spot in the $2 million Breeder’s Cup Juvenile G1 on Nov 1st at Santa Anita. TIZ THE LAW is the son of first crop sire CONSTITUTION out of the …
By Meredith Daugherty @ BH_MDaugherty May 18th, 2019 Tucked safely away in his stall, insulated from Preakness Day crowds and the reverberating bass of infield celebrations, the only sounds Catholic Boy heard before his start in the May 18 $250,000 Dixie Stakes (G2T) were the quiet snaps of rubber bands as assistant trainer Melissa Cohen …
BloodHorse Staff 4/27/19 Gray Magician got the green light April 27 to head to Kentucky after breezing five furlongs in 1:00 2/5 at San Luis Rey Training Center in preparation for the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1). Racing for Wachtel Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, and Gary Barber, the 3-year-old son of GRAYDAR …
Gray Attempt’s win was his fourth in last five starts, including the Smarty Jones Stakes two back, and was a nice return to form after he finished a disappointing 11th most recently in the Southwest Stakes (G3). The 3-year-old son of Graydar now sports a record of 6-4-0-0 with $261,366 earned. “He did everything we thought he could …
New York-bred Espresso Shot is the 9-5 morning-line favorite after graduating from a victory over state-breds in the Dec. 29 East View Stakes to take the March 9 Busher Stakes in open company at a flat mile.
