Page 10 - Michael Maker News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Defending Lady Apple Tops Nominees To Houston Ladies Classic Sponsored by: Lady Apple winning the 2020 edition of the Grade 3 Houston Ladies Classic under Ricardo Santana Jr. Nominations have closed for the Houston Racing Festival at Sam Houston Race Park. The annual event, featuring six stakes and purses in excess of $1 million will be contested on Sunday, Jan. 31 with a special afternoon post time of 1:45 pm (CT). The Houston Racing Festival includes two graded stakes, the Grade 3, $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic and the Grade 3, $200,000 John B. Connally Turf. The Houston Ladies...

Sponsored by: Noble Drama out-finishes favorite Red Crescent to win the 2020 Sunshine Millions Classic Harold Queen's Noble Drama has amassed earnings of more than $600,000 while winning five stakes and placing in 12 stakes during his 24-race career. Not bad for the “black sheep” of his family. Noble Drama is out of a half-sister to 2010 Eclipse champion sprinter Big Drama and full sister to multiple Grade 1-stakes winner Sheer Drama. While his exploits pale in comparisons to those of his Grade 1 kin, Noble Drama has been a most productive member of trainer David Fawkes' Gulfstr...

Joseph continues to shine in Florida Article by HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida – Barbadian trainer Saffie Joseph completed a one-two when favourite Mischievous Alex snatched the day’s richest prize at Gulfstream Park Sunday in the US$52 000 optional claiming in race 10. Going off as the hot favourite, Mischievous Alex produced a storming stretch run from off the pace to beat the four-year-olds and upward by 3-3/4 lengths in a time of one minute, 09.67 seconds. Four-to-one chance Admiral Lynch came home third. The result pushed Joseph to his 17th win of the season, one behind Michae...

Sponsored by: Sole Volante Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Andie Biancone's Sole Volante will regroup from the rigors of a Triple Crown campaign with a return to turf in Saturday's $75,000 Tropical Park Derby at Gulfstream Park. The Tropical Park Derby, a 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for 3-year-olds, will be accompanied on Saturday's 11-race program by the $75,000 Tropical Park Oaks, a 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies, and the $75,000 H. Allen Jerkens, a two-mile turf stakes for 3-year-olds and up. Patrick Biancone-trained Sole Volante will return from an 11-week freshening ...