Probe looks at Madera Co. office Oct 24, 2009
Joshua Leland Enos, 26, and Brian Jay Young, 40, were arrested Thursday in connection with the theft of brass cemetery urns from Holy Cross Cemetery at 2105 W. Belmont Ave., the Fresno County Sheriff's Department reported. Prosecutors are investigating allegations that at least one Madera County employee broke state law by buying the property of people who died while under the county's care. (Fresno Bee)
Contra Costa rape suspect back in custody Oct 22, 2009
All of the victims were abducted along Belmont Avenue between Broadway and Fresno Street. While some of the women may have been involved in prostitution, others were not, Dyer said; in one case, a victim was walking to the store when she was forced into a car. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Howe: Missing the point Oct 22, 2009
Belmont Citizen-Herald, 9 Meriam Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420. . (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Inmate booked in '79 slaying of Fresno child Oct 21, 2009
Victoria and her sister, Eva Marie, 3, were abducted near Belmont Avenue and First Street on Feb. 3, 1979, while walking to a store with their dog. Eva Marie was found safe hours later on the 3500 block of East Ashlan Avenue. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Sean Alvarado Selected To TopDrawerSoccer.com Team Of The Week Oct 20, 2009
com Men's Team of the Week, October 18, 2009 Chris Blais, Michigan Austin Da Luz, Wake Forest Charlie Rugg, Boston College Austin Neil, Tulsa , UCLA Jason Herrick, Maryland Carlos Alvarez, Connecticut Will Ogden, Villanova Irving Garcia, UC Irvine Brandon Tarr, Belmont Greg Balicki, Rhode Island. . (Uclabruins.com)
Family bought Victorian in 1900 Oct 19, 2009
The house sits on the west side of Van Ness Avenue, and McAlpine also owned land east of Van Ness between Belmont and Divisadero avenues, which he subdivided into lots and sold. College, Park and Nevada avenues within McAlpine's subdivision are narrow because McAlpine built them to accommodate the horse and buggy traffic of the day. (Fresno Bee)
BC Classic: Summer Bird works five furlongs Oct 18, 2009
Saturday's workout was Summer Bird's first since a one-length win in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, the colt's third major stakes win of the year. Earlier this year, Summer Bird won the Belmont Stakes and the Travers Stakes at Saratoga to emerge as a leader in the 3-year-old division ... Ice said Saturday's workout compared favorably with Summer Bird's other initial works on tracks such as Belmont and Saratoga. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Fresno fire victim identified Oct 18, 2009
The fire at Belmont and Clovis avenues was reported about 2 p.m. Saturday. Firefighters had it contained in 45 minutes. (Fresno Bee)
Hot letters this week ... Oct 16, 2009
- Belmont, MA - Belmont Citizen-Herald ... I was intrigued by the Selwyn Road resident, who after reading Tony Oberdorfer s comments on Belmont, suggests that Tony consider moving to California where the consequences of his ... I have enjoyed Oberdorfer s comments for the past couple of years; and as far as I can see, he has always advocated a financially conservative path for Belmont, a position which the people of California have resisted for decades. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
E.P. Taylor » Oct 16, 2009
Treat Gently was a Group 2 winner in Europe last year and made a successful North American debut under second-level allowance terms at Belmont in her last start July 9. Locally based Roses 'n' Wine is in excellent form but will have her work cut out for her. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Spend a Buck: Mambo Meister pays visit home Oct 16, 2009
Sal the Barber captured an overnight stakes early this summer at Belmont Park and was second behind Courageous Cat in Saratoga's Grade 2 Hall of Fame ... Mr. Green will face a lineup that includes the undefeated Peace at Dawn and Hear Ye Hear Ye, the pacesetter in Belmont's Grade 2 Futurity in his last start. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
QE II: Gozzip Girl bears close watching Oct 16, 2009
-- A replay of the Garden City Stakes at Belmont Park is required watching for horseplayers trying to get some context on what might happen Saturday when Keeneland runs the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup for the 26th time ... Gozzip Girl, full of run while hemmed in along the rail on the clubhouse turn of the Belmont turf course, clipped heels and had every right to fall ... She won twice at Gulfstream Park, ran a close second in the Grade 1 Ashland over the Polytrack at Keeneland,... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
CU seeks more than $52,000 from fired professor Oct 15, 2009
Co-owner Rick Porter of Fox Hill Farms, reports that the son of 1992 Belmont winner A.P. Indy is on course to once again compete on the track. "Friesan Fire is doing extremely well training at the Vinery in Ocala," Porter noted on his farm's website. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Track should be good for the fair Oct 15, 2009
Summer Bird notches Belmont's Jockey Club Gold Cup. Summer Bird, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, fought off Quality Road down the stretch to capture Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park ... Summer Bird becomes the 10th three-year-old to win the Belmont Stakes, Travers and the Jockey Club Gold Cup in the same year. (Fresno Bee)
Fresno poet releases his first book Oct 15, 2009
Michael Luis Medrano's Fresno includes Highway 99 hitchhikers, cheap taquerias on Belmont Avenue and Bulldogs who terrorize neighborhoods. In his first book of poetry, "Born in the Cavity of Sunsets," Medrano writes about the city where he grew up, tells stories of the life he's encountered here and dedicates poems to people he's met here. (Fresno Bee)
Lining roadways with palms popular in 1800s Oct 12, 2009
Victoria and her 3-year-old sister, Eva Maria, and their small dog, Benji, left home about 2 p.m. on Feb. 3, 1979, to walk to a convenience store near Belmont Avenue and First Street. Eva Maria was found crying but unharmed near Ashlan Avenue and First Street about 7:30 p.m. that day. (Fresno Bee)
1 adult killed, several students hurt in ID crash Oct 11, 2009
Joshua Leland Enos, 26, and Brian Jay Young, 40, were arrested Thursday in connection with the theft of brass cemetery urns from Holy Cross Cemetery at 2105 W. Belmont Ave., the Fresno County Sheriff's Department reported. INKOM, Idaho -- A bus carrying a celebrated Utah high school band swerved off an Idaho interstate and 00001A25 crashed on its side, killing an instructor and injuring some students, police and a school official said. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Gitano Hernando pulls shocker in Goodwood Oct 11, 2009
Earlier this year, he was second in the Grade 3 Dee Stakes at Chester, England, which at the time was considered a prep for the Belmont Stakes by Barber and the Team Valor group. Gitano Hernando emerged from that race "a little jarred up," Wellman said, forcing a summertime layoff. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Jamaica 'Cap Oct 11, 2009
Jamaica Handicap, Belmont Park, Take the Points, Courageous Cat, Jack Wolf, Edgar Prado, Todd Pletcher, Ramon Dominguez, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... Take the Points wins the Grade 1 Jamaica Handicap at Belmont Park on Oct. 10, 2009 ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- Take the Points was the only Grade 1 winner in the field entering Saturday's Jamaica Handicap and he left the newly anointed Grade 1 race the same way with a mild upset over heavily favored Courageous Cat at Belmont Park. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
C.L. Hirsch Turf: Will 'Presious' hold the lead? Oct 11, 2009
He was entered for the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont Park last weekend but was scratched when the course became soft because of torrential rain. As a result, the Clement Hirsch Championship over 1 1/4 miles on turf at Santa Anita will be Presious Passion's prep for the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf here Nov. 7. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Producers Shehadey dies at 102 Oct 11, 2009
"Hopalong Cassidy was a big success, and kids wanted to drink Hoppy's milk," said Charlie Chitchjian who owned the Mars Drive-In across the street from the Producers plant at Belmont and Palm avenues. Not long after Mr. Shehadey bought into the dairy, "he came over and introduced himself," Chitchjian said. (Fresno Bee)
Cost of Freedom out for Ancient Title repeat Oct 11, 2009
Atta Boy Roy brings his blazing speed from Washington, Supreme Summit and Crown of Thorns are coming off terrific comeback efforts at Del Mar, Gayego tuned up with a win at Belmont Park, and Square Eddie, one of the leading Derby prospects at the beginning of the year, is making his first start in nearly six months. Whoever wins earns an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Sprint on Nov. 7 through the Win and You're In program. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
'Temper' leads Spinster cast Oct 10, 2009
Spinster Stakes, Keeneland, Breeders' Cup Challenge, Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic, Swift Temper, Tejida, Dawn After Dawn, Be Fair, Tizfiz, Ginger Brew, Indescribable, Mushka, horse racing, horse - ESPN. Updated: October 9, 2009, 7:59 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Early start for big day of horse racing Oct 10, 2009
The chestnut colt fought off a determined Quality Road in a long battle down the stretch to win the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup Saturday by a length on a sloppy racetrack at Belmont Park. The victory may have clinched a divisional championship for Summer Bird, who is the first 3-year-old since Easy Goer in 1989 to win the Belmont Stakes, the Travers and the Gold Cup ... The chestnut colt fought off a determined Quality Road in a long battle down the stretch to win the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold... (Fresno Bee)
Rivalry in G1 Champagne Oct 10, 2009
Champagne Stakes, Belmont Park, Dublin, Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Breeders' Cup Challenge, Discreetly Mine, horse racing, horse, Aspire - ESPN ... But the horse he beat by two lengths, Aspire, didn't have the smoothest of trips either and figures to offer more value when the two meet again in Saturday's Grade 1 Champagne at Belmont Park ... The Champagne, a one-turn one-mile race for 2-year-olds, is one of three Grade 1 stakes on Saturday's 10-race card at Belmont. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Shadwell Mile » Oct 10, 2009
Court Vision was scratched from the Kelso last weekend at Belmont Park when turf races were rained off. The rest of the Shadwell field is Yorktown, Wise River, Karelian, Sterwins, and Tizdejavu. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
'Ribbon: Magical Fantasy chases four in row Oct 10, 2009
Yellow Ribbon Stakes, Santa Anita, Oak Tree, Magical Fantasy, Breeders' Cup Challenge, Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf, Black Mamba, Rosa Grace, Charming Legacy, horse racing, horse, Visit, Internallyflawless - ESPN. Updated: October 9, 2009, 2:04 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Futurity » Oct 10, 2009
Keeneland, Breeders' Futurity, Breeders' Cup Challenge, Backtalk, Dixie Band, Make Music For Me, Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Santa Anita, horse racing, horse - ESPN. Updated: October 9, 2009, 1:32 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Oak Tree Mile » Oct 10, 2009
Oak Tree Mile, Todd Pletcher, Cowboy Cal, Santa Anita, Breeders' Cup Challenge, Breeders' Cup Mile, Whatsthescript, Monterey Jazz, Global Hunter, horse racing, horse, Garrett Gomez, Robert McNair - ESPN. Updated: October 9, 2009, 2:18 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
'Forever' follows familar path to Cup Oct 10, 2009
As a 4-year-old of 2008, she ran third in the Just a Game at Belmont, won the Diana at Saratoga, and was third in the Canadian Stakes at Woodbine ... Recently purchased by the IEAH Stables and still trained by Angel Penna Jr., the 5-year-old mare won the Grade 1 Just a Game on the June 6 Belmont Stakes undercard. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Negligee, Fatal Bullet punch BC tickets Oct 10, 2009
Breeders' Cup, Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita, horse racing, horse, Keeneland, Negligee, Darley Alcibiades Stakes, Fatal Bullet, Phoenix Stakes, Win and You're In - ESPN. Updated: October 10, 2009, 12:46 AM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Washington Announces Final Men's Basketball Schedule Oct 9, 2009
Wright State will be the Huskies first opponent on Nov. 13, followed by Belmont and Portland State (NCAA) in the subsequent days. The Huskies will then welcome San Jose State, led by former Husky , on Nov. 20. (Gohuskies.com)
Business-license tax debates continue Oct 9, 2009
Schmid said the city's tax rates are comparable to cities such as Belmont, San Mateo, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, though the latter two employ gross-receipts taxes. Palo Alto city staff had initially proposed a tax based on gross receipts but later changed it after pressure from small-business owners. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Fair time is race time Oct 8, 2009
Seven set for Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. Five weeks before the running of the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park seven horses have been entered for Saturday's 1 1/4 mile Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. (Fresno Bee)
Oberdorfer: Responding to criticism Oct 7, 2009
Peter Guthrie's renewed onslaught against me and the Belmont Citizen-Herald mentions "how a democracy works" but evidently he remains unaware that freedom of the press is still a pretty important part of a democratic society [ Troubling columns, Oct. 1 ... A more restrained approach to public spending such as I have suggested would be appropriate for Belmont is exactly what would have prevented the catastrophe facing the California population ... Belmont Citizen-Herald, 9 Meriam Street,... (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
How We Get Addicted Oct 7, 2009
And now I was on my way to McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. to have my brain scanned in a functional magnetic-resonance imager (fMRI). (Time.com)
Collectors named as suspects in Calif. art heist Oct 7, 2009
Joshua Leland Enos, 26, and Brian Jay Young, 40, were arrested Thursday in connection with the theft of brass cemetery urns from Holy Cross Cemetery at 2105 W. Belmont Ave., the Fresno County Sheriff's Department reported. SALINAS, Calif. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Letters to the editor Oct 7, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009. In the last few weeks I have noticed a particular drop-off in the availability of bike cars on Caltrain. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Raymond F. Hamel, Sr. Oct 6, 2009
Mr. Hamel, the son of Henry E. Hamel and Mary Agnes O Donnell Hamel of Belmont, MA, was one of three Hamel brothers to serve in World War II. Mr. Hamel, a bombardier with the 8th Air Force, completed 18 missions in the B-17 Lonesome Polecat. He was shot down over Berlin on April 18, 1944. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
24 South St. Notebook Oct 6, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:50 PM EDT. The address for Auburn's Memorial City Hall on South Street is familiar to many follower's of the city's government and its political scene. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Turf ace Gio Ponti aims for BC Classic Oct 6, 2009
Clement hopes that Gio Ponti's wins in the Frank Kilroe at Santa Anita, Manhattan, and Man o' War at Belmont, and Arlington Million in Chicago are enough to offset his loss to 43-1 shot Interpatation in last Saturday's Joe Hirsch Turf Classic to earn the 4-year-old an Eclipse Award as North America's top male turf horse ... This year, North America's top dirt horse entering the Classic might very well be Summer Bird, the 3-year-old who added Saturday's Jockey Club Gold Cup to victories in the... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Breeders' Cup working to get Sea the Stars Oct 6, 2009
Breeders' Cup, Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita, horse racing, horse, Sea the Stars, $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic - ESPN. Updated: October 5, 2009, 5:54 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Norfolk: Lookin at Lucky stays unbeaten Oct 5, 2009
Breeders' Cup, Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita, horse racing, horse, Bob Baffert, Lookin at Lucky, Garrett Gomez, Norfolk Stakes, Win and You're In, Breeders' Cup Challenge - ESPN. Updated: October 4, 2009, 11:12 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Oak Leaf: Blind Luck kicks late to win Oct 5, 2009
Breeders' Cup, Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita, horse racing, horse, Oak Leaf Stakes, Blind Luck, Jerry Hollendorfer, Tyler Baze - ESPN. Updated: October 4, 2009, 11:13 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Beldame » Oct 4, 2009
Beldame, Music Note, Belmont Park, Godolphin, Copper State, Unbridled Belle, Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... Music Note wins the Grade 1, $588,000 Beldame at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, 2009 ... Music Note won her fifth Grade 1 race overall - and fourth at Belmont to go along with wins in the Mother Goose, Coaching Club American Oaks, and Gazelle as a 3-year-old. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
G2 Cotillion: Careless Jewel makes it look easy Oct 4, 2009
Fitz Dixon Cotillion, Philadelphia Park, Careless Jewel, Bon Jovi Girl, Vern Dubinsky, Josie Carroll, horse racing, horse - ESPN. Updated: October 3, 2009, 8:57 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Indiana Derby Oct 4, 2009
Updated: October 3, 2009, 8:55 PM ET. Misremembered sets Hoosier mark. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Story » Oct 4, 2009
Jockey Club Gold Cup, Belmont Park, Tim Ice, Kent Desormeaux, Breeders' Cup Classic, Quality Road, Todd Pletcher, Belmont Stakes, Travers Stakes, horse racing, horse, Drs ... Summer Bird captures the Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, 2009 ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- Summer Bird stated his case for being crowned 3-year-old champion while trying to enter the conversation for Horse of the Year with an easier-than-it looked one-length victory over Quality Road in Saturday's... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Prix de la Foret: Goldikova upset at Longchamp Oct 4, 2009
Prix de la Foret, Goldikova, Breeders' Cup Mile, Longchamp, Olivier Peslier, Freddie Head, Santa Anita, horse racing, horse - ESPN. Updated: October 3, 2009, 6:06 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Awesome Gem finally gets win Oct 4, 2009
Hawthorne Gold Cup, Awesome Gem, Craig Dollase, Todd Pletcher, David Flores, Abby's Angel, Indian Maid Handicap, horse racing, horse - ESPN. Updated: October 3, 2009, 8:56 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Hirsch Turf » Oct 4, 2009
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational, Belmont Park, Gio Ponti, Interpatation, Grand Couturier, Telling, horse racing, horse, Breeders' Cup Turf, Santa Anita, Christophe Clement, Robby Albarado - ESPN ... 50) upsets the Grade 1, $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, 2009 ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- The fourth time was the charm for Interpatation, who staged an improbable come-again upset over odds-on Gio Ponti to win Saturday's $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic as the rank outsider... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Flower Bowl » Oct 4, 2009
Pure Clan, Flower Bowl Invitational, Belmont Park, Bob Holthus, Lewis Lakin, Julien Leparoux, Criticism, Dynaforce, Bill Mott, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... Pure Clan wins the Grade 1, $600,000 Flower Bowl Invitational for fillies and mares at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, 2009 ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- Her connections may have been leery of the soft Belmont Park turf course, but Pure Clan handled it just fine, thank you, running past Criticism inside the sixteenth pole to win Saturday's Grade 1, $600,000... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
West held out of James-O'Neal debut Oct 4, 2009
Horse racing Summer Bird wins Gold Cup at Belmont Summer Bird outdueled Quality Road in the stretch to win the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park for his third straight Grade 1 victory. Under Kent Desormeaux, Summer Bird took the lead when the field of seven turned for home on a sloppy track, and then held off a determined Quality Road by a neck to stake his claim as the top 3-year-old male horse. (Boston Globe)
No concerns for Gio Ponti in G1 Joe Hirsch Turf Oct 3, 2009
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, Belmont Park, Gio Ponti, Breeders' Cup Turf, Santa Anita, Christophe Clement, horse racing, horse, Telling, Grand Couturier, Presious Passion, Musketier, Al Khali, Ramon Domiguez - ESPN ... So the fact Gio Ponti is attempting 1 1/2 miles for the first time in Saturday's Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational over a potentially soft Widener turf course at Belmont Park didn't exactly have Clement shaking in his boots Thursday morning ... Actually, Clement did enter... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
'Lucky' takes next step in G1 Norfolk Oct 3, 2009
John Sadler, Breeders' Cup Challenge, Norfolk Stakes, Bob Baffert, Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Patrick Biancone, Garrett Gomez, Lookin At Lucky, John Scott, Dave in Dixie, Hurricane Ike, horse racing, horse - ESPN. Updated: October 2, 2009, 9:26 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Vosburgh: Fabulous Strike tough on N.Y. dirt Oct 3, 2009
Vosburgh Stakes, Belmont Park, Peace Chant, Munnings, Kodiak Kowboy, Fabulous Strike, horse racing, horse, Go Go Shoot, Todd Pletcher, Todd Beattie, Bruce Levine - ESPN. Updated: October 2, 2009, 6:57 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Win Willy stretches out in G2 Indiana Derby Oct 3, 2009
Despite the Odds will add blinkers for trainer Michael Trombetta in hopes of regaining the form he showed in June, when he won the Grade 3, off-the-turf Hill Prince at Belmont by 7 1/2 lengths. Sumo won the Pleasant Colony at Saratoga in his last start, but has not won a graded stakes. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Arc: Sea the Stars looks heavenly Oct 3, 2009
Sea the Stars, John Oxx, Arc, Conduit, Breeders' Cup, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Aidan O'Brien, Youmzain, horse racing, horse - ESPN. Updated: October 2, 2009, 7:14 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Hawthorne Cup may have BC impact Oct 3, 2009
Hawthorne Gold Cup, Awesome Gem, Muhannak, Nite Light, You and I Forever, Jonesboro, Alcomo, Shadowbdancing, Eldaafer, horse racing, horse, West Point Thoroughbreds, Breeders' Cup Marathon, Soldier's Dancer - ESPN. Updated: October 2, 2009, 8:50 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Novak: Summer Bird still improving » Oct 3, 2009
Jockey Club Gold Cup, Claire Novak, Belmont Park, Summer Bird, Tim Ice, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown, Travers Stakes, Breeders' Cup Classic, Quality Road, Kent Desormeaux, Todd Pletcher, Macho Again, Asiatic Boy, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... Standing next to Summer Bird's stall at Belmont one day before the colt would tackle older horses in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Tim Ice pulled out his cell phone and scrolled through images of a son he has yet to hold ... Summer Bird, 2009 Belmont Stakes... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Huge Cup implications for Keeneland weekend Oct 3, 2009
Grade 1, $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (Sunday): Icon Project passed on the Beldame at Belmont in favor of this 1 1/8-mile race and should be a solid favorite in what looks like another short- to mid-sized field ... Furthest Land was part of a 12-for-17 streak that went from Sept. 19-26 and included 7 wins at Turfway, 3 at Belmont, 1 at Louisiana Downs, and 1 at Kentucky Downs ... Filming had taken place over the last two weeks or so at Keeneland, which is purported to be Belmont Park in the film.... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Picks » Oct 3, 2009
Jockey Club Gold Cup, Belmont Park, Summer Bird, Horseplayerpro scouting report, Jeremy Plonk, Macho Again, Quality Road, horse racing, horse, Breeders' Cup Classic - ESPN ... Saturday, Oct. 3, Belmont Park ... You have the winners of the Belmont Stakes, Travers, Stephen Foster and Suburban, as well as runner-ups in several big races this year as well. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Careless Jewel tops cast for Cotillion at Philly Oct 3, 2009
He cautioned, however, that he's not looking past the Cotillion, where the opposition includes the Larry Jones-trained Just Jenda, winner of the Grade 3 Honeybee at Oaklawn in March and the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks last time out; and Cat Moves, a New York-based filly who won the Grade 1 Prioress at Belmont but has yet to race beyond seven furlongs. "Our filly is training well," Dubinsky said of Careless Jewel, who shows a bullet six-furlong work and a four-furlong move in 47. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
OC music teacher accused of flashing receptionist Oct 2, 2009
Graveside: 10 a.m. Thursday, Belmont Memorial Park. Remembrances: New Hope Community Church Building Fund, 4620 E. Nees Ave., Clovis, CA 93611. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Morvich: Win points California Flag to BC Oct 2, 2009
California Flag, Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, Morvich Handicap, Oak Tree at Santa Anita, Win and You're In, Breeders' Cup Challenge - ESPN. Updated: October 1, 2009, 6:45 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
