El hipismo está lleno de héroes anónimos, y esos héroes en muchas ocasiones son equinos. Tal es el caso del tordillo Gettysburg, el caballo que ha acompañado a Gun Runner en sus trabajos durante cierto tiempo. Se trata de un cincoañero hijo de Pionnerof the Nile en L.A. Devine, por Pulpit, ganador de una sola […]
Continue readingGettysburg is a 5-year-old horse who is 1 for 13 lifetime, lost his last two starts by a combined 32 lengths and made a total of $1,768 in 2017. His value to owners Three Chimneys Farm and Winchell Thoroughbreds? Incalculable. Since Gettysburg was purchased privately last fall to serve as the designated workmate to Gun […]
Continue readingBreeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Gun Runner had his final major workout for the $16 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Sunday afternoon, working six furlongs in 1:11 at Fair Grounds. Working in company with regular workmate Gettysburg, Gun Runner was clocked galloping out seven furlongs in 1:23.40 and the mile in 1:37 under jockey Florent Geroux as they prepare for […]
Continue readingProhibitive Horse of the Year favorite Gun Runner had another methodical work on his march to Gulfstream Park’s $16 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), motoring three-quarters of a mile in 1:13 1/5 with his faithful workmate Gettysburg Sunday morning at the Fair Grounds. Starting off a couple of lengths behind his fellow newly-turned 5-year-old, Gun Runner […]
Continue readingWith frigid weather looming in New Orleans, trainer Steve Asmussen wanted a little something extra from Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Gun Runner during his weekly workout Sunday in preparation for Gulfstream Park’s $16-million Pegasus World Cup (G1). And in the case of Gun Runner, heavy favorite to be feted as North America’s Horse of […]
Continue readingSin lugar a dudas el probable enfrentamiento entre el actual Caballo del Año Arrogate, campeón defensor de la Breeders’ Cup Classic, y Gun Runner, hoy por hoy el más cotizado de los caballos maduros en los Estados Unidos, ha creado una enorme expectativa que crece a medida que se acerca el sábado 4 de Noviembre, […]
Continue readingLikely to vie for favoritism in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar in just under two weeks’ time, Gun Runner recorded his penultimate workout Monday morning at Santa Anita Park. The 4-year-old Candy Ride colt was out just after the sun came up under jockey Florent Geroux, per drf.com, with trainer Steve Asmussen on […]
Continue readingEl alazán Gun Runner, hoy por hoy uno de los mejores corredores en Norteamérica, realizó el pasado domingo 24 un último briseo en la pista de Churchill Downs previo a su viaje a California, donde se espera que sea uno de los protagonistas principales de la Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) el venidero 4 de Noviembre […]
Continue readingWinchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimney Farm’s Gun Runner, the current early favorite for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) on Nov. 4 at Del Mar, put in his final workout at Churchill Downs on Sunday before shipping to California by recording a bullet five-furlong move in :59.80 with regular jockey Florent Geroux aboard. […]
Continue readingJay Privman of The Daily Racing Form and Ed McNamara of Newsday earned top honors in the New York Racing Association, Inc.’s (NYRA) eighth annual Joe Hirsch Memorial Writing Contest, recognizing the best in print and internet coverage of the 2016 Belmont Stakes, won by Creator. Privman won for his race recap entitled “Creator beats […]
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