Archive By Section - Equine
Pullyourfingerout pulls out a victory in $50,000 Aiken feature
AIKEN -- Irvin S. Naylor's Pullyourfingerout made a bold move on the final turn of Ford Conger Field, charged past pacesetter Birthday Beau, and drew away easily to win the $50,000 Budweiser Imperial Cup on Saturday, March 24, at the Aiken Spring Steeplechase.
Eclipse Award winner among eight Carolina Cup nominees
In what can best be described as an ironic twist, with a good portion of Kershaw County residents suffering from pollen-related maladies, Black Jack Blues will come to town some four months after the missing last November's Colonial Cup steeplechase due to a respiratory infection.
Discount sale of Cup tickets ends Saturday
Saturday is the final day for patrons to secure discount general admission tickets for the Carolina Cup steeplechase races.
Ever So Lucky third in Swale Stakes; Mr Gruff wins, again, at Santa Anita
Augustin Stables' Ever So Lucky, which spent part of the winter training at the Springdale Race Course for Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard, opened his 3-year-old campaign by finishing third in Saturday's $150,000 Swale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park in Florida.
Carolina Cup parking spaces selling quickly
With less than three weeks left before the Carolina Cup Races, reserved parking spaces are, once again, moving at a brisk pace.
Kirkwood grads get wins in U.S. and Japan
It was a good week for maidens who got their starts at Kip Elser's Kirkwood Stables in Camden.
Get Stormy opens his year with a bang; Ever So Lucky scratched from Hutcheson
Get Stormy shook off the doldrums from his 12th place finish in last November's TVG Breeders' Cup Mile by winning his first race of 2012 by wiring Saturday's $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (Gr. 1) in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
Sheppard hopes Ever So Lucky will be ever so good this spring
Each time Jonathan Sheppard sent out Ever So Lucky in the company of a training partner last summer, the precocious 2-year-old would dig in and would refuse to be beaten, even if was nothing more than a simple work around the track at the Hall of Fame trainer's farm in Pennsylvania.
Deadline nears for renewing Carolina Cup parking spots
It is two weeks and counting for patrons who purchased reserved parking spaces and/or grandstand boxes for last year's Carolina Cup races to renew their order for the 2012 edition of the event.
Mr. Vegas lights up field with win in Fair Grounds feature
It has been a good start to 2012 for horses which received their early training in Camden. Last Saturday, Mr. Vegas, a graduate of Donna Freyer's Custom Care Equine, won for the third start in a row by taking the $100,000 Colonel E. R. Bradley Stakes (Gr. III) at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. This was the first graded stakes victory for the 5-year-old gelding which is being pointed for a summer of graded ...
Naylor hits ‘21’ with Eclipse winner Black Jack Blues
For Irvin Naylor, it was not whether one of his jumpers would win the 2011 Eclipse Award for steeplechasing, but which one would be voted to receive racing's top honor.
Mr. Commons closes out 2011 with a victory at Santa Anita
It has been a busy and winning post-holiday season for Thoroughbreds with Camden connections.
Countdown to the Cup
It is not too early to begin making plans for the 2012 Carolina Cup Steeplechase Races at the Springdale Race Course.
Naylor locks down Eclipse Award finalists for steeplechase division
There are two certainties as to the 2011 Eclipse Award winner for steeplechasing. First, it will be an Irish-bred gelding. Second, it will be owned by Irv Naylor.
S.C. TOBA snags Day as dinner speaker
National Racing Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day will be the guest speaker at the South Carolina Thoroughbred Owners' and Breeders' Association awards banquet.
Articles by Section - Equine
Decoy Daddy finishes strong to capture National Hunt Cup
Seemingly beaten in deep stretch, Irv Naylor's Decoy Daddy made a thrilling late move that carried him to a head victory over Gustavian in the $50,000 National Hunt Cup (Gr. 3), the featured hurdle race of Saturday's 83rd annual Radnor Hunt Races in Malvern, Pa.
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