Showing posts with label Aruna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aruna. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

A few more shots from Keeneland

Stakes-placed Rescue Squad coming off the track after morning training.
Above and below, breeder/owner/trainer Bart Evans shows his affection for his multiple Graded stakes-winning mare Wasted Tears ($941,463).



Barbara the horse identifier reading a lip tattoo in the paddock.

Here Comes Frazier, the Kenny McPeek-trained colt who swerved into the rail and catapulted rider Julien Leparoux clear over the rail, when a Bourbon Stakes victory was within his grasp.

Flaxman Holdings' Aruna, trained by Graham Motion, minutes before winning the Spinster.

Protesting, granddaughter of My Flag and great-granddaughter of Personal Ensign, on her toes before the Spinster as jockey Johnny V, trainer Shug McGaughey, and assistant trainer Buzz Tenney look on.

Protesting, protesting.

Spinster winner Aruna leading second-place finisher Pachattack down the stretch.

The Spinster finish, from Aruna in first to the gray Tapitsfly in last.

Friday, October 7, 2011

It's opening day of the fall season at Keeneland

Just one hour away until Keeneland kicks off its’ 75th anniversary fall meet!

Fall barn scene at Keeneland.

Two-year-old filly Tu Endie Wei has made the trek from Canada to run in today's Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades S. Trained by Reade Baker, she is 2-for-2, both stakes wins.
Tu Endie Wei.
Group 3 winner Theyskens' Theory (trained by Shug McGaughey), cross-entered in the G1 First Lady S. on Saturday and the G1 Spinster S. on Sunday.
Wasted Tears (Bart Evans) grazing the day before her scheduled start in the G1 First Lady S.
Together (a daughter of Galileo), over from Ireland for Aidan O'Brien. The three-year-old finished second in two Classics this year, the English 1,000 Guineas and Irish 1,000 Guineas. She, too, runs in the First Lady on Saturday.
Shotgun Gulch, winner of April's Grade 1 Vinery Madison S., switching leads on the track at Keeneland. Oklahoman C.R. Trout bred, owned, and trains this filly, who runs in the Thoroughbred Club of America S.-G2 on Saturday.
Aruna (trained by Graham Motion) galloping at Keeneland. She runs in the G1 Spinster S. on Sunday.
Aruna.
Pachattack, European filly who was 2nd in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign H. at Saratoga in her last start. The Gerard Butler-trainee starts in the G1 Spinster.
Grade 2 winner Well Monied, another Spinster entrant, is in town from California for trainer Howie Zucker.
Random horses working in tandem over the training track.