Maiden Watch : Valid Rule

Two in a Row for Valid Rule

Blood-Horse Staff — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Valid Rule (Peace Rules) makes it two in a row with a dominating performance at Hawthorne. Plus, Run Smart One (Smarty Jones) gets his maiden triumph at Turfway. ...(read more)

A Valid Rule

Blood-Horse Staff — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:00:00 GMT

Valid Rule (Peace Rules) keeps his jockey on this time, and cruises to victory at Hawthorne....(read more)

A Second Glance to be Noble and Valid for Kitty

Blood-Horse Staff — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:23:00 GMT

Second Glance (Smarty Jones), Noble Rule (Peace Rules), Valid Rule (Peace Rules), and Bajan Kitty (Speightstown) are in search of maiden wins on December 11....(read more)

The Rule is Not Yet Valid; Midnight Seeks a Break

Blood-Horse Staff — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:13:00 GMT

This one was over for favorite Valid Rule (Peace Rules) almost before it began. As the gates opened, Valid Rule wheeled and dropped Inez Karlsson, and attempted to return to the barn...(read more)

Seeking Validity for Ruling at the Arlington Place

Blood-Horse Staff — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:18:00 GMT

Only one upcoming entry, as Valid Rule (Peace Rules) debuts at Arlington. New workers include Smarty's Gold (Smarty Jones), Custers Last Stand (Congaree), Bhangaloo Ruby (Peace Rules), Gifts for a King (Saarland), and Chattertown (Speightstown). ...(read more)

It's a Warrior's Reward For All Who Conga with a Smart Woman

Blood-Horse Staff — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:10:00 GMT

On track at Saratoga was Smart Woman. Smart Woman is a Smarty Jones' filly out of the winning Storm Cat mare, Storming Beauty. Storming Beauty is a daughter of champion Sky Beauty who earned $1,336,000 and won or placed in 17 graded stakes. ...(read more)

Royal Card gets One Hot Toddy

Blood-Horse Staff — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:32:00 GMT

Then, the fun really began in the post parade when Royal Card reared, dumped her rider, and ran off. The outrider made a nice grab to stop her after only one furlong and she stayed in the race....(read more)

Curly's going to Stirrup Excitment so Letmeby

Blood-Horse Staff — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:59:00 GMT

The long-awaited debut of Curly occurs this Saturday at Oaklawn Park. Regular readers will recall that Curly is just 2 letters away from being horse of the year. That alone was enough to endear him to our hearts....(read more)

Rich Citizen Overtakes the Cherokee Queen; Results 3/27/08 Plus Workouts

Blood-Horse Staff — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:43:00 GMT

First-Timer Cherokee Queen looked home free, but Rich Citizen kept coming and just got her head in front. Go Go Pink, who was the best looking horse in the post parade, went off as the favorite, but she couldn't keep pace with the top two....(read more)