Tuesday, January 4, 2011

PICTURES OF THE DAY

Changing Skies, Kent Desormeaux up, wins $100,000 La Prevoyante Handicap Gr.III at Calder Casino & Race Course, Miami Gardens, FL. (Jim Lisa Photos/Horsephotos.com)
Monzon, returning to dirt after making three starts on the grass, commenced his sophomore season with a last-to-first victory in the $65,000 Count Fleet on New Year’s Day at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Breathoffreshheir pulled clear in deep stretch Sunday afternoon at Aqueduct Racetrack and onto an easy victory over favored Status Pending in the $65,000 Ruthless, her second consecutive stakes win.
King Congee (center), Javier Castellano up, wins Tropical Park Derby, Calder Casino & Race Course, Miami Gardens, FL. (Jim Lisa Photos/Horsephotos.com)
The $65,000 Interborough for fillies and mares, contested as the third race, went heavily-favored Nicole H, who picked up her second consecutive stakes victory on the inner track.
Icabad Crane concluded his 5-year-old season with a hard-charging victory at Aqueduct Racetrack on New Year’s Eve in the $65,000 Alex M. Robb for New York-breds.
In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Unzip Me and jockey Rafael Bejarano win the Grade III, $100,000 Monrovia Stakes horse race Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.


In this photo provided by Benoit Photo, Glen Hill Farm's Dilemma, ridden by Garrett Gomez, left, goes on to win the Grade III Daytona Stakes Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.
In this photo provided by Benoit Photo, Spring Style, ridden by jockey Garrett Gomez, right, goes on to win past Harmonious (5), ridden by Joel Rosario the Grade II Robert J. Frankel Stakes, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.In a photo provided by Fair Ground Race Course, Jamie Theriot, front left, aboard Max Me Out, holds off challengers to win the Woodchopper Stakes Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. Royal Express, right, with Kerwin Clark, finished second.
In a photo provided by Fair Grounds Race Course, Populist Politics, with Richard Eramia aboard, pulls away to win the Louisiana Futurity - Colts and Geldings Division at Fair Grounds Race Course on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, in New Orleans.
Runners take the water jump on a foggy day at Newbury racecourse on December 29, 2010 in Newbury, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Europe)
Runners turn away from the grandstand in The Raceodds Handicap Steeple Chase at Cheltenham racecourse on January 01, 2011 in Cheltenham, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Europe)
Carabella driven by Ricky May (R) wins the Fillies Championship Mobile 3yr old Mobile Pace at Alexandra Park on December 31, 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images AsiaPac)
James McDonald riding Kings Rose celebrates winning the New Zealand Bloodstock Royal Stakes during the New Years Day Racing at Ellerslie Racecourse on January 1, 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images AsiaPac)

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