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Rail Trip

7 year old Gelding | Active
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Owner(s):
Jay Em Ess Stable
Trainer:
Ronald W. Ellis
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by Donarra Thoroughbreds, LLC
Pedigree:
Jump Start  -  Sweet Trip  by  Carson City
Rating:
 
 
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What the Horse Racing Nation is saying about Rail Trip...

Rail Trip is back and Ron Ellis has him. Winner of the Grade I Hollywood Gold Cup in 2009 for the Jay Em Ess Stable and Ellis, the gelded son of Jump Star was transferred to trainer Rick Dutrow in late 2010, failing to win in five starts. Ellis got the good news on Monday. “He got here yesterday,” t...Read More
  • likin sparks · Great, because he looked in good form last race despite losing Dominguez at the gate but now getting an upgrade is the way to go. · 44 days ago ·
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  • ILuvTurfRacing · IMO, This is the best thing that could've possibly happened to Rail Trip's racing career!! There's no doubt, the best he's ever looked was his days when he was in Ron Ellis barn the first time. Rail Trip just never really looked comfortable on those east coast, conventional dirt tracks. He's always been a beast on synthetic surfaces, and now that he's back in California, he'll have that surface to run on again at Hollywood Park and Del-Mar. I don't know if Ellis would ever give him a shot? But I've always suspected that Rail Trip might fare really well on the turf, too. As much as he likes synthetic surfaces. Much like how Acclamation has done really well on both surfaces this season. · 44 days ago ·
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Ron the Greek wins the early feature at Aqueduct as Rail Trip unseats Ramon ... looks like he is OK.
 
  • likin sparks · If for Rail Trip not slipping and almost falling down he would have blew this race apart, riderless he ran far out wide near the stands and still beat the 3rd place finisher. Hope all is ok. · 77 days ago ·
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How quickly they forget. Just one race ago, Rail Trip was considered the classy and dangerous veteran...Read More
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  • Mike in SB · They should have kept him with Ron Ellis. · 141 days ago ·
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  • zatt · He was pressured early and stuck on the rail, but that was a disappointing performance. Meanwhile, Pleasant Prince looked like the horse that won two Derbies last year. · 141 days ago ·
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rt is a horse that has not made a good transfer from synth to dirt. maybe he would be better off on turf.
If today's 84th renewal of the Whitney Handicap does not get your blood pumping, best have the closest available person check your vitals...Read More
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  • RobJones · I'm seriously looking forward to this event! · 177 days ago ·
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  • RobJones · www.bridgetimberstables.co.uk · 177 days ago ·
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Tizway handled a deep and talented field, two turns, and 1 1/8 miles with aplomb Saturday afternoon at Saratoga Race Course, rolling to an emphatic three-length victory over Flat Out in the 84th running of the Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap. Read More
The storied Whitney Handicap could go a long way in finding a leader among a muddled division of older males.Read More
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  • DeadHeat · Rail Trip has never struck me as a slow horse, especially when he ran 1.40 and change for 8.5f last out ;) Look for a horse you know has the tactical speed to rate but will be the closer to the pace, 5 or 6 from the front. Saratoga is deep and tiring, more than some other tracks in the US, so when a horse looks like it is running slow, it is probably running evenly, when it is running evenly it's probably running fast, and when your going fast your burning up the track. · 183 days ago ·
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  • KimberlyMartin · Flat Out or Tizway! I hope · 183 days ago ·
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Charles “Scooter” Dickey, trainer of Flat Out (No. 1, 4-1) by telephone: “The post position doesn’t make any difference to him. I like my chances, and the horse is doing well. He arrived there yesterday and went around the track this morning.”   Drew Coontz, assistant to Chris Block, trainer of...Read More
Well there goes one of my two selections for the Whitney Handicap. The prestigious Grade 1 stakes race set for August 6th at Saratoga looks to be drawing one of the deepest fields seen this year in the older male division. With horses like Sidney's Candy, Tizway, Giant Oak, Flat Out, and Rail Trip p...Read More
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  • BrianZipse · It's sloppy at Saratoga today, and Friend Or Foe has been scratched ... looks like I may get my wish after all. · 193 days ago ·
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  • TiznowReynolds · My pick isn't on the list!!! He's pointing to the Whitney still. · 193 days ago ·
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So, it seems that even after a narrow loss to Blind Luck in the Delaware Handicap, owner Rick Porter may still be pointing his star filly...Read More
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  • KyOaksRunner · I'm all for the Personal Ensign. A re-match with Blind Luck is far more exciting to me than seeing her against the males in the Woodward when none of them have proven to be standouts this year. · 196 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · I think both would be equally as exciting. I mean, it was exciting when RA attemped to do it even though many were of the thought the older division was softer than normal and she had already faced males twice. If the Whitney results are formal the Woodward would not by any means be any easier than the PE. · 196 days ago ·
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Rail Trip won’t be participating in his third consecutive Hollywood Gold Cup when that race is run Saturday at Hollywood Park. But that doesn’t mean his connections don’t have big plans for him. After watching Rail Trip run a bang-up second in an overnight stakes last month at Belmont Park, trainer ...Read More
1) The Hollywood Gold Cup is a Grade 1 race run over the synthetic surface at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. The race is run at a distance of 1 1/4 miles and is open to 3-year-olds and up. 2) The race was run for the first time in 1938 and has been run every year since with the exception o...Read More
Rail Trip remains on course for the Whitney after breezing 6f in 1:15.28 at Aqueduct on July 1st  
I know I will not be well liked for saying this, but you can ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you it is not about being liked for me, it’s about telling it straight. So here it goes, what the heck is with the West Coast double standard? Read More
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  • tiznow · Blind Luck is a true champion and it's only mid year. I am not counting her out of HOY discussion. Especially with the male divisions at this point in the year. · 221 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · Tiznow, nobody said she was not a special filly, but saying she is in the running for HOTY? We have horses like Awesome Maria and HDG who are both unbeaten this year. Rail Trip, Tizway, Sidney's Candy, and Twirling Candy are all capable of leading the male division with wins in their next starts. That is the biased. Yes, most of the males i listed are west coast but the females are both on the east and are unbeaten and dominant against their own sex. If any female should be in the discussion it should be HDG and AM. Another point of biased, RA loses two races to previous stakes winners then wins her next two, yet I heard many people saying there was no way for her to get HOTY. What is the differnce? Why is BL a vailid candidate and RA was not? · 221 days ago ·
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Ramon Dominguez joined Jorge Velasquez as one of two jockeys to win six races in a single day at Belmont Park, aided by a sweep of Sunday's New York Stallion Series races aboard Darrin's Dilemma and Hessonite. It was the 16th time a jockey has won six races on a single card on The New York Racing As...Read More
Sunday’s $60,000 Easy Goer overnight stakes is so tough that Convocation, coming off a second straight runner-up finish in the Westchester, may be fifth choice in the betting behind Friend Or Foe, Mission Impazible, Rail Trip, and Tahitian Warrior.“There should be a ‘G2’ next to that 60 thousand,” q...Read More
The Grade 1 winner Rail Trip is on the comeback trail.Away from the races since finishing fifth in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Rail Trip has breezed four times for trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. and is nearing a return to the races. Dutrow said that Rail Trip had a significant issue with the frog, or the ...Read More
He looks like he's bred for turf on his dam's side. His sire was a dirt horse though, so i wouldnt rule out dirt for this horse. As they sayh a good horse can run well on any surface. Some just prefer different ones than others.
  • icyhotboo · Didn't they retire him? · 340 days ago ·
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  • Philly Matt · He's still in training to my knowledge in the Dutrow barn. He hasn't started since a dissapointing effort in the JCGC. He doesn't have a sire registry so to my knowledge their keeping him in training. · 339 days ago ·
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I heard Rail Trip is out of the Classic..is this true?
  • njtrader · Yes it's true. He was awful in the Jockey Gold Club. · 470 days ago ·
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  • humphrey · This one was getting further and further off the pace and it was obvious, unless there was some BIG turnaround, that the horse would not be a contender in the big dance. · 470 days ago ·
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I kinda liked Haynesfield; he seemed to be the clear speed of the field with the only question being if Rail Trip would be able to press the issue in his real dirt debut and wearing an aluminum pad. But everyone was saying that a son of Speightstown couldn't possibly win at a mile and a quarter, and...Read More

Rail Trip - Pedigree

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Jump StartA. P. IndySeattle Slew
Weekend Surprise
Steady CatStorm Cat
Hopespringsforever
Sweet TripCarson CityMr. Prospector
Blushing Promise
Stellar AffairSkywalker
Fawn And Hahn

Rail Trip - Race Results & Past Performances

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Date(Descending)
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View Details11/17/115thR DominguezAqu11 1/8 mDSunny and Mild03+ MRon the GreekBigger Is BettorMost Happy Fella1:51.83
View Details09/15/112ndR DominguezBel31 1/16 mDPot O'Luck 03+ MPleasant PrinceRail TripColizeo1:45.01
View DetailsView Video08/06/117thR DominguezSar101 1/8 mDWhitney Handicap-G104+ MTizwayFlat OutGiant Oak1:52.43
View Details06/05/112ndR DominguezBel31 1/16 mDEasy Goer03+ MFriend Or FoeRail TripConvocation1:40.13
View DetailsView Video10/02/105thC VelasquezBel101 1/4 mDJockey Club Gold Cup-G103+ MHaynesfieldBlameFly Down2:02.48
View DetailsView Video07/10/102ndR BejaranoHol81 1/4 mSHollywood Gold Cup-G103+ MAwesome GemRail TripRichard's Kid2:03.31
View DetailsView Video06/12/101stR BejaranoHol91 1/8 mSCalifornian-G203+ MRail TripSangareeSlew's Tiznow1:48.49
View DetailsView Video05/08/101stR BejaranoHol51 1/16 mSMervyn Leroy-G203+ MRail TripSangareeCigar Man1:42.37
View DetailsView Video09/06/093rdJ ValdiviaDmr91 1/4 mSPacific Classic-G103+ MRichard's KidEinsteinRail Trip2:02.39
View DetailsView Video07/11/091stJ ValdiviaHol81 1/4 mSHollywood Gold Cup-G103+ MRail TripTres BorrachosLife Is Sweet2:00.75
View DetailsView Video06/13/092ndJ ValdiviaHol91 1/8 mSCalifornian-G203+ MInformedRail TripDakota Phone1:48.37
View Details05/09/092ndJ ValdiviaHol81 1/16 mSMervyn Leroy-G203+ MBall FourRail TripDakota Phone1:41.58

 

 

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