2009 Lane's End (G2)

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Date/Track:
3/21/2009, Turfway Park
Distance:
1 1/8 m (Synthetic)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
1:49.63

What the Nation is saying about the 2009 Lane's End (G2)...

A Giant's Causeway colt owned by WinStar Farm, Hold Me Back was making his first start since finishing a distant fifth in the Grade 2 Remsen at Aqueduct last November. Hold Me Back led a parade of longshots in returning $20.20 as fourth choice in a ...Read More
3/21/2009 by Jarrod Horak Hold Me Back returned in style to nab the $500k Lane’s End Stakes at Turfway Park, and he has thrust himself into the Kentucky Derby picture thanks to his $282,000 graded payday.Read More
3/21/2009 Jack Spratt hopes for better luck at Turfway Kentucky.com, KY Further flattering Bittel Road was the fact that I Want Revenge, who just edged him out for third in the Robert B. Lewis, returned to dominate the Grade III Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct by 81/2 lengths on March 7. "The form of...Read More
3/20/2009 Lane's End could be 'Road's beginning Louisville Courier-Journal, KY Runner-up I Want Revenge, who romped in Aqueduct's Gotham in his dirt debut. Chocolate Candy, who swept the California and El Camino Real derbies. Running back in Santa Anita's Robert B. Lewis, Bittel Road again fini...Read More
3/19/2009 Six weeks out from the Kentucky Derby and offering $500,000 in purse money on a synthetic track in Kentucky, the Lane's End Stakes is unique in its offering the first gathering of national stables in the Bluegrass State for a run at the first Saturday in May.Read More
3/18/2009 Live Telecast of Lane's End on ESPN2 BloodHorse, KYIII) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 31. Bittel Road ships in from California for trainer Todd Pletcher. The son of Stormy Atlantic was beaten only two lengths last time out by top Derby contender Pioneerof the Nile in the Robert B. Lewis Sta...Read More
3/18/2009 'Bernie, Bittel Road Lane's End ChoicesBloodHorse, KY Other starters to consider are John Glenney’s Orthodox, who was seventh in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf and enters off an allowance victory at Fair Grounds; WinStar Farm’s Hold Me Back, who makes his first start of the season af...Read More
3/18/2009 Breen closes in on trip to Derby CBSSports.com... Lane's End Stakes on Saturday, he is doing everything in his power not to make the mental leap from the mundane tasks required of him and his stable star this week at Turfway Park to the paddock on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Dow...Read More
3/16/2009 West Side Bernie Prepares for Lane's End BloodHorse, KYII) March 7 at Aqueduct. “The form of his races has been holding up well,” trainer Todd Pletcher said. “He has been racing against Pioneerof the Nile and I Want Revenge, but the key now will be to see how he transfers his races at...Read More
3/14/2009 Lane's End has much at stake Cincinnati.com, OH The owner of Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky., told a legislative committee last week the park is losing so much money, it may have to shut its doors by this summer. Ohio's racing industry is taking a similar hit, and it's also lobbying for ...Read More
2/23/2009 - Lane's End fields 112 nominations Brisnet.com He was most recently third in the Holy Bull S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park. Trainer Todd Pletcher's stable leads the nominations with 13. Pletcher has won the race twice, in 2005 with Flower Alley and in 2001 with Balto Star. The equally deep sta...Read More