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2012 Mother Goose (G1)

Date/Track:
6/23/2012, Belmont Park
Post Time:
5:47 PM ET
Distance:
1 1/16 m (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
3 F
Time:
1:44.28

What the Nation is saying about the 2012 Mother Goose (G1)...

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Amy Kearns, the Digital Media Manager for Stonestreet Farms this afternoon at Arlington Park. In town to make the announcement of the gender of Rachel Alexandra’s second foal, which will be made on the Arlington television feed immediately after the running of...Read More
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  • annmatt · Thank you, thank you, thank you for the update on Maclean's Music! Loved the pix of Racel and Taco. Now, can you find out what the status of Fly Lexis Fly is? Last I heard he was in training with Neil Drysdale in California. It had been reported he was being trained for the Belmont, but there was never a mention about him during the TC run. · 357 days ago ·
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  • BrianZipse · Glad you enjoyed, annmatt! Fly Lexis Fly had very minor setbacks that forced Drysdale to slow down with him, but the good news is he has been working out regularly now for the past month, including a six furlong work on Thursday. · 357 days ago ·
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How did Zo Impressive measure up to the record setting performances in 1975 and 2009 of Ruffian and Rachel Alexandra?Read More
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  • kay.robinett · Why was the distance of this race - only 9 furlongs to begin with!!!! - cut??? And why was it allowed to keep its graded status after being cut? · 359 days ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · kay, cutting distances is the way things are in racing now. I am not a big fan of the cuts. Since 2003 the CCA Oaks was been reduced from 12 furlongs to 10F and is now 9F. Graded status rests more on the level of competition in a race than a change in distance. · 358 days ago ·
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Believe You Can, heroine of the Kentucky Oaks, and Contested, easy winner of the Acorn Stakes, take on three others in Saturday's Mother Goose (G1) at Belmont Park.Read More
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  • yukichan · Zo Impressive will catch Contested this time. · 359 days ago ·
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  • yukichan · Yes! She caught her and was the best over Disposablepleasure! Way to go! · 359 days ago ·
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Zo Impressive took advantage of a tiring pacesetter in Contested and held off a late surge from Disposablepleasure to win Saturday’s 56th running of the Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose at Belmont Park.Read More
Disposablepleasure was confirmed by Todd Pletcher assistant Michael McCarthy for the Mother Goose following her 49.49 four-furlong breeze on Saturday at Belmont. Read More
Trainer Tom Albertrani hopes a different pace scenario will help Zo Impressive, second to Contested in the Acorn, turn the tables when she competes in the Mother Goose. Read More
Contested, a five-length winner of the Grade 1 Acorn on Memorial Day, on Sunday posted her final workout prior to next Saturday’s Grade 1 Mother Goose, traveling six furlongs in 1:11.97, handily, on the Belmont Park main track.Read More
Todd Pletcher will wait until after Broadway’s Alibi and Disposablepleasure breeze on Sunday before he makes a final decision on whether he runs either or possibly both fillies in the Mother Goose.Read More
Believe You Can, a Brereton C. Jones homebred, has remained at Churchill Downs since the Oaks and will depart for New York by van Saturday and arrive at Belmont early Sunday, according to trainer Larry Jones. She’ll breeze at Belmont either Monday or Tuesday, the trainer said.Read More
With I’ll Have Another and the Triple Crown garnering so much attention in horse racing, we should remember that the New York Triple Tiara for three year-old fillies kicks off on Memorial Day at Belmont Park with the Acorn Stakes (G1). Read More
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  • BrianZipse · What a wonderful history the Acorn has ... I'm still a little disappointed Ski Goggle knocked Princess Rooney from the ranks from the unbeaten in the '83 Acorn. · 392 days ago ·
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  • BrianZipse · On Fire Baby ... in the Acorn! · 391 days ago ·
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Trainer Larry Jones revealed Friday that he will likely point Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks winner Believe You Can to Belmont Park’'s Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes, run at 1 1/16-miles on June 23. Read More

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