George E. Hall and SportBLX Thoroughbred’s Max Player rallied from second-last in the 10-horse field to finish third in Saturday’s Grade 1 Belmont Stakes. Trainer Linda Rice said the Honor Code colt came out of his first race in four months in…
Options Open For Max Player After Strong Belmont Showing
Not Even A Pandemic Can Push Rice Off Course
Linda Rice is as meticulous as they come in preparing her horses. The conditioner knows every detail about each and every horse in her care and maps out very specific plans for them. But, as organized as Rice is, she…
Max Player Has Shorter Route to Belmont Stakes Victory
In the days following Max Player’s victory in the Grade 3 Withers Stakes on Feb. 1 at Aqueduct, while many were starting to talk Kentucky Derby, trainer Linda Rice seemed more excited about the Belmont Stakes. She believed Max Player…
Rice Aims For Historic Belmont Win With Max Player
When Linda Rice was 17 and she told her father, Clyde, of her ambition to follow in his footsteps by becoming a trainer, his reply said much about the industry and the world at that time. “It would be easier,” he…
Max Player On Top of His Game In Final Work For Belmont Stakes
If Max Player improves as much in the afternoon as he has in the morning, he just might have a chance to pull an upset in next Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Stakes. For the second time in 10 days, Max…
Linda Rice Added to Phoenix Ladies Trainers
Phoenix Ladies Syndicate has added Linda Rice to their training roster. Rice will oversee the careers of three of the Dubai based team’s runners, including 2-year-old Wild America (American Pharoah), a $400,000 KESEP yearling purchase out of Wild Bout Tiffany…
Champion La Verdad Euthanized Due to Colic Complications
La Verdad (Yes It’s True), the 2015 Champion Female Sprinter, has been euthanized due to complications from colic, according to a statement issued by her owner, Sheila Rosenblum. The 10-year-old mare had recently foaled a colt by Into Mischief at…
Rice Earns Seventh NY-Bred Trainer Title
Trainer Linda Rice checked all the boxes in 2019: Leading trainer (by earnings) in all New York-bred races – $4,234,018. Leading trainer (wins) at the Aqueduct winter meeting – 45. Graded stakes winner – Nicodemus. New York-bred stakes winners –…
Rice Wins Second Straight Aqueduct Winter Meet Title
Trainer Linda Rice notched 40 wins for her second consecutive winter meet crown, while jockey Manny Franco posted 64 victories to win his third consecutive winter meet title at Aqueduct Racetrack. Drawing Away Stable bested all owners with 19 wins…
Montauk Traffic Goes Last to First in Jimmy Winkfield S.
Trainer Linda Rice already has her horse for the Wood Memorial. Now, she has her horse for the Gotham as well. One week after winning the Grade 3 Withers with Max Player, Rice won Saturday’s $150,000 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes with…