Linda Rice would be first female trainer to have a horse win a Triple Crown race By Don Markus, The Baltimore Sun 6:48 p.m. EDT, May 16, 2014 Linda Rice had tried college, lasting a couple of years at Penn State while realizing that studying…
History in Rice’s grasp after a lifetime of training
Winners Circle Horse – Kid Cruz
BY RON MITCHELL Each time Steven Brandt would acquire a new horse for his Vina Del Mar Thoroughbreds, his mother, Shirley, would respond somewhat skeptically, “Oh, no, you didn’t spend more money on horses.” That is, until he informed her…
Marriedtothemusic runs 1st Place @ Belmont On 5/2/14
Kid Cruz runs 1st Place @ Pimlico On 4/19/14
The Iron Furnace runs 1st Place @ Aqueduct On 4/24/14
Palace Named Champion Male Sprinter for 2013
By City Zip—Receivership, by End Sweep, Palace was bred by the Peter J. Callahan Revocable Trust Dated 2/28/02. Racing for Antonino Miuccio and trainer Linda Rice, Palace won four of eight starts in 2013 and ran second three times, earning $424,250. He went…
Linda Rice Named 2013 NYB Trainer Of The Year
Linda Rice New York-bred Trainer of the Year A leading national trainer, Rice sent out five horses to win stakes in 2013, all in New York, including New York-bred champion sprinter Palace. She also conditioned Miss Narcissist to a pair of New York-bred…
La Verdad runs 1st Place @ Aqueduct On 4/19/14
La Verdad Cruises in Broadway
La Verdad took her seven rivals on a merry chase March 29 at Aqueduct, cruising her way to an easy 31⁄2-length victory in the $100,000 Broadway Stakes for state-breds. The daughter of Yes It’s True covered the six furlongs over…
La Verdad Shows Her Heels in Distaff Handicap
Front-running La Verdad left her rivals behind leaving the turn en route to her initial graded stakes win, a 3 3/4-length romp in the $200,000 Distaff Handicap (gr. II) at Aqueduct Racetrack April 19 (VIDEO). The New York-bred 4-year-old daughter of Yes It’s True sped immediately to the…