May 13, 2013
The catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds and horses of racing age is now available on the OBS website, featuring a total of 712 entries.
It would seem that if the elected officials in New York State were really interested in expanded gaming, while at the same time offering some form of school-tax relief to their already-overtaxed constituents, the smart move would be to plant at least ...
Penn National Gaming Inc., the national gambling company, has submitted a proposal to Maryland regulators seeking a casino license at its Rosecroft Raceway just southeast of Washington, D.C.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Balmoral, Monticello, Northfield, Yonkers and others.
Horses to watch from Monticello Raceway.
Michael Hammersly's weekly "Trip Notes" report, which includes graded stakes action from the previous weekend - this edition featuring the Peter Pan and Senorita Stakes.
At Churchill Downs, no fewer than five Preakness hopefuls had their final pre-race workouts Monday morning over a fast track: Mylute, Govenor Charlie, and three from Wayne Lukas.
A memorial service for longtime Northern California trainer Ike Orr will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Top of the Stretch room at Golden Gate Fields.
Shug McGaughey is not known for hyperbole. But in assessing Orb’s final workout for Saturday’s 138th Preakness Stakes, the Hall of Fame trainer was not afraid to toss around works like “freaky,” “breathtaking,” and “spectacular.”
May 12, 2013
E Z Kitty raced to a two-length victory Sunday in the $50,000 Hastings Handicap at Emerald Downs, running six furlongs in a stakes-record-tying 1:08.26 to stamp herself as the early leader in a filly-and-mare division that promises to be topsy-turvy ...
Leinan prompted the early, fast pace from the outside until upper stretch, where jockey Pablo Morales asked for her best, and she responded, drawing off to win by 5 ¼ lengths in the $100,000 Inaugural Stakes at Presque Isle Downs on Sunday.
Dhaamer defended his title with a comfortable win in Sunday’s $73,850 Round Table Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park after jockey Garrett Gomez ensured that the winner kept his mind on racing through the stretch.
Charlie Em, the 10-1 winner of the Grade 3 Senorita Stakes in her U.S. debut Saturday, will start in the $150,000 Honeymoon Handicap on June 8, co-owner Aron Wellman said.
Let Em Shine, who won his stakes debut with a sharp performance in Saturday’s Came Home Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park, is likely to have two starts this summer.
Alpha Bettor saved ground under a good ride from Justin Stein en route to an upset score in the $200,000 Eclipse Stakes at Woodbine on Sunday.
Preakness Weekend will get off to a rousing start Friday, when Ashland Stakes winner Emollient takes on Maryland hotshot Walkwithapurpose in the Grade 2, $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan.
Itsmyluckyday worked a half-mile in 47.20 seconds Sunday afternoon at Monmouth Park, a drill Eddie Plesa Jr., his trainer and co-owner, wanted to get in prior to Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.
Normandy Invasion, the fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, will not run in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes and instead will make the $1 million Travers on Aug. 24 at Saratoga his next major objective, owner Rick Porter said Sunday.
Verxina, second in the Japanese Oaks and three other Grade 1 races in 2012, got her first Grade 1 win in Sunday’s $1,908,722 Victoria Mile for fillies and mares on turf at Tokyo Racecourse, holding off a late threat from defending champion Whale Capture.
The Breeders’ Cup turf races for 2-year-olds would be considered second-class Group 1 fare by Europhile racing fans, but the 2012 BC Juvenile Fillies is churning out European classic winners this spring. Last weekend, Sky Lantern, eighth in the ...
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