TODAY June 19, 2013
Goldencents and Vyjack did not fire in their first races since a fast Kentucky Derby pace blew up anything close to it and set it up for a group of horses who have not win since the Derby. But I do have both on my watch list. They deserve another chance.
Fancy Creek Elusiv, who leads a field of eight in Friday night’s $115,000 Maywood Pace for Illinois-bred 3-year-old colts and geldings, will get a shoeing change this week.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Thursday 6/20 pick four at Hoosier Park.
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 6/20 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Thursday 6/20 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
YESTERDAY June 18, 2013
Cornett-IMS will assume the lead on marketing and communications for Lane's End Farm, the Versailles, Ky., breeding and racing operation announced Tuesday.
Tuesday’s opening session of the two-day Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale ended with healthy gains in total sales, average, and median as 43 horses sold for $50,000 or more, led by two that reached ...
Although Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom faltered in his attempt to make history at Royal Ascot, Kentucky breeding still played a prominent role as the famed race meeting opened on Tuesday in England.
As a teenager, he visited Cahokia Downs in Alorton, Ill. As an attorney, he represented stables in South Carolina and Kentucky and once declined an offer to be a minority horse owner. As far as racing experience goes, that’s about it for Christopher ...
The young sire Dunkirk, who continues to find commercial success as the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s June sale of 2-year-olds in training unfolds, was recently represented by his first two winners on the track, in Mexico and in Washington, respectively.
The 9-year-old Arch Madness, who was second in the Elitlopp for the second consecutive year, faces nine rivals in Friday’s third round of the TVG Free For All Championship Series for older trotters at the Meadowlands Racetrack.
Danny Keene is building a racing stable to reckon with at tracks in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Include Me Out, the multiple Grade 1 winner who won her 2013 debut in Sunday’s Desert Stormer Handicap at Betfair Hollywood Park, may not race again until the $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 3, trainer Ron Ellis said.
Last year's Graduation winner Strong Wind makes his 3-year-old debut in a $54,000 allowance race over six furlongs at Betfair Hollywood Park on Thursday.
The long and short of Thursday’s card at Royal Ascot, respectively, are the Group 1 Gold Cup and the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes. The Gold Cup, for older horses, is contested over 2 1/2 miles, while the Norfolk is a five-furlong dash for 2-year-olds.
Sometimes you eat the chalk, and sometimes the chalk eats you. For Churchill Downs horseplayers, that’s been the case for much of the spring meet in regard to Ken and Sarah Ramsey and their primary trainer, Mike Maker.
Spooky Kitten looks to be a nice fit in a $55,000 starter optional-claiming race, one of several interesting betting races on Thursday’s nine-race card at Belmont Park.
In Evening Show, trainer Kathleen Demasi said she thinks she might have a filly capable of winning Pennsylvania-bred stakes or even open stakes.
Trainer Mark Casse is still mulling his options with Funny Proposition in the wake of the filly’s victory over two-time champion Royal Delta in the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis Handicap at Churchill Downs.