TODAY May 22, 2013
Popular shuttle sire More Than Ready is among the short list of stallions still being considered for Black Caviar's first mating in the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season.
Canadian Triple Crown nominees Honorable Guest and County Lineman will both negotiate a mile and a sixteenth for the first time Friday at Woodbine against older Ontario-sired opposition in the $56,000 allowance feature.
WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., is conducting a memorabilia auction on eBay.com, with 100 percent of proceeds going to several charities.
Tango Tango looks like a major player in his first start at Northlands Park, which comes in an $8,000 claiming race for 3-year-olds and up that will serve as the feature race Friday.
St. Elias Stable’s Third Knight rallied stoutly from a pace-stalking position under Junior Alvarado to prevail in a blanket finish Sunday at Belmont Park, scoring his first win in his third career start.
Trainer Tony Dutrow confirmed that Giant Finish would run in the $1 million Belmont Stakes on June 8 and said he is definitely on board with this move.
Coffee Clique was back on Polytrack last Sunday at Woodbine and ran her local record to 2 for 2 with a four-length victory in the Grade 3, $156,300 Selene Stakes
With the highlight of this meet, the Iowa Festival of Racing, just more than a month away, Prairie Meadows cranks up its stakes calendar Friday evening with a pair of six-furlong sprints, the $60,000 Prairie Rose and the $60,000 Prairie Express.
Few would argue that the older pacing division in 2013 is one of the best assembled in recent years. Among that group is Bolt The Duer, one of the favorites to capture the $200,000 Dan Patch Invitational on Saturday at Hoosier Park.
Romantica, a 4-year-old filly by Galileo out of Eclipse Award champion Banks Hill, makes her second start of 2013 in Friday’s Group 2 Prix Corrida for fillies and mares at Saint-Cloud, France.
Shared Property, a Grade 3 winner at 2, looks to regain his good form when he returns to a route as one of the main contenders in the 10th-race feature, a $57,000 third-level allowance at 1 1/16 miles, Friday at Churchill Downs.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 5/23 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Greg Gangle's analysis of the Thursday 5/23 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Horses to watch from Woodbine Harness.
Brett Sturman's daily Pick Four ticket with in-depth analysis.
YESTERDAY May 21, 2013
Jeannie Cook, a former exercise rider at Finger Lakes and daughter of retired jockey Robert Cook, finished second in a race for Arabians held last weekend at Newbury Racecourse in the United Kingdom.
Multiple Grade 1 winner and freshman sire Pioneerof the Nile was represented by his first winner on May 12 when Zarnica won her debut race at Rostov-On-Don Hippodrome in Russia.
The talented Raven Victory competes Friday in a division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes at The Meadows.
Similar to last year’s catalog, a surge during Tuesday’s second session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale helped propel the average and median figures to healthy gains.
The Woodbine Entertainment Group’s plans for expanded casino gambling suffered what would appear to be a fatal blow on Tuesday when Toronto City Council voted 24-20 against Mayor Rob Ford’s proposal to put more slot machines and table games at the ...
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