Golden Gate stakes schedule same as last year's
Golden Gate Fields will offer the same schedule of 12 stakes it has for the past two years for its 96-day winter-spring meet, which opens Dec. 26.
Chuck DybdalDec 07, 2015
Golden Gate Fields will offer the same schedule of 12 stakes it has for the past two years for its 96-day winter-spring meet, which opens Dec. 26.
How thick was the fog Friday night at Turfway? Mike Battaglia, who began calling races there more than 40 years ago, said it was “the worst I can ever recall.”
Turf writer Steve Haskin and the late editor and writer Raleigh Burroughs are latest additions to the Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor at the National Racing Museum's Hall of Fame, it was announced Monday by the museum.
Trainer Efren Loza Jr. had the promising 2-year-old colt Ishaq sitting on ready for his career debut Nov. 28 at Tampa Bay Downs, and the son of Harlan's Holiday won the way a 9-10 favorite should, leading most of the way under Pedro Cotto Jr. to score by 10 1/4 lengths under only brief, mild urging.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday Afternoon 12/8 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Albin Jimenez, the perennial top jockey at Turfway, got away to a fast start at the holiday meet that began Thursday night, racking up nine wins from 24 mounts, including the Holiday Inaugural on Spanish Pipedream.
Wesley Ward seems to be everywhere at once. The well-traveled trainer was headed overseas this week to run one of his stable stars, Green Mask, in the Hong Kong Sprint, temporarily leaving behind not only his big stable in south Florida but also some 30 horses at Keeneland.
Let's Meet in Rio, a 2-year-old colt trained by Bob Baffert, made a successful transition to racing around two turns with a win in a one-mile maiden race at Los Alamitos on Saturday.
Just when you thought you were going to stop following New York racing for a little while, there is a pick six carryover of $123,347 entering Wednesday's inner-track opening card at Aqueduct to pull you back in.
Jockey Flavien Prat, who has not ridden since September after suffering a back injury in a spill at Los Alamitos, resumed working horses at Santa Anita over the weekend and could ride on the Dec. 26 opening day of that track's winter-spring meeting.