Moon Rainbow back on Polytrack in Friday feature
After running big on the grass, the talented Moon Rainbow goes back to the Polytrack in Friday’s featured second-level optional claimer at Woodbine.
Ron GierkinkNov 11, 2015
After running big on the grass, the talented Moon Rainbow goes back to the Polytrack in Friday’s featured second-level optional claimer at Woodbine.
The New York State Gaming Commission has reduced a $15,000 fine it levied on jockey Victor Espinoza for wearing unauthorized promotional material during the Travers Stakes at Saratoga in August to $2,500, according to a ruling released following Espinoza’s appeal of the decision.
Trainer Michelle Nevin saddles Gold Medalist (#1, ML 6-1) in Wednesday's fourth race at Aqueduct, a one-mile maiden special weight race on turf. Since Jan. 1, 2014, Nevin is winning at a 29 percent clip when saddling a horse switching from sprint to route, for a return on investment of $3.23. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
Lane Luzzi has wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps as a jockey for many years. On Wednesday, he realized that dream by riding Blimey to a third-place finish in the fifth race at Laurel Park.
Multiple graded stakes winner Majestic City will stand the 2016 breeding season at Questroyal North in Stillwater, N.Y., for a fee of $3,500.
As it moved into its penultimate book, the Keeneland November breeding stock sale turned in a session of massive gains on Tuesday and appears poised to conclude on a high note later this week.
Epsom Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Golden Horn finished second to Found making his final start in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, but he was judged second to none in European racing during 2015 when named Cartier Horse of the Year on Tuesday in England.
Saratoga Special winner Exaggerator and Champagne runner-up Sunny Ridge were among 13 horses pre-entered Tuesday in the Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot.
Trainer Maria Borell has filed a lawsuit against the owners of Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Runhappy, seeking nearly $120,000 from the colt’s earnings in compensation along with other payments.
Roy Sedlacek, the New York trainer who was summarily suspended after two of his horses tested positive for a rare and synthetic illegal drug, testified during a Tuesday hearing into the positives that he had administered a substance to the two horses on race day that he thought contained an illegal drug even if it was not the drug that regulators ultimately detected, according to officials with the New York Gaming Commission who attended the hearing.