Keeneland brings back Lafayette for Prelude to the Cup Day
Keeneland officials have released details for the Thursday before the Breeders’ Cup, Oct. 29.
Marty McGeeAug 26, 2015
Keeneland officials have released details for the Thursday before the Breeders’ Cup, Oct. 29.
Rick Violette can rattle off a host of reasons to run his New York-bred Upstart on Saturday in the Grade 1, $1.6 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga. He can name only one not to run: American Pharoah.
A couple of New York-bred 2-year-olds who dominated their opposition debuting here earlier in the meet figure tough to beat when they step up against stakes company on Friday’s New York-bred Showcase Day program at Saratoga.
Hogan: Del Mar pick three play for Thursday, Aug. 27
The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Manitoba Division) yearling sale closed on Sunday with across-the-board declines.
Jockey Miguel Mena will miss the upcoming meets at Kentucky Downs and Churchill Downs when sidelined about four weeks after suffering a fractured right collarbone in a post-parade accident prior to the fifth race Sunday at Ellis Park in western Kentucky.
This August explosion has been as unexpected as it has been glorious. Who saw this coming?
Several hours before Triple Crown winner American Pharoah’s anticipated arrival at Saratoga Race Course, trainer John Terranova’s operation was bracing to be in the eye of the storm once again.
The California Horse Racing Board has set the 2016 calendar for Northern California.
There won’t be a trainer three-peat in Sunday’s Humboldt County Marathon in Ferndale. Melanie McDonald, who won the 1 5/8-mile race with A Thousand Aces in 2013 and Mahogany Run last year, is not entering a runner this year.