How do we measure greatness? The subject is forever bandied about in the sport of horse racing and unlike other sports where statistics help galvanize opinion, horses careers can’t always be measured in pure numerical form.
Salsa Express will try to win for the 26th time when she runs in a $25,000 optional-claiming race for fillies and mares Wednesday evening at Northlands Park.
The heavily favored Hold for More cruised to victory at Canterbury Park in Sunday's $55,000 MTA Stallion Auction Laddie, a 6 1/2-furlong race restricted to 3-year-olds by sires whose seasons were offered in the 2010 MTA Stallion Season Auction.
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Late-running powerhouse Stryker Phd cruised to a six-length victory Sunday in the $50,000 Mt. Rainier Handicap, his sixth consecutive stakes win at Emerald Downs.
Lone Star Park experienced a decline in handle on its live races, but an increase in attendance during its 50-date meet that closed on Sunday. The season that started in April ranked as the wettest in the history of the Grand Prairie, Texas, track.
Trip Notes for July 18-19: Delaware Handicap, Indiana Derby, Eddie Read, and more by Michael Hammersly.
Prize Exhibit had laser-like focus on Sunday at Del Mar, when she ran her best race since being imported to this country with a last-to-first rally to take the Grade 2, $200,250 San Clemente Handicap for 3-year-old fillies on turf.
Tres Friends surged to win the Grade 1, $1 million Rainbow Futurity by a neck over First Valiant Sign on Sunday and in the process dashed First Valiant Sign’s eligibility for a $4 million bonus.
Javier Castellano didn’t have to share top riding honors this summer at Belmont Park.
