Free's horses to watch exiting Santa Anita for week of June 30
Brad Free's horses to watch exiting the Santa Anita meeting, for the week of June 30.
Brad FreeJun 30, 2015
Brad Free's horses to watch exiting the Santa Anita meeting, for the week of June 30.
Six stakes races – three for Thoroughbreds – will be featured during Oak Tree at Pleasanton’s final weekend, two this Saturday and four Sunday.
Churchill Downs posted a marginal increase in all-sources wagering at the 38-day meet that ended Saturday night, halting a downward trend that included an 11 percent decrease at the corresponding meet last year.
Increases in account wagering and out-of-state wagering helped spur a 4.4 percent increase in handle on the track’s races during the recently completed Golden Gate Fields winter-spring meeting.
Delta Downs in Vinton, La., is set to undergo a $45 million expansion to its hotel and food and beverage facilities, Boyd Gaming, the parent company of Delta, announced on Tuesday. Construction is scheduled to begin in September and is to be completed by the end of 2016.
Jack Disney, a former sportswriter, racing publicist and stakes-winning horse owner, died after a lengthy illness on Monday, his friends said. Disney was 80 and had been in failing health.
The 19-year-old jockey Ricardo Gonzalez is becoming the go-to guy in big races on the Northern California racing circuit.
The 1,380-foot stretch at Los Alamitos is the longest in the nation, and can sometimes be a test for more than the horses.
Louisiana’s best are all set to go Saturday evening at Evangeline Downs for the annual Louisiana Legends Night program. A total of eight stakes restricted to those bred in the Bayou State will be worth $775,000.
Genuine Reward, one of only two live foals produced by Kentucky Derby-winning filly Genuine Risk, will become one of the newest residents of Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky.