New York ends Palm Sunday betting ban
The New York legislature on Tuesday passed a bill that will allow New York racetracks to run live race cards and accept wagers on Palm Sunday, ending a decades-long prohibition.
Matt HegartyJun 17, 2015
The New York legislature on Tuesday passed a bill that will allow New York racetracks to run live race cards and accept wagers on Palm Sunday, ending a decades-long prohibition.
Indiana Grand, except for the rarest occasion, only sees million-dollar horses on Indiana Derby Day. So, consider Friday a rare occasion, because millionaire Regally Ready is entered to run on the card.
Cavorting, who earned a career-best 100 Beyer Speed Figure winning the Jersey Girl Stakes here on June 5, will likely make her next start in the Grade 1 Test at Saratoga on Aug. 8, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Wednesday.
Stopchargingmaria, winner of the Allaire DuPont at Pimlico in her last start, missed the Ogden Phipps on June 6 due to a temperature. Trainer Todd Pletcher said she would be pointed to the Grade 3 $200,000 Shuvee Handicap at Saratoga on Aug. 2.
Having missed a Grade 1 opportunity when she got sick before the $1 million Ogden Phipps two weeks ago, Dame Dorothy will have to settle for a Grade 3 chance when she runs in Saturday’s $150,000 Bed o’ Roses Handicap at Belmont Park.
Arlington will petition the Illinois Racing Board at a Tuesday meeting to be permitted to run fewer than eight races per day, a move opposed by the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association.
Local favorite Sr. Quisqueyano, who returned quick dividends off the claim with his victory just four weeks later in the Sunshine Millions Classic, will be given the summer off, trainer Peter Walder said earlier this week.
Halfway through the year and trainer Todd Pletcher has won a dozen stakes – eight graded – for older males on dirt with eight different horses. And arguably the best horse he has in that division hasn’t even run yet in 2015.
Victor Espinoza, the jockey of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, will accept mounts at Gulfstream Park on the Summit of Speed program July 5.
Take Charge Brandi, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2014, has resumed serious training at Churchill Downs and is approaching her first breeze, Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said this week.