Trainer Rudy Rodriguez and veterinarian Greg Bennett were each fined $3,000 by the New York State Gaming Commission for administering a drug to the horse Sage Valley outside the permitted time frame.
Upstart, the Holy Bull Stakes winner and Florida Derby runner-up who finished last in the Kentucky Derby, is getting some time off at WinStar Farm and will be pointed to a summer campaign at Saratoga, trainer Rick Violette said Tuesday.
Jockey Mike Luzzi, sidelined since November when he was badly injured in a paddock accident at Aqueduct, will undergo surgery Friday to remove a screw from his left leg that is causing him irritation.
Do not be impressed with the circulating stat that nine of the last 18 Kentucky Derby winners have come right back to take the Preakness. Or be impressed, but prepare to be disappointed.
Headed by five horses with experience in graded stakes, nine older turf-meant runners were entered in Thursday’s featured eighth race, an $85,000 optional claimer with third-level allowance conditions scheduled for the inner turf.
Trainer Todd Pletcher announced Tuesday that Materiality, the Florida Derby winner who finished sixth after early trouble in the Kentucky Derby, would not run in Saturday’s $1.5 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico and instead be pointed to the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes
Om and Kentuckian won races at Santa Anita a little more than an hour apart on Sunday. They may be side by side in the starting gate for their next starts.
All horses entered in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes will be required to be on the grounds of Pimlico Race Course by noon Thursday to comply with security procedures put in place for the race, Pimlico announced on Tuesday.
Dave Litfin's horses to watch at Belmont Park for the week of May 12.
Wildcat Red is back on a regular training schedule but still has a long way to go before he makes it back to the races.
