Daily Racing Form announces the expansion of SirePowered Results™, which combines race results and sire lines to instantly follow Thoroughbred stallions and their racing offspring in real-time, in 25 countries around the world. SirePowered Results™ now includes racing results from the U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, France, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong.
Once my head cleared from the confusion that Kentucky Derby results have not been confusing for the last three years, I tried to put this Derby into proper context while looking back at how I framed my bets.
Questions abound regarding Friday’s Woodbine headliner, a first-level allowance over five furlongs. Is Rexton ready off the five-month layoff? Will Dash of Dazzle bounce off his dazzling recent victory? Is Check Em the speed of the speed?
Az Ridge ($2.10) dominated Tuesday’s $35,000 Hasta La Vista Handicap at Turf Paradise, clinching Horse of the Meet honors with his third straight stakes win of the meet. The Hasta La Vista card brought down the curtain on the track’s 144-day meet.
Elwood Johnston, a second-generation Thoroughbred breeder who bred and raced Acclamation, the Eclipse Award winner as the champion older male of 2011, died in his sleep on Tuesday, according to a statement released by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
When it comes to Jackpot wagers, takeout simply doesn’t matter. That’s right, I said it!
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Thursday 5/7 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 5/7 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Murderers Row is one of nine 3-year-old female trotters entered in Friday’s $39,816 John Simpson Memorial Stakes at the Meadowlands Racetrack. The filly – whose name is a reference to the moniker bestowed upon the famed New York Yankees lineup in the late 1920s – will start from post one with John Campbell driving for trainer Brett Bittle.
An interesting Thursday program begins with the first 2-year-old maiden dash at Belmont’s spring-summer meet, followed by a trio of $77,000 allowance or optional-claiming races with preliminary conditions.
