Photos tell stories. This one, in muted gray, depicts two men flanking a dark Thoroughbred with an irregular splash of white sliding down her sweat-streaked face, eye rolling wildly in an afterburn of fatigued nerves. The figure on the left gazes off into space, a shadow of a smile playing across his lips. The other stares intently at the horse, his horse, who has just accomplished what many thought impossible.
What figured to be a far from noteworthy Kentucky Derby-Oaks training session Monday got an unexpected boost when reigning female sprint champion Judy the Beauty worked six furlongs after the renovation break at 8:30 a.m. Judy the Beauty is scheduled to make her 2015 debut in the Grade 1 Humana Distaff here a week from Saturday.
Trainer Joe Sharp plans to have 20 horses stabled at Belmont Park this spring and summer, and if they can perform the way Aztec Brave did in Sunday’s $100,000 Danger’s Hour Stakes at Aqueduct, he will have a successful meet.
Handicappers on Wednesday will have to figure out what to do with Touchofstarquality, a horse who has lived up to his name a couple of times but who is also returning off a 313-day layoff.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday Afternoon 4/21 card at Yonkers Raceway.
The trainer’s race for the 2014-15 Tampa Bay Downs meeting may well go down to the final days, but there’s no question who will be the leading rider.
Rock Fall extended his win streak to four, getting a smart ride from Javier Castellano in winning the $66,470 allowance Saturday by nine lengths. He earned a career-high 109 Beyer Speed Figure on his way to the stakes ranks for Todd Pletcher.
Judy the Beauty, the champion filly and mare sprinter of 2014, moved another step closer to her 2015 debut after working six furlongs in 1:12.70 at Churchill Downs over a “good” track on Monday.
Tonalist, last year’s Belmont Stakes and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner, will be returning to Belmont Park from Florida this weekend, trainer Christophe Clement said Monday, though where the multiple Grade 1 stakes winner will make his return to the races is still not decided.
Indiana Grand Racecourse commences its 2015 racing season Tuesday, with a new summer date for the Indiana Derby, an attractive and stable purse structure - and one nagging issue that won’t go away.
