A 20 percent interest in two-time Horse of the Year and Lane’s End stallion Curlin belonging to disbarred lawyers Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion’s Midnight Cry Stables will be offered for sale, along with four annual breeding rights.
Trainer Jane Cibelli will be departing south Florida shortly for her summer home at Monmouth Park. She picked up a little extra cash to make the trip north over the weekend, parlaying a couple of mid-priced claims into a pair of five-furlong turf victories, including Sunday’s $60,000 Sunset Stakes with the veteran Aquinnah.
A Flashy Bull colt turned in the fastest furlong on Monday during the first of six sessions of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. spring 2-year-olds in training pre-sale under-tack show.
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Wednesday 4/15 card at Northfield Park.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Tuesday Afternoon 4/14 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Recount ended his 2-year-old campaign winning the Grade 3 Arlington-Washington Futurity and started his 3-year-old season Saturday with a sharp victory in the Land of Lincoln Stakes for Illinois-bred 3-year-olds.
Out of nowhere over the winter came apprentice jockey Vicente Gudiel, who has emerged from obscurity to lead the Hawthorne jockey standings entering this week’s racing.
This Saturday at Hawthorne, Bob Baffert will try to do something he has never done before, win the Illinois Derby, though it’s not like he has often tried the race.
Ron Gierkink's Woodbine Horses to Watch
Horsemen were relieved to have been notified by management over the weekend that the Aqueduct backstretch will remain open at least through a good portion of July.
