All week here in Dubai the racing cognoscenti have chattered about the softness of this year’s $6 million Dubai Turf, which says something about how strong the race has been in recent years.
Bronzo will not face Shared Belief any time soon. Their spring campaigns are going in different directions, with Shared Belief bound for the Charles Town Classic in West Virginia on April 18 and Bronzo stretching to a longer distance in Saturday’s $100,000 Tokyo City Cup at Santa Anita.
The sale of reserved seats for the Saratoga season will be rolled out on three dates beginning Monday, according to the New York Racing Association.
The story was told a thousand times during the 2014 Triple Crown, how a young Art Sherman had traveled by train from California to Louisville with the great Swaps in 1955.
What should bettors expect when Exquisite Lady bids for her fifth straight victory in the first of two $50,000 sprint stakes for Illinois-breds on Saturday’s card at Hawthorne?
If all had gone according to plan, Commissioner might have been competing nearly 8,000 miles away and for more than 60 times the purse money on Saturday in the $10 million Dubai World Cup, rather than the $150,000 Skip Away at Gulfstream Park.
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) announced Thursday (3/26) that the mandatory payout for the Standardbred Jackpot Hi-5 is set for Saturday, April 4, the second-to-last card of the Woodbine meet.
The racing world and trainer Mark Ford have been patiently waiting for world champion Warrawee Needy to return to the brilliant form he held as a two and three-year-old. Finally over the winter, the six-year-old son of E Dees Cam has shown up with more wins than losses on his card including a Levy series preliminary victory.
A hatching of Eastern tent caterpillars, which have been associated with Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome (MRLS), was reported March 23 in Scott County, Kentucky, north of the heart of the Thoroughbred breeding industry in Lexington.
Trainer Tom Amoss is hoping the work done with War Story in recent weeks will close the gap, even reverse it, when his horse meets International Star for the third straight time in the Grade 2, $750,000 Louisiana Derby on Saturday at Fair Grounds.
