This is one of those rare times when sentiment surpasses all. House Rules will be the favorite Saturday in the $200,000 Royal Delta, not only on the Gulfstream Park tote board, but in the hearts of thousands of fans and fellow horsemen pulling for her trainer, Jimmy Jerkens.
Roman Chapa, the Texas jockey suspended for five years for allegedly using an electrical device on a horse, was arrested Wednesday morning shortly before an arraignment on a felony charge of attempting to fix a race and charged with lying to investigators, according to Texas news reports.
Download a list of horses exiting races where two or more of the competitors have come back to win their next starts. Thursday's report features races from Aqueduct, Camarero Race Track, Charles Town, Fair Grounds, Golden Gate, Gulfstream Park, Laurel Park, Oaklawn Park, Penn National, and Santa Anita.
Trainer statistics can be used as an aid to handicapping harness races. Cagey handicappers pay close attention to the more subtle positive trainer changes, such as when a horse is privately sold. In a situation like that, many bettors aren't going to realize that there's a trainer change and you may get good value.
Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens, a “Giant Killer” to some but simply a giant to most, died Wednesday in a south Florida hospital due to complications from an infection. He was 85.
Turf Paradise announced that Jonathan Horowitz is the track’s new race caller as current announcer Michael Chamberlain is moving to Evangeline Downs in Louisiana. Chamberlain has been the voice of the Phoenix track since 2008. He previously was the race caller at Sam Houston Race Park in Texas for 11 years.
Despite the shift from a select catalog to a controlled open format, figures remained competitive with last year’s record renewal of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March 2-year-olds in training sale, including an all-time high gross.
Riders at Parx racetrack outside of Philadelphia have reached a deal with track management in which they have agreed to limit any lawsuits against the track to local courts in exchange for the track addressing a handful of safety concerns raised by riders, according to officials involved in the deal.
Daily Racing Form announced Wednesday the expansion of its digital product offerings with the addition of the popular Equibase and TrackMaster handicapping products to DRF.com’s digital storefront.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 3/20 card at The Meadowlands.
