Apprentice Nik Juarez, who has not ridden since being injured in a Sept. 28 spill at Monmouth Park, has begun exercising horses in Maryland and plans to begin his comeback April 2, opening day of the Pimlico meet.
Parx Racing has carded three consecutive first-level allowance races on its Sunday program. The seventh and ninth races are for 3-year-olds, and the eighth is for 4-year-olds and up.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Sunday Afternoon 2/22 card at Yonkers Raceway.
DRF handicapper Michael Hammersly provides his best plays for Saturday's card at Santa Anita.
About 90 minutes after the start of Monday’s Barretts select sale of 2-year-olds in training, three prospects will go through the ring in succession and likely provide an early indication of the status of the juvenile market.
Horse Chestnut, South Africa’s 1999 Horse of the Year and a U.S. Grade 3 winner and sire, died Feb. 20 from heart failure at Drakenstein Stud Farm in South Africa. The 19-year-old, from the first crop of Fort Wood, had resided at Drakenstein since 2009 after beginning his stud career at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, February 21st by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
It is rare to see a horse with a perfect record in 18 career starts. That is exactly what Chucaro Acero BC accomplished through the first two years of his career while competing in Argentina. On Saturday driver Andy Miller will handle both Chucaro Acero BC and fellow unbeaten colt National Seelster.
Stakes nights were among the best nights for 2014’s leading driver Yannick Gingras. With Saturday night’s stakes-filled program at the Meadowlands looming, Gingras is again in the driver’s seat for success. Horsepower is a great part of Gingras’ climb to the top of the ladder and again on Saturday he’ll have quality.
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