Pat Byrne trained a number of great horses and is part of racing lore, so he appreciates a young person with an awareness of racing history. That’s just one reason Byrne gave the mount aboard Chas’s Legacy to Tyler Gaffalione in the nominal feature Monday at Gulfstream Park.
The 2015 Indiana Derby will be run July 18, vacating its traditional date in late September or early October.
DRF handicapper Matt Bernier provides his analysis of Saturday's pick five at Santa Anita
Carve won in his first start since the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on Friday, when he overtook pacesetter Zee Bros for a 3 ½-length win in the $100,000 Fifth Season at Oaklawn Park.
Aqueduct racetrack will not take entries for horses that have raced in the previous 14 days and reduce its weekday race cards to eight races per day effective Jan. 22, the association announced on Friday as part of a new round of steps seeking to address a stubborn spate of fatal breakdowns at the track.
Making good use of her inside post, Overprepared grabbed the early lead along the rail and fought off several challenges to take the 42nd running of Friday’s $100,000 Busanda Stakes for 3-year-old fillies.
The Los Alamitos evening meeting for Quarter Horses and lower-level Thoroughbreds will take a one-week break in early February to allow for maintenance on the track’s lighting system, officials announced on Friday.
Good Deed, a sharp winner in two turf sprints at the Fair Grounds meet, will ship to Gulfstream Park for her next start, the $75,000 Ladies Turf Sprint on the Feb. 21 Fountain of Youth card.
Cinco Charlie will get his stretch-out opportunity in the $100,000 Riley Allison Derby on Jan. 24 at Sunland Park, trainer Steve Asmussen said Friday.
One of the shortest fields Sunday is the featured eighth race, a $28,000, second-level allowance with a $40,000 claiming condition that drew eight fillies sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs on the Polytrack.
