Meadowlands: Thursday 1/15 Analysis
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Thursday 1/15 card at The Meadowlands.
Derick GiwnerJan 14, 2015
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Thursday 1/15 card at The Meadowlands.
For a major track in North America, Oaklawn is somewhat unique in that it does not have a turf course; all races are run on the one-mile dirt oval. Oaklawn’s winter meet features 10 graded stakes in 2015, and it draws many of the top trainers in the Midwest and beyond, with some of the biggest trainers sending runners to Oaklawn in advance of one of the biggest Kentucky Derby preps, the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 1/15 card at Woodbine Harness.
It’s one of those Gulfstream Park races in which horsemen bemoan the purse not rising to the level of competition, but fans say they’re just fine with what is being presented.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 1/15 card at Yonkers Raceway.
New York’s Gaming Facility Location Board said late Tuesday it would comply with a request from Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reopen bidding for a casino site in the so-called “Southern Tier,” an area near the state’s border with Pennsylvania.
A Republican candidate for this year’s gubernatorial election in Kentucky formally entered the race Tuesday with a promise to push for the legalization of casino gambling in the state.
After a workmanlike opening day of trade, all eyes were on Group 2 winner Up and her yearling War Front filly to make waves heading into Tuesday’s session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale. The duo delivered in spades, taking the sale’s respective top spots among broodmares and yearlings, while helping propel a slight rise in average sale price on the day.
Atreides, a multiple stakes-winner and son of multiple Grade 1-winning mare Dream Rush, has been retired from racing due to a tendon injury and will stand the 2015 breeding season at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky., for an advertised fee of $6,500.
Having just started Dec. 28, War Story will race Saturday in the Grade 3, $200,000 Lecomte Stakes on less than three weeks’ rest. Faced with the choice of running or waiting for the Feb. 21 Risen Star, trainer Tom Amoss and principal owner Ron Paolucci decided to race.