Free: Santa Anita pick three play for Saturday, Jan. 10
DRF handicapper Brad Free provides a suggested pick three play in races 2-4 Saturday at Santa Anita.
Brad FreeJan 09, 2015
DRF handicapper Brad Free provides a suggested pick three play in races 2-4 Saturday at Santa Anita.
The British all-weather circuit will expand on Sunday with the resumption of racing at Chemlsford City racecourse east of London, a facility formerly known as Great Leighs.
A bipartisan group of Kentucky lawmakers has introduced a bill to the state legislature granting the Breeders’ Cup a tax break during the two-day event scheduled for Oct. 30-31 at Keeneland in Lexington this year.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey Alonso Quinonez may try to win his second stakes in Saudi Arabia later this month, he said Thursday. Quinonez won a stakes at a track in Riyadh on Jan. 3.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Wild Dude, the winner of the Grade 2 Palos Verdes Stakes at Santa Anita last year, is nearing a return to racing and could start in the $200,000 Palos Verdes here Jan. 31.
The overarching theme of the 2014 auction calendar was steadiness at a competitive level following three years of rapid growth in the commercial marketplace. That trend began with last year’s Keeneland January horses of all ages sale and is expected to continue during the 2015 renewal.
A thrilling stretch run between Tiz Midnight and Warren’s Veneda in the Grade 2 Bayakoa Stakes at Los Alamitos on Dec. 6 ended with Tiz Midnight a head in front. They meet again in Sunday's Paseana Stakes at Santa Anita.
With the global Thoroughbred market thriving and the American economy in its best shape since the global economic meltdown of 2008, there is every reason to think that the January 2015 sale will more than hold its own with recent editions.
Don Alberto may not be a household name in the United States yet – but give it some time. It’s been just over a year since Chilean-based interests purchased Tom Simon’s former Vinery property in Lexington, Ky. The group is led by Liliana Solari, who founded the famed Haras Don Alberto in Chile, and her son Carlos Heller, president of the family’s Bethia Holding, a conglomerate that holds interests in a wide variety of fields. They re-christened Vinery as Don Alberto, expanding the family’s brand.
Following are horses to watch in Book 1 of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale based on their pedigrees, produce records, race records, and past auction performance of notable family members. Conformation, physical characteristics, veterinarian records, and late pedigree updates were not taken into consideration. This list reflects withdrawals from the catalog through Jan. 8.