Saturday’s TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Grumpelstiltskin’s debut was better than it appears
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona provides his Highlight Horse for Saturday's card at Aqueduct.
David AragonaDec 31, 2016
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona provides his Highlight Horse for Saturday's card at Aqueduct.
Heatseeker, a California-based stallion who won the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap in 2008 and two other graded stakes, was euthanized on Tuesday as a result of a recent injury suffered in a paddock accident.
The board of directors of the local Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association has notified management of Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack that it has withdrawn its permission for the facility to conduct simulcast wagering as of Jan. 1.
Regally Ready, the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner in 2011, has been retired and is now based in Ocala, Fla., trainer Steve Asmussen said Thursday.
Masochistic was formally disqualified on Friday from a second-place finish in the $1,365,000 Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 5 because of the presence of a banned steroid.
For the second consecutive year, the New York Racing Association will offer $100,000 purses on some of its maiden races for 2-year-olds during the 2017 Aqueduct and Belmont Park spring meetings.
For the second consecutive racing program, the pick six proved too tough to hit at Santa Anita on Thursday. There are two rich carryovers in the pick six for Friday’s program - $361,436 in the main pool and $77,450 in the single ticket jackpot pool.
The IRS and the U.S. Department of the Treasury on Thursday issued proposed new rules that would greatly benefit horseplayers by allowing bettors to count all wagers made in a specific pool for the purposes of determining whether federal tax reporting and withholding requirements are triggered.
Ramon Preciado, the Pennsylvania-based trainer whose license was revoked in the state on Dec. 21 on two separate rulings, is unlikely to continue fighting the penalties and is preparing to leave horse racing altogether, his attorney said on Thursday.
The Grade 1, $1 million Heritage Place Futurity on June 3 will lead a $5.6 million stakes schedule during Remington Park’s meet for Quarter Horses.