Kellyn Gorder, who has trained 36 winners from 227 starters this year, began a 60-day suspension Sunday, nearly two years after a horse he trained tested positive for methamphetamine following a race at Churchill Downs.
A single ticket took down the pick six on Sunday at Del Mar and was worth $1,041,696, bringing to a close an exciting initial three days of the meeting in which the pick six carried over into Sunday, producing the blockbuster payoff.
Two days in, and no one has yet to hit the pick six at Del Mar, so there are significant carryovers into Sunday’s nine-race card, which begins at 12:30 p.m. Pacific. The carryover in the general pick six pool is up to $203,127 after no one hit the pick six on Friday or Saturday.
Remington Park has closed its turf course for the remainder of the meet, which ends Dec. 11, the track announced on Thursday.
The Arkansas Racing Commission on Thursday took the first step to paving the way for a pick five wager at Oaklawn Park. The agency adopted a rule allowing the track to offer the bet, subject to approval by the state’s legislative rules review committee in December, said commission attorney Byron Freeland.
Tom Hammond, who has been a broadcaster on NBC and has covered Thoroughbred racing for decades, was named by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners as the 2016 winner of the Warner L. Jones Jr. Horseman of the Year Award.
Viewership of the Breeders’ Cup Classic on NBC during prime-time Saturday night plummeted last year compared with the same race last year.
Los Alamitos has amended the stakes schedule for its meet next month, which was originally announced earlier this week.
Phil Georgeff, the renowned Chicago racing announcer known for his catchphrase, “Here they come, spinning out of the turn,” died Monday in Alabama.
A referendum on the New Jersey ballot that would have authorized the legislature to approve two new casinos in the northern part of the state failed overwhelmingly in voting on Tuesday.
