Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., will not conduct any races over the turf during its 14-day September meet but anticipates being able to run on the grass course in November, track officials said on Friday.
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There may be very few pure Thoroughbreds competing at the Olympics this year, but that doesn’t mean the breed won’t play a role in the Paris Games, which kick off with the opening ceremony on Friday. Several horses competing in eventing, for which competition begins Saturday, have Thoroughbred relatives – including two horses on the powerhouse German team who have Thoroughbred broodmare sires.
Joseph Taylor, the Pennsylvania-based trainer who was suspended eight years by racing regulators last week, was handed the penalty after an arbitrator ruled there was no evidence to support his contention that his ex-wife or stepson sabotaged his operation, according to newly posted documents from the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit.
DEL MAR, Calif. - In three starts, Iscreamuscream has closed from slightly off the pace to win two sprints, and disputed the pace to win her stakes debut in the Grade 2 San Clemente Handicap at a mile on turf at Del Mar on Saturday.
For her next scheduled appearance, in the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks at 1 1/8 miles on turf on Aug. 17, trainer Phil D’Amato hopes to see the patient style of her sprint wins combined with the gritty manner of her stretch run in the San Clemente.
DEL MAR, Calif. - The elements are in place for a successful start in the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby on Sept. 1 for Formidable Man after his first stakes win in Saturday’s $103,000 Oceanside Stakes for 3-year-olds at a mile on turf at Del Mar.
Formidable Man closed from ninth of 11 with a wide rally to win the Oceanside Stakes by 1 1/2 lengths in his first start at Del Mar since a win in a maiden race over the same course and distance in his debut last September.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Not needed as an understudy for Mindframe in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Haskell at Monmouth Park, Fierceness will get to play the starring role for his connections in this Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga.
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Ruidoso Downs announced on Sunday that it has canceled the final six weeks of racing because of frequent flash floods since late June and will run the remainder of the meeting at The Downs at Albuquerque approximately 180 miles to the north.
Ruidoso Downs was scheduled to continue at the southern New Mexico venue through Sept. 2.
The decision to relocate means such famous races as the All American Derby and $3 million All American Futurity will be run at Albuquerque on Sept. 1 and 2, according to Ruidoso Downs track owner Johnny Trotter.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Ken McPeek said he won’t keep the racing world in suspense too long about whether the fabulous filly Thorpedo Anna will take on the boys in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes on Aug. 24, but there are still a few things to consider before making a final decision.
OCEANPORT, N.J. – Midmorning Sunday, the day after winning the Haskell Invitational Stakes at Monmouth Park, Dornoch, sound and healthy according to trainer Danny Gargan, was on a horse van bound for Saratoga. But while the Travers Stakes there on Aug. 24 remains the colt’s immediate goal, Dornoch won’t stay long at the track.
NYRA Bets, the national account-wagering operation of the New York Racing Association, will formally take over account wagering in New Jersey under an agreement signed between the association and the operator of Monmouth Park, the state’s only full-time Thoroughbred track, the two companies announced on Tuesday.