Nancy C. Kelly, who wore many hats in the racing industry and was instrumental in raising significant funds for equine research and individuals in need over a 32-year career at The Jockey Club, died Friday in Garden City Park, N.Y., after a lengthy battle with ovarian cancer. She was 71.
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A bet-processing error at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., resulted in a pick five carryover on Jan. 6 to be added to two separate pick five pools the following day, according to a memorandum available on the California Horse Racing Board website.
The Jan. 6 carryover from the Coast to Coast Pick 5 of $186,880.67 was added to both the early pick five held on Jan. 7 at Santa Anita and the Coast to Coast Pick 5 held the same day, according to the memo. The Coast to Coast Pick 5 combines five races from Gulfstream Park in Florida and Santa Anita into one betting series.
National Treasure, the brilliant winner of the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational on Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park, is scheduled to have his next start in the $20 million Saudi Cup on Feb. 24 in Saudi Arabia.
Tom Ryan, racing manager of co-owner SF Racing, confirmed the plans Thursday.
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Locked spiked a fever, which delays his comeback, but the Grade 1 winner opens as the 8-1 Derby Watch favorite by Daily Racing Form linemaker David Aragona. Locked, who won the Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland prior to finishing third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, was aiming to the Grade 3 Sam F. Davis on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs. The postponement is believed minor.
Having started more horses in the Kentucky Derby than any other trainer, and attempted to get even more to the race who didn’t make it, Todd Pletcher knows the pitfalls of the Triple Crown trail as well, if not better, than most.
A year ago, things appeared to going perfectly for Forte, right up until 72 hours before the race when a foot bruise developed. It would lead to three days of drama and ultimately a scratch of the Derby favorite the morning of the race.
“It was a trainer’s worst nightmare,” Pletcher, a two-time Derby winner, recalled recently.
Toby Keith Covel, a breeder and owner who was best known by his stage name, Toby Keith, died Monday night, according to a post on the award-winning country artist’s official website. He had been battling stomach cancer. Keith was 62.
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 13:50
Led by 54 horses from the barn of trainer Todd Pletcher and a record 47 Japanese-based horses, a total of 346 3-year-olds were nominated to this year’s Triple Crown, it was announced Tuesday.
The figure is down from last year’s number of 369.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Alva Starr could see action in the Grade 1 Madison at Keeneland following her Saturday win in the $150,000 American Beauty at Oaklawn Park.
The start was her first since the fall meet at Keeneland, when she was second by a half-length in the Grade 2 Raven Run in October. Alva Starr broke on top Saturday, set the pace, and covered six furlongs on a track upgraded to muddy in 1:10.47.
Locked, the Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity winner who was scheduled to make his 3-year-old debut in next Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, will miss that race after spiking a temperature over the weekend, trainer Todd Pletcher said.
Pletcher said the temperature forced Locked to miss a scheduled breeze over the weekend.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Hades earned his way onto the Kentucky Derby trail with his upset victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. While his next step hasn’t been strictly defined just yet, trainer Joe Orseno indicated Sunday morning that he might just wait until the Grade 1, $1 million Florida Derby on March 30 to run him back.
The other option would be coming back in four weeks in the Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth here on March 2, and then the Florida Derby.