Those not attuned to the lexicon of skiers, snowboarders, and surfers have no idea what “shred the gnar” means, but anyone tuned into the Chilukki Stakes on Saturday at Churchill Downs could see that the filly named Shred the Gnar meant business.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Woodbine canceled live racing after the third race on Sunday due to high winds.
The two stakes on Sunday’s card - the $100,000 Lake Ontario and $100,000 Ashbridges Bay - have been rescheduled for Friday.
The other seven canceled races from Sunday are listed as carryovers for Friday and will be re-opened for entries. All original carryovers for Friday may be brought back at a later date.
Racing resumes with an eight-race program on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. with a card that was drawn last Friday.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The final seven races of Sunday’s nine-race Aqueduct card were canceled when the jockeys expressed concerns about high winds.
The winds at nearby JFK Airport were around 25 miles per hour with gusts as high as 45 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service.
“It’s very windy, a lot of people felt it’s not safe,” said jockey Jose Lezcano, who rode the first two races.
Jockey Manny Franco said “we all agreed” it was too windy to continue.
Jockey Dylan Davis was listed in stable condition at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., early Saturday afternoon with multiple injuries suffered in a spill Friday at Aqueduct.
Due to a pending rainstorm, Del Mar has canceled racing Saturday and postponed the scheduled $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes. The seven-furlong stakes for 2-year-old fillies is moved to Sunday. It would be run as a co-feature with the Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes open to 2-year-old males.
As of Thursday morning, Del Mar still planned to race Friday. Post time Friday was moved up a half-hour to noon. The storm, expected to arrive late Thursday or early Friday, is forecast to dump as much as six inches of rain on Southern California.
Dale Romans, a leading trainer in Kentucky and president of the local chapter of the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, has launched a campaign to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by retiring Senator Mitch McConnell.
In an announcement, Romans said that he will be running as an “independent Democrat.” The Democratic primary for the seat is scheduled to be held on May 19, and four other Democratic candidates with significant political experience have already announced their own campaigns.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Fully Subscribed, dominant winner of Saturday’s Grade 2 Mother Goose Stakes, should fill the void left by the retirements of Grade 1 winners Randomized and Raging Sea for trainer Chad Brown in the older female dirt division in 2026.
Fully Subscribed, now fully healed from a tibial stress fracture that cost her the first half of her 3-year-old season, won the Mother Goose by 4 1/2 lengths, earning a 91 Beyer Speed Figure. It was her third start off a layoff, which saw her lose twice in the first-level allowance ranks.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Disco Time’s dominant and fast victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Dwyer Stakes earned him a shot at the $20 million Saudi Cup on Feb. 14 in Riyadh and that could very well be the undefeated colt’s next start.
The Saudi Cup is 98 days from the Dwyer. Disco Time, who remained undefeated in five starts, won the Dwyer off a 50-day layoff after he won the St. Louis Derby off a 244-day layoff. He won the Dwyer by 9 3/4 lengths, ran a mile in 1:33.86 and earned a 107 Beyer Speed Figure for the effort.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Sweet Azteca and Ag Bullet are not done yet. Notwithstanding uncertainty following the Breeders’ Cup, plans call for both Grade 1 winners to continue their racing careers, trainer Richard Baltas said Sunday morning.
