HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The 12th and final spot in the $9 million Pegasus World Cup has opened with the defection of Leofric, and Gulfstream Park officials were in discussions with Bob Baffert about McKinzie taking his place in the Jan. 26 race.
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For more than three decades, the Triple Crown had seemingly become unreachable. After Affirmed became the third horse in the 1970s to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont, there were 13 horses who won the first two legs but couldn’t finish off the Belmont. They lost narrowly like Real Quiet and Smarty Jones, ugly like Big Brown and War Emblem, and in the case of I’ll Have Another, couldn’t even answer the bell.
The Friday night single-ticket pick six carryover at Charles Town is $239,677. If the wager is not hit, there will be a mandatory payout Saturday night, the meet's final card of 2018.
If the wager carries over to Saturday, the jackpot will be paid to those picking the most winners in the sequence regardless of how many winning tickets there are.
The Charles Town pick six was last hit on Sept. 29, when it paid $146,170.
A total of $59,027 was bet into the pool Thursday night.
The pick six will be on races 3-8 both Friday and Saturday.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Woodbine Entertainment and the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association of Ontario (HBPA) jointly announced Sunday an agreement in principle for a new four-year racing deal. It includes an increase of $22 million allocated to guarantee purses and capital investment in Thoroughbred racing.
Twelve candidates have been selected by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association for its “Moment of the Year” fan poll, with voting opening Friday afternoon.
The candidates include Justify becoming the sport’s 13th Triple Crown winner with his win in the Belmont, Accelerate winning this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, and the victory by European superfilly Enable in the Breeders’ Cup Turf.
Other candidates include the retirement of Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens after a nearly 40-year career and the opening of the sports book at Monmouth Park in June.
The Maryland Racing Commission on Thursday approved requests for 187 days of racing in 2019. The Maryland Jockey Club also announced its stakes schedule through September.
The MJC tracks of Laurel Park and Pimlico will race 180 days in 2019 - 168 programs at its Laurel Park base and a 12-day Preakness meet at Pimlico. The Maryland State Fair will hold its standard seven-day session from Aug. 23 through Labor Day.
Laurel Park is scheduled to race nine additional days in 2019. The Pimlico meet will be the same length as the past two years.
Mendelssohn, who finished fourth as the favorite in Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct, has been retired from racing and will stand at stud at Coolmore America’s Ashford Stud, it was announced Sunday morning.
He will stand for a fee of $35,000, and join a roster that includes Triple Crown winners American Pharoah and Justify.
Sunday’s eight-race card at Aqueduct was canceled due to fog-related safety concerns, according to the stewards.
Horses were in the paddock and tacked up for the first race as the fog rolled in. There were concerns that the riders would not be able to see and that a clear picture could not be seen with the head-on camera.
The fog was expected to get worse as the day went on with temperatures climbing to near 60 degrees.
Aqueduct remained open for simulcasting.