ETOBICOKE, Ontario — The popular Emma-Jayne Wilson has been named the 2018 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award.
Presently annually on Woodbine Oaks Day, the honor is named in memory of one of Canadian racing’s most famous jockeys, Avelino Gomez, who died of complications following a spill in the 1980 Canadian Oaks.
The race was subsequently renamed the Woodbine Oaks, and will be run on June 9.
There will be mandatory payouts on the Rainbow 6, late pick five, and Super Hi 5 at Pimlico on Monday, the final day of a 12-day meet.
There will be a carryover of $279,837 in the Rainbow 6, which will function like a normal pick six. Normally, the Rainbow 6 carryover is paid out only when there is a single winning ticket, but on Monday tickets picking the most winners will split the pool. The minimum wager will remain 20 cents.
Battle of Midway, retired to stud after his victory last fall in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, has been found to be subfertile and has been put back into training after impregnating just five of the 60 mares to whom he was bred this spring, Elliott Walden, the president and chief executive officer of WinStar Farm, said Sunday.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Attendance on Saturday at Monmouth Park was 15,764, according to a press release issued by the track.
The figure is believable, too. The track was crowded, with some people on hand for the races, some for the first day of the food truck festival, and many partaking of both sport and food.
The weather was summer-hot, but pleasant, and likely the best conditions of the three-day holiday weekend.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Jockey Carlos Marquez Jr. won the 3,000th race of his career when he guided Savemethelastdance to victory in the seventh race Saturday at Arlington.
Not everyone is recognizing the milestone. Equibase, the official recorder of such markers, is not counting the eight wins Marquez has at sanctioned racetracks in his native Puerto Rico, and without those victories, Marquez stands at 2,992 career wins. Arlington, however, is taking the more sensible approach and honored Marquez with a brief ceremony after Savemethelastdance got his picture taken.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Justify went through another uneventful training session for the June 9 Belmont Stakes amid perfect weather at Churchill Downs Friday morning.
The colt was first out on a freshly harrowed surface at 7:30 a.m. before proceeding through a gallop of a little more than 1 1/2 miles in his second day of training since the May 19 Preakness.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Without any of the drama or whispers that accompanied his first day of training following the Kentucky Derby, Justify returned to training Thursday morning at Churchill Downs for the first time since his epic Preakness triumph amid building excitement toward the final leg of the Triple Crown, the June 9 Belmont Stakes.
The National Musuem of Racing and Hall of Fame will induct a dozen new members this year for its “Pillars of the Turf” category in an effort to reduce a “backlog” of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the sport and racing industry but have not yet been enshrined, the Hall of Fame announced on Wednesday.
Wagering on the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday was a record $61.97 million, according to a chart of the race, with unusually sharp handle gains for exotic bets like the trifecta, superfecta, and super hi-5.
The handle total, which included all of the horizontal bets in the race, was up $600,000 over the previous record for the Preakness, set in 2016, and up 2.9 percent over last year. This year, eight horses ran in the Preakness, including the one-two finishers in the Kentucky Derby, Justify and Good Magic, compared with 10 horses last year.
