Steven Crist, editor and publisher emeritus of Daily Racing Form, remained in stable but critical condition Wednesday after suffering cardiac arrest April 6 at his home in Hempstead, New York.
Crist, 57, had the episode one day after attending the Wood Memorial card at Aqueduct. He was in critical but stable condition Monday morning.
Crist was part of a group that purchased the DRF in 1998. The group later sold the newspaper, but Crist stayed on as publisher emeritus and as a columnist.
A very interesting edition of the Grade 3, $300,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap is on tap for Thursday, as the six furlong sprint features not only the 2013 Breeders' Cup Sprint winner but a gelding who many consider the most improved sprinter in the country.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The Jockey Club of Canada will honor the top performers of 2013 at the 39th annual Sovereign Awards ceremony Friday at Woodbine.
Grade 1 winners Up With the Birds, Forte Dei Marmi, and Phil’s Dream all could have big evenings and are leading candidates for Canadian Horse of the Year. The three finalists for Horse of the Year will be revealed during the ceremony.
In 1882, the electric iron was patented, Jesse James was killed, and Apollo won the Kentucky Derby. The Derby was 8 years old. It turns the ripe old age of 140 this year, and in all the years since, no horse has equaled the feat of Apollo, who won the Derby after never racing at age 2.
Horsemen will receive approximately 10.6 percent of the net revenue from casinos at two racetracks in Ohio under the 10-year agreements that were recently approved by the Ohio Racing Commission, the head of the state’s Thoroughbred horsemen’s group said on Tuesday.
Steven Crist, the editor and publisher emeritus of Daily Racing Form and a modern-day titan of handicapping, was placed in a hospital Sunday in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Hempstead, Long Island.
Crist, 57, had the episode one day after attending the Wood Memorial card at Aqueduct. He was in critical but stable condition Monday morning.
Crist was part of a group that purchased the DRF in 1998. The group later sold the newspaper, but Crist stayed on as publisher emeritus and as a columnist.
ARCADIA, Calif.- Ontrack attendance and handle for Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby program exceeded the corresponding day in 2013, according to figures released by the track.
The ontrack crowd of 35,241 was 7 percent higher than 2013 figure of 33,005. All-sources handle was $22,542,443, a gain of 13 percent over the $19,897,306 from last year. The ontrack handle of $4,065,716 was $18,006 higher than in 2013.
