Frank Stronach, the billionaire horse and racetrack owner, has resigned as chairman of the board of directors of Magna International, the publicly traded auto-parts company he founded.
Stronach, 80, cited his recent political activity in his native Austria for the decision to resign. Stronach is seeking a seat in the country’s parliament as head of a new conservative political party that supports Austria’s abandonment of the euro for a return to the schilling.
Jim Rome is one of the most well-known sports broadcasters in America and reaches millions of fans (affectionately referred to as “clones”) through his Los Angeles-based syndicated radio show, “The Jim Rome Show,” as well as his new television show, “Rome,” on the CBS Sports Network. Through his stable, Jungle Racing LLC, he was a winning partner last Saturday with the 4-year-old filly Mizdirection in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita.
Patrick McGoey, the defending champion, won the live-money Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge again last weekend, betting his entire bankroll in the final race to surpass the eventual second-place finisher, Christian Hellmers – who finished second in the 2011 tournament as well.
The highly improbable repeat performance netted McGoey, a resident of New Orleans, $255,341 in winnings, including the $170,000 first-place prize. Hellmers took home $154,525, including his bankroll at the end of the contest.
All pre-race and post-race drug tests performed on horses that competed in last weekend’s Breeders’ Cup event at Santa Anita have come back negative for any illegal substances, the California Horse Racing Board announced on Tuesday.
Total commingled handle on the 15 Breeders’ Cup races held on Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita Park in Southern California dropped 9.5 percent compared with betting on the races last year, according to a chart-by-chart analysis of the race’s pools.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Dale Romans was getting on a Kentucky-bound airplane Sunday morning with his family, still reveling in the aftermath of winning another huge race. The victory by Little Mike in the Breeders’ Cup Turf on Saturday at Santa Anita was the eighth in a Grade 1 for the Romans stable this year, further strengthening an argument for Romans to be voted his first Eclipse Award for top trainer.
ARCADIA, Calif. - At least three juveniles who participated in Breeders’ Cup races last weekend at Santa Anita bled, according to their connections, after seemingly contrary information was put out by the equine director of the California Horse Racing Board.
Trainer John Sadler said Sunday thta both Capo Bastone and Monument, third and last, respectively, in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, bled. Trainer Mark Casse said that Spring in the Air, who finished fifth in Friday’s Juvenile Fillies, also bled.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Little Mike’s win in Saturday’s $2,727,000 Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita could lead to an international campaign in 2013.
Trainer Dale Romans said after the race that “all options are open. We’ll look at Dubai.”
ARCADIA, Calif. - Shanghai Bobby and He’s Had Enough, separated by a head in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita, both came out of the race in good order, according to their connections, and will be given every opportunity to hop on the Triple Crown trail next year.
Capo Bastone, the third-place finisher in the Juvenile, was found to have bled significantly, according to his connections and will be sent to a nearby clinic for evaluation. None of the 2-year-olds who raced at this year’s Breeders’ Cup was permitted to run on Lasix.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Wise Dan set a Santa Anita turf-course record of 1:31.78 winning the Breeders’ Cup Mile here Saturday. He might also have set a Breeders’ Cup record for speed of departure from a host venue.
Wise Dan was shipped back to Kentucky from California in the middle of the night, leaving Santa Anita before 3 a.m. Sunday. He came, he saw, he conquered – and he got out of Dodge. His Beyer Speed Figure for the BC MIle came back a 107.
