This year’s Triple Crown races are over, but an extraordinary number of contrasts have made this series of races more intriguing than ever. Some of what made 2019 so fascinating: A wide array of winners of the various Kentucky Derby prep races The late scratch of presumptive Derby favorite Omaha […]
Santa Anita Park is refusing a request by state regulators to immediately end its current Thoroughbred meeting. The historic track located in suburban Los Angeles is currently experiencing an unprecedented number of equine fatalities during its winter/spring season – now totaling 29 since its Dec. 26 opening. The California Horse […]
Sir Winston is the gutsy winner of the 2019 Belmont Stakes. As many expected, Mark Casse was the trainer of the first place finisher. But it wasn’t second favorite Preakness winner War of Will as many anticipated. It was Casse’s other entrant, longshot Sir Winston, who crossed the finish line […]
The 2019 Belmont Stakes Saturday remains a historically significant race even without a Triple Crown possibility, a marque name or an especially compelling backstory. That’s because the winners of this race, in no particular order, include Secretariat, American Pharoah, Justify, Easy Goer, Seattle Slew, Alydar, Damascus, Citation and scores of […]
The once vibrant Illinois horse racing industry now could be on a path to restoration. The dramatic decline in business in recent decades, caused by other wide-ranging gambling availabilities within the state and in neighboring jurisdictions, is likely to be ending. At least that’s the hope after passage this weekend […]
Thoroughbred racing purists may be bristling at the prospect that next Saturday’s Metropolitan Handicap could take the limelight away from the 151st running of the Belmont Stakes. The possibility exists because the race on June 8, more commonly known as the Met Mile, boasts what may be its best field […]
Can public interest in next Saturday’s 2019 Belmont Stakes approach this year’s controversial Kentucky Derby or the competitive excellence of the Preakness Stakes? Probably not. However, a ding-dong stretch duel between probable favorites, hometown hero Tacitus and War of Will, the Preakness winner, and an exemplary undercard of lucrative stakes […]
The upcoming 1 ½ mile Belmont Stakes on June 8, the third jewel of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, once again invokes recollections of what many believe is the sport’s greatest training accomplishment: Woody Stephens’ winning five straight Belmont Stakes. Younger horseplayers know the name, but might not recall the man and […]
The skill and horsemanship of outrider Kaymarie Kreidel and her retired Thoroughbred Witch Hunter are key and unheralded components of Saturday’s stirring 144th renewal of the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore. The race now headlines the resume of War of Will, but there’s more. When Bodexpress jumped at the start propelling […]
War of Will is the gritty winner of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes at historic Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. This is the first Preakness without the Kentucky Derby victor since 1996. The winner, under jockey Tyler Gaffalione, 24 and the youngest rider in the race, benefited from a dream […]
The historic 144th Preakness Stakes takes center stage Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. A highly competitive, full field of 13 three-year-olds is heading postward and, perhaps, at least for this day, might curtail the seemingly unending controversy that continues to engulf the 2019 Kentucky Derby. 2019 marks the first […]
Calling the process that caused the disqualification of their Kentucky Derby winner Maximum Security “bizarre and unconstitutional,” owners Gary and Mary West, filed a federal lawsuit late Tuesday over the May 4 incident. The federal lawsuit filing is in U.S. District Court in Frankfort, Kentucky, and seeks to have the […]
Maximum Security jockey Luis Saez is now officially suspended 15 racing days by Churchill Downs stewards for his ride in the 2019 Kentucky Derby. Maximum Security, although crossing under the finish wire first, was disqualified for causing interference leaving the second and final turn of the 1 ¼ mile race. […]
Country House, winner of the Kentucky Derby thanks to a controversial disqualification, is out of the Preakness Stakes. He joins Maximum Security, the disqualified horse, with both sets of connections electing not to run in the second leg of the Triple Crown on May 18, two Saturdays from now. The […]
It’s on to Pimlico and the Preakness Stakes for controversial Kentucky Derby winner Country House, but a rematch between the Bill Mott trained Derby winner and Maximum Security — first at the wire, but then shockingly disqualified — now seems unlikely. The DQ’d horse’s owner Gary West told the Today […]
Country House, a 65/1 long shot, is the stunning winner via disqualification of the 2019 Kentucky Derby in this, the 145th edition of the US’s most prestigious race. Former claimer Maximum Security at off odds of 9/2 crossed the finish line first over a sloppy racing surface. But, stewards, following […]
The opening favorite for the 145th Kentucky Derby, Omaha Beach, was a surprise scratch for Saturday’s Run for the Roses. The outstanding three-year-old was removed from the $3 million 1 1/4 mile race for three-year-olds late Wednesday, after trainer Richard Mandella and veterinarians discovered a concerning breathing problem. The Daily […]
Omaha Beach at 4/1 is now the morning line favorite for Saturday’s highly anticipated $3 million Kentucky Derby. It’s the 145th edition of the US’s most prestigious horse race. Barring any late scratches, the field is now set with Tuesday’s completion of this year’s post position draw. The Kentucky Derby is […]
Technology could soon be changing the relationship between Thoroughbred horses and their riders, with the first widespread use of a new, padded riding whips at Laurel Park in Maryland. On Thursday, all the riders at the suburban Washington, DC, track used the new, cushioned riding crops for the first time […]
All indications are pointing towards Bellafina as the post time favorite for the 2019 Kentucky Oaks on Friday May 3. The speedy three-year-old filly hails from the barn of upper-echelon, California-based conditioner Simon Callahan. The $1.25 million race, for three-year-old female runners, is the accompaniment to the 145th Kentucky Derby […]
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