West Point Thoroughbreds and Jimmy Kahig’s Cugino impressed his Hall of Fame-trainer Shug McGaughey with a winning 4-year-old debut in an optional-claimer going 1 1/16 miles June 19 on the inner turf at Aqueduct. Ridden by Irad Ortiz, Jr., the Twirling Candy bay saved ground 1 1/2 lengths back in third position during the early…
Acacia Clement & Sara Elbadwi look back at the N.Y.S.S. Spectacualr Bid Division Stakes at Belmont at the Big A and The Goldwood Stakes at Monmouth. Source link
New Ascot chief executive Felicity Barnard was delighted with the 4.8% increase in total attendance across the five-day royal meeting. The first Royal Ascot of her reign welcomed 286,541 racegoers, an increase from the 273,528 who attended the last festival overseen by Alastair Warwick. Attendance was higher for each of the five days of racing…
Ellis Park Racing & Gaming will launch its 25-day summer meet Thursday, July 3, headlined by record stakes purses, top racing connections, fan-friendly wagering menus and a full calendar of community events both on and off the track. The meet begins with a Thursday-Sunday schedule before transitioning to Saturday-Monday racing from July 13 to Aug….
Hayayakko, a 9-year-old white horse owned by Makoto Kaneko, ran his last race June 1 and will now enjoy a pensioned life at Northern Horse Park in Hokkaido, Japan. The news was announced by Sakae Kunieda, who trained the popular icon of horse racing in Japan. King Kamehameha , Marshmallow, Kurofune, and Shirayukihime , who are the sire, dam,…
Former top United States miler Carl Spackler is expected to race one more time in Britain before starting his new career in Australia. The triple grade 1 winner was bought last month by Yulong Investments with a long-term aim of contesting the Oct. 25 Cox Plate (G1), a race the owners won last year with…
Canterbury Park racing officials have cancelled Sunday evening’s horse racing due to projected heat indexes in excess of 105. Yesterday Canterbury cancelled racing with the heat index reaching 109 in Shakopee and originally rescheduled Sunday’s program from 1 pm to 5 pm. However, the forecast still projects a dangerous level of heat well into the…
Vahva returned to form with a three-quarter length victory in the $298,250 Chicago Stakes (G2) under the lights June 21 at Churchill Downs, a win that snapped a three-race losing streak that dated back to her victory in last year’s edition of this seven-furlong sprint for older fillies and mares. Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. guided…
Never traveling beyond a mile before June 21, Mo Plex handled his first two-turn test with aplomb in the $500,000 Ohio Derby (G3) at Thistledown. In fact, even after surging to a two-length victory, Mo Plex appeared keen for more, proving difficult to pull up for jockey Joseph Ramos. Mo Plex, b, 3/c Complexity —…
With projected heat indexes in excess of 105 well into the evening and the safety of horses, jockeys, and staff working outdoors being paramount, Canterbury Park has canceled the June 21 Northern Stars Turf Festival program that had been scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. CT. Racing June 22 will be moved from 1 p.m. to…
