Bettors made Booth the 2-5 favorite in the $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) April 12 at Oaklawn Park and the progressive 4-year-old colt got the job done, but it was a little harder than the odds suggested. Southern California shipper Anarchist , owned by Ilium Stables and trained by Doug O’Neill, hounded the heavy favorite from…
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has canceled the remainder of its Saturday night card. After the first race was run over a track labeled sloppy, riders decided in the interests of safety to not continue with the card. Live racing is slated to resume on Thursday, April 17 at its standard first race post…
April 12, 2025 8:01 PM 1:34 Brendan Walsh-trained Gosger scores in the April 12 Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland. Walsh said the Preakness Stakes (G1) could be a possibility for the son of Nyquist. View Comments Source link
The final session of the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders’ Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training was the day consignor Omar Ramirez had been waiting for. The high expectations Ramirez had for Hip 1053, an Irish-bred bay colt by Coolmore Stud’s No Nay Never , were validated April 12 when the colt breezed a quarter in :20…
Trainer Brendan Walsh gained a starter earlier this week for the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1) when Godolphin’s East Avenue ran a hard-fought second in the April 8 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland, securing enough qualifying points to gain a Derby berth. Just four days later, he would appear to now have a candidate in Gosger …
Puca , the dam of 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mage and last year’s Belmont and Haskell stakes (both G1) winner Dornoch , was named the 2024 Broodmare of the Year at the April 11 Kentucky Thoroughbred Association’s Kentucky-breds Awards Dinner. Graded stakes-placed on the racetrack for trainer Bill Mott, Puca sold to Grandview Equine, the breeders…
Booth looks to make it three in a row this year at Oaklawn Park with a win in the $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) at six furlongs April 12. The 4-year-old son of Mitole is the youngest competitor in the seven-horse field of older horses. Booth was last seen winning the Whitmore Stakes (G3) March…
A longtime assistant for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, Whit Beckman seems to have picked up the knack for getting 3-year-old Thoroughbreds to Churchill Downs on the first weekend in May, even early in his training career. While Pletcher is preparing River Thames and Grande to become his record-extending 66th and 67th starters, Flying Mohawk is…
Mother Nature may have caused some delays in horses training at Churchill Downs over the last week, but Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen was glad that—if they had to receive severe weather—it coincided with settling Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders Tiztastic and Publisher into the track rather than when the more intense preparations begin as…
A longtime assistant for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, Whit Beckman seems to have picked up the knack for getting 3-year-old Thoroughbreds to Churchill Downs on the first weekend in May, even early in his trainer career. While Pletcher is preparing River Thames and Grande to become his record-extending 66th and 67th starters, Flying Mohawk…
