Benefitting from steady and sure play from the start, Dan Piazza, a financial advisor from Chicago, went virtually from gate to wire and held off a late close from Tom Boyd at the Final Table to win the 26th NTRA National Horseplayers Championship at the Horseshoe Las Vegas March 14-16 in Las Vegas. Piazza’s victory…
Seven weeks in advance of the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1), Journalism , powerful winner of the San Felipe Stakes (G2), closed as the 5-1 favorite in Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager with Fountain of Youth (G2) winner Sovereignty the 7-1 second betting choice. In the lone Kentucky Oaks (G1) Future Wager, which…
Forever Young , winner of the Feb. 22 Saudi Cup (G1), is one of 18 horses expected to ship from Japan to Dubai to run in the Dubai World Cup (G1) and its undercard races. Forever Young traveled with eight other horses direct from Riyadh to Dubai Feb. 24. The total number of Japanese-trained runners at…
Saturday’s canceled card will be moved in its entirety to Tuesday, March 18. First post at 12:45 pm CT. We will conduct a six-day racing week culminating with the Louisiana Derby Day card on Saturday and closing day Sunday, March 23. Sign up for BloodHorse Daily This press release has not been edited by BloodHorse….
Lady Shenandoah cemented her status as Australia’s best filly when she secured her third group 1 triumph with a victory in the Coolmore Classic (G1) March 15 at Rosehill. Chris Waller, who saddled up the quinella with stablemate Firestorm pushing Lady Shenandoah all the way home, admitted he was ‘blown away’ by the filly after…
As impressive as Book’em Danno ‘s seasonal debut was March 14, and as eager as his connections are to prove his talent on a world stage, the $1-million Godolphin Mile (G2) on April 5 in Dubai has been ruled out for his next start, trainer Derek Ryan revealed March 16. “We’re staying stateside. It (the Godolphin…
Quietside sizzled in her last major workout for the Fantasy Stakes (G2), covering five furlongs in :59 3/5 the morning of March 16 at Oaklawn Park under Ramon Vazquez. Quietside’s time was the fastest of 26 published at the distance, with clockers catching her galloping out six furlongs in 1:12 and seven furlongs in 1:26…
Chester Broman Sr.’s New York homebred Sand Devil had his first work back since a runner-up effort in the Gotham Stakes (G3) March 1, covering a half-mile in :49 in company March 15 over the Belmont Park dirt training track. Trained by Linda Rice, Sand Devil is targeting the nine-furlong $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) April…
Greg Wolf looks back at the Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs & Jimmy Winkfield at Aqueduct this weekend. Source link
Journalism and jockey Umberto Rispoli hit the track together under darkness at about 6:30 a.m. PT March 16. The Curlin colt, trained by Michael McCarthy, was clocked working four furlongs in :48 2/5. He is targeting the April 5 Santa Anita Derby (G1) at 1 1/8 miles. “Very good,” McCarthy said of the drill. Rispoli…
