A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 wager will be held Aug. 3 at Gulfstream Park, where track representatives project a wagering pool as high as $1.5 million. Post time for the first of 10 races is 12:50 p.m. ET Video Free past performances are available online. The Rainbow 6 has gone unsolved for eight…
Florida invader Beach Gold proved right at home Aug. 2 in the Bluegrass State, setting a course record in upsetting the $249,375 Kentucky Downs Preview Mint Millions Turf Mile Stakes at Ellis Park. Keith Asmussen rode JSM Equine’s homebred 4-year-old Omaha Beach colt, who notched his third consecutive victory and fourth win in his last five starts. Saturday’s…
On Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course, Riley Mott earned his first graded stakes win when World Beater took the $750,000 Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes (G1T), under a deft ride by Junior Alvarado. Jaime Torres had been in the saddle for six of the 3-year-old’s seven prior starts, including most recently when second in the Belmont…
Mirroring his winning performance in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) last fall, Sierra Leone rallied from behind a fast pace to defeat an all-star field in the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course. Highland Falls ran a close second ahead of Disarm in third. White Abarrio , the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic…
Following up a victory in the June 8 Manhattan Stakes (G1T) at 1 1/8 miles, Deterministic successfully cut back to a mile to capture the $750,000 Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course. Intellect rallied to grab second ahead of Win for the Money in third. Deterministic, dk b/br, 4/c Liam’s Map — Giulio’s…
The instructions from trainer Mark Casse to jockey Jose Ortiz were simple. Breaking from the rail with the impressive maiden winner Ewing , Casse wanted Ortiz to nurse the 2-year-old son of Knicks Go out of the gate and let him settle. Ewing, gr/ro, 2/c Knicks Go — Sassy Ali Joy, by Indian Charlie …
More than 20 years ago, Steve Smith left his budding passion for Thoroughbred racing behind to prioritize taking care of his daughters. Although absent from the sport, the passion never subsided as he continued to dream of returning to the thrills of the sport when the time was right—dreaming of days like he will have…
Wathnan and Coolmore are doublehanded Aug. 3 in the Prix Rothschild (G1) at Deauville Racecourse, with the Aidan O’Brien pair of January and Exactly among the better fillies. As with all of the midsummer generational clashes, it is worth examining whether there is a particular bias one way or the other with the Rothschild and, with…
Jockey Umberto Rispoli is no stranger to success. He won 15 graded stakes in 2024, has collected numerous riding championships and records back in his home country of Italy and is one of the most respected grass riders in this country. But nothing has compared to the ride he’s been on the past couple of…
Tapbyangels became the first winner for Barton Thoroughbreds’ freshman sire Tap Back when the 2-year-old gelding won by 2 1/4 lengths in a maiden $25,000 claiming race Aug. 1 at Emerald Downs. Tapbyangels had previously been second on debut. The California-bred out of the Stormy Atlantic mare Winning Sis is trained by Scott Tubbs. Tapbyangels was piloted to…
