Jockey Florent Geroux will ride Simply Joking in a race for the first time in the May 3 Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs. He shares what he’s learned about the filly in the mornings after she breezed a half-mile in :47 3/5 April 25.
Five-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown may have the deepest lineup of high-quality turf females over short and middle-distance routes, but trainer Miguel Clement is loaded in the long-distance female turf category. Clement, who took over head training duties from his father Christophe following the latter’s death May 25, trains three of the eight grass entries…
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,…
Horse racing will return this summer to the turf track at Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area in Cecil County, providing new opportunities for economic development through outdoor recreation and equine events. The turf track inside the Fair Hill Special Event Zone is scheduled to reopen to racing on Aug. 30 following the completion of…
Jamie Insole was a man on a mission at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, with the Urloxhey Stables joint-trainer featuring among the buyers at the Kentucky bonanza via a daughter of sire-on-fire Justify . Having enjoyed a banner year largely thanks to Lennox Stakes (G2) winner Witness Stand , Insole was not resting on his laurels when…
With 26 graded stakes victories to its credit, Godolphin is tied with Claiborne Farm at the top of that statistic in Keeneland history. Jabaara could provide the tiebreaker when she goes to the starting gate April 12 for the 37th running of the $650,000 Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T) for trainer Roger Varian. “She’s been doing very…
By J. Keeler Johnson (“Keelerman”) Twitter: @J_Keelerman Five weeks out from the Kentucky Derby (G1), two pivotal prep races are on the agenda. The $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park and the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park have both drawn promising fields. We’ll analyze both in…
