Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming finished ninth in Saturday’s Grade 1 Travers Stakes at Saratoga, his third poor finish since the first Saturday in May. According to drf.com, the 3-year-old seemed well on Sunday morning, but will head to WinStar Farm on Monday for a break from the track as well as a thorough physical examination. “We’ll make a decision after that ...
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Carina Mia Proves Much The Best In Saratoga’s Shine Again
Carina Mia returned to form with a victory in the Shine Again Stakes Aug. 2 Three Chimneys Farm’s Carina Mia took advantage of class relief and notched her first victory in more than a year, overtaking stablemate Going for Broke in midstretch and outkicking her challenger to win by a neck in the fifth running of the $ 100,000 Shine ...
Read More »Maurice Proves Much The Best In Hong Kong Cup
Gifting his trainer Noriyuki Hori with the first foreign double on the Longines Hong Kong International card, 5-year-old Maurice swept past his rivals to win Sunday’s G1 HK Cup by three lengths at the line. Ridden by Ryan Moore, who earned his 20th G1 win of 2016, the son of Screen Hero stopped the clock in 2:00.95 for 2000 meters ...
Read More »Much ado about the BHA rating of 85 at Best hearing
Trainer Jim Best: asked who else the BHA counsel might be implicating PICTURE: Getty Images By Bruce Jackson 6:32PM 24 NOV 2016 THE BHA hearing into two horses trained by Jim Best being allegedly stopped in races last year momentarily looked like taking on extra runners and riders at the London rehearing on Thursday. Best, found guilty at the ...
Read More »Bucchero Speeds To Second Straight To Much Coffee Stakes Victory
Bucchero and 2016 Leading Jockey Fernando De La Cruz didn’t disappoint at Indiana Grand Saturday night. The duo scored their second straight win in the $ 150,000 To Much Coffee Stakes, repeating their winning performance from the 2015 version of the race. The To Much Coffee, named after former Indiana bred standout To Much Coffee who ran at Hoosier Park ...
Read More »Lady Eli ‘Very Much On Target’ For Ballston Spa Aug. 27
Trainer Chad Brown reported that the undefeated Lady Eli is right on course for her expected return in the Grade 2, $ 400,000 Ballston Spa on August 27 at Saratoga following a five-furlong breeze Sunday morning. Under regular exercise rider Walter Malasquez, Lady Eli worked over the Oklahoma turf course in company with Grade 1 Beverly D.-bound Sea Calisi, with ...
Read More »Ashforth's Angles: Racing so much more than betting product
The betting ring is an important part of television coverage PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos) By David Ashforth 6:00PM 19 JUL 2016 THE Racing Post’s Monday Jury were asked how racing should be covered on TV. Richard Wilmot, Ladbrokes’ odds compiler, responded “betting should be front and centre,” presumably leaving the racing bit to occupy the back stalls. It reminded ...
Read More »Angela Renee Proves Much The Best In Lady’s Secret Stakes
Angela Renee pulled away in the stretch to win the Lady’s Secret Stakes at Monmouth Park Don Alberto Stable’s Angela Renee sat off the early speed of Genre before moving by the pacesetter and opening up to an impressive two-length score in the $ 100,000 Lady’s Secret Stakes at Monmouth Park on the 4th of July holiday card. Trained by ...
Read More »Curragh: Minding much too good in the Pretty Polly Stakes
Minding: winner of the Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh PICTURE: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos By Tony McFadden and johnny ward 4:22PM 26 JUN 2016 Report: Curragh, Sunday Pretty Polly Stakes (Group 1) 1m2f, 3yo+, filles and mares MINDING made light work of her rivals to win the Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh, bolstering the impression that she is ...
Read More »Minding much too good in the Pretty Polly Stakes
Minding: added to her wins in the 1,000 Guineas and the Oaks PICTURE: Getty Images By Tony McFadden 4:22PM 26 JUN 2016 Report: Curragh, Sunday Pretty Polly Stakes (Group 1) 1m2f, 3yo+, filles and mares MINDING made light work of her rivals to win the Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh, bolstering the impression that she is one of ...
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