Omaha Beach – morning line favourite for Kentucky Derby treated for quarter crack
The 2019 Kentucky Derby favorite Omaha Beach received a fresh patch Sunday morning on a lingering quarter crack on his left-front, trainer Richard Mandella said, that formed coming out of the colt’s Feb. 2 maiden win at Santa Anita Park. Since then, the son of War Front has won both the Rebel Stakes (G2) and […]
Victor Espinoza wins on Cistron at Santa Anita
Cistron completely dominated Saturday's Grade II, US$200,000 Kona Gold Stakes at Santa Anita, as he whistled 6 ½ furlongs on the main track in 1:16.33 while winning by 5 ¼ lengths under Victor Espinoza. Trained by John Sadler, the 5-year-old horse by The Factor notched his first graded stakes win in his 25th career start. […]
THE RACE DAY VERDICT (April 20): Upsets, apprentice domination, a shot of class from Another Bullet
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The race day of Saturday, April 20, 2019 was dominated by a string of upsets that had punter reeling, the continued dominance of the claiming apprentices and a breakthrough performance by Another Bullet. THE UPSETS Paintthistownred ridden by Natalie Berger started the upset trail after winning the fourth race at odds of […]