US RACING: Honor A. P. wins Santa Anita Derby
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Honor A. P. won the US$400,000 Santa Anita Derby by 2 3/4 lengths Saturday to move into the Kentucky Derby picture. Honor A. P ridden by Mike Smith ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.97 to give Smith's his third straight win and fourth overall in the West Coast's major prep for […]
US RACING: Undefeated Charlatan to miss Derby with minor ankle issue
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Undefeated Charlatan will miss the rescheduled Kentucky Derby this fall after being sidelined by a minor ankle issue. Trainer Bob Baffert said Saturday that the colt has a filling, or swelling, in a front ankle. As a result, Charlatan will not be ready to race in time for the Kentucky Derby […]
US RACING: Code of Honor comes good at Belmont Park
Twice a Grade 1 winner last season, Code of Honor signalled more big things to come Saturday when he won Belmont Park’s Grade 3, $100,000 Westchester Stakes off the layoff. In his first start since the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic, the 4-year-old son of Noble Mission took a wide but winning trip under jockey John […]
UK RACING: Frankie Dettori wins for Godolphin for the first time in eight years
Frankie Dettori celebrated his first winner in the Godolphin silks in eight years after steering Terebellum to glory in the Betfair Dahlia Fillies' Stakes at Newmarket. Ranging up with plenty of horse underneath him at the two-furlong pole, Dettori got the reaction he hoped for from the Sea The Stars filly when asking for her […]
UK RACING: 'Tortoise' Kameko downs Pinatubo to take English 2000 Guineas
LONDON, United Kingdom - Kameko, whose name means "child of tortoise" in Japanese, was anything but slow on Saturday as he stormed home to win the opening British horse racing classic of the season in the English 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Kameko, named by Qatari owner Sheikh Fahad al-Thani's wife Melissa, picked up late under […]