#US RACING: Trainer Kathy Walsh suspended, fined for use of acepromazine

Trainer Kathy Walsh has entered into a settlement agreement with the California Horse Racing Board in which she has been fined $3,000 and suspended 30 days after one of her horses tested positive for promazine sulfoxide, a metabolite of acepromazine, after a summer race at Los Alamitos Race Course. Under the agreement, which appeared on […]

Old tote board goes down

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Over last weekend, the promoters of local racing Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited began the process of demolishing the old tote board at Caymanas Park. The old tote was put in place during the period 1989-1991 under the guidance of the then Danny Melville -led board of directors. The Supreme Racing […]

Review of the race day that was Saturday, February 6, 2021

Second-generation trainer Ryan Darby’s good form in the last quarter of 2020 continued into the early 2021 season as Top Shelf (Omar walker), whom he acquired on the January 16, won the opening event for the hard-working conditioner to enjoy this year’s fourth trip to the winners’ enclosure with excellent prospects for a second on […]

A Quickgallop look at the race day of Saturday, February 6

Top Shelf holds on A beaten favourite over 7 ½ furlongs (1,500m) on last, the Ryan Darby-conditioned Top Shelf returned going a furlong (200m) shorter at 6 ½ furlongs (1,300m) and was able to hold off rivals to win a three-year-old and upwards Claiming ($850,000-$800,000) event. Ridden by Omar Walker, Top Shelf (Soul Warrior – […]

US RACING: Six-timer for Irad Ortiz Jr at Gulfstream Park

Two-time defending Championship Meet titlist Irad Ortiz Jr rode six winners on Saturday’s 12-race programme at Gulfstream Park. After notching a natural hat-trick with victories aboard Hard Game in race 2, Noble Empire in race 3 and Bourbon in May in race 4, Ortiz scored aboard Great Island in race 6, the US$100,000 Suwannee River, […]

#US RACING: Candy Man Rocket soars in Sam F Davis

In a battle of three-year-old colts from the Bill Mott barn, it was Candy Man Rocket who outran stablemate Nova Rags to the wire Saturday (February 6), winning the Grade 3, US$250,000 Sam F Davis Stakes. Candy Man Rocket — named both for sire Candy Ride and for owner Frank Fletcher’s long-haired German Shepherd, Rocket […]

#US RACING: It’s a Bob Baffert one-two in San Vincente led by Concert Tour

Odds-on favourite Concert Tour prevailed over stablemate Freedom Fighter in a thrilling stretch duel to win the Grade 2, US$200,000 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita Park and provide trainer Bob Baffert a one-two finish in the seven-furlong heat for three-year-olds. It will likely be on to the Kentucky Derby trail for both Concert Tour […]