#UK RACING: Apprentice Mark Crehan suspended for failure to ride out after mistaking position of winning post
Apprentice Mark Crehan has been suspended for 28 days for failing to ride out Aerion Power for first place in the LMD Vacuum Excavation Handicap at Doncaster on Saturday evening. The 3lb claimer mistook the half-furlong marker for the winning post when in front on the Sir Michael Stoute-trained three-year-old. Colony Queen, trained by John Mackie and ridden by Connor Beasley, took advantage […]
Noticeable weekend gallops/exercise
NOTE HORSES IN BOLD REPRESENT POTENTIAL STARTERS IN THE DERBY OR THE OAKS SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021 HORSE EQUIP. WORK DIST. TIME ACTION ANN C Cantered (WP) BILLY WHIZZ - Cantered 10F CALCULUS & Cantered 12F CRAFTY AND READY BT Cantered/Galloped 4F 0:54.0 CRIMSON - Cantered (WP) DOUBLE CROWN - Trotted ELITIST B Gate/ […]
#US RACING: Oregon jockey thrown from horse during race dies
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (AP) — A journeyman jockey who rode thoroughbreds and quarter horses around the Pacific Northwest was killed Wednesday at the Crooked River Roundup Horse Race in Prineville, officials said. The Jockey Guild said Eduardo Gutierrez-Sosa, 29, was based primarily out of Grants Pass, The Bulletin reported. He was married and had three children […]
#US RACING: Jockeys blame New Jersey Commission for injury to Paco Lopez after new crop rule
Jockeys’ Guild president Terry Meyocks said he “absolutely” blames the New Jersey Racing Commission for an incident that injured jockey Paco López and jeopardized his mount, Midnight Bourbon, while leading to the first disqualification in Haskell Stakes history Saturday. The commission seemingly ignored the Guild’s concerns when it prohibited the use of the riding crop except […]
EASY TO WATCH REPLAYS FOR SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021
FIRST RACE Winner Princess Statistic JOCKEY Andre Powell TRAINER Ian Alexander DISTANCE Five furlongs round MARGINS 3 by ¾ SPLITS 24.0 49.0 FINAL TIME 1:04.0 SECOND RACE Winner Storm Princess TRAINER Nicholas Smith JOCKEY Anthony Thomas DISTANCE Six furlongs MARGINS 3 ¾ by 3 ¼ SPLITS 23.2 47.2 FINAL TIME 1:16.2 THIRD RACE Winner Lightning […]