WHERE ARE THEY NOW? THE 2021 RUNNERS IN THE 1000 GUINEAS
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The 2022 – 1000 Guineas (one mile for three-year-old fillies) is set to be contested on Saturday next (June 4) at Caymanas Park. As a build-up to the year’s first Classic, QUICKGALLOP.COM looks back at the participants of the 2021 edition to find out ... where are they now? FIRST – She’s […]
A QUICK TAKE ON THE RACE DAY OF SATURDAY | MAY 28, 2022
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE QUICK GALLOPER’S QUICK TAKE on the race day of Saturday, May 28, 2022, is published below. RACE ONE – This three-year-old maiden contest (Division One) for horses who have not finished second or third, turned out to be a stroll for the Norman Smith trained Maggie’s Boy with Tevin Foster in the […]
SELECTED GALLOPS | EXERCISE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2022
HORSE EQUIP. WORK DIST. TIME ALEXA'S SECRET - Cantered/Galloped 5F 1:03.6 AMY THE BUTCHER - Cantered (WP) APHELIOS - Cantered (WP) ATOMICA - Cantered/Galloped – Chute 6F 1:16.2 AVERY AND AYAN - Cantered/Galloped 4F 0:55.3 BABYLIKE - Cantered/Galloped 4F 0:50.2 BATON ROUGE - Cantered/Galloped 7F 1:29.4 BLUE VINYL B Cantered/Galloped - Chute 8F 1:43.4 BRINKS […]
#UK RACING: JAMES DOYLE WANTS TO BE MASTER OF ENGLISH CLASSICS
James Doyle, emboldened by becoming the first jockey since 2015 to achieve the Guineas double, wants to go one better than legends Lester Piggott and Steve Cauthen in sweeping all five English classics in a season. The eloquent 34-year-old's talent has never been in doubt, as shown by his many Group One victories since his […]
#UK RACING: WATCH SECRETO WIN THE 1984 EPSOM DERBY IN A DRIVING FINISH
KINGSTON, Jamaica - QUICKGALLOP.COM continues its coverage of the Epsom Derby, which is set to be run on Saturday next (June 4). The featured video is the 1984 running of this most prestigious race.
GULFSTREAM PARK REPLAY SHOW | SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2022
EASY TO WATCH REPLAYS FOR SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022
FIRST RACE Winner Maggie’s Boy 8-5 JOCKEY Tevin Foster TRAINER Norman Smith DISTANCE 6 furlongs 1,200 metres MARGINS 6 ¼ by 4 SPLITS 23.4 x 48.3 TIME 1:17.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SECOND RACE Winner Papa Albert 3-5 JOCKEY Reyan Lewis TRAINER Shaun Williams DISTANCE 5 ½ furlongs 1,100 metres MARGINS ¾ by 5 SPLITS 24.3 x 49.2 […]
#UK RACING: THE NEVER TO FORGET MOMENTS OF THE GREAT LESTER PIGGOTT
1948: Piggott, aged 12, has his first ride in public on The Chase at Salisbury on April 7. The horse provides him with his first success at Haydock on August 18. 1950: He rides 52 winners as he finishes the season champion apprentice. 1954: Piggott, now 18, partners Never Say Die (33-1) to the first […]
#UK RACING: A SPECIAL VIDEO TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT LESTER PIGGOTT
#UK RACING: LESTER PIGGOTT, ONE OF THE GREAT ENGLISH JOCKEYS, DIES AT 86
Lester Piggott, a jockey who won the English Derby nine times in his haul of victories in horse racing's top events, has died. He was 86. Piggott's death was confirmed to Britain's PA news agency on Sunday by horseracing trainer William Haggas, who is married to Piggott's daughter, Maureen. "Sadly, we can confirm that Lester […]