#US RACING: Watch Kentucky Derby champ Medina Spirit win at Del Mar
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit held off Rock Your World in the stretch to win the $100,000 Shared Belief by 1 1/4 lengths on Sunday at Del Mar for embattled trainer Bob Baffert. Medina Spirit raced for the first time since finishing third as the 9-5 favourite in the Preakness […]
Noticeable weekend gallops/exercise
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2021 HORSE EQUIP. WORK DIST. TIME ACTION RUN - Trotted ADORE BRILLIANCE - Cantered (RND) AMY THE BUTCHER - Cantered/Galloped 6F 1:19.0 APHELIOS - Cantered/Galloped - Chute 6F 1:23.4 BERN NOTICE T Cantered/Galloped 3F 0:37.3 BEST DAUGHTER EVER - Cantered (WP) BIG JULE - Cantered (WP) BILLY WHIZZ B& Cantered/Galloped 7F 1:29.2 […]
THE QUICK GALLOPER’S REVIEW – race day, August 28, 2021
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The COVID-19 restrictions inclusive of no-movement days saw the first post at 10:30 am on what was mandatory payout day in the Reggae-6 exotic wager. Despite the early start Reggae-6 betting was robust ending with a pool of over $13 million. In the end, 12 bettors managed to spot the six winners […]
#US RACING- Watch replays of wins by Essential Quality, Gamine, Jackie's Warrior
ESSENTIAL QUALITY GAMINE JACKIE'S WARRIOR
EASY TO WATCH REPLAYS FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2021
FIRST RACE Winner Queen T 4-1 JOCKEY Dane Dawkins TRAINER Patrick Lynch DISTANCE 5 1/2 furlongs - 1100 metres MARGINS 2 1/2 by 48.3 SPLITS 24.0 x 48.3 FINAL TIME 1:09.3 SECOND RACE Winner Golden Wattle 3-1 JOCKEY Linton Steadman TRAINER Anthony Nunes DISTANCE 4 furlongs straight – 800 metres MARGINS 1 by 3 1/4 […]
#US RACING: Essential Quality wins Travers Stakes
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A Derby is the lone race that evaded champion Essential Quality. The Belmont Stakes hero now boasts a Derby on his ledger after all, this one of the Midsummer variety. Essential Quality outlasted Midnight Bourbon in a stretch duel Saturday to win the Grade 1, US$1.25 million Travers Stakes. The 3-year-old Tapit colt covered […]
#US RACING: Gamine makes it five in a row
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Star sprinter Gamine added a fifth Grade 1 win to her glowing resume when taking the Grade 1, $500,000 Ballerina Handicap at Saratoga on Saturday, a "win and you're in" for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. Sent off the heavy 1-5 favourite, Gamine and Hall of Famer John Velazquez broke from the rail and […]
#US RACING: Jackie’s Warrior beats Life Is Good
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The US$500,000 Allen Jerkens Memorial (G1) lived up to the hype on Saturday as Jackie's Warrior prevailed over Life Is Good in a thrilling stretch duel at Saratoga. With Joel Rosario in the irons, Jackie's Warrior ranged up to front-running favorite Life Is Good at the top of the stretch and the two 3-year-old colts battled […]
King’s Magician in nightcap closes triple for Anthony Nunes, double for Linton Steadman
KINGSTON, Jamaica – King’s Magician closed a triple for trainer Anthony Nunes and a double for jockey Linton Steadman in the Caymanas Saturday nightcap – the eleventh. It was a romp for King’s Magician in a three-year-old and upwards event at 6 furlongs. The early fractions were ticked off by Baton Rouge (Anthony Thomas) and […]
Lady Magnum gets off the mark in Caymanas Saturday tenth
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Under a well-executed ride by apprentice Jordan Barrett, Lady Magnum trained by Lorne Kirlew racing at odds of 5-1 tossed away the maiden tag in the Caymanas Saturday tenth. That first win by Lady Magnum came in three-year-old maiden contest going 5 ½ furlongs. The young Barrett watch in third place - […]