Veteran trainer Bolger grabs headlines at Ascot on and off the track
ASCOT, United Kingdom (AFP) - Veteran trainer Jim Bolger's bombshell claims over doping in Irish racing captured the headlines ahead of Royal Ascot, but on Tuesday he stole the spotlight on the racecourse as Poetic Flare won the St James' Palace Stakes. The 79-year-old Irishman told the Irish Independent there would be "a Lance Armstrong" […]
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Guineas winners lead 29 horses provisionally entered for St Leger
KINGSTON, Jamaica – 1000 Guineas winner She’s A Wonder and 2000 Guineas conqueror Miniature Man lead the way of the 29 horses provisionally entered for the season’s third Classic race, the Jamaica St Leger. The Jamaica St Leger will be run over 10 furlongs on Saturday, July 3, 2021. All the major players from the […]
#US RACING: Trainer Bob Baffert sues New York Racing Association in Federal Court
Bob Baffert is suing the New York Racing Association in federal court in an attempt to end his indefinite suspension, levied after Medina Spirit’s positive drug test following the Kentucky Derby, according to legal documents filed Monday. The trainer claims his rights to due process and to participate in New York racing are being violated […]
OVERNIGHTS for next two racedays
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The next two racedays at Caymanas Park are set for Saturday, June 19 and Monday, June 21, 2021. Nominations for the Saturday (June 19) meet will take place tomorrow (Tuesday, June 15) with the OVERNIGHT coming out in the afternoon. Nominations for the Monday (June 21) meet will take place on Wednesday, […]
EASY TO WATCH REPLAYS FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2021
FIRST RACE Winner Mansur Musur JOCKEY Dane Dawkins TRAINER Errol Pottinger DISTANCE Five and a half furlongs SPLITS 24.3 49.3 FINAL TIME 1:12.2 SECOND RACE Winner Glock JOCKEY Omar Walker TRAINER Anthony Nunes DISTANCE Five furlongs round SPLITS 23.2 46.4 FINAL TIME 1:01.2 THIRD RACE Winner Smokey Topaz JOCKEY Youville Pinnock TRAINER Joseph Durrant DISTANCE […]
NOTICEABLE WEEKEND EXERCISE/GALLOPS
SATURDAY, June 12, 2021 Horse Equip. Work Dist. Time ACTION ANN C Cantered (WP) ACTION RUN & Cantered (WP) AMY THE BUTCHER - Hacked ANOTHER COOKIE V Cantered/Galloped 7F 1:35.0 ATONEMENT T Cantered/Galloped 3F 0:36.4 BATTLE DANCER - Cantered/Galloped - Chute 4F 0:51.3 BILLY WHIZZ - Cantered (WP) CALCULUS - Cantered (WP) CHANDRA'S LAW T […]
#UK RACING: Watch Stradivarius win the 2020 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot
#UK RACING: The magnificent Stradivarius seeks more Royal Ascot history
Stradivarius is chasing a remarkable fifth consecutive win at Royal Ascot next week – with a record-equalling fourth Gold Cup in his sights. The leading light among John and Thady Gosden’s stellar team of older horses, if the seven-year-old prevails again on Thursday, he will join Yeats as the most successful in the history of […]
#UK RACING: Royal Ascot day one: Palace Pier faces two Aidan O'Brien challengers in Queen Anne
Hot favourite Palace Pier is set to face 10 rivals in the opening Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. The Kingman colt won a thrilling renewal of the St James’s Palace Stakes on the same card 12 months ago – and went on to double his Group One tally in the Prix Jacques […]