Groom Leon Suckoo – years of service grooming horses
QG: (Quick Gallop): When did you start your career as a groom? LS: (Leon Suckoo): I got my groom’s licence in 1985 but I have been coming to the racetrack from I was a little boy. I love horses and from a very tender age, and I was not new to the grooming of horses […]
Nipster – a worthy winner of the St Leger
KINGSTON, Jamaica - It was widely expected to be a clash between, at the time, the two leading three-year-olds Wow Wow and Mahogany. That predicted scenario did not materialise in the 2020 edition of the 10-furlong Jamaica St Leger courtesy of another horse from the same shed row as Wow Wow. That was Nipster. Nipster […]
Two on the trot for Den Street
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Two-year-old bay colt Den Street is settling among the 2020 juveniles after scoring his second-consecutive win from as many starts in a Restricted Allowance 1 event competed for over 5 ½ furlongs (1,100m) on Sunday, September 27, 2020. Making his debut on September 12 over the same distance, Den Street won by […]
PREDICTION/ODDS for weekend race days - on Quickgallop.com
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The PREDICTION/ODDS for the race meetings of Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 4 are ready and have been posted on Quickgallop.com. To view press the PREDICTION/ODDS button at the top of the Quickgallop.com home page. Good luck spotting winners!
#UK RACING: Champion jockey Oisin Murphy tests positive for cocaine
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Irish jockey Oisin Murphy has vowed to "fight to clear my name" after testing positive for cocaine at a race meeting in France. The 25-year-old British champion flat jockey denies taking the drug and is awaiting the result of a B sample following the test in July. Murphy, on course […]
#EUROPEAN RACING: Love out of clash with Enable
Second favourite Love has been ruled out of a clash against record-seeking Enable in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday. Love's odds had drifted this week from 6-4 to 4-1 after heavy rain made the ground very soft at ParisLongchamp. The filly was considered Enable's main rival but all her wins this season […]
#US RACING: Trainer Bob Baffert seeks history as Authentic chases Preakness win
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Kentucky Derby winner Authentic chases bragging rights in a coronavirus-disrupted campaign while his trainer, Bob Baffert, could make more horse racing history in Saturday's 145th Preakness Stakes. Baffert could become the first trainer to win eight times in the famed 1 3/16ths of a mile (1,900m) Triple Crown classic for […]
#EUROPEAN RACING: Frankie Dettori's 'favourite girl' chases historic third win in Paris
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Frankie Dettori's "favourite girl" Enable has her final tilt at making racing history on Sunday as she strives to become the first horse to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe three times. At six years old, trainer John Gosden's "battle-hardened" mare has kept racing fans' hearts beating in the […]
#EUROPEAN RACING: Trainer of Enable John Gosden calm as Arc history beckons
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Trainer John Gosden says his nerves are steady before he watches stable stars Enable and Stradivarius bid for racing history in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday. The Englishman is bidding for his fourth victory in the past six runnings, with Enable attempting to become the first horse […]
More restrictive use of whip in California taking effect
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jockeys and exercise riders in California will be working under a more restrictive rule governing the use of whips that went into effect yesterday (October 1). The amended Rule 1688 was designed by the California Horse Racing Board to further protect horses without compromising the safety of horses and riders, although […]