US RACING: Precautionary quarantine at Belmont Park barn lifted

NEW YORK (AP) — Officials have lifted a precautionary quarantine on a barn at Belmont Park after test results for a horse suspected of having equine herpesvirus Type 1 were negative. The New York Racing Association said Sunday all horses in Barn 37 were found to not have fever and were asymptomatic. As a result, […]

US RACING: Tiz the Law the 2-1 favourite for Kentucky Derby

With the rescheduled Kentucky Derby 10 weeks away, Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law closed as the 2-1 favourite in Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager with Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Honor A. P. the 6-1 second choice. The pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Old Males” closed as the 8-1 third choice […]

Nunes, Shane Ellis combo gets rolling after break as Fantastic Feeling wins seventh

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The combination of jockey Shane Ellis and champion and leading trainer Anthony Nunes got their engines motoring again after the three-month break in racing bringing home Fantastic Feeling in the seventh of 12 races at Caymanas Park moments ago. Fantastic Feeling drawn at one went to lead when the starter let them […]

The “Warrior Chief” Dane Nelson at his best as Desrianna comes late to win fifth

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The fifth race at Caymanas Park turned out to be a pulsating contest between the two most celebrated jockeys current riding at Caymanas Park, Dane Nelson and Omar Walker. With Nelson and Walker competing against each other in a maiden event for four-year-olds and upwards travelling six furlongs, it was Walker on […]