US RACING: Racing fans enjoy post-lockdown opening day at Delaware Park

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Area sports fans itching for live action got what they wanted this week. Delaware Park opened its 83rd season of racing and the thoroughbreds galloping around the Stanton oval were a welcome sight. Dick Strohl of Newark had been able to get out for some walks in Newark, where he lives, […]

US RACING: What’s next for 2020 Belmont Stakes winner?

Moments after Sackatoga Stable's Tiz the Law captured Saturday's 152nd running of the Stakes, trainer Barclay Tagg could be heard asking those in charge of the trophy presentation to hurry things up – he had to get back to his horses. The veteran conditioner, who accompanies each set of morning workers to the track on his pony, […]

UK RACING: Danish jockey Stott wins his spurs at Royal Ascot

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Kevin Stott was turned down as a teenager by Tottenham Hotspur but any disappointment he may have still felt was washed away with a double on the biggest racing stage of all at Royal Ascot on Saturday. The Danish jockey denied the two biggest names in the sport -- Ryan […]

Tiz the Law wins 152nd Belmont Stakes

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Tiz the Law richly lived up to his favourite’s billing, sweeping to victory in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday to launch a topsy-turvy Triple Crown year. Trained by 82-year-old Barclay Tagg and ridden by Manny Franco, Tiz the Law became the first New York-bred horse to win the Belmont […]

The evergreen Trevor ‘Slicer’ Simpson takes the ninth on a sharp Nevada

KINGSTON, Jamaica – With all of the races on today’s card being run over the shorter distances, there can be little wonder that the known speedsters are dominating. It was Nevada with crowd favourite Trevor ‘Slicer’ Simpson on board that disputed the lead with Fearless Abbi in the ninth before sprinting away in the last […]