Santa Anita to ban medication, whips on race days
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita will ban the use of medication and whips on racing days after the 22nd horse fatality in 2 1/2 months occurred at the historic track Thursday. The move by owner The Stronach Group would make Santa Anita the first racetrack in the nation to impose such restrictions in a […]
22nd horse dies at Santa Anita track
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) - A 22nd horse has died at California's Santa Anita racetrack, officials confirmed Thursday, dealing a fresh blow to the course as it reels from a sharp rise in equine fatalities. The Daily Racing Form website reported that three-year-old filly Princess Lili B broke down near the finish line on […]
Jumps no obstacle to rise of female jockeys
LAMBOURN, United Kingdom (AFP) - Women jockeys have made so much progress in recent years they are indistinguishable from their male rivals rising star Page Fuller told AFP. The two-time British Amateur Women Jumps jockey champion -- on the second occasion she rode more winners (16) than the men's champion -- will along with the […]
Haikal scores upset win in Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct
NEW YORK (AP) — Haikal won the US$300,000 Gotham Stakes by one length at Aqueduct, earning 50 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Rajiv Maragh, Haikal ran one mile in 1:35.63 on Saturday last. The 3-year-old colt is trained by Kiaran McLaughlin. Second went to Mind Control with Istagrand third.Much Better, trained by […]
Frost, Kelly and Lavelle turn Cheltenham Festival into 'Sport of Queens'
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Bryony Frost and Lizzie Kelly produced stunning front-running rides to land valuable prizes on a memorable emotion-packed third day of the Cheltenham Festival on Thursday last. Frost made history in becoming the first woman jockey to win a Grade One race at the Festival with the valiant Paul Nicholls-trained Frodon […]
Poignant win for Klassical Dream's owner at Cheltenham
CHELTENHAM, England (AP) — Racehorse owner John Coleman never got to see one of his best runners, Klassical Dream, compete at the Cheltenham Festival. Eight months after dying from cancer, he was still there on Tuesday as the horse won the opening race of the 2019 meeting. Coleman's ashes were in the handbag of his […]
Brexit cloud hangs over Irish racing ahead of Festival
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) - Irish racegoers will flock to England for the Cheltenham Festival this week with the threat of a no-deal Brexit looming over their industry. Cheltenham has been a lucrative advertisement for Ireland's racing prowess, with Irish-trained horses often beating their English rivals in what is the most prestigious meeting in the jumps […]
Nunes set to dominate trials
Trainer Anthony Nunes seems set and ready to dominate the last two official preparation races for the 1000 and 2000 Guineas at Caymanas Park. In the Prince Consort Stakes (for colts and geldings) run over seven furlongs (1,400 metres), Nunes is represented by the top three horses. In the Thornbird Stakes (fillies only), the second-generation […]
Superluminal makes it three in a row after taking King’s Plate, now enters ‘A Class’
Although he is now seven-years-old, and although he has had his share of injury problems, Superluminal has found the hardly ever achieved purple patch in local racing. With his trademark attributes of grit and determination, Superluminal the 2015 winner of the Jamaica St Leger, pulled another win from his hat, his third in a row […]
Looking at some gallops
SATURDAY, MARCH 9 Adonis – Gal Out Str. 3f 364 American Invader – Cant 9f Gal Last 5hf 1092 X 1030 Answered Prayers – Cant 9f Gal Last 4f 512 April Spirit – Cant 9f Gal Last 2f 243 Axle Rod – Gal Out Str. 3f 364 Bad Boy Theodore – Cant 9f Gal Last […]