#US RACING: ESSENTIAL QUALITY 5 FOR 5 AFTER BLUE GRASS VICTORY -WATCH REPLAY
Essential Quality will carry a 5-for-5 record to Churchill Downs next month with a chance to stay unbeaten on racing’s biggest stage. 2020’s champion 2-year-old reigned supreme Saturday in the Grade 2, US$800,000 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. The Tapit colt outduelled game rival Highly Motivated, winning by less than a length at the wire. […]
#US RACING: BOURBONIC UPSETS AT 72-1 IN WOOD MEMORIAL – WATCH REPLAY
The 72-1 long shot Bourbonic made a late rally down the middle of the track to upset the $750,000 Grade 2 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. As the final stop on New York’s road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby, Bourbonic earned 100 Derby qualifying points to give the Calumet Farm homebred a spot in the Churchill Downs' starting […]
#UK RACING: 4-TIME CHAMPION JUMPS JOCKEY RICHARD JOHNSON RETIRES
Four-time champion jumps jockey Richard Johnson has announced his retirement. Johnson, 43, announced his unexpected decision after his final ride on Brother Tedd at Newton Abbot on Saturday. “After nearly 30 years in the saddle, the time has come for me to retire," he said. "I have been so extraordinarily lucky to have ridden so […]
‘WONDER’ NO MORE ABOUT 2021 THORNBIRD STAKES WINNER
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Thornbird Stakes, the true signal that the high-profile Classic races are on the horizon, will be contested on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at Caymanas Park. The distance of the Thornbird is seven furlongs and is restricted to three-year-old fillies. There are 10 entrants in this year’s edition of the Thornbird. Of […]
PREDICTION/ODDS FOR APRIL 7-8 - ON QUICKGALLOP
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The PREDICTION/ODDS for the upcoming race days of Wednesday, April 7 and Thursday, April 8 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.
FROM THE QUICK GALLOPER – Things to note on the Wednesday, April 7 card
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There will be 10 races on Wednesday, (April 7, 2021) card at Caymanas Park. THE QUICK GALLOPER examines the 101 entries nominated in the 11 races and picked out things to note for readers. THE THORNBIRD STAKES 1 – The three-year-old Classic seeking fillies dominate the scene with the running of the […]
#UK RACING: LEGEND TIGER ROLL MISSES IRISH NATIONAL FOR AINTREE CHALLENGE
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) - Tiger Roll is to miss Monday's Irish Grand National and run at Aintree later in the week at the meeting where he entered racing folklore winning two successive Grand Nationals. The 11-year-old will run in the Betway Bowl on Thursday seeking to back up his impressive success when winning the Cross-Country […]
UK gambling groups anxious as anti-addiction laws set to be unveiled
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - British online betting groups, booming thanks to the pandemic, are under increasing pressure to discourage gamblers at risk of addiction as parliament prepares to intervene with major new laws. The stakes are high for large listed groups in the sector such as Entain and Flutter, who have both taken action […]
UNBEATEN ESSENTIAL QUALITY IS THE 3-5 BLUE GRASS FAVOURITE
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Unbeaten Essential Quality is the 3-5 morning line favourite and will start from the No. 4 post for the U $800,000 Blue Grass at Keeneland race course. The Brad Cox-trained, Eclipse Award-winning colt, who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and Breeders' Futurity last fall at Keeneland, is 4-0 lifetime including a […]
#US RACING: GULFSTREAM PARK REPLAYS FOR APRIL 1, 2021
KINGSTON, Jamaica - There were eight races as the spring/summer season got underway at Gulfstream Park in Florida. Watch the replays of those eight races.