UK RACING: Magnificent mare Enable goes from gate to wire in Yorkshire Oaks
This time, Enable made a defeat of familiar rival Magical look easy. The great mare went gate to wire to win Thursday’s Yorkshire Oaks (G1), a likely final prep for what could be her last race as Enable pursues a third straight victory in France's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. While four were entered in […]
Gosden and Dettori - Pulling the strings in the 'Sport of Kings'
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - John Gosden and Frankie Dettori are probably the best trainer-jockey combination since Vincent O'Brien and Lester Piggott ruled the "Sport of Kings" 40 years ago and in Enable and Stradivarius provide the two star attractions at the prestigious York Ebor meeting this week. Gosden supplied Dettori with his 14th Group […]
Sparkle Diamond entered in 60th anniversary race - Overnight up on Quickgallop.com
Kingston, Jamaica - As the promoting company celebrates 60 years of racing at Caymanas Park, 100 horses have been nominated on a 10-race programme which features a 7 1/2 furlongs Overnight Allowance as the feature. This race - the Caymanas 60th Anniversary Trophy has attracted 11 starters including the highly touted unbeaten foreigner, Sparkle Diamond […]
UK RACING: Frankie Dettori, John Gosden score with Logician at York
Logician laid down a serious St Leger marker with a smooth-as-silk performance under Frankie Dettori in the Sky Bet Great Voltigeur Stakes at York. John Gosden's grey son of Frankel came home a length and three-quarters to the good over Constantinople, but a round of applause breaking out among the York crowd around a furlong […]
UK RACING: Aidan O'Brien's Japan wins Juddmonte International Stakes at York
Aidan O'Brien's Japan got the better of Crystal Ocean in a titanic tussle for the Juddmonte International Stakes at York. In what turned into a bob of heads in front of the packed Knavesmire stands, it was the three-year-old Japan (5/1) under Ryan Moore who held sway by a head from the gallant 11/10 favourite […]
Records and milestones at Caymanas Park over 60 years
As the racing community prepares to celebrate 60 years of horse racing at Caymanas Park on Saturday next (August 24), The Supreme Racing Guide reminds readers some of the records and milestones achieved at the home of racing in Jamaica. FIRST WINNER - On Saturday, August 22, 1959, the first race was run at Caymanas […]
Celebrating 60 years at the Park
Promoting company of horse racing in Jamaica, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) is putting together the final touches of their plan to celebrate in a big way, the 60th anniversary of horse racing at Caymanas Park. The 60th anniversary race day is set for Saturday next, August 24. A former sugar estate, owned […]
US RACING – A look at the 2019 Travers Stakes
Without the presence of Maximum Security, Game Winner or War of Will, some racing fans might feel let down by this renewal of Saratoga’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes. But Saturday’s (August 24) race remains a fantastic one for bettors with many ways to go about playing it Most eyes will fall on Tacitus, […]
US RACING: US$3.65 million colt now has a name – trained by Bob Baffert
The record-setting US$3.65 million colt purchased by Coolmore and sent to Bob Baffert out of Fasig-Tipton’s March sale of two-year-olds will from now on be known as Cezanne, an ode to the French post-impressionist painter. In an interview, Baffert said Cezanne is on course for an October debut at Santa Anita Park. The son of Curlin […]
Edgar Prado side-lined with broken rib after fall at Gulfstream Park
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado is expected to be side-lined a few weeks with a broken rib sustained in Friday’s last race at Gulfstream Park. Prado was unseated from his mount Mister Noisi down the backstretch. Agent Mike Kelly said Prado was taken to Aventura Hospital and Medical Center after Friday’s […]