Medina Spirit, Essential Quality to clash in Breeders' Cup
Medina Spirit, the controversial winner of the Kentucky Derby, and Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality head a field of 10 horses for the Breeders' Cup Classic, with trainer Brad Cox pre-entering two horses for the US$6 million race that also includes Hot Rod Charlie. Hot Rod Charlie finished third in the Derby and second in […]
Gulfstream Park Replay Show | October 24, 2021
Gulfstream Park Replay Show | October 22, 2021
#UK RACING: Trainer John Gosden fined after horse tests positive for ketamine
Champion trainer John Gosden has been fined £500 but cleared of intentional wrongdoing after one of his horses tested positive for ketamine. The banned substance was found in a urine sample taken from Franconia after she won a race at Newbury in June 2020. Ketamine is a powerful anaesthetic used in horses before surgical procedures, […]
Gulfstream Park Replay Show | October 21, 2021
#US RACING: Curlin’s stud fee remains at US$175,000
Hill 'n' Dale Farm at Xalapa released its 2022 roster and fees Oct. 20 headlined by two-time Horse of the Year Curlin , the leading sire of grade 1 winners in 2021 with five. His stud fee remains unchanged at US$175,000. Also at Hill 'n' Dale is Curlin's champion 2-year-old son Good Magic , whose first-crop yearlings were well […]
Gulfstream Park Replay Show | October 17, 2021
#UK RACING| Investigation into harassment against jockey Bryony Frost nearing conclusion
The British Horseracing Authority says an investigation into allegations of bullying and harassment against Bryony Frost is nearing a conclusion after the contents of a lengthy report were “leaked” to a newspaper. According to a report in The Sunday Times, jockey Robbie Dunne was charged with “conduct prejudicial to the integrity or good reputation” of racing after […]
#US RACING: Extra testing for Bob Baffert's horses at Breeders’ Cup
Already in court to dispute the drug positive after Medina Spirit's Kentucky Derby victory, trainer Bob Baffert has been told that his horses must undergo extra testing before they may be entered in the Breeders' Cup on November 5 and 6 at Del Mar. A Breeders' Cup spokesman emailed a statement on behalf of the […]
#UK RACING: Replays of the major races on British Champions Day
Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Qipco Champion Stakes