#US RACING: The possible starters in the Belmont Stakes
With less than two weeks to go before the June 5 Belmont Stakes the Horse Racing Nation list of possible starters stands at 13 after Midnight Bourbon was taken out of consideration to point instead to mid- to late summer races. The field for the $1.5 million race will be drawn on Tuesday, June 1. […]
#UK RACING: Watch Empress Josephine win the Irish 1000 Guineas
#UK RACING: Empress Josephine wins Irish 1000 Guineas for trainer Aidan O’Brien
Empress Josephine produced a relentless late charge to beat stablemate Joan Of Arc to victory in the Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh. Trainer Aidan O'Brien saddled three runners in his bid for a 10th victory in the fillies' Classic, with Joan Of Arc very much his main hope following her triumph in the […]
#US RACING: Jockey John Valazquez replaces Flavien Prat on Preakness winner Rombauer for Belmont
Rombauer will have a new rider in the June 5 Belmont Stakes as Hall of Famer John Velazquez will take over in the irons for Flavien Prat, who last Saturday piloted the colt to an 11-1 upset in the Preakness Stakes. Earlier this week, Prat opted off Rombauer to ride his Kentucky Derby mount in […]
#UK RACING: Watch Mac Swiney win the Irish 2000 Guineas
#UK RACING: Mac Swiney wins Irish 2000 Guineas, heads for Epsom Derby
Jim Bolger dominated the finish of the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh with Mac Swiney just edging out stable companion Poetic Flare. Mac Swiney, a Group One winner at two, had disappointed on his return to action in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial, but was subsequently found to be suffering from a nasal […]
#US RACING: Two weeks after second sample for Medina Spirit still not tested
Almost two weeks after the announcement that Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit tested positive for betamethasone after the race, the colt’s connections have not ordered the second half of the sample to be tested by a laboratory. Trainer Bob Baffert’s Kentucky attorney, Craig Robertson, declined to comment when contacted by Horse Racing Nation Thursday evening, other than […]
#US RACING: Horse racing has more questions than answers post-Preakness
BALTIMORE (AP) — After a week dominated by the failed drug test of trainer Bob Baffert's Kentucky Derby-winning Medina Spirit, horse racing enjoyed a rare moment to celebrate at the Preakness when unheralded Rombauer gave owners John and Diane Fradkin and trainer Michael McCarthy a victory in their first Triple Crown race. That moment is […]
#CANADA RACING: Woodbine gets gov’t clearance to resume racing
Woodbine Racetrack in Canada has set a date of no later than June 18 to start its delayed Thoroughbred racing season after being cleared to reopen by the provincial government in Ontario. The Government of Ontario announced Thursday a three-step “Roadmap to Reopen” the economy plan based on decreased daily COVID-19 case counts, lower hospitalization rates and […]
#US RACING: New York State Gaming Racing Commission crackdown on clenbuterol
Medication is a hot topic in racing these days, and three trainers said they welcomed a vote by the New York State Gaming Commission on Wednesday to place tight, new restrictions on the use of clenbuterol. Trainer Chad Brown told Horse Racing Nation he was "happy to hear about it because I don't think it […]