#US RACING: Bob Baffert wins by Charlatan, Gamine in Arkansas restored by regulators
The Arkansas Racing Commission on Tuesday rescinded a 15-day suspension of Bob Baffert and restored the wins on last year’s Arkansas Derby (G1) program by both Charlatan and Gamine, each of whom had been disqualified due to an overage of the painkiller lidocaine found in post-race tests. Instead of a suspension and disqualification as stewards’ […]
#UK RACING: Amateur jockey Lorna Brooke dies after fall
Brooke was riding Orchestrated for her mother, Lady Susan Brooke, when falling at the third fence in the Pontispool Equine Sports Centre Handicap Chase on April 8. Racing was delayed by more than hour as she was treated on track, before being transferred into an air ambulance. A statement issued by the IJF on Friday […]
#AUSTRALIA RACING: Watch Fankel filly win Oaks
#JAPAN RACING: Watch Efforia win the 2000 Guineas
#JAPAN RACING: Unbeaten Efforia wins the 2000 Guineas
Efforia brought some much-needed clarity to the Japanese 3-year-old picture with a three-length victory in the Satsuki Sho (Japanese Two Thousand Guineas, G1) April 18 at Nakayama Racecourse. The Epiphaneia colt not only kept his undefeated record intact in his fourth start, he also dominated a field that included many of his likely rivals for the […]
#US RACING: Watch Letruska win the Apple Blossom with Irad Ortiz Jr
#US RACING: Letruska, Irad Oriz Jr blossom at Oaklawn Park
The Apple Blossom Handicap was supposed to be a two-horse race Saturday evening. And it was. It was just not the pair of horses widely expected. Instead of Monomoy Girl and Swiss Skydiver at the end, it was Letruska and Monomoy Girl. That’s right. Letruska. The 5-year-old mare who cut her teeth at a little […]
#US RACING# Limited number of spectators to be allowed at New York tracks
For the first time since the pandemic began, New York racetracks soon will be able to welcome fans. Starting on Friday, April 23, tracks will be allowed to allow spectators at up to 20 percent of capacity. That is one day after Belmont Park's spring meet begins. Ticketing options will be announced in the coming […]
#US RACING: Fire at Belmont Park causes death of two horses
Two horses died at Belmont Park Tuesday evening after a fire broke out in Barn 60 near the track kitchen on the backstretch. The New York Racing Association provided the following statement: "On Tuesday evening at approximately 6:05 p.m., the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) responded to an active fire affecting Barn 60 at […]
#US RACING: WATCH SUPER STOCK WIN THE ARKANSAS DERBY
