Racing returns to St Lucia Turf Club on Sunday, February 16
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Horse racing returns to the Royal Saint Lucia Turf Club on Sunday, February 16 launching a week of Independence Day celebrations for St Lucia. “We were honoured and delighted by the positive response of Saint Lucians to our inaugural race day last December and our team has been working feverishly to ensure […]
US RACING: Sole Volante upsets in Sam F Davis Stakes
It was as a 22nd birthday gift to his daughter and assistant, Andie, that trainer Patrick Biancone awarded ownership in Sole Volante after fetching him out of a two-year-old sale last April. This one keeps giving. Twice a winner on turf, the son of Karakontie surged past previously unbeaten Independence Hall to emerge as a 2020 Kentucky Derby prospect […]
US RACING: Nadal wins San Vicente at Santa Anita for Baffert
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Nadal won the US$200,000 San Vicente Stakes by three-quarters of a length on Sunday, giving trainer Bob Baffert another Kentucky Derby possibility. Ridden by Joel Rosario, Nadal ran seven furlongs in 1:22.59 and paid US$2.60 to win as the 1-5 favorite in the six-horse field. It was Baffert's record 10th win […]
US RACING: Kentucky Derby gets new starting gate for 2020 race
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Horses running in the Kentucky Derby will break from a new custom-made 20-stall starting gate for the 146th edition in May. Churchill Downs said Monday the new contiguous gate will eliminate the wide gap between post position No. 14 in the standard gate and No. 15 in the auxiliary gate. The […]
FRENCH RACING: Star French jockey under investigation for alleged rape
PARIS, France (AFP) - Pierre-Charles Boudot, the jockey who rode the winner in the 2019 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, was questioned Thursday by investigators along with a woman who has accused him of rape. Boudot, 27, considered one of the best jockeys in the world, has been under investigation since the woman filed a […]
US RACING: Bob Baffert earns 3,000th win with Thousand Words at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert got his 3,000th career victory when Thousand Words won the US$100,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes on Saturday. Thousand Words won by three-quarters of a length in the Grade 3 race named for Baffert's late client. The colt ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.64 at Santa […]
US RACING: Sir Winston returns to the winning trail
Belmont Stakes hero Sir Winston, making his first start on dirt since his Triple Crown victory last June, surged last to first on Friday in an allowance optional claiming race at Aqueduct that will have the Mark Casse trainee climbing back up the class ladder The son of Awesome Again, a Tracy Farmer homebred, trailed […]
US RACING: Belinda Stronach tells AP: Horse racing got 'a wake-up call'
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — There was a frothy cappuccino in a tall glass mug on the table in front of Belinda Stronach. She was seated on a white couch, looking out the floor-to-ceiling windows to survey another sun-drenched day at Gulfstream Park. "It's so nice," she said, "when it's like this." Thing is, these […]
US RACING: Churchill Downs executive addresses surge in horse deaths
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The corporate owner of a New Orleans horse racing track appeared before Louisiana's Racing Commission on Monday to address a surge in horse deaths there. Mike Ziegler, executive director of racing for Kentucky-based Churchill Downs Inc., presented a list of potential reforms for the commission to consider, including restrictions on certain […]
US RACING: Mucho Gusto runs away, wins the $3 million Pegasus World Cup
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Irad Ortiz Jr.'s move paid off, and Mucho Gusto's earnings more than doubled in a couple of minutes. Ortiz made a last-minute decision to take the mount aboard Mucho Gusto, and picked the right time to let the four-year-old kick into high gear Saturday in the US$3 million Pegasus World […]