EUROPEAN RACING: Now Enable faces 11 rivals in Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1)
The prospective field for Sunday's Sunday’s Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1), expected to be the final race of the great Enable's career, continued to shrink Tuesday, when declarations for the Longchamp feature dropped from 16 contenders to 12. And can you blame them? Enable, the 5-year-old daughter of Nathaniel, is unbeaten this season since winning her second […]
US RACING: News circulating that jockey Mike Smith is off McKinzie
McKinzie, who may still be in line for Breeders' Cup Classic favoritism off a defeat in Saturday's Awesome Again Stakes (G1), will have a new rider in the Nov. 2 race back at Santa Anita Park. The Daily Racing Form's Jay Privman, after speaking Tuesday with trainer Bob Baffert, reported that Hall of Fame jockey […]
EUROPEAN RACING: Enable to face 15 in Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The list of rivals Enable may face in Sunday’s Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1), anticipated to be the great mare’s career finale, came into focus Monday when 16 horses were left in contention at what’s called the first forfeit stage. Primarily, Aidan O’Brien has left under consideration the likes of Magical, a frequent foe […]
US RACING: 32nd horse dies at Santa Anita after catastrophic injury
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A 3-year-old colt sustained a catastrophic injury in the eighth race at Santa Anita and was euthanized Saturday, the 32nd horse to die at the track since December. Two-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Mario Gutierrez was tossed off in the incident on the second day of the fall meet at Santa Anita, […]
UK RACING: Aidan O’Brien wins another major race at the Curragh
Innisfree continued Aidan O'Brien's total domination of the Group 2 Beresford Stakes when denying Shekhem by a neck in a rousing finish at the Curragh. Winner of a Galway maiden in July by the same margin from the same rival, the son of Galileo was making it nine straight wins in the race and 19 in […]
US RACING: Mongolian Groom upsets McKinzie in Santa Anita’s Grade 1 event
McKinzie ranged up in his usual stalking position Saturday in Santa Anita Park’s Grade 1, US$300,000 Awesome Again Stakes. But after taking aim at pace-setting Mongolian Groom, he failed to fire. In a result that could shake up the role of favorite for next month’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, the 25-1 shot Mongolian Groom kept on […]
US RACING: Connections of Vino Rossi to appeal disqualification ruling
Trainer Todd Pletcher indicated to New York stewards on Saturday that connections of Vino Rosso will appeal the decision to disqualify their colt from a victory in the Grade 1, US$750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup. New York Racing Association steward Braulio Baeza, Jr., in a meeting with reporters after the races at Belmont Park, said […]
US RACING: Stewards decide Belmont Park’s Jockey Club Gold Cup – Vino Rosso disqualified – Code of Honor the winner
Belmont Park stewards on Saturday placed Code of Honor atop the running order of the Grade 1, US$750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup after a tight stretch duel with Vino Rosso, making a controversial call carrying championship implications. Vino Rosso, the pace setter in the 1 1/4-mile final Breeders’ Cup Classic prep, re-rallied to put a […]
Horse grazes two people on track at Santa Anita fall opener
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A horse dumped its jockey and knocked down two photographers standing near the rail as racing returned to Santa Anita with the opening of its fall meet Friday amid intense scrutiny after the deaths of 31 horses at the historic track earlier in the year. It was the lone incident between […]
Bettor wins US$2.2 million on 6-race bet at Gulfstream
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A bettor at Gulfstream Park turned a 20-cent, six-race wager into more than US$2.2 million Friday. Someone hit Gulfstream's Rainbow 6 on Friday, the first time that the total jackpot had been claimed for that wager since July 6. To win the entire jackpot, someone must pick winners of six […]