Enable getting ready nicely for Arc de Triomphe
Enable continued preparations Wednesday toward her bid to become the first three-time winner of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) with a gallop over Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Course, after which trainer John Gosden said the mare “worked just how we wanted.” In an interview published by the Racing Post, Gosden said it was according […]
Juice Man wins Trini Derby
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Juice Man (Storm Craft – Passion), bred in Jamaica by Richard Lake’s Lakeland Farms won the Trinidad Derby (10-furlongs) earlier today (Tuesday, September 24) at the Santa Rosa race track in Arima. Another Jamaican bred horse Apocalypse (Nuclear Wayne – Classic Princess) finished second with Trini bred Making Headlines third. Juice Man […]
US RACING: Math Wizard wins Pennsylvania Derby at odds of 30-1
With any of five horses in contention late for Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby, the least likely of them prevailed when Math Wizard blew by to steal Parx Racing's signature event. From claimer to graded stakes-placed to now a top-level winner, the son of Algorithms struck at 30-1, edging out post time favorite […]
Aussie racing authority bans female jockey for drug breach
Queensland jockey Tiffani Brooker has been disqualified for nine months after a recent urine test showed traces of a number of prohibited drugs. Stewards opened an inquiry after Brooker submitted a urine test at the Sunshine Coast on August 11. The inquiry heard Brooker’s test showed traces of amphetamine, methamphetamine, oxazepam, nordiapazem, temazepam, ketamine, norketamine […]
Horse euthanized after training incident at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A 4-year-old gelding was euthanized at Santa Anita after breaking its pelvis during training hours. Santa Anita officials on Tuesday confirmed the fatality of the gelding named Zeke, who was injured a day earlier. The horse was pulled up after his rider noticed a problem. Track veterinarians diagnosed a pelvic fracture. […]
Maximum Security forced out of Pennsylvania Derby with colon issue
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Maximum Security, the colt who crossed the finish line first in the Kentucky Derby only to be disqualified for interference, won't run in the US$1 million Pennsylvania Derby this weekend because of a colon issue. Trainer Jason Servis said Tuesday that the Haskell Invitational and Florida Derby winner developed the problem […]
Search For A Song wins Irish St Leger
Search For A Song gave trainer Dermot Weld an eighth success in the Comer Group International Irish St Leger at the Curragh. Having only the fifth start of her career, and the only three-year-old in the race, the daughter of Galileo landed the spoils under an enterprising ride by Chris Hayes. He decided the pace […]
El Tormenta upsets at 44-1 in Canadian Woodbine Mile
El Tormenta, a 44-1 longshot by Stormy Atlantic stuck with a rail draw in the Grade 1, CAN$1 million Woodbine Mile, drove by favored Got Stormy to upset in the Breeders’ Cup qualifier. The winner finished up 1:32.60 under jockey Eurico Rosa Da Silva, edging the filly Got Stormy after a brave move by some […]
It’s Enable next for Aidan O’Brien’s Magical after taking Qipco Irish Champion Stakes
Connections of Sea The Stars and Frankel know that Aidan O’Brien likes to ensure the road to greatness is paved with Ballydoyle landmines so Enable can expect to feel the full might of Rosegreen force when she seeks to carve her own bit of history at Longchamp next month. Magical, second in three successive Group […]
Oldest British Classic – the St Leger falls to all-conquering Dettori, Gosden
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Riding legend Frankie Dettori's remarkable season carried on apace on Saturday as he won his sixth English St Leger and 15th Group One winner of the campaign with the John Gosden-trained Logician in a record time. The 48-year-old Italian -- who had an 1-1 year hiatus in between his fifth […]