Caribou Club continues Glen Hill's Roll at Del Mar
Caribou Club continued a standout weekend for Glen Hill Farm and trainer Tom Proctor with a 1 1/4-length score in the US$200,000 Seabiscuit Handicap (G2T) Nov. 24 at Del Mar. A day after Chicago Style made a wide move to take the Hollywood Turf Cup (G2T), Caribou Club saved ground under jockey Joe Talamo through […]
Horse Racing money leaders in the United States
Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., trainer Chad Brown and Gun Runner are the leaders in their various sections up to November 18, 2018. Ortiz Jr. is followed by his brother Jose on the jockey's list while among the trainers, Steve Asmussen occupies second place. Bob Baffert trainer of American Triple 2018 winner Justify is third. Below […]
Kentucky Horse Racing Commission OKs license for new racetrack
LOUISVVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has approved a joint venture between Churchill Downs and Keeneland at a proposed US$150 million racetrack and betting parlour near the Kentucky and Tennessee line. The commission on Friday approved the racetrack license on an 11-3 vote, beating out competing projects from Kentucky Downs and Caesars-Bluegrass […]
Enable to try for 3rd Arc
Enable will stay in training as a five-year-old with a third Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe her primary target, owner Prince Khalid Abdullah has announced. The John Gosden-trained filly was limited to just three starts this term after an early-season setback, but she made up for lost time as she bagged a second Arc victory […]
Turf racing cancelled at Canadian track Woodbine for the year
A week after jockeys first expressed concerns with the Woodbine turf course, management at the Toronto track decided to cancel grass racing for the rest of its meet. "In consideration of the ongoing poor weather conditions noted in the 14-day forecast, and to enable our loyal horse people to finalize their plans, Woodbine Entertainment announced […]
Baron Alco wins BetVictor Gold Cup at Cheltenham
Baron Alco stayed out of trouble to win an incident-packed BetVictor Gold Cup at Cheltenham for trainer Gary Moore and his jockey son Jamie. The seven-year-old, who went off at 8-1, moved clear late on after several fancied horses fell or were pulled up. Bryony Frost rode 16-1 chance Frodon into second, two lengths adrift, […]
Roaring Lion Earns Europe's Top Honour
Kentucky-bred Roaring Lion secured the 2018 Cartier Horse of the Year award at the 28th annual Cartier Racing Awards Nov. 13 in London. Bred in Kentucky by Jan Van de Bos Naify's RanJan Racing, Qatar Racing's Roaring Lion won four straight group 1 races in England and Ireland this year to secure the top honour. […]
Horse takes left turn out of gate, jock lands in parking lot
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Wild Verse took a hard left shortly after the start of a race at Del Mar and wound up jumping a rail and hedge. His jockey landed in a dirt parking lot. The incident occurred in Sunday's fourth race at the seaside track north of San Diego. Neither horse nor […]
Exercise rider Odanis Acuna dies in training accident
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Churchill Downs says exercise rider Odanis "Cuba" Acuna died in a training accident when his horse broke down with catastrophic injuries. The 42-year-old rider for trainer Kenny McPeek was breezing unraced 2-year-old New York Harbor when the horse fell about a sixteenth of a mile before the finish line at around […]
Broken Vow Mare Tops Keeneland November 11 Session, Kantharos offspring top weanling
Ducru, a 4-year-old daughter of Broken Vow in foal to Violence , was sold for US$300,000 to top the November 11 seventh session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. During the session that closed out Book 4 of the sale that runs through November 16, Keeneland reported 256 horses sold for a total of US$7,733,100 […]