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AUSTRALIA RACING - ‘It’s quite eerie’: horses race on in Australia, Asia
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Punters in the UK had to make do with a Virtual Grand National last weekend, but in Australia and Asia they

UK RACING: Virtual Grand National raises spirits and real cash for National Health Service
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Former Wales rugby star Jonathan Davies wanted one small matter cleared up as part-owner of the big race-winner Potters Corner

The horse that changed the world – Secretariat at 50
Like dogwoods in bloom, Secretariat arrived on the penultimate day of March in 1970. We would not know it for a few years, but America

Bajan trainer Saffie Joseph Jr notches 38th win of Gulfstream Park season
HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida, (CMC) — Favourite Miz Chaplin produced a front-running win on Friday’s (March 27) 11-race card at Gulfstream Park to hand Barbadian trainer

Santa Anita Park ceases racing on Health Department mandate
Shortly before post time Friday at Santa Anita Park, the Arcadia, Calif., track issued the following statement indicating racing is off, but with no specified

US RACING: Javier Castellano tests positive for COVID-19
In the first diagnosis made public for a big-name American jockey, Hall of Famer Javier Castellano has tested positive for COVID-19, his agent announced Thursday.

HONG KONG RACING: Golden Sixty triumphs in Derby
Golden Sixty and Vincent Ho announced themselves as one of world racing’s most influential new power couples with a stunning success in the BMW Hong

US RACING: Wells Bayou gets home in Louisiana Derby
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As Wells Bayou completed a wire-to-wire victory in the US$1-million Louisiana Derby there was hardly a cheer to be heard —

US RACING: Jamaican Shaun Bridgmohan wins US300,000 Muniz Memorial
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, (CMC) – Jamaican jockey Shaun Bridgmohan produced a dominant front-running effort aboard 9-1 choice Factor This to win the US$300,000 Grade 2

US RACING: Florida Derby in doubt because of COVID-19
In the wake of a Broward County ban on conducting non-essential business amid the coronavirus pandemic, and a subsequent request to close by the city

Marble Race
Marble race – listen to the commentator KINGSTON, Jamaica – With racing across the world curtailed by COVID-19, Quickgallop.com found this video featuring a marble

US RACING: Horse racing grapples with risks of running during pandemic
Horse racing is quickly learning it is not totally immune to the effects the coronavirus pandemic has had on other sports, and now it's grappling