HORSE RACING NEWS
11/11/2015
Grade 1 Winner Palace Returns to Maryland for De Francis Dash
The 24th running of the six-furlong De Francis Dash for 3-year-olds anchors six stakes on an 11-race program that also includes the $100,000 City of Laurel and $100,000 Safely Kept for sophomore sprinters, the $100,000 James F. Lewis III and $100,000 Smar
11/11/2015
Churchill Downs Stakes Advance
The 1 1/8-mile Mrs. Revere, the final North American graded stakes race of the year for 3-year-old fillies on grass, attracted 18 entrants, but the race will be restricted to 14 competitors. It is the featured 10th event on a 12-race Saturday racing progr
11/11/2015
Discovery (G3) Quotes
"He's a horse that's continued to train well. He's developed physically into a stronger fall 3-year-old than he was in the spring and you always like to see that. He's trained extremely well coming into this and he's run well fresh. We've kind of been tar
11/09/2015
$350,000 Frank De Francis Memorial Dash
David Jacobson and Southern Equine Stable's Salutos Amigos was beaten just a neck in the Sept. 26 Vosburgh at Belmont Park before finishing a troubled fifth Oct. 31 in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. A 5-year-old gelding, Salutos Amigos, winner of the Bold Rule
11/09/2015
Ocean Knight takes on six rivals in G3 Discovery
Ocean Knight, a $320,000 2-year-old-in-training purchase in 2014, made waves as he closed out his juvenile season with a leisurely 4 ½-length victory in his December unveiling on the Aqueduct inner track. The Curlin colt followed up that result with a Gra
11/09/2015
Gulfstream’s Rainbow 6 Hit For $75,000 With Single Ticket
Tonite Tonite, the 6-5 favorite ridden by Manoel Cruz, was disqualified for drifting out to Dancin in the Heat inside the final eighth of a mile. The Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot is paid out only when there is a single ticket sold with all si
11/07/2015
Long Island (G3) Quotes
On second-place finisher Danza Cavallo (No. 3) and ninth-place finisher Rosalind (No. 2): "Rosalind didn't fire today, I'll have to reevaluate her future and Danza Cavallo ran well. A mile and a half might be a touch far for her. She was just tucked in be
11/07/2015
Churchill Downs Stakes Recap
Keen Pauline led the field through fractions of :23.47 and 1:46.42 with Spelling Again no more than 1 ½ lengths back of the leader down the backstretch. She moved on the pacesetter on the turn for home, grabbed the lead midway around the bend in 1:11.44 a
11/07/2015
Improving Saraguaro Extends Win Streak in $100,000 Classic Preview
A two-length winner of the Florida Stallion Foolish Pleasure Oct. 3 at Gulfstream, Saraguaro now owns three wins from five starts since returning from a 5 ½-month layoff to break his maiden in mid-July. He fell and lost his rider in the final start of his
11/06/2015
Gulfstream News & Notes - Fri 11/6
The 1 1/16-mile Classic is the fourth of eight stakes worth $800,000 on the 10-race Preview Day program that serve as stepping stones for Sunshine Millions Day Jan. 16 at Gulfstream Park. Claimed for $62,500 in mid-March during Gulfstream’s 2014-15 Champi