HORSE RACING NEWS
09/04/2015
Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Pool Guaranteed at $850,000
The Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot is paid out only when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day’s pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while
09/04/2015
Kentucky Downs’ 24th Season of Live Racing Kicks off Saturday
The field of ten contenders in the More Than Ready Mile is topped by Undrafted, who is fresh off a group 1 victory at this year’s Royal Ascot. The five-year-old gelding will face off against Departing, victor in the Grade 2 Firecracker Stakes at Churchill
09/04/2015
Gulfstream’s 2015-16 Championship Meet to Offer Record $11.61M in Purses
A record 73 stakes, including 37 graded races, will be offered during the 77th anniversary meet that is scheduled to get under way Dec. 5. Six new races have been added to the stakes program for the 2015-2016 meet, while another six races have received pu
09/04/2015
It’s High Time Primed for $300,000 Susan’s Girl of Florida Sire Stakes
It’s High Time’s 3 ¼-length victory in the Desert Vixen silenced the Gulfstream Park crowd on Aug. 8, as the 2-year-old filly upset the heavily favored Ballet Diva, who had won her previous two starts by a combined 16 ¾ lengths. Those wins included a 4 ½-
09/04/2015
P.G. Johnson Quotes
Junior Alvarado, winning jockey aboard Harmonize (No. 1): "I got out of there running; she broke very good. I saw [Ava's Kitten] going a little faster than what I wanted, so I just sat right off her. When I asked her at the five-sixteenths [pole], she wa
08/28/2015
Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Guaranteed at $650,000
The popular multi-race wager spans the final six races each racing day. There were live tickets on Starship Muffy, Gretchen's Gift and Full Moon's Mass going into Friday's 10th and final race, but the race was won by In a Momentsnotice. Jockey Harry Herna
08/28/2015
Albany (NYB) Quotes
Luis Saez, winning jockey aboard Good Luck Gus (No. 1): "The plan was we were going to be behind the speed, and when we made the move, hopefully we would have the horse. When we came to the stretch, I tried to look for the room, but everyone was moving in
08/24/2015
Quotes from Jess’s Dream’s debut win at Saratoga
"He'll get better with racing. An [allowance race] at Belmont is probably next for him, or the Travers, one of the two. No, an [allowance race] is next. That was great." John Velazquez, rider aboard Jess's Dream: "I worked him once a couple months ago; I
08/22/2015
Rainbow 6 Carryover $361,926.76 for Sunday
The popular multi-race bet, a 20-cent base wager, returned $2,377.68 to the multiple ticketholders that correctly selected the winners of the final six races on Saturday’s card. The winning sequence was 1-7-9-3-8-11. The Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot is pai
08/22/2015
Alabama (G1) Quotes
Javier Castellano, winning jockey aboard Embellish the Lace (No. 5): "I didn't expect her to be on the lead but nobody went. We put up good numbers all the way, and it paid off. I thought there was more speed in the race but nobody wanted to go. I tried t