HORSE RACING NEWS
11/26/2014
Juveniles look to close out season in style in Remsen, Demoiselle
The Remsen and Demoiselle, both at 1 1/8 miles, are part of an exciting 10-race card that also features the Grade 1, $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap and the Grade 3, $400,000 Comely. First race post time is 12 noon. Trainer Todd Pletcher will be well-represe
11/26/2014
Churchill Downs Race Day Notes: Wednesday, Nov. 26
The 52-year-old Lexington native will take aim at both of the 1 1/16-mile major events on Saturday’s “Stars of Tomorrow II†program when he saddles Grayson Farm’s I’m A Chatterbox and Five D Thoroughbreds’ Kathballu in the $200,000-added Golde
11/26/2014
Competitive bunch set to square off in G3 Go For Wand
The one-mile Go For Wand, carded as the ninth race on a 10-race program, is the middle leg of the Thanksgiving Week stakes action at The Big A, which begins with the Grade 3, $300,000 Fall Highweight Handicap on Thursday and culminates with the Grade 1, $
11/26/2014
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool
The Mutuel Field (#24), or “All Others,†has been installed by Churchill Downs oddsmaker Mike Battaglia as the 3-5 morning line favorite among 24 betting interests in the opening future pool for the 2015 Kentucky Derby. The pool also features 23 indiv
11/26/2014
GRADE I, $500,000 CLARK HANDICAP
The Clark Handicap, one of the country’s most prestigious races for 3-year-olds and up and the centerpiece of a special 12-race “Black Friday†program at the famed Louisville racetrack, will go as Race 11 at approximately 5:35 p.m. (all times Easter
11/22/2014
$100,000 Tropical Turf Handicap (G3) Quotes
(On Lubash being 8 years old for his 2015 campaign) “But he’s a young 8. I trained a horse for Mrs. (Charlotte) Weber named Revved Up who was a stakes winner at 10. I think the way we campaign, we look after them, and obviously he’s very sound. Itâ€
11/22/2014
$100,000 My Charmer Handicap (G3) Quotes
“Sure, you’re always worried about older horses and all the rain. But we got the opportunity to go out there and look at the turf course, and the turf course looked in great shape and I think it helped us a lot. We had an opportunity to walk out there
11/21/2014
Churchill Downs Race Day Notes: Friday, Nov. 21
It’s been an unusual 4-year-old season for Sycamore Racing LLC’s daughter of Horse of the Year Mineshaft, but Nellie Cashman comes into Saturday’s $100,000-added Cardinal Handicap (GIII) for older fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles on turf with some c
11/21/2014
Gulfstream Park News & Notes - Fri 11/21
“He always showed himself to be a nice horse,†said Carroll from her base at Woodbine Racetrack in the Toronto area. “It was just a matter of taking him through the steps.†In July, Karibu Gardens took an alarming misstep that prompted jockey Luis
11/20/2014
RACING AT CHURCHILL DOWNS TO RESUME FRIDAY, NOV. 21
“Our superb track maintenance team has diligently worked around the clock to ensure that we have a suitable cushion, and after assessing the track condition this afternoon (Thursday), we concluded that it’s safe to resume training and racing,†said