HORSE RACING NEWS
09/27/2014
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) Quotes
"The only thing I've ever told [jockey] Rajiv [Maragh] is just not to worry about him. Even if he doesn't break well, don't worry about it. I was actually a little surprised how close he was once he got away from there today. He was much more in the race
09/27/2014
Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) Quotes
"A great ride. Joel [Rosario] is just so laid back. He was always in his space, always in his stride. [Tonalist] doesn't need the blinkers anymore. I should have realized before that he was more mature." "They went 47 and change. They went fast enough tha
09/25/2014
Travers top 3 take on elders in G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup
The 1 ¼-mile Jockey Club Gold Cup for 3-year-olds and up is a Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" race in the Classic division and is one of six graded stakes on the TVG Super Saturday card. With $3.4 million in stakes purses, TVG Super Saturday
09/25/2014
Itsmyluckyday favored at 4-5 in Kelso Handicap
The one-mile Kelso - named after the great gelding who won five straight editions of the Jockey Club Gold Cup from 1960-64 - will be run as race 4, the first of six graded stakes on the 11-race card, the centerpiece of which is the Grade 1, $1 million Joc
09/25/2014
Stopchargingmaria to face elders in G1 Beldame
A multiple Grade 1 winner, Stopchargingmaria will face older horses for the first time in Saturday's Grade 1, $400,000 Beldame for fillies and mares at Belmont Park. The 1 1/8-mile Beldame, in its 75th year, is one of six graded stakes on the 11-race TVG
09/25/2014
Churchill Downs Stakes Advance
The 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds and up over the main track had a flashy debut in 2013 when Janis Whitham’s reigning Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) and Stephen Foster Handicap (GI) winner Fort Larned scored an easy win in its inaugural running. Th
09/25/2014
Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Thursday, Sept. 25
Breaking from post position four with Robby Albarado in the saddle, Departing has been made the 2-1 second choice in the Homecoming field of six. Claiborne Farm President Walker Hancock said that their 4-year-old homebred has been training well. “He’s
09/25/2014
GULFSTREAM TODAY 9.25
Multiple bettors correctly selected the winners of the final six races on Thursday’s 10-race card. The winning combination of 4-3-5-2-9-7 returned $7879.20. The Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot is paid out only when there is a single ticket sold with all six
09/25/2014
Main Sequence aims for third straight G1 in Joe Hirsch Turf Classic
The 39th renewal of the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic is carded as race 9 on an 11-race TVG Super Saturday program that includes six graded stakes, anchored by the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup. Trained by H. Graham Motion for Flaxman Stable, Main Se
09/20/2014
THANK YOU MARYLOU ROLLS TO 6 ½-LENGTH DOGWOOD WIN
Trained by Mike Maker and ridden for the first time by Miguel Mena, Thank You Marylou covered the seven furlongs on a fast main track in 1:23.19 and paid $11.80, $6 and $6.80 as the 9-2 third betting choice. Henny Jenny, a 24-1 outsider with Leandro Gonca