HORSE RACING NEWS
03/28/2014
GULFSTREAM TODAY - Thu 3/27
Claimed by trainer Tamara Levy for IAB Stables in summer of 2012, the 5-year-old With Distinction mare won by three lengths in 1:36.65 for the one-mile $51,750 optional claiming allowance on the main track. “She’s amazing. I can’t say enough good th
03/27/2014
PALACE MALICE FAVORED IN NEW ORLEANS HANDICAP
The New Orleans Handicap, contested at nine furlongs, is the Crescent City oval’s main event for older horses and has been contested as part of the Louisiana Derby Day program in recent years along with the Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks and the Grade II Me
03/27/2014
Intense Holiday Heads $1 Million Louisiana Derby
The nine-furlong Grade II Louisiana Derby – as always a significant gauge for Triple Crown candidates – will be Race 11 of 13 – seven of which are stakes – slated for the penultimate day of the New Orleans oval’s 2013-2014 thoroughbred racing se
03/27/2014
Cairo Prince Favored in Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby
Anticipation for what Cairo Prince will do for an encore has been building for eight long weeks, but the Thoroughbred world will finally get the chance to see the Kiaran McLaughlin-trained star back in action Saturday in the $1 million Besilu Stables Flor
03/25/2014
Owners on ‘Wild’ Ride with ‘Florida’s Horse’
“We’ve been there for all of his races,†said Josie Martino, who runs the horse along with her husband, Salvatore Delfino, as Honors Stable Corp. “He’s raced six times and we’ve been there for everyone. He’s doing really good. We’re very,
03/24/2014
Gulfstreampark.com a Comprehensive Florida Derby Resource
A full menu of events has been scheduled for Florida Derby Week, while news and notes generated by the premiere prep race for Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown will only add to the excitement as race day approaches. Racing fans can keep up on all the h
03/23/2014
RACE QUOTES: SPIRAL STAKES
Regarding the speed of the race: “It looked like speed was holding up all day. Johnny had him in a good place and it looked like he was finishing steadily, but it was just a matter of whether he would get there.†Regarding the Kentucky Derby: “I don
03/23/2014
General a Rod Maker’s ‘Best Chance’ for Success in Triple Crown Races
Maker is back again this year with General a Rod, a horse the trainer feels could be the one to give him his first victory in the Triple Crown. “He’s the best chance I’ve ever had,†Maker said. “He just looks like the whole package to me. With p
03/18/2014
Spiral Stakes and Bourbonette Oaks
Both Grade 3, the races are designated qualifiers for the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1), respectively, offering 50 points to the winner, 20 to the runner-up, 10 to the show horse, and five to the fourth-place finisher. Del Mar Futurity (G1) a
03/18/2014
New York-bred stakes schedule upgraded for 2014
Published in advance to make it easier for owners and trainers to map out campaigns for their horses, the 2014 stakes schedule shifts the emphasis from overnight stakes races to a defined series of races for each age group distributed among the three NYRA