HORSE RACING NEWS
09/17/2017
Chublicious Makes the Grade in $250,000 De Francis Dash (G3)
Chublicious ($22.40) ran the distance in 1:08.75 over a fast main track to edge Blue Moon Ace, with multiple Grade 3 winner Whitmore, the 1-2 favorite, 1 ½ lengths back in third, four lengths in front of another multiple graded stakes winner, Awesome Bann
09/17/2017
NTRA STATEMENT ON PASSING OF PENNY CHENERY
"Whether as the owner of Secretariat, the brilliant Triple Crown Champion she campaigned nearly a half-century ago, or as a leader and ambassador for the sport she loved, Penny Chenery led an extraord
09/15/2017
Laurel: Fall Festival of Racing
On Saturday, Sept. 30, newly-renovated Laurel Park will play host to eight stakes races on the turf, including three graded – the $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G2), $200,000 Commonwealth Derby (G3) and $150,000 Commonwealth Oaks (G
09/15/2017
Laurel Park News & Notes
Plesa is also considering the $150,000 PA Derby Champion Stakes Sept. 23 at Parx, a race where the 5-year-old Kantharos gelding finished third, beaten a neck, last year. He drew Post 2 and is listed at 12-1 on the morning line for the De Francis, which at
09/15/2017
Gulfstream News & Notes: Fri 9/15/2017
Saturday’s 11-race program will offer plenty of full fields for bettors with 113 horses (including also eligible) entered. After running seven furlongs in 1:22 while scoring a commanding nine-length optional claiming allowance victory Aug. 6, William Rain
09/14/2017
NYRA announces Belmont-Woodbine Pick 5 for Saturday
The sequence will start with the Canadian, which has an approximate post time of 4:30 p.m., followed by Race 7 at Belmont with a projected 4:41 p.m. post, the Northern Dancer at 5:34 p.m., the Sands Point at 5:45 p.m. and culminating with the Woodbine Mil
09/14/2017
Laurel: Successful Stablemates Set to Clash in $100,000 Laurel Dash
Dennis Tanchak’s Amelia’s Wild Ride is already a multiple stakes winner, having taken an off-the-turf Woodford (G3) at Keeneland in the fall of 2015 and the Sunshine Millions Turf Sprint last winter at Gulfstream Park. The 6-year-old D’wildcat ridgling wa
09/14/2017
Gulfstream Park Taking 2017-2018 Championship Meet to New Level
The Florida Derby, to be contested Saturday, March 31, has been a leading producer of classic winners. In the first 66 runnings of the Florida Derby, 44 starters have gone on to win 59 Triple Crown events. Three of the last five Florida Derby winners have
09/13/2017
Saturday, Sunday Cards Drawn for Return of Live Racing at Gulfstream
The Gulfstream Park facility, stable area and racetrack withstood the prolonged winds and rains of Hurricane Irma last Saturday and Sunday exceptionally well, allowing for the resumption of live racing this weekend following a storm-imposed hiatus since S
09/13/2017
RECORD-PURSUING ROMANS TO MEET WITH MEDIA
New York-based Bill Mott, who at 63 has continued to have a productive string of horses at Churchill Downs for several years under the care of assistant Kenny McCarthy, has held Churchill Downs’ all-time win record for 31 years when he surpassed Henry For