HORSE RACING NEWS
11/30/2016
Bar of Gold looks to strike it rich in G3 Go for Wand
Trained by John Kimmel, the New York-bred Bar of Gold registered a personal-best 109 Beyer Speed Figure in winning the Empire Distaff Handicap, at 1 1/16 miles, by 18 lengths on October 22 at Belmont Park. "She doesn't want to be on the lead; she's a fill
11/30/2016
History-Making Championship Meet Gets Under Way Dec. 3
When the country's premier Thoroughbred winter meet opens Saturday, Gulfstream will be the center of the racing universe, offering: • A record $25 million stakes purse disbursement including the record $12 million purse for the world's richest horse race,
11/30/2016
John Jones Puts Win Streak on the Line in Saturday’s $200,000 Jewel
John Jones is scheduled to clash with defending champion Royal Posse in the 1 1/8-mile centerpiece of the nine-race $1.1 million Claiming Crown. Gaudet spotted potential in the son of Smarty Jones prior to his first start in a $25,000 claiming race at Lau
11/18/2016
Double Pick 6 carryover of $33K Saturday at the Big A
She's All Ready (No. 5, $7.20) and Jo's Bold Cat (No. 12, $12.20) completed Friday's sequence as the respective winners of Races 8 and 9. A consolation payout of $238 was awarded to bettors who had four of six winners. Saturday's Pick 6 will begin with Ra
11/18/2016
Gulfstream West’s Rainbow 6 Carryover $62,000 Saturday
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 3
11/18/2016
Laurel Fall Festival Notes:
The 1 1/8-mile Richard Small is one of seven stakes worth $825,000 in purses on an 11-race Fall Festival of Racing program highlighted by the 25th running of the $250,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) presented by Maker’s Mark. First race post is
11/18/2016
Three Carryovers on Laurel’s De Francis Program Saturday
The 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have a carryover of $16,278.14 while the Pick 5 has a carryover of $3,784.02. First race post time is noon. The De Francis program features seven stakes worth $825,000.
11/17/2016
$1.1 Million Claiming Crown Attracts 279 Nominations
“We appreciate the participation of all the horsemen and we’re delighted to be hosting this great event for a fifth consecutive year,” said P.J. Campo, Gulfstream’s General Manager and The Stronach Group’s Vice President of Racing. “The Claiming Crown is
11/06/2016
Breeders’ Cup Kentucky update
In fact, three of the top four horses came from Kentucky, with Lookin At Lee, the Ellis Park Juvenile winner who was second in the Iroquois and Breeders’ Futurity, finishing fourth, 4 1/4 lengths behind New York’s Champagne victor Practical Joke, who coul
11/04/2016
Breeders’ Cup Kentucky update
“She’s so athletic that she could overcome that — mentally, too,” said Adele Dilschneider, who bred and co-owns Lull with Claiborne Farm. “The way she came out of that, I’ll remember forever,” said trainer Christophe Clement. “Remarkable horse. It just sh