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by Mike Kane The months-long dispute over liability and insurance between jockeys and Parx Racing in suburban Philadelphia reached a critical point Monday when most riders refused to take assignments for the Saturday, Mar. 21 program. Just three jockeys were named on the 87 horses entered in the nine-race card, the first live racing date...
By Bill Finley It was maybe 20 years ago, perhaps more, a quiet morning on the Belmont backstretch and Angel Cordero Jr. was telling me what he thought of various New York trainers. He had mostly nice things to say about them, recognizing that within the confines of this stable area worked the best and...
Bolo (Temple City), third in the GII San Felipe S., and Ocho Ocho Ocho (Street Sense), who suffered his first loss when eighth in that Mar. 7 race, both tuned up for the Apr. 4 GI Santa Anita Derby in Arcadia recently. Bolo, who was making his first dirt appearance in the San Felipe, worked four furlongs in...
John Fulton: In my first year as a trainer, 1973, I sent a horse of mine named Big Whippendeal from Monmouth Park to Belmont for a Grade II 1 1/2-mile stake race for 3-year-olds in September and Mr. Jerkens let me come into his barn to prepare for the race. Barry Weisbord and Alan Goldberg...
Off of Contributer (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire})’s win in the G1 Ranvet S. Saturday, Australia has become a focus for Godolphin. They will look to add another feather to their cap Saturday with Hartnell (GB) (Authorized {Ire}) in Saturday’s G1 BMW S. at Rosehill. “He has really pleased us and we have been delighted with his runs [so far],”...
A Real ‘Beauty’ Gets Back to Work… Champion female sprinter Judy the Beauty (Ghostzapper) returned to the worktab with an easy four-furlong move in :49 3/5 (4/12) over Turfway Park’s Polytrack Mar. 21. The chestnut, now six, won four of five starts last term, headlined by a courageous victory in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare...
Newmarket Racecourse will introduce a change to the course layout of the Rowley Mile for this year’s Qipco Guineas Festival May 2 and 3. The starting gates, previously positioned in the center of the course, will now be placed alongside the stand-side rail. A false rail will also be introduced three metres off the permanent...
By Emma Berry In the 20-year history of the G1 Dubai World Cup, plenty has changed, not least the venue. But there’s a theme of continuity in this anniversary year with the presence at Meydan of Bill Mott, who took the inaugural running of the race with the mighty Cigar (Palace Music). The trainer is...
On the eve of Saturday’s GI Florida Derby and supporting stakes at Gulfstream Park, and a week prior to the Santa Anita Derby program in California, a dispute between the Mid-Atlantic Cooperative–representing 23 facilities–and Monarch Content Management, operated by The Stronach Group, has come to an end, freeing up those customers to wager on races...
Two GI Twinspires.com Wood Memorial hopefuls in Daredevil (More Than Ready) and Frosted (Tapit) worked Sunday in preparation for Saturday’s upcoming affair. The GI Champagne S. winner, who recently finished second in the GII Fasig-Tipton Swale S. in his sophomore debut Feb. 7, covered a half-mile in :48.85 in company over the Belmont training track Sunday. “I thought he...
by Jessica Martini A colt by GI Metropolitan H. winner Corinthian brought $75,000 to top Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale at Lone Star Park. The auction, which was the final to be staged by Fasig-Tipton Texas, saw 66 horses sell for a total of $1,161,900. The average fell...
Adam Sangster’s Swettenham Stud has revealed service fees to its six stallions, three of which will be standing their first season in 2015. The newcomers are headed by Al Shaqab’s champion Toronado (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), who will shuttle from the National Stud in England and be available at A$22,000. The son of the much regretted High Chaparral...