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Joel Rosario, who piloted General A Rod (Roman Ruler), to victory in the Gulfstream Park Derby Jan. 1, gets the call again for the Mar. 29 GI Florida Derby. “He’s not a complicated horse to ride and Joel has won on him before, so we’re happy to have him,” conditioner Mike Maker said. “We’ve had a lot...
The official Belmont S. Charity Celebration, benefitting the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, will return to Bobby Flay’s Bar Americain June 5. Featuring “The Foods of Bobby Flay,” the event will include an auction of select stallion seasons and other prizes. The Earle I. Mack Thoroughbred Champion Award will be presented to...
by Jessica Martini The under tack preview of the Fasig-Tipton Florida s juvenile sales season to be unaffected by rain. “It’s a lovely day to get sunburned,” joked one fair-skinned consignor. In the mid-50s when horses started breezing shortly after 9 a.m., temperatures rose quickly to the upper 70s with a slight tailwind and work...
Hall of Famer Bob Baffert took home his second-consecutive GIII Sunland Derby trophy Sunday and swept the exacta for good measure. Tanma Corporation’s Chitu (Henny Hughes) was knocked down to slight 9-5 favoritism over 2-1 stablemate Midnight Hawk (Midnight Hawk), and the public had it exactly right as the former clawed back the advantage from his familiar foe in...
By Amanda Simmons My mother always taught me to “sleep on it” before making some big decision. Never allow emotions to guide your decision-making process, she would say. Over the years, I’ve done my best to follow her guidance. Admittedly, never a shrinking violet, I haven’t always done that, but I’ve done my best and...
EYES OF THE WORLD ON DUBAI The racing world will today turn its attention to Meydan Racecourse in Dubai as it hosts the 19th renewal of the $27 million Dubai World Cup program, the world’s richest day of racing. The main event is the $10 million G1 Dubai World Cup, the most valuable race on...
PLETCHER RUNNERS TUNE UP Constitution (Tapit) headlined a trio of Todd Pletcher trainees prepping for the GI Kentucky Derby Sunday morning at Palm Meadows. The undefeated colt breezed a half-mile in :50.60 at Gulfstream’s satellite training facility. “It was the exact same time he had in his first breeze after his allowance win, so we’re very...
Ogden Mills (Dinny) Phipps, in his position at The Jockey Club, has a degree of power, but what he really has is influence. Because of that, a lot of people take what he says seriously. But in the last few weeks I have ceased to take him seriously at all. The man is to...
By Mike Kane Due to strong community opposition, Saratoga Race Course will not have a destination casino in its Saratoga Springs neighborhood. Saratoga Raceway and Casino (SRC), home to a successful 10-year-old racino and a Standardbred track less than a mile from America’s oldest Thoroughbred track, notified city officials and the media Monday that the...
Pegram, Watson and Weitman’s GI Kentucky Derby contender Hoppertunity (Any Given Saturday) breezed five furlongs alongside MGSW Drill (Lawyer Ron) in 1:00.20 under jockey Rosie Napravnik yesterday. Putting in his first work since arriving at Churchill Downs Monday, the bay clocked fractions of :12.40, :24.40, :36.20 and galloped out six panels in 1:13.20. It was the second...
Spendthrift Farm’s Medal Count (Dynaformer) put in his final major work for the GI Kentucky Derby Saturday morning, covering six panels under the Twin Spires in 1:13 flat (1/2). The bay, winner of Keeneland’s rained-off GIII Transylvania S. Apr. 4 and second in the GI Blue Grass S. just eight days later, was clocked in splits of...
UNTAPABLE UNLUCKY IN THE OAKS DRAW After defeating a total of 10 other rivals in the GIII Rachel Alexandra S. and GII Fair Grounds Oaks over the winter months, Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC’s Untapable (Tapit) will have to best 12 of her peers and will have to do so from the widest post in stall 13 in...