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Steve Sherack & Brian DiDonato will make $100 win/place bets on 20 Kentucky Derby preps. The handicapper with the highest total at the end wins. (To sign up for the BetAmerica sign-up bonus, click here). SS: Last Week: Always nice to kick things off with a win (how impressive was Far From Over (+$930) after that trouble at the...
Aushorse, through the generosity of owner Gerry Harvey, is holding a contest for racing fans to own 10% of Classic-winning mare Royal Descent (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}) when she contests the A$3 million G1 Doncaster Mile at The Championships Apr. 4. By submitting a suggestion for a name for the 5-year-old mare’s first foal, racing fans will...
Officials at Woodbine Racetrack outside of Toronto, Ontario, have announced that the existing Polytrack surface, in place since August 2006, will be replaced by a Tapeta track in time for the 2016 racing season. Construction on the new surface will begin immediately following the conclusion of the 2015 meet. Four December racing dates will be...
Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) has topped the first edition of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings of 2015 with a mark of 125 for his victory in the GI Santa Anita H. last weekend. Hong Kong Miler Able Friend (Aus) (Shamardal) sits second on the list with a rating of 124 for his win in the G1...
A deep field of 13 fillies goes to post for the G1 Seven News Australian Oaks at Royal Randwick Saturday, with Savaria (NZ) (Savabeel {Aus}) an interesting challenger from New Zealand. The Roydon Bergerson trainee filly brings Classic form to the table, having won the G1 New Zealand Oaks at Trentham on her last start Mar. 14....
Three unbeaten fillies head a strong field of 18 in Sunday’s G1 Oka Sho, the first Classic on the Japanese racing calendar. U Carrot Farm, owner of last year’s winner Harp Star (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), will once again be represented by the favorite Rouge Buck (Jpn) (Manhattan Cafe {Jpn}), who beat the boys in all her...
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Majmu, facing elders for the first time, never gave her backers a moment of worry with a rust-free victory at Turffontein Saturday. Hammered down to 13-20 favoritism, the imposing grey was away in good order and settled in midpack, three lengths back of Tamaanee, who showed the way through...
I read your publisher’s note in the wake of the Derby with interest, not only for the fact that Mike de Kock warranted a mention, but especially for your positivity about American racing. You hit the nail right on the head, (as you generally do) when you pointed to the fact that the crowd that turned up...
An intriguing field of seven line up for today’s GIII Beaugay S., led by 2013 GI Del Mar Oaks heroine Discreet Marq (Discreet Cat). Second in the GI Jenny Wiley S. and third in the GI Diana S. last term, the grey annexed the Ticonderoga S. for New York-breds here Oct. 18 and finished her season with...
Hardened by the Irish handicap system last term, Majestic Queen was launched into black-type company for the six-furlong G3 Ballyogan S. at Leopardstown in June and duly upset the hot favorite Joyeuse (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) to open her account in that sphere. Second under a subsequent penalty in the G3 Brownstown S. over this...
From 1997 until 2008 or 2009, commercial breeders and the auction marketplace loved first-year sires. One cynic said to me that’s because nobody has had a bad one yet, and when you consider that, according to APEX findings, something like 92% of runners do not pay their way, it’s not hard to understand the logic....
The 40-plus committee charged with organizing a festival week leading up to the Breeders’ Cup championships in Lexington has revealed a calendar of events from Oct. 24-31. “This week promises to be unlike any other in our city’s history,” said chairperson Kip Cornett. “Our guests from near and far will be treated to a range...