HORSE RACING NEWS
09/22/2016
Churchill Downs Stakes Advance
The 11-race evening program – the final nighttime card at Churchill Downs this year – also will include a marquee race for purebred Arabians: the $100,000 President of the United Arab Emirates Cup Sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, a Grade I event
09/22/2016
Gulfstream’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Friday at $58,000
The carryover jackpot is only paid out 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 30 percent
09/21/2016
Mrs McDougal looks for another graded stakes win in G2 Noble Damsel
Mrs McDougal, who is the field's lone graded stakes winner with a victory in the 2015 Grade 2 Lake George, will look to bounce back from her only start of the Saratoga meet in a seventh-place finish in the Grade 1 Diana on July 23. She will leave from pos
09/17/2016
Not This Time Dominates Iroquois
Not This Time was compromised at the start when he hopped in the air but recovered nicely while rating in mid-pack from the outside down the backstretch. With his long, reaching stride Not This Time swung four-wide on the turn for home, caught the leaders
09/17/2016
A family affair: On Leave makes the grade in G2 Sands Point
"There wasn't a lot of speed in the race and we really never put her on the lead before but the circumstances made us," said Ortiz. "She had a clean break and I put her there. She relaxed well and when I asked her from the quarter-pole going to the three-
09/17/2016
Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Rises to $41,185 for Sunday’s Card
The carryover jackpot is only paid out 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 30 percent
09/16/2016
On Leave looks to go four in a row in G2 Sands Point
On Leave proved much the best in her stakes unveiling this summer at Saratoga Race Course, overcoming a troubled beginning to draw off to a 2 ½-length victory in the Riskaverse on August 25. Installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite, On Leave will be rid
09/16/2016
Kentucky Downs up 34 percent in overall wagering
“It’s gratifying. We’ve had this vision since 2007 to be a meaningful presence in the thoroughbred racing world,” said Kentucky Downs president Corey Johnsen, who with Ray Reid and partners bought the track that year. “Because everybody in the industry ha
09/16/2016
Strong 2-Year-old Program Makes Gulfstream a Track for All Seasons
While Gulfstream’s traditional Championship Meet spotlights established stars during the winter months, the Spring and Summer Meets showcase future stars in a lucrative, comprehensive program for juveniles that has strengthened with each passing year sinc
09/12/2016
Laurel’s Opening Weekend a Success
Racing continued Sunday and was highlighted when jockey Trevor McCarthy guided Non Stop Stable’s Elusive Joni through an opening on the rail in mid-stretch and pulled away to win the featured ninth race at Laurel Park. The $45,000 optional claiming allowa