HORSE RACING NEWS
05/08/2016
2016 KENTUCKY DERBY JOCKEY QUOTES
Florent Geroux, rider of Gun Runner (third) – "When I hit the top of the stretch, the horse was just coasting along. He broke very nice, clear. I thought I had it for a minute. He started pricking his ears back and forth at the top of the stretch." Junior
05/06/2016
Cathryn Sophia wins Kentucky Oaks in Front of Record Crowd
Wagering from all-sources on the full Kentucky Oaks Day race card was the highest all-time and totaled $49.0 million, an increase of 6% over the previous record 2015 total of $46.1 million. All-sources wagering on the Kentucky Oaks of $15.0 million was 2%
05/03/2016
Stakes Advance: Tue 5/3/2016 12:32 PM
The Kentucky Oaks will go as the 11th race on Friday’s 13-race program that begins at 10:30 a.m. ET. Post time for the Kentucky Oaks is 5:49. The Oaks is one of six graded stakes on the program that also features the $300,000 La Troienne (GI) and the $400
04/29/2016
KENTUCKY OAKS NOTES - Update: Friday, April 29, 2016
DREAM DANCE – Stoneway Farm’s Dream Dance, with jockey Brian Hernandez aboard, worked five furlongs in :59.60 after the break. She galloped out six furlongs in 1:12.60 with the move being the eighth fastest of 52. “That was a helluva work,” trainer Neil H
04/29/2016
Kentucky Derby Update: Friday, April 29, 2016
CREATOR/GUN RUNNER – WinStar Farm’s Creator and Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farms’ Gun Runner galloped 1 ½ miles after the renovation break for trainer Steve Asmussen. Creator, winner of the Arkansas Derby (GI) in his most recent start, was
04/29/2016
Weekend Hideaway returns from “little vacation” to win Affirmed Success
"We had a good break and I thought we'd get to the lead but I waited and sat on the rail," said Saez. "I had plenty of horse and at the quarter-pole was able to get through and up to the wire. He's a good horse and tries all the time." The victory was the
04/29/2016
Gulfstream’s 20-Cent Rainbow 6 Hit for $218,000
Saturday's Rainbow 6 sequence will include the $100,000 Miami Mile (G3) and the $100,000 Powder Break, both at a mile on the turf. There will be a Super Hi 5 carryover in Saturday's first race of $2,571.14. First race post is 1:15 p.m. The Miami Mile has
04/27/2016
Live racing returns to Belmont Park on April 29
First post time is 1:30 p.m. on Friday and admission gates will open at 11:30 a.m. General admission is $5 and general parking is free. The 1 ½-mile Belmont Stakes, the oldest and longest leg of racing's Triple Crown, will bring down the curtain on three
04/27/2016
Loki’s Vengeance seeks re-affirmation in Affirmed Success
The six-furlong Affirmed Success is the first of 63 stakes worth $19.2 million this spring and summer and the first of three on opening weekend, to be followed by a pair of turf stakes in the $100,000 Elusive Quality on Saturday and the $100,000 License F
04/27/2016
Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks Update: Wednesday, April 27, 2016
With jockey Yutaka Take aboard, Lani jogged right onto the track, galloping easily once around before beginning his work at the three-eighths pole. Clockers timed Lani in :14 for his first eighth and had a gallop-out time of :50.60 for a half-mile. The wo