Saturday was billed as New York Showcase Day. It turned into Ramon Dominguez Showcase Day. Dominguez, the dominant rider on this circuit all year long, turned in another brilliant performance, winning four stakes, capped by a front-running, three-quarter-length score aboard Haynesfield in the $250,000 Empire Classic before a crowd of 4,180 at dreary Belmont Park. […]
[ Read More ]The first weekend of the Keeneland fall meet carried plenty of meaning for the Nov. 6-7 Breeders’ Cup, at least in producing potential starters. The second weekend? Not so much – although what otherwise might have been a forgettable maiden race could have produced a contender for the 2010 classics. American Lion, owned by WinStar […]
[ Read More ]Perhaps the best method of handicapping this year’s perplexing Breeders’ Cup Classic is to make a checklist comprising every major handicapping category that pertains to the race and see who qualifies in the most categories. As it turns out, there are two horses who qualify in every category — horses with no question marks. In […]
[ Read More ]Court Vision, racing for the first time since recovering from surgery for an ascended testicle, outfought Karelian to win $600,000 Shadwell Turf Mile for WinStar Farm and IEAH Stables. Court Vision, ridden by Robby Albarado, returned $11.60 as third choice in a field of seven in the 24th Shadwell Mile. The 4-year-old colt was making […]
[ Read More ]The Race for Education is taking to the streets of downtown Midway, Kentucky, on Saturday, October 10th at 8:30am. Serious runners and weekend joggers alike are invited to enter the starting gates for the Seventh Annual Race For Education 5K/10K Run, which will be sponsored by 5/3 Bank. Cash prizes await the top male and […]
[ Read More ]Public Speaker (by Distorted Humor) already had shown his worth on turf and synthetic surfaces, and a wet Hawthorne Race Course dirt track could not slow him down, either. After lengthy deliberations, owner Peter Karahalios and trainer Dale Bennett decided not to scratch Public Speaker from the $100,000 Robert Carey Memorial Handicap when the race […]
[ Read More ]Longshot front-runner Z Humor (by Distorted Humor) raced wire to wire in the $100,000 Ralph M. Hinds Handicap at Fairplex Park on Sunday, final weekend of the Los Angeles County Fair meet. The 15-day meet ends Monday with a mandatory payout in the $1 win pick nine. The bet has not been hit all meet; […]
[ Read More ]Longshot front-runner Z Humor (by Distorted Humor) raced wire to wire in the $100,000 Ralph M. Hinds Handicap at Fairplex Park on Sunday, final weekend of the Los Angeles County Fair meet. The 15-day meet ends Monday with a mandatory payout in the $1 win pick nine. The bet has not been hit all meet; […]
[ Read More ]Sometimes, the class of a race is the horse who has earned the most money. Other times, it might be the horse that has simply kept the best company. By either of those two evaluations, the class of Saturday’s Super Derby is clear: it is Regal Ransom (by Distorted Humor). Easily the leading money earner […]
[ Read More ]Sometimes, the class of a race is the horse who has earned the most money. Other times, it might be the horse that has simply kept the best company. By either of those two evaluations, the class of Saturday’s Super Derby is clear: it is Regal Ransom (by Distorted Humor). Easily the leading money earner […]
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