Photo: Hodges Photography We’re awaiting the 3-year-old debuts of four horses in the Top 5 of Horse Racing Nation’s 2019 Kentucky Derby rankings. Evidencing how quickly things can change, War of Will, the Lecomte Stakes (G3) winner who didn’t try dirt until his fifth career start, sits fourth as a big mover in…
Photo: Coady Photography Away since winning the Sunland Derby (G3) last year, Runaway Ghost is entered to make his return in the $75,000 Ft. Bliss Stakes at Sunland Park on Saturday. The Ft. Bliss is six furlongs for 3-year-olds and up, and Runaway Ghost is the 8-5 morning line favorite in the seven-horse field. …
Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation’s top contenders on the Triple Crown trail. Find out the initial 2019 top racehorse rankings below. AMERICA’S TOP THOROUGHBREDS as of Jan. 28 1. Game Winner (29 first-place votes) Owner: Gary and Mary West Trainer: Bob Baffert Jockey: Joel Rosario 2019 stats: 0 starts, 0 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds Last race: 1st, Sentient Jet…
City of Light’s connections soak in the thrill of victory from Saturday’s $9-million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park At last Tuesday’s post position draw for the $9-million Pegasus World Cup, William Warren Jr., co-owner of City of Light with wife Suzanne, went out of his way to wish John Sadler good luck with Hronis…
Beginning in the third quarter of 2019, the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) and the University of Arizona’s Racetrack Industry Program (RTIP) will launch an educational program for horse racing investigators employed by racing commissions and tracks. No such program currently exists, and the effort will complement the work of the Organization of Racing…
There are few certainties in life or in the sport of horse racing. But just as you can count on the changing of the seasons, you can count on Jonathan Sheppard sending out winners by the dozen, year after year, in tests of both pure speed and dexterity over jumps. Sheppard is patient, skilled, and…
Photo: Coady Photography After watching Amy’s Challenge set a stakes record in Saturday’s $100,000 American Beauty Stakes at Oaklawn Park, trainer Mac Robertson was plotting his next move for the filly by the next morning.Making her 4-year-old debut, Amy’s Challenge was a front-running 5 ¾-length winner of the American Beauty under Alex Canchari,…
Photo: Eclipse Sportswire A host of global Thoroughbred racing stars have been nominated for the March 30 Dubai World Cup card at Meydan Racecourse. Created in 1996 as part of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai’s a long-term vision for racing,…
by Paulick Report Staff | 01.27.2019 | 6:34pm Suffolk OTB, Sunrise branch While specifics are not yet clear, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2019-2020 budget could give the state’s off-track betting agencies the ability to get rid of horse racing betting entirely, according to newsday.com. Alternatively, OTBs would have the flexibility to merge with other OTBs,…
Somewhere in the seconds it took the field to enter and exit the far turn Jan. 26 at Gulfstream Park, Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano put his faith in City of Light and let the three-time Grade 1 winner do his thing. Moving with momentum that, for the average runner, would have been impossible to…
