Two members of Bob Baffert’s Triple Crown Trifecta, Santa Anita Derby winner Roadster and champion Game Winner, each worked this morning for the 145th Kentucky Derby on May 4. Roadster worked six furlongs from the gate in 1:13.60, while Game Winner went five furlongs in 1:00.80. Jockey Martin Garcia was aboard for both drills. “I’m…
Tampa Bay Derby and Wood Memorial Stakes winner Tacitus. (Coady Photography) Tampa Bay Derby and Wood Memorial Stakes winner Tacitus. (Eclipse Sportswire) Tampa Bay Derby and Wood Memorial Stakes winner Tacitus. (SV Photography) Tampa Bay Derby and Wood Memorial Stakes winner Tacitus. (SV Photography) Tampa Bay Derby and Wood Memorial Stakes winner Tacitus. (Eclipse Sportswire)…
Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. Santa Anita Park has been forced to reduce its racing schedule over the next five weeks due to a lack of race-ready horses on the grounds, reports drf.com. The Stronach Group-owned facility will cancel the next five Thursday programs, racing Friday through Sunday until Memorial Day. “As we progress, we’ll…
Michael Wrona, shown here at Santa Anita, will call the inaugural meet at Arizona Downs, which will have racing for the first time since the track known as Yavapai Downs closed in 2010. Arizona Downs has landed one of the world’s preeminent race-callers in naming Michael Wrona the announcer when live horse racing returns to…
The sport of horse racing has been roughed up a bit in the public eye the last month or so. But for people like me who have been involved in horse racing for decades, I still think the sport is the best game going since sliced bread. For every detractor, there are 100 of us…
The sport of horse racing has been roughed up a bit in the public eye the last month or so. But for people like me who have been involved in horse racing for decades, I still think the sport is the best game going since sliced bread. For every detractor, there are 100 of us…
When Beth Gregg purchased her Santee home in October 2017, she didn’t realize the rich horse racing history of Orangeburg County. World-Class Equestrian Center in Holly Hill, South Carolina Neighbors began to tell her a famous jockey or horse trainer used to live in the house, and Gregg finally went online last spring to search…
ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita will continue racing through the end of the current meet on June 23, despite objections from animal rights activists who urged the California Horse Racing Board to shutter the historic track in the wake of 23 horse deaths. Chairman Chuck Winner said at the racing board’s monthly meeting Thursday that…
CA horse racing board votes to keep Santa Anita racetrack open, despite the deaths of 23 horses since December. TownNews.com Content Exchange
ARCADIA, Calif. — All three hosts of the Triple Crown were among several major tracks that agreed Thursday to phase out the use of a common anti-bleeding medication starting next year, sparked by the deaths of 23 horses in three months at Santa Anita. Starting in 2020, 2-year-old horses won’t be allowed to be treated…
