by Keeneland Association|10.22.2022|3:23pm Golden Pal gallops a half mile Saturday at Keeneland with exercise rider Jose Hernandez aboard Keeneland-based Golden Pal, unbeaten in his four starts at the Lexington track, had a strong gallop on the turf course Saturday morning as he prepares for the $1-million Breeders’ Cup Turf SprintContinue Reading
Welcome to Noel Michaels’ Weekend Winners, the place to go for weekend best bets and spot plays from veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer Noel Michaels. Check back every week for a couple of highlighted selections designed to help you cash a few bets and make some money. Noel’s selections have beenContinue Reading
by Brian Bohl/NYRA|10.01.2022|8:24pm Manny Franco guides Dancing Buck to first stakes win in the G3 Belmont Turf Sprint J and N Stables and Diamond M Stable’s Dancing Buck broke sharp and took a lead he never relinquished, storming home to a five-length victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Belmont Turf Sprint (G3)Continue Reading
by Mike Willman/Santa Anita|09.28.2022|7:21pm Forbidden Kingdom wins the G2 San Vicente Richard Mandella’s classy sophomore Forbidden Kingdom, idle since the Grade 1 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby in April, returns to action this Saturday at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., and looms the horse to beat among a field of sevenContinue Reading
Red Knight was making just his second start off a year’s layoff when he lined up for the $694,180 Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes at Kentucky Downs Sept. 10, but trainer Mike Maker said he felt “he’d be competitive.” The 8-year-old Pure Prize gelding was that and more, rallying to theContinue Reading
The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series continues on Saturday with a deep and competitive renewal of the $1 million, Grade 2 FanDuel Turf Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs. Picking the winner of the Turf Sprint is unlikely to be easy. It’s a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the $1 millionContinue Reading
by Mac McBride/Del Mar|09.04.2022|10:04pm Lieutenant Dan and jockey Juan Hernandez take Del Mar’s G3 Green Flash Nick Alexander’s homebred Lieutenant Dan waited and waited for room on the home turn in the Green Flash Handicap (G3) Sunday at Del Mar, then fired big when the rail came open and slippedContinue Reading
by Jennie Rees|08.26.2022|10:37am Campanelle (yellow) is awarded the victory in the G1 Commonwealth Cup Trainer Wesley Ward said that two-time Group 1 winner Campanelle will race next in Kentucky Downs’ The Mint Ladies Sprint, triggering a purse increase from $600,000 to $1 million in the Grade 3 stakes on Sept.Continue Reading
by Press Release|08.19.2022|5:07pm August 19, 2022: Highfield Princess #11, ridden by Jason Hart wins the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes (Group 1) at York Racecourse in York, United Kingdom on August 19th, 2022. Shamela Hanley/Eclipse Sportswire/CSM The Trainers House Enterprises Ltd-owned and bred Highfield Princess (FR) produced a brilliant displayContinue Reading
by NYRA Press Office|07.28.202207.28.2022|5:02pm5:02pm Kimari defeats Frank’s Rockette in the Honorable Miss Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smith, Westerberg and Jonathan Poulin’s Kimari secured a stakes victory for the fourth straight year when capturing Wednesday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Honorable Miss at Saratoga Race Course. The 5-year-old daughter of MunningsContinue Reading