Tag: Horse Racing News

By Richard Rosenblatt The entries were announced on Wednesday for the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) on Feb. 26, and the list is a long one – 132 horses from 10 countries, including expected favorite …

By Richard Rosenblatt Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher could be looking at a possible 1-2 repeat in the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational in three weeks. Pletcher’s defending Pegasus Turf champ Colonel …

By Richard Rosenblatt The road to the Kentucky Derby makes stops at three tracks on the first day of 2022, with a total of 27 newly-turned 3-year-olds entered in point-qualifiers at Aqueduct, Oaklawn Park, and …

By Richard Rosenblatt The thoroughbred racing world lost too many champions in 2021, most recently the collapse and death of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Medina Spirit on Dec. 6. The tragedy occurred two months after …

By Mike Farrell The reviews are in, and they are all raves for Flightline. Four stars, two thumbs up, the next can’t miss sensation. Yes, racing has a new hero. It’s all part of the …

‘Tis the season of joy and glad tidings. The tidings were hardly joyous last week for disgraced trainer Jorge Navarro, sentenced to five years in prison as a central figure in a widespread horse-doping scandal. …

By Ed McNamara It began at age 12 on the primitive bush tracks of Louisiana, and it will end on a December night far from the spotlight. In the time between, Robby Albarado created a …

By Noel Michaels Some of the country’s top winter dirt racing has already begun in the Midwest with the opening of the Oaklawn Park meet last week. The meet added 10 racing days to boost …

By Ed McNamara Like most star athletes, jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. is a Type A personality who excels because of aggressiveness as well as talent. His “take no prisoners” approach, which helped win the past …

By Ed McNamara The controversy surrounding Bob Baffert and his Kentucky Derby victory will linger, but first-place finisher Medina Spirit is gone. The gritty little colt collapsed and died Monday morning after a 5-furlong workout …

By Mike Farrell Art Sherman, as classy an individual as you will ever meet in horse racing, will soon saddle his final runner. Sherman recently announced his retirement, ending an amazing run as a jockey …

By Richard Rosenblatt Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert may end up keeping his record-setting seventh victory in the Kentucky Derby. According to Baffert’s lawyer, Craig Robertson, the medication betamethasone used to treat the trainer’s …

By Richard Rosenblatt Welcome to the changing of the race meets, with Gulfstream Park, the Fair Grounds, Oaklawn Park, and a short stint at Los Alamitos starting up over the weekend. Aqueduct’s fall meet concludes …

By Noel Michaels Change is in the air on the thoroughbred racing circuit, with fall meets at the Big A, Churchill, Del Mar giving way to winter meets in at the Fair Grounds, Santa Anita …

By Noel Michaels Change is in the air on the thoroughbred racing circuit, with fall meets at the Big A, Churchill, Del Mar giving way to winter meets at the Fair Grounds, Santa Anita and …