Tag: Ricardo Santana Jr.

By Margaret Ransom A talent-filled opening day program on Saturday at Santa Anita Park will help usher out a year of horse racing that has been unpredictable, turbulent and downright implausible, and hopefully foreshadow a …

By Noel Michaels The year 2020 will go down as one of the strangest in thoroughbred racing, with no fans in attendance most of the year, many tracks closed for significant amounts of time, and …

By Noel Michaels The year 2020 will go down as one of the strangest in thoroughbred racing, with no fans in attendance most of the year, many tracks closed for significant amounts of time, and …

By Margaret Ransom For apprentice jockey Kody Kellenberger, this year’s Fair Grounds meeting is a bit of a case of finally finishing what he started. Eight months ago, during the waning weeks of the 2019-2020 …

Breeders’ Cup Day 1: Essential Quality is First Class in Winning Juvenile By Richard Rosenblatt Essential Quality delivered a breakthrough performance for owner, trainer, and jockey with a thrilling stretch run and three-quarter length victory …

By Noel Michaels After winning back-to-back riding titles at the recently-concluded Kentucky Downs and Churchill Downs fall meets, one might believe Tyler Gaffalione would be a safe bet to carry that momentum to the Keeneland …

Top winter dirt racing is ready to return to the Midwest with the opening of Oaklawn Park on Friday, Jan. 25, for a meet that has been extended three weeks past the track’s usual mid-April …