by Edited Press Release|11.29.2022|4:26pm Group 1 Winner Alcohol Free Bound For Australia After Selling For 5.4 Million Guineas At Tattersalls Alcohol Free became the second highest price horse ever sold at a European auction when she realized 5,400,000 guineas on the highest grossing day in European auction history. The remarkable day saw eleven lots realize 1,000,000 guineas or more, ten of which were during the second part of the inaugural ‘Sceptre Sessions’, resulting in turnover […]
by Edited Press Release|11.29.2022|2:41pm Japan: T O Keynes Aims For Repeat In Champions Cup On Dirt The Grade 1 Champions Cup takes place on Sunday, Dec. 4, at Chukyo Racecourse, just outside of Nagoya in central Japan. It will be the 23rd running of the race, which was previously known as the Japan Cup Dirt. First run in 2000 at Tokyo over 2,100 meters, the race has had a number of […]
by Edited Press Release|11.28.2022|4:09pm ‘The Pace Is Quite Different’: Tom Marquand, Hollie Doyle Enjoying Successful Start To Japanese Stints The Japan Racing Association is currently hosting five international jockeys for short-term licences: Christian Demuro, Ryan Moore, Damian Lane, Tom Marquand and Hollie Doyle. Having both finished the British Flat Racing season with 91 wins each, Marquand and Doyle kicked off their riding stints on the JRA circuit in the week of the G1 Tenno […]
by Edited Press Release|11.24.2022|9:00pm ‘This Horse Just Might Be Cajun’: Horse For Course Surveillance Captures Fair Grounds’ Thanksgiving Classic Surrounded by a spirited crowd and a festival atmosphere, Big Chief Racing, Rocker O Ranch, and trainer Keith Desormeaux’s Surveillance won the 98th edition of the $175,000 Thanksgiving Classic at Fair Grounds. Some handicappers might call him a horse for the course, some might say the six-furlong distance suits him best, but Desormeaux thinks he […]
by Edited Press Release|11.24.2022|12:10pm ‘Keep Watching Me’: Late Surge Propels Ramos Past Pedroza For Jockey Title At Horseshoe Indianapolis Jockey Joe Ramos scored eight wins in the last two days of racing at Horseshoe Indianapolis to slip into the lead and take home the 2022 leading Thoroughbred jockey title. Ramos scored 106 wins for the title and amassed purse earnings of more than $3 million during the 127-day racing season. A native of Puerto […]
by Edited Press Release|11.22.2022|11:44am Heart Rhythm Racing For CRPS Cure In New Orleans’ Thanksgiving Classic Trainer John Ortiz will be at Fair Grounds on Thanksgiving to watch the newest member of his barn run in the $175,000 Thanksgiving Classic for one very special reason – Taylor Logan. “I will be there because this race is pretty important for the owner’s family,” Ortiz said. Taylor Logan is the daughter of Elliott […]
by Edited Press Release|11.20.202211.20.2022|8:38pm9:00pm ‘He’s Developed Into A Really Nice Horse’: Havnameltdown Keeps Cool For Bob Hope Triumph Odds-on favorite Havnameltdown walked his beat Sunday at Del Mar in the $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes (G3) and came away a 1 1/4-length winner over stablemate Newgate in the feature for 2-year-olds going seven furlongs at Del Mar. The husky colt by the Florida sire Uncaptured continued his fine performances at the seaside oval as he […]
by Edited Press Release|11.20.202211.20.2022|3:08pm6:39pm Woodbine Cancels Portion Of Sunday Card Due To Winter Weather Woodbine Entertainment canceled races 3-10 of Sunday’s card of live racing due to inclement weather conditions in the Toronto area. At mid-afternoon, Weather.com reported snow in the area that was to continue for the next several hours. Among the races canceled was the $175,000 Kennedy Road (G2), a six-furlong main track race for 3-year-olds and […]
by Edited Press Release|11.20.2022|1:36pm Leonard-Trained California Angel Among 11 Fillies Entered For Mrs. Revere Chris Walsh’s classy 3-year-old filly California Angel tops a field of 11 entered in Friday’s 31st running of the $300,000 Mrs. Revere (G2) at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/16-mile Mrs. Revere for 3-year-old fillies will go as Race 9 of 12 with a post time of 4:57 p.m. (ET). The turf event is scheduled to […]
by Edited Press Release|11.19.2022|9:33pm The Chosen Vron Rolls To Victory In Del Mar’s Cary Grant For Cal-Breds The Chosen Vron, prominent from the start, took aim at the leader Big City Lights at the three-eighths pole, and then just outran him to the wire to score by 3 3/4 lengths at the finish of the $100,000 Cary Grant Stakes Saturday at Del Mar. Owned by a partnership headed by John Sondereker, who […]