by Del Mar Thoroughbred Club|12.02.2022|4:04pm Del Mar: Regal Glory Returns For Title Defense In Sunday’s Matriarch Del Mar’s ninth Bing Crosby Season will finish strongly Sunday with a nine-race card enhanced by the 42nd edition of the Grade 1, $400,000 Matriarch Stakes for fillies and mares as the highlight of the afternoon. Adding additional luster to the fall finale is the Grade 3, $100,000 Cecil B. DeMille for 2-year-olds. The Matriarch, […]
by NYRA Press Office|12.02.2022|3:25pm ‘Hopeful The Kelso Wasn’t A Fluke’: Cash Hoping For Another Upset With Double Crown In Cigar Mile Just one month ago, trainer Norman “Lynn” Cash scored the first graded victory of his career with Double Crown in the Grade 2 Kelso on October 29 at Belmont at the Big A. The Maryland-bred son of Bourbon Courage will return to the scene of his 42-1 upset triumph to take on the Grade 1, […]
by NYRA Press Office|12.02.2022|3:17pm After ‘Real Salty’ Win At Six Furlongs, Miller Confident As Get Her Number Stretches Out For Cigar Mile Gary Barber’s Get Her Number brings winning form into Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap presented by NYRA Bets, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Peter Miller, the 4-year-old Dialed In bay returned from a nearly three-month layoff last out to capture a six-furlong optional-claiming sprint by a head over graded-stakes winning stablemate Ginobili on […]
by Edited Press Release|12.02.2022|1:38pm Ohio Stallion Season Auction To Take Place December 7-8 The Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners are proud to present an incredible roster of stallion seasons for its 2022 auction. The OTBO anticipates having over 75 stallion seasons available by the time the auction opens. The OTBO Stallion Season Auction has become a leader in the U.S. in terms of number of stallions offered; outstanding […]
by Jennie Rees|12.02.2022|12:38pm Kentucky HBPA’s Marty Maline Retiring After 47 Years; Joe Clabes Named Interim Executive Director Marty Maline is retiring as executive director of the Kentucky HBPA on Dec. 31 after almost 47 years in the post. Maline, who began the job in February 1976, ranks among the country’s best-known and most-respected executive directors of any racing organization. His service is by far the longest with the Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent & […]
by Joe Nevills|12.02.2022|12:26pm Mo The Beholder To Stand At BG Thoroughbred Farm In California For 2023 Mo the Beholder, a son of Uncle Mo from the family of Into Mischief and Beholder, will stand the 2023 breeding season at BG Thoroughbred Farm in Hemet, Calif., for an advertised fee of $2,500. The unraced 5-year-old is out of the Curlin mare Leslie’s Harmony, who was a $1.1 million purchase by Bridlewood Farm […]
by Ryan Martin/NYRA|12.02.2022|11:55am ‘Once-In-A-Career Horse’: 1999 Cigar Mile Win With Affirmed Success Among Highlights For Retiring Rick Schosberg As trainer Rick Schosberg calls it a career at the end of 2022, the widely respected horseman has had time to reflect on some of the shining moments of his 35-year tenure of conditioning Thoroughbreds. Among these merits are a redeeming victory in the 1999 Cigar Mile with Affirmed Success, who earned one of his […]
by Natalie Voss|12.02.2022|11:25am Ahead Of Trial Alongside Servis, Chan Requests Hearing To Change Plea In Federal Case Veterinarian Dr. Alexander Chan, who was set to go to trial next month alongside former trainer Jason Servis, will likely enter a guilty plea next week to federal charges related to racehorse doping. A scheduling order was entered in Chan’s file on Dec. 1 indicating that he will change his not guilty plea before U.S. […]
by Jim Charvat/Del Mar|12.02.2022|11:11am ‘The Crew Makes The Starter’: Jay Slender Brings Order To The Start Of Every Race At Del Mar Who, as a kid, didn’t line up 2-or-3 friends on the school playground and shout “On your mark, get set, GO !!!”… and then watch the runners pitter patter some 10-to-20 yards, through a mass of children, to an imaginary finish line. Well, in not so many words, that’s what Jay Slender does for a […]
by Mike Willman/Santa Anita|12.02.2022|10:53am Santa Anita To Offer Record Purses At Upcoming Classic Meet Santa Anita Park’s Classic Race Meeting, which opens on Monday, Dec. 26, will offer horsemen the largest purse structure in Santa Anita’s storied 88-year history with significant increases in both allowance and stakes race monies. Additionally, Santa Anita will again offer fans and horsemen the best winter turf racing in America, as its downhill Camino […]