by Press Release|02.08.202202.08.2022|10:14pm11:11pm Grade 2 Winner Bodhicitta Tops Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale Opener Inclement weather postponed the first session of the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed sale by a day, but the level of activity Tuesday in Lexington, Ky., proved worth the wait. A healthy market for broodmares, racing and broodmare prospects, and short yearlings showed itself in vibrant first-session results. Grade 2 winner Bodhicitta (GB) (Hip 177) […]
by Joe Kristufek/Fair Grounds|02.06.202202.06.2022|7:36pm11:52pm Fair Grounds: Mitchell Murrill Records 1,000th Career Win Just a little more than eight years into a career that began at Delta Downs on Halloween in 2013, jockey Mitchell Murrill won his 1,000th career race on Sunday at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans, La., guiding Selective Racing’s Yin Yang (2-1 second choice) to victory for trainer Brad Cox in […]
by Ryan Martin/NYRA|02.06.202202.06.2022|6:11pm11:52pm Shotgun Hottie Noses Out Champagne Poetry In Ruthless Omar Aldabbagh and Jeff Ganje’s Shotgun Hottie got her nose on the wire in the nick of time, gunning down Champagne Poetry to capture the 43rd running of the $100,000 Ruthless for 3-year-old fillies going seven furlongs at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y. Shotgun Hottie made her first start for trainer William Morey, arriving […]
by Mike Willman/Santa Anita|02.06.202202.06.2022|5:52pm11:37pm Adare Manor Wins Las Virgenes By 13 Lengths In a near replica of her smashing maiden win, Michael Lund Petersen’s Adare Manor crushed three rivals by 13 lengths in Sunday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by John Velazquez, Adare Manor got one mile in 1:37.11. With longshot […]
by Keith McCalmont/NYRA|02.06.202202.06.2022|4:15pm11:55pm Morello Romps In Jimmy Winkfield; Gotham Could Be Next Stop Blue Lion Thoroughbreds, Craig Taylor and Victoria Taylor’s Morello swooped to an emphatic score in Sunday’s rescheduled $100,000 Jimmy Winkfield, a seven-furlong sprint for sophomores at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y. The Jimmy Winkfield was initially slated for last Sunday’s card which was cancelled due to the impact of a powerful winter storm in […]
by Press Release|02.06.202202.06.2022|3:22pm11:38pm Holy Bull Winner White Abarrio Likely To Await Florida Derby C2 Racing Stable LLC and La Milagrosa Stable LLC’s White Abarrio, a thoroughly professional and dominating winner of Saturday’s $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) is likely to return on the Road to the Triple Crown in the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) April 2 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. “We talked it out […]
by Mike Willman/Santa Anita|02.05.2022|10:02pm Merneith Upsets Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Winner Ce Ce In Santa Monica The defending champ but a decided underdog, Merneith went to the front, shook off a challenge from heavily favored Ce Ce and went on to a powerful three-length win in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes under Edwin Maldonado. Trained by Bob Baffert, the 5-year-old daughter of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah got […]
by Mike Henry/Tampa Bay Downs|02.05.202202.05.2022|6:16pm6:19pm Tampa Turf Stakes: Bleecker Street Remains Unbeaten, Shirl’s Speight Rallies Under Wilson After being victimized by Bleecker Street’s whirlwind rally in the Grade 3, $175,000 Endeavour Stakes for fillies and mares on the turf, Emma-Jayne Wilson – the jockey on beaten favorite Lady Speightspeare – was ready to turn the tables on someone at Tampa Bay Downs. Two races later, in the Grade 3, $175,000 Tampa Bay […]
by Paulick Report Staff|02.05.202202.05.2022|6:06pm6:19pm Maryland Commission Tosses Out Year-Old Bute Overages Due To Laboratory’s Loss Of Accreditation On Feb. 1, nearly a year after the races were run, the Maryland Racing Commission ruled that John Salzman trainees Big Hambone (second at Laurel on Feb. 12, 2021) and Sick Pack Sara (winner at Laurel on March 13, 2021) would be allowed to retain their original placings despite testing positive for phenylbutazone, reports The […]
by Paulick Report Staff|02.05.202202.05.2022|5:10pm6:19pm Efficacy Of Oral Joint Supplements: Which Ingredients Actually ‘Work?’ Dr. Rachel Tucker, an associate at Liphook Equine Hospital in the United Kingdom, was on a quest to determine which ingredients, if any, contained in popular equine joint supplements actually worked. Many oral supplements claim a wide array of effects, including maintaining joint health, offering anti-inflammatory benefits, improving welfare, reducing joint stiffness and pain, and […]