Another
year goes by and Affirmed’s Triple Crown in 1978 seems so far away. After this
year’s derb
View Full Article
Royal Delta odds-on to win Fleur de Lis
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Champion mare Royal Delta gets back into competition Saturday night at Churchill Downs in the $175,000 Fleur de Lis Handicap, a race she won last year by eight lengths.
The 5-year-old champion has been slated as the 2-5 morning-line favorite ver
View Full Article
Dominguez announces retirement
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Champion jockey Ramon Dominguez has announced his retirement from thoroughbred racing due to injuries. The three-time Eclipse Award winning rider suffered a skull fracture in January at Aqueduct.
"Riding thoroughbreds has always been my passion and m
View Full Article
Up the Backstretch: A bunch of guys hangin' out at the Downs
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - Danny, Ronny and Indy plus Goldy, Forty and Pooly all meet Saturday night at Churchill Downs.
No, these six are not a bunch of friends from some where in Brooklyn or south Philly. These are the six horses who make up the field for the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap a
View Full Article
Six to do battle in Foster Handicap
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Six high-quality older thoroughbreds will do battle Saturday night at Churchill Downs in the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap at the distance of 1 1/8 miles.
Last year's winner Ron the Greek returns to defend his crown on Churchill's main track. Tr
View Full Article
Triple Crown race winners lead the way in final poll
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Oxbow, Orb and Palace Malice, the three winners of this year's Triple Crown races, finished 1,2,3 in the final NTRA poll for 3-year-olds.
All three colts competed in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, won by Palace Malice, and swept the first three position
View Full Article
Paynter's return set for Friday at Hollywood Park
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Inglewood, CA (Sports Network) - Haskell Invitational winner Paynter will make his return to the races Friday at Hollywood Park. The 4-year-old colt will start in the 7th race, an allowance event at seven furlongs.
"We are very happy with how Paynter is doing," said Zayat Stables' racing
View Full Article
Fracture sidelines Point of Entry
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Point of Entry, winner of Saturday's Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park, will be out of action with a fractured leg bone. The 5-year-old will undergo surgery later this week at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky.
"I don't know what the down
View Full Article
Santa Anita gains 2014 Breeders' Cup
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - The 31st edition of the Breeders' Cup World Championships will be conducted at Santa Anita Park in 2014. It will be the third straight year that the California track will host the World Championships.
"Santa Anita has proven to be an outs
View Full Article
Palace Malice walks home to win Belmont Stakes
By: By Jeff Frank, The Sports Analyst
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - For the sixth time in the last eight years three different horses strolled into the winner's circles at Churchill Downs, Pimlico and Belmont Park.
Palace Malice, regarded as the top Todd Pletcher-trained 3-year-old all winter and spring, is the late
View Full Article
Sutherland returns to riding
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, Canada (Sports Network) - Chantal Sutherland, who retired from thoroughbred riding last October, has come out of retirement at Woodbine Racecourse.
The 37-year-old rode in Friday's fourth race at Woodbine and finished fifth aboard Solidus.
"It felt good," said Su
View Full Article
Normandy Invasion training for Jim Dandy Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Saratoga Springs NY (Sports Network) - Wood Memorial runner-up Normandy Invasion has been shipped to Saratoga by his owner Fox Hill Farm. Trained by Chad Brown, the 3-year-old colt is scheduled to compete in Saratoga's 3-year- old stakes.
"We moved Normandy Invasion up to Saratoga a
View Full Article
Gulfstream Park to again host Eclipse Awards
By: SPORTS NETWORK
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Gulfstream Park will play host to the 43rd annual Eclipse Awards ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced Thursday afternoon.
It will be the second consecutive year the event will be held a
View Full Article
Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
June 15 - Arlington: Black Tie Affair H., $100,000, 3&up, Illinois-registered, 8.5f T
- Lincoln Heritage H., $100,000, 3&up, f&m, Illinois-registered, 8.5f T
- Belmont Park: Bed o' Roses H. (G3), $150,000, 3&up, f&m, 7f
- Belmont Park: Hill Prince S. (G3), $150,00
View Full Article
