What I learned on Tuesday at the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program's Global Symposium on Racing. I've been to this rodeo a few times, though not to all 49 since the Symposium was first held in 1974. I'm sure someone wears that distinction with pride. I wonder what the sport's biggest challenges were […]
Ever since news broke late last week that a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ordered California stewards to disqualify Justify from the 2018 Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, readers have been asking us: does this mean he's no longer a Triple Crown winner? The answer is no. Here's why. In the fall of […]
The Los Alamitos Winter Thoroughbred Meet, which opens its six-day season Friday, Dec. 8, will feature a new informational graphic on the track's simulcast broadcast showing projected closing odds for win wagers on selected races based on a mathematical calculation using Will Pays for that given race. The graphic will be branded at Los Alamitos […]
Turf Paradise racetrack in Phoenix, Ariz., issued a press release saying the Arizona Racing Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved its request for a race meet in 2024. The track announced that it will host a 57-day live meet, running from Jan. 29 through May 4. “I decided to postpone my retirement because of the many […]
Jockey Pat Valenzuela is considering a comeback, the 61-year-old told Thoroughbred Daily News this week. He hasn't ridden since Dec. 8, 2016, and recently underwent a knee replacement, but Valenzuela has been galloping and breezing horses at Del Mar and at Santa Anita. The veteran rider said the knee replacement has solved the problems he has […]
A weanling colt by Ghostzapper topped a variety of offerings at the 2023 Midlantic December Mixed and Horses of Racing Age sale, held Tuesday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md. The sale's top five hips included two weanlings, a broodmare prospect, and in-foal mare, and a horse of racing age. A late May […]
After flopping in his first start around two turns, Just Steel apparently will have a chance to make amends next month at Oaklawn. Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Monday morning that Just Steel is targeting the $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Jan. 1. The Smarty Jones is Oaklawn's first of four […]
Super Stock, a Grade 1 winner who ran in the 2021 Kentucky Derby, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Leadem Farm in Leola, Ark., for the 2024 breeding season. The 5-year-old son of Dialed In finished his career with four wins in 20 career starts, earning $1,279,077 for owners Erv Woodley […]
Kalidasa, the world's most expensive yearling sold at auction in 2022, will make his debut Wednesday at Kempton Park Racecourse, Racing Post reports. The 2-year-old son of Frankel was purchased by Godolphin for 2.8 million guineas (US$3,703,988) at last year's Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Bred by Watership Down Stud, Kalidasa is out of the Group […]
Ahead of what shapes as his fourth and final appearance at the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races, Golden Sixty was as enthusiastic as ever at Sha Tin this morning (Monday, 4 December) under former jockey Alex Yu – his regular work rider – while trainer Francis Lui watched on from his traditional vantage point in […]
The New York State Gaming Commission voted unanimously on Monday to upholds Forte's disqualification from the 2022 Hopeful Stakes (G1) over a positive test for meloxicam, reports the Thoroughbred Daily News. The decision sustaining a hearing officer's report also upholds a 10-day suspension and $1,000 fine for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. On May […]
The Turfway Park Holiday Meet continues to unfold in a flurry of festive fervor but as the calendar turns, the Winter/Spring Meet will maintain high purses with a lucrative stakes schedule led by the March 23, $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (Grade 3), a stop on the Road to Kentucky Derby 150. During the 52-day stand, […]