Championships can be won and lost when players’ competitive fire kicks in and they exhibit faster-than-normal speed to make a crucial catch or chase down a tackle.
A callout on social media for a game of catch in Dallas drew a varied group of strangers who found escape from society’s turbulence in the most banal ritual.
*PARX model observations* Model covers all of November and December 2020 and is being updated for January 2021 races as they happen, given a day or two later (updated thru 1/12/21). There are 280 races in this study and only 6 horses won from layoffs more than 90 days. Five of the six were...
R1 - 2-1-6-4 LS 5 R2 - 1-5-4-3 R3 - 4-2-6-3 LS 5 R4 - 2-1-5-3 R5 - 7-1-4-9 LS 3 R6 - 2-4-3-6 LS 7 R7 - 6-1-4-2 LS 8 R8 - 7-6-1-8 R9 - Pass Short fields today but good contention in most races.
Horses parade in the paddock for Wednesday's ninth race. I attended Opening Day at Del Mar. Check out the scene below and click on picture for more detailed view.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) and Daily Racing Form announced today that TVG will televise live the announcement of the finalists for the 2020 Eclipse Awards this Saturday, January 16 at noon ET/9 a.m. PT.
With a fourth in last month's Garland of Roses under her belt and three solid workouts at the Fair Hill training center in the interim, Saguaro Row figures to be fitter and better when she runs in Monday's $100,000 Interborough Stakes at Aqueduct.
The recent success of Mucho Unusual in longer graded stakes on turf for fillies and mares overshadows her two stakes wins at a mile in 2019. In three other appearances in turf stakes at a mile, Mucho Unusual has been second or third, giving trainer Tim Yakteen confidence in advance of the 5-year-old mare's appearance in Monday's Grade 3 Megahertz S […]
Magic Millions officials were toasting the setting of a new benchmark set of figures for its major auction of the year, the Gold Coast Yearling Sale, at the end of a massive five-session Book 1 offering Jan. 16.
The cherished silks of the late Khalid Abdullah will continue to be seen on racecourses for many years to come after his family made public a commitment to continue what has become arguably the world's most successful racing and breeding operation.
Crestwood Farm stallion Heart to Heart was represented by his first reported foal Jan. 15 when a colt bred by Kenny and Jeannie Racing was foaled at Daisy Acres Farm.
SANTA ANITA TO GUARANTEE $1 MILLION IN SATURDAY’S 20 CENT SINGLE TICKET RAINBOW PICK SIX JACKPOT POOL SPECIAL EARLY POST TIME OF 12 NOON FOR 10-RACE CARD ON CALIFORNIA CUP DAY ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2021)–Santa Anita Park has announced it will guarantee a $1 million Jackpot pool in Saturday’s 20 cent […] The post Santa Anita To Guarant […]
VETERAN TRAINER BRUCE HEADLEY DEAD AT 86; ONE-OF-A-KIND ICON DEVELOPED CHAMPION SPRINTER KONA GOLD & MANY CAL-BRED STARS ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2021)–Veteran California-based trainer Bruce Headley, the developer of 2000 Eclipse Champion Sprinter Kona Gold and many other stakes winners, died this morning at Arcadia Methodist Hospital from the effects […]
SANTA ANITA TO GUARANTEE $1 MILLION IN SATURDAY’S 20 CENT SINGLE TICKET RAINBOW PICK SIX JACKPOT POOL SPECIAL EARLY POST TIME OF 12 NOON FOR 10-RACE CARD ON CALIFORNIA CUP DAY ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2021)–Santa Anita Park has announced it will guarantee a $1 million Jackpot pool in Saturday’s 20 cent […] The post Santa Anita To Guarant […]
VETERAN TRAINER BRUCE HEADLEY DEAD AT 86; ONE-OF-A-KIND ICON DEVELOPED CHAMPION SPRINTER KONA GOLD & MANY CAL-BRED STARS ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2021)–Veteran California-based trainer Bruce Headley, the developer of 2000 Eclipse Champion Sprinter Kona Gold and many other stakes winners, died this morning at Arcadia Methodist Hospital from the effects […]