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Flyover Wire to Wire in the Crystal Water Stakes
10+ hour, 16+ min ago (157+ words) ARCADIA, CA "Flyover made it back-to-back stakes wins Saturday when rolling to a front-running victory under Antonio Fresu in the $100, 000 Crystal Water Stakes for California-breds going one mile on turf at Santa Anita. Trained by John Sadler, Flyover won in…...
Gstaad Irish 2000 Guineas Win 13 for O'Brien
9+ hour, 57+ min ago (815+ words) Gstaad returns to the winner's circle, Credit Breand'n " h Uallach'in Gstaad won the Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh, Co Kildare, Ireland, on Saturday afternoon for trainer Aidan O'Brien, jockey Ryan Moore and owners, the Coolmore partners. Runner-up in the…...
The Stewards Looked At The Tape
9+ hour, 3+ min ago (695+ words) On Friday, the Maryland Racing Commission stewards who oversaw the Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park issued their finding on Paco Lopez's winning ride aboard Napoleon Solo: no violation of HISA's riding crop rules. No action warranted. Past The Wire has…...
Big City Lights Prevails in Thor's Echo
10+ hour, 6+ min ago (203+ words) ARCADIA, CA "Odds-on favorite Big City Lights took over in mid-stretch and drew off late under Kazushi Kimura to earn his sixth stakes win in the $100, 000 Thor's Echo Stakes for California-breds going six furlongs on Saturday at Santa Anita. Trained…...
Unrivaled Time in the Snow Chief Stakes
20+ hour, 43+ min ago (373+ words) ARCADIA, CA "Unrivaled Time unleashed a furious rally under Armando Ayuso to nip longshot pacesetter Trump Era in the final strides of the $125, 000 Snow Chief Stakes presented by City National Bank for California-bred 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles on turf Saturday at…...
Mohaven Dominates the Melaire Stakes
20+ hour, 27+ min ago (275+ words) ARCADIA, CA "Making her first start around two turns, Mohaven proved the added distance to be no problem Saturday when earning a dominant victory in the $125, 000 Melair Stakes for California-bred 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita. Sent off as…...
Grand Slam Smile in the Fran's Valentine Stakes
20+ hour, 34+ min ago (190+ words) ARCADIA, CA "The ever-consistent mare Grand Slam Smile collected her 10th stakes win on Saturday when rolling to a front-running victory in the $100, 000 Fran's Valentine Stakes for California-bred fillies and mares going one mile on turf at Santa Anita. Grand Slam…...
Horse Racing The Sport That Forgot it was One
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (985+ words) There was a time when the heavyweight championship of the world stopped everything. Today, most people cannot name the heavyweight champion of the world. Not because the talent disappeared. Because the credibility did. Boxing didn't die. It just stopped mattering the…...
House committee passed the Van Drew-Titus Amendment
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (676+ words) It would effectively do what the Save America's Forgotten Equines Act, the SAFE Act, has been trying to do since 2002. What the Amendment Actually Does There are no active horse slaughter facilities on U. S. soil. The pipeline runs through the transportation…...
THE STANDARD THAT RACING FORGOT
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1712+ words) The Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Commission has a privilege that no other racing regulator in the world shares. They govern the Kentucky Derby. Not just any race, the race. The one everybody knows The most exciting two minutes in…...