CategoriesNews SportsStarting Aug. 31, Pacific Classic Day, first post for all racing days but Fridays will shift from the usual 2 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. PT at Del Mar. The adjustment is to allow for the earlier sunset toward the end of the track’s summer season. So for the remaining Thursday, Saturday, Sunday (and Labor Day Monday) cards […]
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CategoriesNews SportsThe series of stakes for 2-year-old fillies comes to a close on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course with the Spinaway (G1), which has attracted a field of 11, seven of which have already posted a win at the meet. Despite winning twice from three starts at the Spa, The Queens M G is the second […]
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CategoriesNews SportsHow will Northern California miler form hold up against Southern California milers? That could be a major question in analyzing the field for the Aug. 31 Del Mar Mile (G2T), one of four supporting stakes on the Pacific Classic (G1) card at Del Mar. Most of the 10 runners in the Del Mar Mile have […]
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CategoriesNews SportsThe Sept. 1 $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course was always on the calendar for Arthur’s Ride . It was the Whitney Stakes (G1) that was the audible which resulted in a touchdown. Jumping from a 12 3/4-length score in a mile-and-a-quarter allowance optional claimer at Saratoga to the Whitney […]
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CategoriesNews SportsIt’s a good bet that fans of pop megastar Taylor Swift and her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, will be cheering for Swift Delivery Aug. 31 in the $125,000 Toronto Cup Stakes at Woodbine. On Aug. 27, Barry Irwin, founder and CEO of Team Valor International, who owns the gelding in partnership with […]
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CategoriesNews SportsShortly after the $3.1 million Nashville Derby Invitational (G3T) Aug. 31 at Kentucky Downs, the emphasis turns to the equine ladies with two races worth up to $1.5 million apiece for fillies and mares on the grass. Short-distance runners are up first in the Ladies Turf Sprint Stakes (G2T), a 6 1/2-furlong dash carded as […]
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CategoriesNews SportsMention Canadian breeding and thoughts immediately turn to the pint-sized patriarch Northern Dancer and all the wonderful horses his owner E.P. Taylor bred from him at Windfields in Oshawa: Nijinsky, Storm Bird, The Minstrel and so on. Nothing wrong with being associated with those titans of the turf, but there is more to the Canadian […]
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CategoriesNews SportsWith Kentucky Downs set to give away $3.1 million, the Aug. 31 Nashville Derby Invitational (G3T) drew an overflow field of 14 3-year-olds whose connections want in on a cut of that massive prize. The purse for the 1 5/16-mile turf race includes $1.2 million from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund, and only the field’s […]
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CategoriesNews SportsA horse’s advanced age is hardly a stumbling block when a Thoroughbred is in the hands of Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. Just a year ago, when Mott received the Eclipse Award for outstanding trainer for a fourth time, he won graded stakes with a 2-year-old champion in Just F Y I and Channel […]
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CategoriesNews SportsCassiopeia Foundation 501c(3) is proud to announce the purchase of the Foxfield property in Albemarle County, Va. It ensures the preservation of the historic site, fulfilling the dreams of founder Mariann de Tejeda, and provides a stable platform for the continued operations of the independent Foxfield Racing LLC 501c(3). The Foxfield property, with its rich […]
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