DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Seven horses were euthanized after being injured in competition or training during the first week of Del Mar’s summer meeting, prompting track officials to seek answers.
Horses named Esroh and Bonus Pack were injured racing Wednesday and were put down. Six of the fatal breakdowns occurred in races and one in [...]
The brilliant 3-year-colt, Bernardini, outclassed the field in the $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, proving to just about everyone that his victory in the Preakness Stakes was no fluke.
Favorite Scat Daddy blasted to the front with a late run and beat Teuflesberg by a neck Thursday to give trainer Todd Pletcher his third career victory in the $150,000 Sanford Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
Meanwhile, on Saturday’s Jim Dandy Stakes, 3-year-old colt Bernardini makes his first start since winning the May 20 Preakness Stakes, a race everyone remembers as the one in which Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro shattered his right hind leg in the opening strides.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Todd Pletcher-trained Cotton Blossom rallied in the stretch to win the 88th running of the $100,000 Schuylerville Stakes for 2-year-old fillies Wednesday, opening day at Saratoga Race Course, New York.
Cotton Blossom settled in good position early, stalking the leaders along the backstretch. She made a big move on the far [...]
Jockey Edgar Prado, who led Barbaro to the win in the 2006 Kentucky Derby, won the 2006 Mike Venezia Award on Friday.
Prado, received the honor based on the votes of fellow jockeys, turf writers and fans. The award honors jockeys “who exemplify extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship,” in the memory of Mike Venezia, who was killed [...]
Giacomo won for the first time since last year’s Kentucky Derby on Saturday, beating Preachinatthebar by a head in the $300,000 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar. Ridden by Mike Smith, the 4-year-old colt covered 1 1-16 miles in 1:42:15 and paid $11.60, $5 and $3.40.
2005 Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo takes the spotlight in Saturday’s co-featured grade II, $300,000 San Diego Handicap in a field of older horses going 1 1/16 miles on the main track at Del Mar. It will be run as the eighth race on the card.