Horse Racing

Jan 10, 2024, 02:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 Kentucky Derby will be the richest in history as the purse for the first jewel of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown has been raised 67% to a record $5 million guaranteed, Churchill Downs said Wednesday. The winner of the 1-1/4-mile race on May 4 will
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Callum Shepherd warned jockey’s health was being jeopardised during the all-weather meeting – Getty Images/Mike Egerton Jockeys riding at British racing’s first ever Sunday night meeting have revolted against the new initiative calling it “a joke”. Sunday’s card at Wolverhampton was the first in a series of six meetings designed to take advantage of a lull
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California’s Rancho San Miguel will host an open house and stallion show Saturday, Jan. 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. while featuring an informational program for both current and prospective Thoroughbred owners and breeders, the farm said in a release Friday. In addition to a parade of the farm’s nine-horse stallion roster, the free
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2023 Year in Review 2023 Year in Review Cody’s Wish is a sentimental choice for Horse of the Year for 2023. Date: 12/31/2023 As everyone celebrates the holidays, it is time to bid farewell to 2023 and the exciting racing which we enjoyed, however much like at the end of 2022, many of us are
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Naming a Thoroughbred Secretariat – there will never be another Thoroughbred by that name. Naming a Thoroughbred Date: 01/01/2022 All Thoroughbreds, regardless of their actual date of birth, are given an official birthday of January 1st to keep the age groups easily defined for race conditions. They must be registered with the Jockey Club within
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Luis Quinonez wins 4000th race Luis Quinonez reaches 4000 wins Jockey Luis Quinonez celebrates after winning his 4000th race aboard Izeonpoint at Oaklawn Park. Date: 12/31/2023 Jockey Luis Quinonez, a 56-year-old native of Sinaloa, Mexico (turning 57 on January 6), notched career win number 4000 in the fifth race at Oaklawn Park on Friday, December
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J.T. Lundy, the controversial former president of Calumet Farm, passed away Tuesday. He was 82. The news was reported on Facebook by his sister, Kathy Lundy Jones, and his son, Robert. According to Robert’s post, Lundy fell in November, suffered from a head injury and never fully recovered. According to the BloodHorse, Lundy was a native
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The second betting choice to–finally–build on a championship season in 2021 and a Classic-winning campaign last season, Do Deuce (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}) was produced wide into the Nakayama straight by the ageless Yutaka Take and outbattled the positively ridden 4-year-old filly Stars on Earth (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}) to take out Sunday’s G1 Arima Kinen,
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Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator) and O’Connor (Chi) (Boboman) each turned in works Saturday morning at Palm Meadows towards an intended appearance in the $3-million GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S. Owned by Daniel Alonso, Skippylongstocking won this year’s GII Charles Town Classic and was last seen finishing third to Cody’s Wish (Curlin) in the GI Breeders’ Cup
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