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By GREG MELIKOV
The first of three Kentucky Derby 2010 future wager pools opens Friday and runs through Sunday for the 136th renewal of America’s Race on the first Saturday in May.
The pools were shortened a day to three because little betting was conducted on Thursdays. Exacta wagering introduced with last year’s second pool will be available in all three along with the standard win bet.
The future wager covers 23 individual 3-year-olds, with some pretty good odds, and a 24th betting interest that includes other runners.
Posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 in Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Kentucky Derby, Racing Picks & Betting Tips, Special Features, Stakes Races, Triple Crown | No Comments »
By GREG MELIKOV
A fairly new American saying describes Santa Anita Park: What goes around comes around.
Is it really a case of justice served? I believe the more accurate interpretation is the status of Santa Anita’s main track is returning to its original surface after completing some sort of synthetic cycle.
The startling announcement came from Santa Anita race track president Ron Charles during a barrage of heavy rains that began Jan. 17 and forced cancellation of three racing days during that week…
Posted on Thursday, January 28th, 2010 in Horse Racing Industry, Race Tracks, Special Features | No Comments »
By GREG MELIKOV
“It’s a two-horse race” applies off the track between two talented ladies this season. At stake: 2009 Horse of the Year.
In this corner, Rachel Alexandra, the top 3-year-old that won the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, and beat the boys three times, going undefeated in eight outings on conventional dirt.
In the other corner, Zenyatta, top older horse that became the first female to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic, unbeaten in five races on synthetic surfaces, that retired a perfect 14 for 14.
Posted on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 in Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Special Features | No Comments »
Horse racing superstars Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra, who dominated thoroughbred racing, were the only horses receiving votes for Horse of the Year, however, there were 3 finalists in each of the other 16 Eclipse Award categories.
Eclipse Award winners will be announced on January 18 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Either Rachel Alexandra or Zenyatta will become the first female to win the Horse of the Year honor since Azeri in 2002. They are virtual locks to win divisional championships.
Posted on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 in Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Jockeys, Owners & Breeders, Special Features | No Comments »
Churchill Downs‘ exclusive online offering of 3,000 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks reserved seat packages which went on sale at 12 p.m. EST Wednesday were sold out in 48 minutes.
The limited number of 2-day ticket packages, which ranged in price from $172 for individual first floor grandstand bleacher seats to $6,390 for a 6-seat box in the third floor clubhouse with daily access to the exclusive Secretariat Lounge, were made available exclusively at Churchill Downs’ new online box office, http://tickets.churchilldowns.com.
“The demand for both Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks tickets is truly exceptional,” Churchill Downs Racetrack President Kevin Flanery said.
Posted on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 in Horse Racing Industry, Kentucky Derby, Race Tracks, Special Features, Stakes Races, Triple Crown | No Comments »
The New York Racing Association (NYRA) is calling for harsh penalties for horsemen who directly or indirectly sell a horse for slaughter.
The policy announced by NYRA on Thursday also asks horsemen to support horse rescue, adoption initiatives and to find humane ways of dealing with horses unable to continue racing.
Owners or trainers would have their stalls permanently revoked from NYRA tracks Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga if it is determined their horses ended up being sold for slaughter.
Posted on Thursday, December 10th, 2009 in Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Race Tracks, Special Features | No Comments »
A collision at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas injured a jockey and forced officials to euthanize two horses.
Oaklawn Park officials said Monday’s collision injured 54-year-old jockey Tim Doocy, who was scheduled for surgery after an early diagnosis indicated fractures to his ankle, knee and hand.
Doocy was aboard The ATM, a maiden two-year-old Trippi colt, when the horse collided with a pony ridden by outrider Chisum Ewing. The accident occurred as Doocy’s mount was pulling up from a 3-furlong workout. Ewing was not injured.
Posted on Monday, December 7th, 2009 in Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Jockeys, Race Tracks, Special Features | No Comments »
Undefeated Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Zenyatta is getting the Grade 1 race she won twice at Santa Anita Park renamed in her honor.
Santa Anita Track officials said Tuesday that the Lady’s Secret will be renamed The Zenyatta beginning next fall. The race is for fillies and mares ages 3 and up run at 1 1/16 miles.
Zenyatta won the race the last two years. She capped her 14-0 career by beating the boys in the $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 7.
Posted on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 in Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Race Tracks, Special Features, Stakes Races | No Comments »
By GREG MELIKOV
Gulfstream Park played musical stakes six weeks before its 68th season opens on Sunday, Jan. 3. It involves the much-heralded Run for the Roses.
Back in August, track officials announced the stakes schedule, which had the 59th Florida Derby tabbed for March 27, five Saturdays before the Kentucky Derby. But in November it was moved back to March 20, most likely to avoid conflicting with another traditional Derby prep, the Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds.
Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 in Horse Racing Industry, Race Tracks, Special Features, Stakes Races | No Comments »
By GREG MELIKOV
Hialeah Park, 84 years after its debut in the Roaring ’20s, is back from the dead and on track to hold the first of two meetings 48 hours after Thanksgiving.
It has been eight years since the last thoroughbred race was staged at the historic South Florida landmark. At one time Hialeah was known as “the most beautiful racetrack in the world” because of its grand architecture, fountains and statues besides exotic scenery and a magnificent turf course.
While the facility is a shell of itself today, scores of construction workers are laboring…
Posted on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 in Horse Racing Industry, Race Tracks, Special Features | No Comments »
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