Category: Horse Racing Betting

BBC Sport brings you expert horse racing tips from Peter Harris – ‘The Major’ – courtesy of BBC Radio Wales.

Princetonian led from start to finish, posting a 6-length victory over Hope Reins Supreme in the $100,000 Charles I. Smith Memorial Trot at Freehold Raceway on Friday. Driven by Daniel Dube, Princetonian covered the mile on a sloppy track in a stakes-record 1:57. The Ray Remmen-trained gelding returned $2.20, $2.10 and $2.10.

Buzzards Bay defeated Siren Lure by 1 3/4 lengths Friday in the $54,000 feature at Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting. Ridden by Jose Valdivia Jr., Buzzards Bay ran 1 1-16 miles in 1:41.13 and paid $2.80, $2.10 and $2.10. Siren Lure returned $2.60 and $2.10, and Corey County paid $2.40. Buzzards Bay’s hopes of running…

Bel Air Beauty beat Bachata by 2 1/2 lengths Friday in the $150,000 Pin Oak Valley Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Keeneland. Bel Air Beauty, ridden by Mark Guidry, ran 1 1-16 miles on the turf course in 1:44.39, and paid $18.40, $8.80 and $6.80. Bachata returned $9.40 and $6.20, and Pitamakan paid $11.80 to…

Through thousands of runs at 300-plus mph, drag-racing star John Force never spent more than a few hours laid up with injuries in the first 30 years of his career. On Saturday, he’s supposed to get out of the hospital 27 days after a horrific, replayed-around-the-world crash that broke an ankle, foot, hand and several…

Pussycat Doll won the $75,750 Storm Flag Flying Stakes by one length at Belmont Park on Friday, wearing down front-running Great Intentions. The winner, the 6-5 favorite trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Garrett Gomez, earned her seventh victory in 17 career starts. Pussycat Doll covered seven furlongs on a sloppy track in 1:24.01…

More than 500 people attended a graveside memorial Friday for John Henry, the thoroughbred great remembered by one of his jockeys as a “tremendous legend” and a horse who could draw fans to tracks across the country. John Henry, who won $6.5 million and became America’s richest racehorse before retiring in 1985, was euthanized last…

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Tricky Causeway held off True Cause by a neck Thursday in the $78,000 Awad Stakes at Belmont Park. Tricky Causeway, ridden by Norberto Arroyo Jr., ran 1 3-8 miles on the turf course in 2:18.29, and paid $12.40, $7 and $3.60. The 4-year-old trained by Jimmy Jerkens has four victories in nine career starts.

Fort Prado rallied to beat T.D. Vance by a head Thursday in the $112,600 Woodford Stakes at Keeneland. The 6-year-old Fort Prado, ridden by Rene Douglas, ran 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf course in 1:03.20 and paid $11, $4.80 and $3.40. T.D. Vance returned $3.40 and $2.60, and Atticus Kristy paid $5.40 to show.

Add Heat beat 6-5 favorite Mi Arcobaleno by 4 1/2 lengths Thursday in the $56,250 feature race at Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting. Add Heat, ridden by Joe Talamo and carrying 120 pounds, covered 1 miles on the cushion track in 2:02.14 and paid $7, $3 and $2.60. The win, the third in 24 starts…

Thoroughbred trainer Patrick Biancone, accused of medication violations, has reached a settlement with Kentucky racing authorities that will bar him from racing anywhere for six months. In exchange, Biancone won’t attempt an appeal. For an additional six months, Biancone won’t work as a trainer, but may go to the races, as long as he stays…