Category: Horse Racing Betting

Paradise Dancer beat Finallymadeit by a length Saturday in the $45,000 Go To Will overnight stakes at Calder Race Course. Paradise Dancer, ridden by Roberto Alvarado Jr., ran 7 furlongs in 1:23.36 and paid $7.20, $3.20 and $2.10. Also Saturday, Golden Strategy beat Golden Flame in the $45,000 Jackie Wackie overnight stakes.

Cane Pace winner Always a Virgin won the first of two eliminations for the $805,480 Messenger Stakes at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night. Always a Virgin, driven by Brian Sears, ran the mile in 1:53.1 and earned $40,000 while advancing to next Saturday’s eight-horse final. Hot Rod Mindle, with David Miller, came up the passing…

Golden Doc A rallied to beat Foxy Danseur by a neck Saturday in the $98,220 Anoakia Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Santa Anita. Golden Doc A ran 6 furlong in 1:08.70, returning $17, $6.80 and $3.20. Foxy Danseur returned $5.20 and $3, and Spring Awakening paid $2.20 to show. The winner earned $62,712 to increase…

Dr. V’s Magic overcame a stumble at the start to win the $250,000 Empire Classic Handicap Saturday at Belmont Park. The Classic was the richest of 10 races, including eight stakes, on New York Showcase Day — a card devoted exclusively to horses bred in the state. Dr. V’s Magic rallied to beat Who What…

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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…