Category: Horse Racing Betting

  • Hard Spun upsets Street Sense in Kentucky Cup

    Hard Spun exacted a measure of revenge on Street Sense.

  • Lahudood wins Belmont’s Flower Bowl

    Lahudood found an opening in the lane and squeezed through for the upset Saturday in the $600,000 Flower Bowl Invitational for fillies and mares at Belmont Park. Lahudood had the rail in the 1-mile race on the turf and jockey Alan Garcia never vacated the fence. He sent the 4-year-old through an inside gap in…

  • War Pass moves to 3-for-3 with win in Champagne Stakes

    War Pass took the early lead and never missed a beat, cruising to an easy 1 1/2 -length victory in the $400,000 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park on Saturday. The 2-year-old colt improved to 3-for-3 for trainer Nick Zito and is sure to be among the favorites for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at…

  • Diamond Stripes wins Meadowlands Cup; may be Breeders’ Cup bound

    Diamond Stripes took the lead in midstretch and then survived a foul claim by runner-up Magna Graduate’s jockey to win the $500,000 Meadowlands Cup by a half-length Friday night. Jockey John Velazquez claimed Diamond Stripes and jockey Cornelio Velasquez interfered at the top of the stretch, but the stewards at the Meadowlands Racetrack found nothing…

  • Big Bad Leroybrown wins Santa Anita feature

    Big Bad Leroybrown rallied to edge Lucky J.H. by 1 1/2 lengths Friday in the $56,200 at Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting. Ridden by Tyler Baze, Big Bad Leroybrown covered seven furlongs in 1:21.61 and paid $12.20, $4.40 and $3.20. Lucky J.H. returned $3 and $2.60 as the 13-10 wagering favorite, while Seminole Native was…

  • Trainer Biancone suspended for horse medication violations

    Trainer Patrick Biancone was suspended for one year Friday by Kentucky racing officials for violations of horse medication rules, but he vowed to appeal. The suspension for Biancone, one of the nation’s top trainers, takes effect Oct. 15, and likely means he won’t be allowed to train horses anywhere in the United States because state…

  • Country Stars wins Alcibiades; heavy favorite Irish Smoke finishes last

    Country Star surged past four horses down the stretch Friday to win the Darley Alcibiades at Keeneland. With Rafael Bejarano aboard, the 2-year-old was running eighth in the field of 10 fillies at the three-quarter pole but took charge from there. “She just exploded,” Bejarano said. “I know the horse can do that because I’ve…

  • Emma Carly edges Stilled by a neck in Belmont feature

    Emma Carly edged Stilled by a neck Friday in the $55,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares at Belmont Park. Ridden by Channing Hill, Emma Carly ran seven furlongs on the firm turf course in 1:21.42. The 4-year-old improved her record to 2-for-5 for trainer Bill Mott. Emma Carly paid $8.40, $4.40 and $3.10.

  • Champagne could decide BC Juvenile favorite on big final weekend of Breeders’ Cup preps

    The oldest stakes race for 2-year-olds could go a long way in determining racing’s newest sensation. Majestic Warrior and Ready’s Image, the 1-2 finishers in the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga, meet again in Saturday’s 136th running of the Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park, with the winner gaining automatic entry into the $2 million Breeders’ Cup…

  • Man gets 5 years in prison for crash that severed arm of Lava Man’s groom

    The drunken driver who caused a crash that severed the arm of a groom for Lava Man, the richest claiming horse in thoroughbred racing history, was sentenced Thursday to five years in state prison. Heriberto Castillo pleaded guilty in September to driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury and causing great bodily injury to…

  • Curlin outduels Lawyer Ron to take Jockey Club Gold Cup

    So who’s the favorite for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in four weeks? Preakness winner Curlin stated his case Sunday, beating Lawyer Ron by a neck after a riveting stretch duel in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. The victory came a day after Kentucky Derby and Travers winner Street Sense…

  • Curlin wins Jockey Gold Cup

    ELMONT, New York (Ticker) – Curlin proved he could beat someone older.