Category: Horse Racing Betting
Unbridled’s Song colt brings $3.7 million at Keeneland sale
A colt by Unbridled’s Song sold for $3.7 million Tuesday to top the second day of Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale. Demi O’Byrne, representing John Magnier and Coolmore Stud, made the winning bid and purchased another Unbridled’s Song Colt for $2.6 million. O’Byrne also paid $2 million for a colt by A.P.
Oprah Winney romps in Belmont’s Schenectady Handicap
Oprah Winney rolled to an easy win Sunday in the $104,700 Schenectady Handicap at Belmont Park in her final tuneup before the Breeders’ Cup. Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. has targeted the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint on Oct. 26 at Monmouth Park as the next start for the 4-year-old. “This race served…
Belmont Park Backstretch Notes – Sunday, September 9
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Arlington Park Barn Notes – Sunday, September 9
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Electrify wins at Calder
Electrify beat Finallymadeit by three lengths Saturday in the $50,000 Ambehaving Stakes at Calder Race Course. Electrify, ridden by Elvis Trujillo, ran 1 1-16 miles in 1:46.07 and paid $6.20, $3.40 and $3.80. Finallymadeit returned $3.60 and $3.40, and Pop Goes the Tiger paid $5.00 to show.
Appeals court orders judge to hold hearing or release 3 attorneys accused of bilking clients
Three attorneys accused of bilking their clients out of millions of dollars from a diet drug settlement will appear before a judge Monday morning to determine if they will remain in jail pending trial. U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman scheduled the hearing after the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered him to hold a…
Premier League as it happened
Aston Villa beat Chelsea after Arsenal and Blackburn both pick up wins.
Belmont-winning filly Rags to Riches set to return in Gazelle on Sept. 15
The much-delayed return of Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches has one more week to go. As expected, the first filly in 102 years to capture the Belmont won’t run in Saturday’s Ruffian Handicap at Belmont Park but is set for the Gazelle Stakes a week later. The 3-year-old filly spiked a fever and missed…
NTRA Thoroughbred Notebook – Thursday, September 6
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Discreet Cat geared towards Belmont return
By Keith Hamer Special to PA SportsTicker
Georgie Boy, Garrett Gomez win Del Mar Futurity race
Georgie Boy rallied from next-to-last place to win the $250,000 Del Mar Futurity by a half length over Salute the Sarge on Wednesday. Ridden by Garrett Gomez, the 2-year-old colt covered seven furlongs in 1:25.34 over Polytrack and returned $13.60, $6.20 and $3.60. “We had a good trip and he did what he had to…
Flu hobbles Australia’s racing world
The racing industry in Australia’s New South Wales state is counting the cost after an outbreak of equine influenza.