Category: Horse Racing Betting

Kingsgate Native causes a surprise with victory in the Nunthorpe Stakes at York’s Ebor meeting.

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…

Discovery of the equine influenza virus at thoroughbred stud farms in New South Wales state was “potentially lethal” for Australia’s racing and breeding industries, industry leaders said Thursday. The highly contagious disease, which was first detected in Australia in August, has now infected hundreds of horses in New South Wales and Queensland states, indefinitely halting…

Jazil, winner of the 2006 Belmont Stakes, was retired and will stand at stud at Dubai Sheik Hamdan’s Shadwell Farm. A half-brother to this year’s Belmont winner Rags to Riches, Jazil won just two of 11 races but stepped up in the biggest race of his career to give trainer Kiaran McLaughlin his first win…

After years under state and federal investigation, the New York Racing Association is in line for a state bailout from near bankruptcy to again run the New York thoroughbred racing tracks it has long claimed to own. It was the specter of a long, costly court battle over that disputed claim to the Aqueduct, Belmont…

Longshot Set Play rallied in the stretch to beat Spring Awakening by two lengths and win Monday’s $250,000 Del Mar Debutante for 2-year-old fillies. Longshot Set Play ran the seven furlongs in 1:26.79, returning $31.40, $11.40 and $6.80. Spring Awakening paid $5 and $3.60, while Izarra returned $3.20 to show.

Timber Reserve swept past the leaders on the far turn, fought off a tough challenge from Xchanger and won the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby on Monday at Philadelphia Park. The 3-year-old horse won in his first race of the year. Cable Boy, the pacesetter in the Haskell Invitational last month at Monmouth Park, grabbed the…

Rajiv Maragh was the winning jockey in back-to-back stakes races as the Meadowlands Racetrack kicked off its 41-date thoroughbred meet on Monday afternoon. Maragh first rode Remain Silent to 2-length victory over Silver Timber in the $55,000 King Bold Reality Stakes, setting a new course record in the process.

The crowd gasped when heavily favored Heartswideopen broke from the outside post and drifted toward the inside rail. Oscar Hernandez, riding cool in the irons, never worried. Heartswideopen, breaking from the outside post, briefly drifted toward the inside rail but recovered and charged to catch SF Royal Bank with the final stride Monday in the…

Always A Virgin took command early on and ran away with the $300,000 Cane Pace at Freehold Raceway on Monday, setting a new course record in the process. Driven by Brian Sears and trained by Joe Holloway, the 3-year-old colt covered the mile in 1:51.1 to win the opening leg of pacing’s triple crown. Always…

When trainer Bruce Jackson saw the weather forecast for Monday — hot and dry, which meant a firm grass track at Remington Park — he knew conditions were prime for his 5-year old horse, Brego, to shine. The California-bred son of In Excess didn’t disappoint. Brego, a 17-1 longshot running in only his third stakes…

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott capped a dominating season at Saratoga Race Course on Monday when 2-year-old Majestic Warrior took the $250,000 Hopeful Stakes. Mott topped the Saratoga standings for the first time in six years and took home an eighth career title as Saratoga’s leading trainer with 27 winners.