Category: Horse Racing Betting

Nownownow raced to his first career victory, beating Zee Zee by three lengths in the $80,000 With Anticipation/P.G. Johnson Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Friday. Under Julien Leparoux, the 2-year-old son of Whywhywhy ran 1 1-16 miles on the outer turf course in 1:41.26, paying $14.60, $5.70, and $4.70 to win.

Gov. Eliot Spitzer wants the New York Racing Association to keep running thoroughbred racing in New York under a deal that could extend 30 years. The recommendation Tuesday now goes to the Legislature, where Spitzer’s choice faces an uncertain future because political discord has stalled negotiations.

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…

Heavily favored Heartswideopen, breaking from the outside post, drifted toward the inside rail but recovered to edge SF Royal Bank by a nose Monday in the $1.9 million All American Futurity. The Texas-bred Heartswideopen, with Oscar Hernandez aboard, put 68-year-old trainer Carl Draper back in the winner’s circle in the richest event in quarter horse…

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.

Frankie Dettori’s Derby winner Authorized wins the Juddmonte International Stakes at York.

Edgar Prado, who rode Barbaro to a Kentucky Derby victory in 2006, will be sidelined at least six weeks after breaking his right ankle at Saratoga Race Course. Prado was hurt Saturday when his mount, Admiral Bird, stumbled after running the seventh race. The jockey fell to the turf course and remained there several minutes…