Category: Horse Racing Betting
Wise Answer wins Affirmed division of Florida Stallion Stakes at Calder
Wise Answer beat Hey Byrn by 6 3/4 lengths in the $150,000 Affirmed division of the Florida Stallion Stakes at Calder Race Course on Saturday. Wise Answer, ridden by Raymundo Fuentes, ran the seven furlongs in 1:24.17 and paid $5.80, $3 and $2.40. Hey Byrn returned $3.60 and $2.40, and Dynhocracy paid $2.80.
Icy Atlantic takes Red Bank Stakes at Monmouth Park
Icy Atlantic rallied in the stretch to beat Touched By Madness in Saturday’s Red Bank Stakes at Monmouth Park. Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Joe Bravo, Icy Atlantic covered the mile over firm turf in 1:32.42. A 6-year-old son of Stormy Atlantic, Icy Atlantic paid $3.60, $2.60 and $2.20. Touched By Madness, who…
Lawyer Ron wins $500,000 Woodward Stakes
Lawyer Ron pulled away in the stretch and won the $500,000 Woodward Stakes by 8 1/4 lengths at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, moving to the top of the handicap division. “I think he’s arguably one of the top older horses in training,” winning trainer Todd Pletcher said. Lawyer Ron added the Grade 1 Woodward…
Jockey Edgar Prado thrown from horse at Saratoga
Jockey Edgar Prado was thrown from his horse after a race at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, apparently injuring his ankle in the fall. Prado, who won the 2006 Kentucky Derby aboard Barbaro, had guided Admiral Bird to a second-place finish in the seventh race, and was galloping out around the clubhouse turn when the…
Zanjero, Bwana Bull to resume rivalry at $1 million Pennsylvania Derby
Zanjero and Bwana Bull will renew their rivalry in the Pennsylvania Derby on Monday, a month after they battled down the stretch in the West Virginia Derby with Zanjero winning by a nose. The colts will take on nine other horses in the state’s first $1 million race. The derby, last run in 2005 for…
Del Mar Stable Notes – Day 40 – Saturday, September 1
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Latin Rhythms, Rush with Thunder win stakes divisions
Latin Rhythms and Rush with Thunder won divisions of the El Cajon Stakes for 3-year-olds on Friday at Del Mar. Latin Rhythms had a 1 3/4 -length victory in the $111,400 second division after Rush with Thunder won the $112,650 first division by 1 1/2 lengths. Third in the recent La Jolla Handicap on the…
Nownownow Wins $80,000 With Anticipation/P.G. Johnson
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.
Pletcher-trained Lawyer Ron set for Woodward Stakes at Saratoga
Five weeks ago at Saratoga Race Course, Todd Pletcher watched Lawyer Ron set a track record in the Whitney Handicap. Saturday, the Eclipse Award-winning trainer will send the 4-year-old colt to the post in the grade 1, $500,000 Woodward Stakes over the same distance of 1 1-8 miles on Saratoga’s closing weekend, hoping Lawyer Ron…
Del Mar Stable Notes – Day 39 – Friday, August 31
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Saratoga Race Course Notes – Friday, August 31
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