Horse Racing Betting
Jockeys competing in California won’t be allowed to strike a horse more than six times during a race, and then only in an underhanded position, according to a new rule approved by the California Horse Racing Board. The board voted 4-2 on Thursday in a meeting that lasted nearly seven hours to approve the rule
Steve Asmussen posted his 738th victory at Churchill Downs, saddling Drop Dead Gorgeous to a win in the first race to become became the all-time winningest trainer. Click here to read the full article…
Among the dead were daughters of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and Belmont Stakes winner Tonalist. Click here to read the full article…
The first Saturday since Belmont had 4 stakes, headlined by the Runhappy Carter Handicap (G1) where favorite Vekoma romped home by 7 1/4 lengths in the slop. Also on the card, Newspaperofrecord won the Intercontinental Stakes (G3), Code of Honor won the Westchester Stakes (G3), and Instilled Regard won the Fort Marcy Stakes (G2). Get
NEWMARKET, England (AP) — Jockey Ryan Moore rode Love to a dominant victory at the 1,000 Guineas on Sunday, giving trainer Aidan O’Brien a fourth win in five years at the British Classic mile race. Click here to read the full article…
22 3-year-olds were made eligible for the 2020 Triple Crown races in the extended late nomination period which ended on June 3, bringing the total nominees to 369. Collusion Illusion, King Guillermo, Lebda, and Swiss Skydiver are the most experienced of the bunch. Check out the 22 late nominations here. Click here to read the
A horse named after newly famous infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci is the betting favorite at a race in Belmont Park. Click here to read the full article…
Racing presenter Ed Chamberlin will switch his microphone on in his spare room on Friday to launch three days of racing coverage as the sport edges back towards normality. Chamberlin is fronting ITV Racing’s coverage of three days of the sport behind closed doors, including the first two Classics of the flat season at Newmarket
When news came out Thursday that Nadal the horse was retiring, it caused panic for fans of tennis player Rafael Nadal Click here to read the full article…
Nadal, one of trainer Bob Baffert’s early favorites for the rescheduled Triple Crown, injured his ankle after a workout at Santa Anita on Thursday and is out of contention for the series. The 3-year-old colt suffered a left front condylar fracture, Baffert said in a phone interview. It was diagnosed after Nadal completed a half-mile
Two horses trained by renowned horse-trainer Bob Baffert have tested positive for a banned substance, according to the New York Times and the Louisville Courier-Journal. Click here to read the full article…
Liverpool’s Champions League game with Atletico Madrid and racing’s showpiece Cheltenham Festival “caused increased suffering and death” by going ahead in March, a leading scientist told the BBC on Tuesday. Professor Tim Spector, who leads the United Kingdom’s largest Covid-19 tracking project, said rates of cases locally “increased several-fold” following the events. Cheltenham attracted over