» Derby Future Pool dates set
01/07/09 - Dates for the three pools of Churchill Downs' 2009 Kentucky Derby Future Wager are set and a single pool will be offered in each of the three months preceding the 135th renewal of the $2 million-guaranteed Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 2. Mean..
» U.S. handle drops 7.2 percent in 2008
01/06/09 - Hurt by a disastrous December in which handle fell more than 20 percent, total handle on U.S. races declined 7.2 percent in 2008, falling from $14,723,993,055 in 2007 to $13,670,196,938. Negative national economic trends severely affected w..
» Handle down in Maryland last year
01/06/09 - The Maryland Jockey Club concluded the 2008 racing season with average wagering figures 22.5% lower than 2007. All sources handle totaled $668.1 million as compared to $875.8 million the previous year. Racing 14 fewer days in 2008, the dail..
» Lecomte undercard features five supporting stakes
01/06/09 - While the Kentucky Derby (G1) aspirants in Saturday's Lecomte S. (G3) will be the cynosure of all eyes on the "Road to the Derby" Kickoff Day at Fair Grounds, five other action-packed stakes will also be on tap.
» Lecomte draws intriguing field of nine
01/05/09 - Saturday is "Road to the Derby" Kickoff Day at the historic New Orleans Fair Grounds, with nine promising three-year-olds entered in the $100,000 Lecomte S. (G3). The one-mile contest is the first of three local preps for the May 2 Kentucky..
» Notonthesamepage bound for Fountain of Youth
01/05/09 - Trainer Wesley Ward gave the thumbs-up sign at Gulfstream Park Sunday morning, one day after NOTONTHESAMEPAGE (Catienus) rolled to a near record-setting victory in the Spectacular Bid S.
» Beethoven drills at Gulfstream
01/04/09 - Gearing up for his first start of 2009, Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) hero BEETHOVEN (Sky Mesa) breezed three furlongs in :36 over Gulfstream Park's fast main track on Saturday for owner John Oxley and trainer John Ward. The bay colt was joi..
» Notonthesamepage romps in Spectacular Bid
01/04/09 - Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred NOTONTHESAMEPAGE (Catienus) had disappointed in the 1 1/16-mile Breeders' Futurity (G1) last time out at Keeneland, but he made a triumphant return to a sprint distance in Saturday's $100,000 Spectacular Bid ..
» Haynesfield gets the job done in Count Fleet
01/04/09 - Saturday's $68,460 Count Fleet S. was expected to be the coming-out party for Turtle Bird Stable's HAYNESFIELD (Speightstown), who was hammered down to 1-2 favoritism in his first start outside of New York-bred company. Although it was not ..
» Valbenny tops San Gorgonio cast
01/02/09 - One week after Proudinsky (Ger) (Silvano [Ger]) gave Bobby Frankel his 900th career victory at Santa Anita in the San Gabriel H. (G2), VALBENNY (Ire) (Val Royal [Fr]) will try to extend the trainer's lofty strike rate in Sunday's $150,000 S..
