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D’Amato happy despite missing out on Del Mar Oaks glory

Posted on August 22, 2022
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He might not have won the big Grade 1 event that he was hoping for, but Phil D’Amato had plenty to smile about after Saturday's 10-race card at Del Mar.

Posted on August 22, 2022
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Spendarella loves the limelight of big Grade 1 races so much, it’s all just a bit of fun for her. They were the thoughts of her trainer Graham Motion’s daughter Jane after the superstar filly’s comfortable 4.5-length win in the USD $300,000 Del Mar Oaks on Saturday.

Posted on August 16, 2022
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Vegas Magic’s classy 1.25-length triumph in the Grade 2 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar on Saturday has put her on a path to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, according to co-owner Todd Cady.

Posted on August 16, 2022
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Umberto Rispoli admits it wasn’t easy having Going Global carry 125 pounds (56.7kg) in the Yellow Ribbon Handicap at Del Mar on Saturday, but it was a pleasure when he got to push the button on the straight.

Posted on August 14, 2022
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Eoin Harty concedes all six opponents in Sunday's (AEST) Yellow Ribbon Handicap at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in San Diego could push his filly Javanica to the limit. But regardless of the result, he knows his four-year-old won't stop trying and is confident she can match it with them. To be ridden by Drayden Van[...]

Posted on February 22, 2022
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Medina Spirit has been disqualified from the 2021 Kentucky Derby, while the colt’s trainer, Bob Baffert, has been fined and suspended over the incident.

Posted on November 6, 2020
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The Breeders’ Cup Turf is the UK and Ireland’s best chance of a winner on the second day of the Keeneland meeting this Saturday, and the Aidan O’Brien-trained Magical is the favourite for the race at 11/4.

Posted on July 17, 2020
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Del Mar has cancelled racing for the weekend after 15 jockeys tested positive for COVID-19. All the track's riders and personnel who work in the jockeys' room were tested by San Diego County public health officials at the request of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Of the 15 positive tests, all were believed to be[...]

Posted on July 16, 2020
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Two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for 15 days by Oaklawn Park stewards and two of his horses were disqualified in Arkansas after testing positive for a banned substance. The stewards said in a ruling that the Hall of Fame trainer's suspension will run from August 1 until August 15. They found[...]

Posted on June 26, 2020
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The Kentucky Derby, which was rescheduled for September 5 due to coronavirus, will allow spectators onto the grounds to watch the Run for the Roses even as COVID-19 infections surge across parts of the United States, Churchill Downs Racetrack says. “Our team is deeply committed to holding the very best Kentucky Derby ever, and we[...]

Posted on June 21, 2020
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Tiz the Law has won the Belmont Stakes in front of empty stands on Saturday, clinching the first leg of horse racing's Triple Crown. The colt was followed by Dr Post and Max Player at the New York event, which is traditionally the last leg of the three races that make up the Triple Crown.[...]

Posted on June 20, 2020
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The Belmont Stakes is usually the third and final race in horse racing's Triple Crown, and it is best known for being notoriously difficult to win due to its grueling 1 1/2-mile distance. But this year, with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes to be postponed, the Belmont will be[...]

Posted on June 3, 2020
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The world's highest prize money earner Arrogate has died in the US after a short battle to save him from a mystery illness failed. The horse's owner Juddmonte Farms issued a statement saying the Longines World's Best Racehorse in 2016 and 2017 was euthanised on Tuesday after falling ill last week. After a successful start[...]

Posted on May 28, 2020
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After the retirement of long-time USA-based Shadwell trainer Kiaran McLaughlin (conditioner of such icons as Invasor, Frosted and Tamarkuz) in April, a fellow previous disciple to the great D. Wayne Lukas, seven-time champion trainer Todd Pletcher, was appropriately ‘tapped' as his successor. The 52-year-old native of Dallas and 11-time Breeders' Cup winner has inherited a[...]

Posted on May 17, 2020
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New York governor Andrew Cuomo has given racecourses in the state clearance to resume racing behind closed doors from June 1. Racing has been suspended in New York, which encompasses tracks such as Belmont Park, Aqueduct and Saratoga, since March 19 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Belmont is the home of the Belmont Stakes, the[...]

Posted on May 3, 2020
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Trainer Bob Baffert has won both divisions of the Arkansas Derby with Charlatan and Nadal who have each earned maximum points towards the Kentucky Derby. The 1800m-race was run at Oaklawn on the day the Kentucky Derby would normally have been held. It has been pushed back to September 5 by the coronavirus pandemic and[...]

Posted on May 3, 2020
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Secretariat has won the virtual Kentucky Derby against 12 fellow Triple Crown winners, 47 years after the chestnut colt won the real race at Churchill Downs. The 1-1/4-mile (2000m) race featuring computer-generated imagery was held on Saturday (Sunday AEST), the same day the 146th Derby had been scheduled until it was postponed by the coronavirus[...]

United States Horse Racing News

D’Amato happy despite missing out on Del Mar Oaks glory

Spendarella powers home to win Del Mar Oaks

Vegas Magic set for Breeders’ Cup tilt after Sorrento Stakes win

Rispoli praises Going Global after ‘huge’ Yellow Ribbon victory

Javanica to be tested in Yellow Ribbon Handicap

Baffert banned, Medina Spirit disqualified from Kentucky Derby

Magical has form to win Breeders’ Cup Turf

Del Mar Shut As COVID-19 Hits Jockey Ranks

US Triple Crown Trainer Baffert Suspended

Kentucky Derby Will Open Doors To Fans

Tiz The Law Wins Triple Crown’s Belmont

Belmont Stakes Preview

Arrogate Euthanised After Mystery Illness

Pletcher Plays ‘A-game’ With 3yo’s

New York Racetracks Cleared For Reopening

Charlatan, Nadal For Baffert In Arkansas

Secretariat Wins Virtual Kentucky Derby

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