After working Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Journalism at Churchill Downs in the morning, jockey Umberto Rispoli then returned to California, where he has been riding during the current meet at Santa Anita Park. That return was worth it—including a five-hour layover in Atlanta—as Rispoli guided Jungle Peace to victory in the 6 1/2-furlong, $100,000 Senorita…
Acacia Clement & Sara Elbadwi look back at the Woodhaven Stakes at Aqueduct and the Dig A Diamond Stakes at Oaklawn. Source link
The Aqueduct Racetrack spring meet, which ran from April 3-27, saw jockey Kendrick Carmouche pick up his fourth riding title at a New York Racing Association (NYRA) meeting. Carmouche paced all other riders to secure his second Big A spring meet riding title with 21 wins, putting an exclamation point on a meet that saw…
The distinction of being the top-priced horse sold at public auction entered in the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1) goes to Sandman , winner of the Arkansas Derby (G1). The son of Tapit , who is third choice on the morning line at 6-1, sold for $1.2 million at the 2024 Ocala Breeders’ Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale to…
Stablemates Public Assembly and Sun Of Hill , the one-two finishers in the April 26 Royal Heroine Stakes (G3T), were both in good order and enjoying a leisurely morning along trainer Phil D’Amato’s shedrow April 27. “They both came out of the race great,” D’Amato reported. Public Assembly, who was making her stakes debut, won the…
Edgard Zayas has a busy Kentucky Derby (G1) workweek ahead of him. The Royal Palm Meet’s leading rider is slated to ride Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at Churchill Downs, including a mount in the May 2 $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) aboard Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained Early On . Zayas has ridden once before at Churchill…
Eight years after his first two, West Australian-based stallion Manhattan Rain has a third group 1 winner after Benagil brought an emotional first solo top-level success for trainer Glen Thompson in the Australasian Oaks (G1) April 26 at Morphettville. Two months after the death of his more senior training partner Mike Moroney, Thompson cheered home…
Hear three things you might not know about fan favorite, Sandman! Samantha Bussanich from the Mark Casse barn talks about the son of Tapit. Source link
When Ka Ying Rising, rated the world’s best sprinter, swept to a comfortable victory in the first of three group 1 races, it appeared Champions Day April 27 at Sha Tin Racecourse was off to a formful start. It did not play out that way. Ka Ying Rising’s victory in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize (G1)…
April 27, 2025 3:02 PM 3:04 North America’s all-time winningest trainer, Steve Asmussen, discusses the final breezes of his Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders Publisher (four furlongs in :49) and Tiztastic (four furlongs in :50 2/5), as well as the pair drawing side-by-side in the starting gate in posts 13 and 14,…
