Page 29 - Mike Maker News Today

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — For thoroughbred racing fans, today ushers in a sensation of euphoric bliss that can best be described as 40 days of Christmas morning passion. Many of the best racehorses, jockeys, and trainers in the land have made their annual sojourn to the Spa City to put on a six-week showcase of elite athletic competition at one of the most hallowed sporting venues in the world. Saratoga’s back — and it’s time to rip open those presents! After a year in which on...

Ortiz, Brown, Klaravich Stables Win Spring/Summer Meet Titles At Belmont Sponsored by: Jose Ortiz wins the leading jockey title at Belmont Parks spring/summer meet. Chad Brown registered 32 victories to finish as the leading trainer at Belmont Parks spring/summer meet for the sixth consecutive year, while Jose Ortiz won the riding title with 59 victories during the 48-day meet that commenced on April 22 and concluded on Sunday at the Elmont, N.Y. racetrack. Klaravich Stables led all o...

Pixelate Leads List Of Nominees for Pimlico Turf Stakes Sponsored by: Pixelate wins the Prince Georges County Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Godolphin homebred Pixelate, coming off a victory in last months Prince Georges County over the track, is one of seven graded-stakes winners among 28 horses nominated to the $200,000 Grade 3 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup Saturday, July 24 at historic Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. The one-mile G3 BWI Turf Cup for 3-year-olds ...

Pick 6 Carryover For Sunday Card At Belmont Park Sponsored by: Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. Sundays Pick 6 will be bolstered by a $130,681 carryover as the multi-race wager went unsolved on Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. The $1 Pick 6, implemented at the current 48-day Belmont spring/summer meet, returned $21,780 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly. Saturdays Pick 6 sequence kicked off in Race 5 when longshot True Palace [No. 6, $37.60] lit up the tote board for...

Army Wife Marches To Iowa Oaks Victory; Stilleto Boy Tiptoes On Lead For Derby Upset Sponsored by: Army Wife and Joel Rosario winning the Iowa Oaks Coming off an impressive victory in the Grade 2 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes on May 14, Army Wife invaded Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa, to take Friday nights Grade 3, $225,000 Iowa Derby by 3 3/4 lengths as the even-money favorite. The Oaks was one of two graded stakes on the night, along with the G3 Prairie Meadows Cornh...

Sponsored by: Maxfield wins the Alysheba Stakes under Jose Ortiz Godolphins multiple graded stakes-winning homebred Maxfield leads a field of nine older horses that were entered in Saturday afternoons featured 40th running of the $600,000 Stephen Foster (Grade 2) – one of seven stakes events on the 12-race closing day program at Churchill Downs. Saturdays first race is 12:45 p.m. (all times Eastern) and the Stephen Foster will go as Race 11 with a post time of 5:59 p.m. The supporti...

Sponsored by: Somelikeithotbrown (Big Brown) wins the Dinner Party Stakes (G2) at Pimlico on 5.15.21. Jose Ortiz up, Michael Maker trainer, Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stable owners. Juddmontes multiple stakes winner Set Piece (GB) along with Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stables two-time Grade 2 winner Somelikeithotbrown lead a field of 10 older horses that was entered in Saturdays $300,000 Wise Dan (G2) at Churchill Downs. Named after multiple champion and two-time Horse of the ...

Rumor — or perceptual reality — has it that the Churchill Downs calendar has three days on it. There is the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May. The day before is the Kentucky Oaks. And the day after lasts 8,712 hours, taking in all of three seasons and most of a fourth without much to write home about. It is easy for haters to use the calendar at the Home of Racing for target practice. Lord knows the racebook cartel in Nevada has been doing that for 606 days and counting. But days ...

Sponsored by: Outadore and Irad Ortiz Jr. gave trainer Wesley Ward his third consecutive victory in the Juvenile Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course announced Monday that a field of seven horses has been entered for the eighth running of the $300,000 Penn Mile (G2) for 3-year-olds going one mile on the turf to be run on Friday, May 28. Post time for the 11-race card is 6 P.M. EST with the Penn Mile set as the fourth race scheduled for approximat...

Steve Asmussen Edges Mike Maker In Preakness Weekend Trainer Bonus Sponsored by: Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen edged defending champion Mike Maker to claim the top prize of $50,000 for the third time in five years in the Maryland Jockey Clubs $100,000 trainer bonus offered to horsemen for their participation in stakes races over Preakness weekend, May 14-15, at Pimlico Race Course. Asmussen started 11 horses in 10 stakes over the two days, finishing ...