Page 4 - River Downs News Today

For as long as I can remember, Ive enjoyed going to

BREEDING INSIGHTS: Meydan produces another feast of Japanese success 2022-04-01

It is an inevitable truth that at some point in every child’s early adolescence, an adult is going to ask the all-encompassing — and often overly broad — question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  For most of us, the answer changes yearly based on whim and circumstance, but for kids like Pete Aiello, the answer has always been clear.  

With 10 wins last week including a stakes race, James Graham earned Jockey of the Week for March 7 through March 13.

Atrocities by white settlers against indigenous Australians over first 150 years include massacres, taking Aboriginals heads as souvenirs and a house with human ears nailed to its walls.

By Maryjean Wall Somewhere in Rockabilly Heaven, the All-American Left-Handed Upside-Down Guitar Player, Little Enis (rhymes with p—-) must be stomping all…

The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: Perry Ouzts. Ageless Wonder Sponsored by: Jockey Perry Ouzts celebrating a five-win day at Belterra Park in 2020 Like much of what hes done throughout a riding career that began in 1973, the occasion of jockey Perry Wayne Ouzts 52,000th mount on July 20 got scant attention. It was just another day in the office for the 67-year-old, who recorded three wins that same afternoon at Belterra Park in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ouzts now sits at 7,200 caree...

Wed May 26, 2021 - Midwest Edition #11 Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent The Turfway Park grandstand was demolished via machinery as opposed to implosion, which allowed training activities to continue after the last live races were held in March 2020. (O’Rourke Wrecking Company photo) The revamp of the Turfway Park horse racing track in Florence, Ky., began on April 23, 2020, when ORourke Wrecking Company Inc. crews began the demolition of the race tracks grandstand, a multi-millio...