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CARMONA — Longshot Time For Glory got its moment of fame Friday, June 24, after running away with the 2022 Philippine Racing Commission-Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Cup at San Lazaro Leisure and Business Park here. Jockey Jeffril Zarate (center) beams with pride as he holds the PSA
As usual, though, 2021 produced some great horse racing stories and some fantastic heart-pounding finishes. Here’s my top 10.
Jim Dandy will mark first start for Risk Taking since Preakness dud | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 SARATOGA SPRINGS — In the early spring, trainer Chad Brown had two Klaravich Stables colts pointing toward the Triple Crown trail. They both wound up in the Grade II Wood Memorial on April 3, then the Preakness on May 15, and there they were together again on Saturday, breezing four furlongs side-by-side on the main track at Saratoga Race Course. Only one is ready to get back to the races for the first time since the Preakness, though, and that’s Risk Taking, who will run in the Grade ...
Donato’s Saratoga selections for Saturday, July 17, 2021 | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS The first Grade I race of the Saratoga meet will be Saturday’s Diana Stakes, run at 1 1/8 miles on the inner turf, and a pair of stablemates are looking to make the race their own. This will be the fourth consecutive race for either Althiqua (3-1) or Summer Romance (4-1), where the other is also entered, and in each of the last three of those races, one of that pair has been the outright winner. Althiqua took the Grade II Cape Verdi at Meydan in the United Arab Emirates in January of this year and Summer...
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 Club's $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 with 54 points. On May 15 he ran first and second with Mighty Mischief and Jaxon Traveler in the $2...