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After making the competition blush in her stateside debut, Rougir returns in Friday’s featured $750,000 New York (G1), a 10-furlong inner turf test for older fillies and mares at Belmont Park.
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...
Feel Glorious Chasing Graded Status In Gallorette Sponsored by: Feel Glorious wins the Winter Memories Stakes Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Tango Uniform Racing's Feel Glorious, a four-time stakes winner of nearly $500,000 in 21 career races, continues the chase for an elusive graded victory in Saturday's $150,000 Gallorette (G3) at Pimlico Race Course. The 70th running of the 1 1/16-mile Gallorette for fillies and mares 3 and up on the grass is among 10 stakes, six graded, worth $2.25 million in purses on a spectacular 14-race program headlined by the 146th renewal of the Preaknes...
Nine Preakness Day Stakes At Pimlico Attract 244 Nominations Sponsored by: A total of 244 nominations were made to nine stakes, five graded, worth $1.25 million in purses that help support the 146 th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1), the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, Saturday, May 15 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. The $1 million Preakness will go off as Race 13 on a spectacular 14-race program that begins at 10:30 a.m. ET and concludes with the UAE President Cup (G1) for Arabian horses. Preakness post time is scheduled for 6:47 p.m. ET. Pimlico's oldest stakes race...
Welcome Back: Irad Ortiz Jr. Rides Six Winners On Wood Memorial Card Sponsored by: Attaboy: Irad Ortiz gives Mischevious Alex a congratulatory pat on the neck after winning the Grade 1 Carter Fresh off earning a record-setting title as leading rider at Gulfstream Park this winter, jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. returned to New York in style, notching six wins on Saturday's 11-race Wood Memorial program at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park. Ortiz, Jr., 28, flourished in stakes action, piloting Grade 3, $200,000 Bay Shore-winner Drain the Clock [$2.70] and Grade 3, $250,000 Gazelle-winner Sear...