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Lorna Brooke remembered at Ludlow as friend Alastair Ralph trains winner of her race Mirror 24/05/2021 Replay Video UP NEXT Lorna Brooke's family and friends turned out to remember her at a special memorial event at Ludlow Racecourse. Brooke, who enjoyed more winners at the track than any other venue, died last month following a fall at Taunton. Aged 37, the talented amateur had been welcomed back into the Ludlow winners' enclosure on six occasions. On Monday afternoon, Brooke's loved ones gathered around it to cheer in Our Rockstar (6-4f), who came home first in the Lorna Brooke Amateur J...

To win a horse race is difficult. You need so many things to go well. The horse needs to be talented and sound. You most likely need a good post position but regardless of post draw, race luck is a must. The trainer needs to do his job, the driver needs to do his. So many things need to go just right to win a race. - Advertisement - Now, consider you have a top-flight horse racing at an Open level. To beat the best is difficult. To do so twice in a row is unlikely but to score three consecutive victories in Opens is extremely rare. In fact, at Saratoga Casino Hotel no horse won three straight...

Rockin With Lou, fresh from her upset win in last week’s Kirk Breed Pace, looks to close out the Cal Expo meet in style in Sunday’s featured $7,200 Filly and Mare Open Pace. The main event is slated as the fifth on a nine-race card with first post at 5:25 p.m. The program will bring the Watch and Wager LLC meeting to an end with mandatory payouts for all wagers. Rockin With Lou is a four-year-old daughter of Sweet Lou and the Rocknroll Hanover mare Ram Rocker who is owned, trained and driven by Gerry Longo. She is gunning for her 10th win from 28 lifetime trips to the post.

A pair of $14,000 California Sire Stakes for the four-year-olds and a $6,700 Filly and Mare Open Pace are the featured attractions on Saturday’s (Feb. 27) Cal Expo program. There will be 13 races presented under the Watch and Wager LLC banner with first post set for 4:50 p.m., with one of the Sire Stakes events going as a non-betting contest prior to the regular program. The distaff Sire Stakes goes as the fourth race and Prom Queen is coming off a victory in a dead-heat last weekend and should be well backed for owners Desomer Stables, trainer Quentin Schneider and driver Nick Roland. Taki...

A $7,400 Open Trot that finds Silverhill Volo aiming for his fifth straight victory and a $7,200 Filly and Mare Open Pace with Bertha Vanation eyeing the hat trick are the marquee events on Sunday’s Cal Expo card. There will be 12 races under the Watch and Wager LLC banner on Sunday (Jan. 24) and things get underway at 4:55 p.m. The Open Trot is scheduled as the third race, while the Distaff Open will occupy the sixth-race slot on the evening. Silverhill Volo, perfect in his four outings at this meet, looks to keep the streak going in the Open Trot while leaving from the assigned outside po...