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Mucho Gusto invited back to defend Pegasus World Cup title By TIM REYNOLDSJanuary 3, 2021 GMT This photo provided by Benoit Photo shows Charlatan and jockey Mike Smith, right, winning the Grade I, $300,000 Malibu Stakes, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, Calif. (Benoit Photo via AP) This photo provided by Benoit Photo shows Charlatan and jockey Mike Smith, right, winning the Grade I, $300,000 Malibu Stakes, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, Calif. (Benoit Photo via AP) Mucho Gusto has been invited back to defend his crown in the Pegasus World Cup Invi...

Sponsored by: Aqueduct's leading jockey at the fall meet, Kendrick Carmouche Just one live race day, the New Year's Eve card at Aqueduct Racetrack, remains in 2020 to complete a remarkable year of racing action on the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) circuit. The NYRA Press Office checked in with a selection of New York-based racing personalities to get their reflections on the memorable campaign. Kendrick Carmouche, a native of Vinton, La., began riding in his home state at the age of 16 before switching over to the Mid-Atlantic circuit. He found immediate success there, wi...

Five Finalists Named For George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award Sponsored by: Luis Quinones, he 2020 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award recipient (Santa Anita photo) Santa Anita Park has announced a distinguished group of five finalists for the 2021 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, with the winner to be announced in February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.  One of the most prestigious awards in American racing, the Woolf Award, which is determined by a vote of jockeys nationwide, can only be won once. Jockeys Alex Birzer, Jorge Martin Bourdieu, Kendrick Carmouche, Aaron Gryde...

Las Vegas If the Los Alamitos Futurity and Remington Springboard Mile were college basketball games, they would resemble what Jim Boeheim has scheduled for years at Syracuse. To Hall of Fame trainers Steve Asmussen and Bob Baffert their rivals must look like Colgate or Holy Cross or Niagara. How great would it be if Dick Vitale were yelling “Cupcake City” into a microphone as he called these Kentucky Derby points preps? They really have turned into the Baffert and Asmussen invitationals, haven’t they? Asmussen will be trying for his third consecutive Springboard Mile win Friday night an...

Betting a Newcomer in the Harlan's Holiday Betting a Newcomer in the Harlan's Holiday 11 December, 2020 1:09 AM At first glance, Saturday's $100,000 Harlan's Holiday (G3) at Gulfstream Park isn't the most appealing betting race. Just seven horses have been entered in the 1 1/16-mile event, including four graded stakes winners. In situations like these, the best betting approach is usually to support the classy favorites and call it a day. But a different approach might be necessary to make a successful score in the Harlan's Holiday. Although quality runs deep, the established class horses ha...