Horse Racing News by David Grening
Posted 4/16/10 9:28 PM by David Grening
Gone Astray had quite a lucrative 3-year-old campaign avoiding the heavyweights of the division, banking nearly $800,000. The bulk of that bankroll came from his 9 1/4-length victory in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby.
Posted 4/16/10 9:07 PM by David Grening
Trainer Marty Wolfson said he took away Matchless Orinda's most potent weapon -- her speed -- when he attempted to stretch her out to a mile in the Grade 3 Sabin Stakes at Gulfstream in February.
Posted 4/16/10 8:20 PM by David Grening
Jockey Richard Migliore's riding career could be in jeopardy after it was discovered last week that he refractured the vertebrae in his neck. Migliore will undergo surgery at a Manhattan hospital next week.
Posted 4/12/10 2:13 PM by David Grening
The Aqueduct stewards suspended jockey Fernando Jara seven days for an incident that occurred in the stretch of last Saturday's Grade 3 Comely Stakes.
Posted 4/9/10 1:25 AM by David Grening
Tony Dutrow will take two shots at Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Comely Stakes, sending out the uncoupled entry of She'll Be Doggone and Volare Cantare in the one-mile race for 3-year-old fillies.
Posted 4/9/10 1:17 AM by David Grening
Though he is unlikely to make it into the field due to insufficient graded stakes earnings, A Little Warm is being trained as if the Kentucky Derby will be his next start, trainer Tony Dutrow said Wednesday.
Posted 4/8/10 12:25 PM by David Grening
While this year's Wood Memorial winner, Eskendereya, will head to Louisville as the favorite for the Kentucky Derby, I Want Revenge has returned to training at Aqueduct.
Posted 4/2/10 11:47 PM by David Grening
Trainer Ian Wilkes has always been Warrior's Reward's biggest fan. Despite disappointing results in some big spots, Wilkes is not setting his sights any lower with Warrior's Reward, just shorter.
Posted 3/31/10 1:03 PM by David Grening
Jackson Bend was beaten 8 1/2 lengths by Eskendereya when the two met in the Fountain of Youth in February at Gulfstream Park.
Posted 3/27/10 11:57 AM by David Grening
The New York Off-Track Betting Corp. plans to shut down operations on April 11 after negotiations for a potential 11th-hour bailout with legislators in Albany fell through on Friday, the company said in a press release.