July 2, 2024
Belmont Winter Racing to be Exclusively on Tapeta Track
Belmont Winter Racing to be Exclusively on Tapeta Track
Edited Press Release, NYRA: Although race dates for 2026-27 are still to be determined, NYRA anticipates this change will amount to approximately three months of racing exclusively on an all-weather surface. This reflects NYRA’s commitment to improving all aspects of winter racing at the new Belmont Park.
May 6, 2020
Charlatan and Nadal Make it Bob Baffert day in Hot Springs, Arkansas
Charlatan and Nadal Make it Bob Baffert day in Hot Springs, Arkansas
It was Bob Baffert day in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on the first Saturday in May, and he won everything but the key to the city. His brilliant colts, Charlatan and Nadal, both unbeaten, took both divisions of the Grade One Arkansas Derby, and his precocious filly Gamine remained unbeaten as well in allowance company.
June 18, 2020
Maryland Jockey Club Announces Intent To Write No-Lasix 2-Year-Old Races
Maryland Jockey Club Announces Intent To Write No-Lasix 2-Year-Old Races
In accordance with the national movement that was initiated by the Thoroughbred horse industries in California, Florida, Kentucky and New York, the Maryland Jockey Club has taken the important and necessary action to inform the Maryland Racing Commission of its plans to restrict races for 2-year-old horses to those whose connections elect not to administer the drug Lasix on race day.
June 8, 2020
Street Sense's Son Maxfield Impresses Upon His Return
Street Sense's Son Maxfield Impresses Upon His Return
Is there a more exciting horse in training in North America than Maxfield? I think not. The son of Street Sense, (pictured), is unbeaten, was brilliant at two before ankle chips sidelined him just before the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile S.-G1, and is one of the handsomest horses you’ll ever see, big and both masculine and elegant.
