Pennsylvania Derby Field Drawn for Big Day at Parx
MAXIMUM SECURITY – WAR OF WILL REMATCH IN G1 PA DERBY Unbeaten Guarana Heads G1 Cotillion (SEE UPDATE BRELOW ON MAXIMUM SECURITY SCRATCH) The long awaited rematch between Maximum Security and War of Will serves as the backdrop for Saturday’s running of the $1 million G1 Pennsylvania Derby. The two principle players in the notorious bumping incident that resulted in the first winner of the Kentucky Derby to ever be disqualified will face each other for the first time since that historic afternoon in Louisville, hoping to settle a score...
Into Mischief, The Number One Stud in America
Into Mischief up to $175,000, booked full for 2020 Into Mischief, the current No. 1 General Sire in North America, will stand in 2020 for a fee of $175,000 S&N and has been booked full. “The rise of Into Mischief has been special to witness, and there’s every indication that the best is yet to come. We genuinely believe he’s the best sire in the world and on the verge of becoming an important sire of sires when you look at what Goldencents is doing,” said Ned Toffey, general manager...
I Was In A Slump
By Jonathan Stettin The game is very cyclical by nature. It’s also a game where going in, you know you will be wrong more than you are right. Those two factors alone make the slumps handicappers go through all the more exasperating. You are going to have them, so you might as well have a strategy on how you will deal with them. Most are uncanny, and have a way of reminding us there are indeed many ways to lose a race or bet. Most of you know by now,...
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Pennsylvania Derby Field Drawn for Big Day at Parx
MAXIMUM SECURITY – WAR OF WILL REMATCH IN G1 PA DERBY Unbeaten Guarana Heads G1 Cotillion (SEE UPDATE BRELOW ON MAXIMUM SECURITY SCRATCH) The long awaited rematch between Maximum Security and War of Will serves as...
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Jockey E. T. Baird License Revoked
POSTED: September 20, 2019
Edward “E.T.” Baird’s jockey’s license has been revoked by stewards at Arlington. In an official ruling dated Sept. 13, 2019, Baird was cited for violation of Illinois Racing Board rule 508.30 B, whereby a licensed individual...
Churchill Downs Spotlights Two Year Olds
POSTED: September 15, 2019
Churchill Downs ran the Grade 2 Pocahontas for two-year old fillies and the Grade 3 Iroquois for two-year olds colts and geldings on Saturday. The races are designed to hopefully give us a glimpse of horses...
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