Current Tag: turf
Maker takes it easy on Kentucky Downs' opening day, enters 'only' 10 horses with Parlor, Hembree in Tourist Mile
POSTED: September 2, 2020
Zulu Alpha won last year's $1 million Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup. Coady Photography FRANKLIN, Ky. (Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020) — Trainer Mike Maker told...
An Unconventional Road to the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby
POSTED: August 31, 2020
Interestingly enough, the Covid-19 pandemic impacted most sports more than it did horse racing, at least in the United States. Sure we felt it, and...
Irad Ortiz, Smith to ride at Kentucky Downs for first time; NY, CA jockeys swarming to all-turf meet
POSTED: August 27, 2020
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Thursday, July 27, 2020) — Kentucky Downs’ deep jockey colony is getting even deeper for the six-date run of all-grass racing that offers among...
Santa Anita adding new turf course chute enabling track to offer varied distances
POSTED: August 26, 2020
ARCADIA, Calif. — In a move that will ensure the most expansive turf racing program in the Western U. S., Santa Anita Park is in...
G3 Troy Victory Provides Memorable Moment for Trainer Potts
POSTED: August 13, 2020
LAUREL, MD – It wasn’t conventional, but it was memorable. As the years go by, Laurel Park-based trainer Wayne Potts will have no trouble recalling the...
Budding Turf Star Fiya Both Stakes & Sales-Bound Off Impressive Victory
POSTED: July 22, 2020
LAUREL, Md. -- It took a while to get Fiya to the races, and it took even longer to get him on the grass. For...
Lynch Looking For Fireworks from Miss J McKay in Blue Sparkler Saturday at Monmouth
POSTED: July 10, 2020
OCEANPORT, N.J. – Though he has the only filly in the field of 10 for Saturday’s Blue Sparkler Stakes who has raced over Monmouth Park’s...
Ionic, Theodora B., Summering Headline Laurel Park’s Friday Turf Feature
POSTED: June 25, 2020
Iconic LAUREL, Md. – Stakes winner Ionic and multiple graded-stakes placed Theodora B., both coming off extended layoffs, are entered to make their season debuts in...
Grinning Tiger Lights Up The Tote Board At 90-1
POSTED: June 7, 2020
In his first-ever try going two turns on grass, the Anthony Saavedra-trained Grinning Tiger went to the front and never looked back, winning Saturday’s $100,000...
