Sunday, October 19, 2008 Race 4 / Keeneland 1 1/8 Miles Maiden Special Weight 2-year-olds Purse $50,000 LAST MARTINI has been in there against some promising two-year-olds. In his debut, he had the misfortune to draw next-out Grade 2 winner Charitable Man. He then ran into a pair of next-out winners as well as Pioneer […]

As if they had never left the racetrack, 10 Hall of Fame jockeys spoke knowingly of tactics in the Oct. 18 “Living Legends” competition at Santa Anita — mostly about how Angel Cordero Jr. will be herding the field from his outside post position. But instead of the seriousness that might have accompanied such discussion […]

By the time the Great Depression descended on the nation like a bitter cold front, horse racing in the United States was already in a deep freeze. It had gone cold during the first decade of the twentieth century, after a series of race-fixing scandals triggered a wave of legislation making betting illegal. The sport […]

Jerry Bailey temporarily will come out of retirement to ride alongside seven other Racing Hall of Fame jockeys in the Living Legends race on Saturday at the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita Park. The 51-year-old jockey was quick to point out that this ride would be his last. “You’ll never see this again. I […]

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced today that registration is open at www.ntra.com for the “Breeders’ Cup Pick All Challenge”, a free, online handicapping contest that offers a grand prize of an entry in the 2009 $1 million Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship (NHC) to be held in January at Red Rock Casino, […]

National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) President and CEO Alex Waldrop and Thoroughbred racing industry leaders outlined a series of industry-wide safety and integrity reforms at a press conference in New York yesterday. The NTRA also announced the creation of a new Safety and Integrity Alliance, comprised of the largest tracks and horsemen’s groups in the […]

Three of the greatest jockeys ever to sit atop a racehorse — by almost any measure or assessment — signed autographs and visited with fans Tuesday at Lone Star Park during a stop in what’s being called, appropriately enough, the “Legends Tour.” To promote the upcoming Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, Angel Cordero Jr., Pat Day […]

With the Breeders’ Cup just days away, and many questions to be answered, I have taken a sampling of how the track is playing overall. Remember, this is just a sampling from varied distances on separate days. Overall, I think it is worth a look into seeing how the track is playing. 5 1/2 F […]

In what promises to be a unique edition of the Breeders’ Cup, a total of 210 pre-entries were announced Oct. 16, with 180 horses pre-entered for the 14 races to be run at Santa Anita on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24-25. After an expansion of the Breeders’ Cup program from eight races to 11 in […]

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