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Three-year-old powerhouse Marble Cliff, a winner of four of five starts in 2008 and the $100,000 Cleveland Gold Cup at Thistledown, will start his 2009 thoroughbred season as a winless Kentucky-bred maiden. Marble Cliff was listed as an Ohio-bred by breeders G. David and Diane Shashura of Paris, Ky., and raced as an Ohio-bred by […]
Terrain has been dancing all around the big one, from finishing a close fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, to playing runner-up in the Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland, in his Grade 1 debut Oct. 4. But to strengthen his credentials heading into his 3-year-old season, he needs a breakthrough win, and his opportunity comes Friday […]
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Attorneys for Rodney Stewart, the veterinarian suspended for five years by Kentucky racing authorities in the 2007 “cobra venom” case, which also implicated trainer Patrick Biancone, said in opening statements in an appellate hearing on Wednesday morning that the suspension against their client was excessive and should be lifted. Mike Meuser and Karen Murphy are […]
It’s always more fun and rewarding to view the cat still in the bag, before the escape, before it gets out and exposes its talent to the scrutiny and the attention of the world. Still in the bag, Old Fashioned offered a glimpse Nov. 3, when he won by 15 1/2 lengths at Delaware. But […]
I was at the track yesterday. I know tough job, and I love it…. I ran into an old friend. This was more than a conversation. It was a look at what might be to come. Funny thing. People have never ceased to surprise me at the track, and this day was no different. I […]
“Winning Ponies, with Ed Meyer”, our new weekly Internet radio show, debuts this Thursday at 8:00pm EST (5:00pm PST) on the VoiceAmerica Sports station! Ed has worked in racing nearly 20 years, and is an excellent handicapper. He is currently the Director of Marketing at River Downs in Ohio, and has worn many hats on […]
In 1975, a one-mile inner course was erected in place of the inner-turf course at Aqueduct. The track was meant to better accommodate winter racing in New York. Approximately 150 stalls have been allotted at Aqueduct and Belmont in hopes of having a successful meet. The Big A’s inner dirt track has played a role […]
The Ohio State Racing Commission has confirmed it is investigating a Nov. 19th incident at Beulah Park, in which the track identifier failed to discover before the fourth race that a different horse than was entered by trainer owner/trainer Enzo Canelo, ran and crossed the wire first. Canelo entered a horse named Valid Action in […]
Jockey Julien Leparoux broke a 23-year-old Churchill Downs record for wins at a fall meet Nov. 28th when he rode Just Like William to a head victory in the third race, for his 56th victory of the meet. In the second race, Leparoux rode Calabria to tie the mark set by Hall of Fame rider […]
