Column: Horse racing dominoes falling after Kentucky Derby postponement
Moving off the first Saturday in May to Sept. 5 creates range of impacts, questions for horse racing
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Graded winner Point of Honor back for a ‘major’ campaign
Grade 2 winner Point of Honor, off since a runner-up finish last August in Saratoga’s Alabama Stakes (G1), is back in the entries Saturday to begin a season of high expectations.
Read MoreIndependence Hall To Target Florida Derby After Saturday Breeze
Independence Hall, who suffered his first career loss in the Sam F. Davis (G3) Feb. 8, is being pointed to make his next start in the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) March 28 at Gulfstream Park.
Read MoreMotion looking to get Sharing to Royal Ascot
Sharing, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf last fall, could make her 3-year-old debut in May while prepping for a possible start at Royal Ascot, trainer Graham Motion said this week.
Read MoreWith ‘gas left in the tank,’ Ohio to defend his Kilroe Mile title
Ohio will attempt to become only the second back-to-back winner of the prestigious Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1) when he runs back in the March 7 turf feature at Santa Anita Park.
Read MoreSHARING NAMED MARYLAND-BRED HORSE OF THE YEAR
The third annual Renaissance Awards, a collaborative effort among the Maryland Horse Breeders Association, Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and Maryland Jockey Club which recognizes excellence in Thoroughbred racing and breeding in Maryland in the past year, was held on Tuesday evening, Feb. 11, at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Halethorpe
Read MoreIndpendence Hall will be tested in Sam F. Davis
For a moment there, it looked like Independence Hall might’ve been a 1-5 shot when the Sam F. Davis is run Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs.
Read MoreFirst Foals Arrive for Gainesway’s Tapwrit
Son of Tapit stands for $12,500 in 2020.
Read MoreIndependence Hall staying home for Sam Davis
Trainer Mike Trombetta said Monday afternoon that Independence Hall will make his next start in the Feb. 8 Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs, where the colt has been training for several weeks.
Read MoreSharing Stamped For Success Right From Start
It was with typical grace and humility that Graham Motion accepted the news that his Breeders’ Cup winner, Sharing, had been voted the Midlantic-bred Horse of the Year in the final Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2019.
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