The Bloomingdales have made attending opening day at the track a multi-generational tradition, even as Scott Bloomingdale has lived in Florida for around a decade.His son Nick said he always comes up to keep up the tradition. It’s also tradition that has included Nick’s son Connor for the last three years.“I used to come up with my mother,” said Scott Bloomingdale.Nick Bloomingdale said he loves getting to spend the time together and Connor is always happy.Connor spent the day trying to help his dad and grandpa pick winning horses while playing with his own stuffed horse, who he named Mr.…
1 of 3 | The Queens M G posts a 44-1 upset win Thursday in the first stakes race of Saratoga’s summer meeting. Photo by Susie Raisher/Coglianese Photography, courtesy of NYRA July 12 (UPI) — Racing goes green this weekend, with Saratoga and Colonial Downs featuring nice turf races on their opening weekends, including the leading edge of an international invasion, and Delaware Park adding to the mix. On the international scene, English racing features Newmarket’s July meeting. And the trainer championship remains up for grabs in Sunday’s final program of the 2023-24 Hong Kong season at Sha Tin Racecourse.…
Editor’s note: Gargan was interviewed before Thursday’s Schuylerville Stakes.Question: What’s a general overview of your background until now?Answer: Well, I grew up on the racetrack. My father [Dan] was a jockey. He actually rode in the Belmont against Secretariat, so it’s pretty cool that I ended up winning the Belmont. He won the [Kentucky] Oaks that year, ’73, with Bag of Tunes, so that was a pretty big accomplishment. I grew up my whole life in horse racing. I worked for Wayne [Lukas] as a young kid for quite a while. Then I worked for Tony Reinstedler for a little…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — Missing from action for two months, but certainly not forgotten, beaten GI Kentucky Derby favorite and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Fierceness (City of Light) is ready to make his comeback. Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher said the Repole Stable homebred is set to resume competition in the GI Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on July 20 with stablemates Mindframe (Constitution) and Tuscan Sky (Vino Rosso). Mindframe is making his first start since finishing second in the GI Belmont Stakes on June 8. Tuscan Sky won the Pegasus Stakes on June 15 at Monmouth by 6 3/4…
Ben Linfoot ‘s Thursday Nap won at 9/2 – he and Matt Brocklebank provide the Friday selections.TIARAQUEEN – 4.20 York (NAP)William Haggas pulled TIARAQUEEN out of a Listed race at Sandown on Saturday due to the ground but it is with hope she turns up at York as she looks to have a cracking chance in the George Blades Memorial Handicap over a mile from a perch of 77 on Friday. The Kingman filly is clearly ready to roll as this is one of four entries she’s had in the last week and the form of her Wetherby win was…
by James Platz When I made the choice to join Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino’s First Turn Stable in June, I did so anticipating there would be highlights and disappointments. In the span of only a few short weeks, I’ve experienced both. Our horse, Fast Feet, collected his first win only days after I joined the group. The 3-year-old had been knocking at the door in previous starts, and finally broke through on June 5. He was rewarded by trainer Patrizio Ancora with a week off. When Fast Feet returned to action June 19, he drew post 9. That’s right,…
Wall Street’s self-regulator and a firm challenging its enforcement authority have both flagged a recent Fifth Circuit ruling on a private horse racing group’s power as cutting in their favor in a case at the D.C. Circuit.In the wake of SEC v. Jarkesy, in which the US Supreme Court reined in a government agency’s use of in-house judges near the end of its term, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit turned its own spotlight to private industry self-regulators. Its July 5 opinion in National Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Ass’n v. Black, held part of … Read More:
Jockeys in England will ride wearing black armbands at race meetings July 10-11 and observe a minute’s silence as the sport rallies around John Hunt in the wake of the tragic murder of his wife and two daughters. The appalling triple murder took place in the east of England in a crossbow attack shortly before 7 p.m. on the evening of July 9. They all died at the scene. The murders were described as “such incomprehensible evil” by Cornelius Lysaght as he led industry-wide support for his longtime BBC Radio colleague. More than 23 hours after the horrific incidents, the BBC…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. —Best Bet: Star of Mystery, Race 9Longshot: Heathguard, Race 7Race 1:ChanteuseMartingaleReliable Lady#2 CHANTEUSE (6/5): Set the early pace in her debut, where she ultimately faded to finish fifth behind a talented stablemate. Seven furlongs is a tricky distance to debut at, and I’m expecting a step forward at second asking for powerhouse connections; #5 MARTINGAME (9/2): May have needed her last-out effort, which was her first outing in nearly five months. Chad Brown shipping horses in from Monmouth used to be a red flag, but he’s won with many horses that fit this profile in the past…
{{monthName}} {{day}}, {{year}} {{hour12}}:{{minuteTwoDigit}}{{dayPeriod}} The opening at Saratoga 2024 and Saturday’s Grade 1 Diana Stakes are front and center on this week’s episode of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.TV analyst Maggie Wolfendale Morley of Fox Sports and the New York Racing Association discusses some of the most-anticipated races this summer, including next month’s Travers (G1) as well as the early highlights of the meet.Trainer Ignacio Correas IV talks about his mare Didia, a recent Grade 1 winner who faces nine rivals including five from the Chad Brown barn this weekend in the Diana.Paddock Prince handicapper David Levitch returns to offer…