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Rescheduled Ellis Park Smackdown set for Saturday

Fri Jul 08 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release It started out with a tweet announcing that Joe Kristufek will make  daily selections for Ellis Park on Brisnet.com : "To play  @EllisParkRacing  without  @JoeyDaKRacing  picks is a handicap, not han ...
Alice Springs, Roly Poly give O’Brien a Newmarket double; Very Special to Beverly D.

Fri Jul 08 2016Kellie Reilly

Trainer Aidan O’Brien swept both of Friday’s major events at the Newmarket July Festival, his fillies Alice Springs and Roly Poly enjoying the good-to-firm ground so much as to record new career highs. The sophomore Alice Springs bounded clear of old ...
Woodbine Oaks upsetter Neshama faces six in Bison City

Fri Jul 08 2016Jen Caldwell

Neshama seeks the second jewel of the Canadian Triple Tiara on Sunday when lining up against six rivals in the C$250,000 Bison City Stakes at Woodbine. The Catherine Day Phillips trainee is 3-1-0 from six career starts, with her biggest win to d ...
Hot Races on Tap

Fri Jul 08 2016Kelly Clark

Another great weekend of races is ahead of us here at bestbet Jacksonville. Loads of talent are on tap as we continue our great Greyhound Summer Promotions with prizes, deals, and steals this next few days and nights. Let’s take a look at the 10 feat ...
Tepin readying for Spa trip

Fri Jul 08 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Champion turf mare Tepin is set to depart from trainer Mark Casse's Churchill Downs base midweek to settle into her summer digs at Saratoga Race Course, according to Norm Casse, the head assistant for his father, Mark, on Fr ...
Hollendorfer confirms Songbird for Coaching Club American Oaks

Fri Jul 08 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Fox Hill Farm's Songbird will soon be heading to Saratoga Race Course, now that the undefeated champion filly has been confirmed for the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) sending three-year-old fillies 1 1/8 miles on ...

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International challengers loom large in Belmont Derby

Fri Jul 08 2016Vance Hanson

They aren't Europe's best, but the continent's three representatives in Saturday's $1.25 million Belmont Derby (G1) still figure to pack a formidable punch against 10 U.S.-based entrants in the 1 1/4-mile grass test that highlights Belmont Park's S ...
Top sophomore turf filly Catch a Glimpse brings seven-race win streak to Belmont Oaks

Fri Jul 08 2016Vance Hanson

Canadian Horse of the Year Catch a Glimpse has nearly done it all in posting an undefeated record of seven wins from seven starts on turf. Having beaten an international field in last fall's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) and toppling mal ...
Mubtaahij returns for McLaughlin in Suburban; Economic Model enters Dwyer on upswing

Fri Jul 08 2016James Scully

Mubtaahij returns to the United States and makes his first start for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin in Saturday’s $500,000 Suburban H. (G2) , one of six graded stakes races on a blockbuster card at Belmont Park. The 4-year-old colt hasn’t visited the ...
The Pizza Man headlines Million Preview Day at Arlington

Fri Jul 08 2016Jen Caldwell

Arlington’s Million Preview Day on Saturday features four turf stakes that give the participants a chance to both earn a paycheck and prepare for the upcoming International Festival of Racing on August 13. Two of Saturday’s contests, the $125,000 ...
Oscar Nominated faces 10 in American Derby; Modesty attracts eight

Fri Jul 08 2016Jen Caldwell

Oscar Nominated was a force to be reckoned with sprinting on the turf early this year, but was diverted to the Kentucky Derby (G1) after winning the Spiral Stakes (G3) on the all-weather at Turfway Park. Following a 17th-place finish in the Derby, ...
Euro Charline: a success story that could have been even greater

Fri Jul 08 2016Kellie Reilly

“The saddest day of my career to announce the brilliant Euro Charline has been retired due to injury.” So commented trainer Marco Botti Wednesday on Twitter, after Team Valor International’s globetrotting mare was retired due to a tendon injury. S ...
Lumiere lights up July Festival again; watch for ‘Gatsby’ at Breeders’ Cup

Fri Jul 08 2016Kellie Reilly

Thursday’s opening day of the Newmarket July Festival featured Group race victories by tough stayer Big Orange, classy juvenile Mehmas, and St Leger (G1) prospect Housesofparliament, but Lumiere arguably upstaged them all in the listed Sir Henry Cec ...

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