Horse Racing

Joe L. Turner’s Sircat Sally, undefeated in seven races, will place her perfect record on the line Sunday when she heads a field eight three-year-fillies in the Grade II $200,000 San Clemente Handicap at Del Mar. Sircat Sally, a daughter of Surf Cat bred in California by her owner, broke her maiden in her career […]

John Oxley’s reigning Eclipse Award winner Classic Empire is scheduled to resume galloping Saturday morning following an easy week at Saratoga Race Course, said Norm Casse, assistant trainer to his father Mark. If all goes to plan, he added, 3-year-old Pioneerof the Nile colt will breeze the following weekend. Classic Empire, named Champion 2-Year-Old in […]

The Paulick Report in conjunction with NYRA Bets is pleased to introduce a new weekly feature, NYRA Bets Presents Weekend Play At Saratoga. Each week, one of our editors will focus on a single wager – whether it’s win, place or show, exacta, trifecta or multi-race bet like the NYRA Bets Late Pick 5, which […]

Multiple graded stakes winner McCraken continues to gear up for his run in the 50th renewal of the $1 million, Grade 1 betfair.com Haskell Invitational on Sunday, July 30. “He’s been doing really well and I couldn’t be happier with how he’s doing,” said trainer Ian Wilkes. “We’ll have him work one more time at […]

Champion Zenyatta has been confirmed in foal to Into Mischief for the 2018 breeding season. The Daily Racing Form reports that the 13-year-old mare, who delivered a Medaglia d’Oro filly May 9, was covered on June 3. “Dottie [Ingordo, racing manager for owners Jerry and Ann Moss] picked the horse, and it seems like he’s become pretty […]

A single bettor had a record payday Thursday when he became the only person to hit the Final Five Jackpot at Canterbury Park. The Star Tribune reports that the winning ticket, which was played online, was worth $312,130.90. The Final Five wager requires the horseplayer to pick the winners of the final five races on the card, […]

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 12th straight racing day at Gulfstream Park Thursday, producing a $275,764 carryover jackpot for Friday’s 2:15 p.m. Twilight card. Multiple tickets with five of six winners were each worth $1,803.30. The Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot is paid out only when there is a single unique ticket sold […]

Overture earned her first graded stakes win when she went gate-to-wire in winning the G3 Indiana Oaks. While the Oaks was just the first graded stakes win for the 3-year-old daughter of Congrats, it was the 17th of the year for her jockey, Julien Leparoux. That places Leparoux in a tie for third with Jose […]

A single Pick Six ticket on races 3 through 8 Thursday at Del Mar took down a nifty pot of $84,518 – collection both the day’s regular Pick Six pool as well as the “Jackpot” pool carried over from the track’s opening day Wednesday. The ticket, which cost $2,560 and was sold at The Meadowlands […]

The California Horse Racing Board introduced rule changes pertaining to claiming horses and to first-time gelding announcements during its meeting July 20. The Daily Racing Form reports that the CHRB is considering a rule that would restrict horses claimed at California tracks from leaving the state for a period of time after being acquired. The board […]