thoroughbred racing

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot went unsolved for the 11th consecutive racing program at Gulfstream Park Friday, producing a carryover jackpot of $323,926.75 for Saturday’s 12:45 p.m. card. Multiple tickets with all six winners Friday were each worth $3,212.84. The carryover jackpot is only paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold […]

David Cohen, battling for the leading jockey title with Ricardo Santana Jr. at Oaklawn Park, has been suspended 60 days by stewards at the Hot Springs, Ark., racetrack for a different kind of fight. A stewards ruling posted Thursday on the Association of Racing Commissioners International website alleges that Cohen “deliberately” whipped fellow jockey Edgar […]

Jockey Paco Lopez has been suspended 60 racing days for what Gulfstream Park steward Stephen DiMauro called “continuous careless riding” in Sunday’s 11th race at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track aboard Itsmyluckycharm for trainer Edward J. Plesa Jr. Itsmyluckycharm finished first by 1 1/2 lengths as the even-money favorite in the 7 1/2-furlong turf contest […]

Gulfstream Park’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have a carryover Friday afternoon of $295,699.48. Multiple winning tickets Thursday on the Rainbow 6 returned $8,091.38. Friday’s first race post is 1:15 p.m. The Rainbow 6 sequence begins with the fifth race, a $35,000 maiden claiming event at 1 1/16 miles on the turf that drew a field […]

While the Charles Town 6-12 is set for a mandatory payout on Charles Town Classic day this Saturday, April 20, horseplayers will have two final opportunities to be the lone winner and take down the entire carryover that currently stands at more than $165,000. The Charles Town 6-12 is a jackpot style Pick 6 with […]

Reaction was mixed to the announcement on Thursday by a coalition of U.S. racetracks to partially phase out race-day administration of the anti-bleeding diuretic furosemide (Lasix), beginning with 2-year-olds racing in 2020 and in stakes races beginning in 2021. Those supporting the initiative include all tracks owned or operated by Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI), the […]

Fox Hill Farm’s Omaha Beach got the jump on Improbable in the run down the backstretch under Mike Smith, then held off that rival to win Saturday’s $1-million, Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., by one length as the 8-5 favorite. Improbable, the second choice in the wagering in the […]

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for an eighth consecutive racing day Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., producing a carryover jackpot of $203,322.54  for Sunday’s card (First-race post time: 1:15 p.m. ET) Multiple tickets with all six winners Saturday were each worth $464.48. The carryover jackpot is only paid out when there […]

Quip, making just his second start since finishing far behind Justify in the 2018 Preakness, held off a fast-closing Lone Sailor to win Saturday’s $750,000, Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap by a neck. Pioneer Spirit finished another neck back in third, a neck in front of Remembering Rita, who was a neck in front of Giant […]

Rupp Racing’s Into Mischief colt Owendale circled the field on the far turn and ran off to a $27.40 upset in Saturday’s $200,000 Grade 3 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland, with 7-5 favorite Anothertwistafate second, beaten 1 3/4 lengths, in the 1 1/16 mile race for 3-year-olds, and Sueno third. Knicks Go, Shang, Roiland, Harvey Wallbanger, […]