Winter storm forces eastern tracks to close
A second major winter storm in less than a week has forced several racetracks to cancel racing. The storm is expected to dump as much as two feet of snow over parts of the Northeast.
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Tim Ice is out and Tim Ritchey in as the new trainer of Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird.
A second major winter storm in less than a week has forced several racetracks to cancel racing. The storm is expected to dump as much as two feet of snow over parts of the Northeast.
Edmund Gann, a prominent thoroughbred owner who campaigned Medaglia d'Oro and several other major stakes winners, has died. He was 86.
The Daily Racing Form is reporting that 2009 champion three-year-old Summer Bird will no longer be trained by Tim Ice and will be moved to the stable of trainer Tim Ritchey. Summer Bird is one of 25 horses owned by K.K. and Vilasini Jayaraman that Ice will no longer train.
Less than 12 hours after the New Orleans Saints captured Super Bowl XLIV, the other champion residing in the Big Easy took to the track for a jog.
Eclipse Award winners Lookin At Lucky and She Be Wild lead a field of 366 3-year-olds nominated to the Triple Crown races, while Todd Pletcher returns to the head of the trainers list with 20 nominees.
Quality Road smashed two Gulfstream Park records Saturday and set up talk about whether he could be headed toward more racing history this year.
The 4-year-old colt won the $500,000 Donn Handicap (Grade 1) by a record 12 3/4 lengths. The previous biggest margin for the race was nine lengths by Going Straight in 1972.Richard's Kid found room along the rail and rallied to win the $150,000 San Antonio Handicap by a head Sunday at Santa Anita.
Peppi Knows won the $100,000 Whirlaway Stakes at chilly Aqueduct Racetrack after favorite Eightyfiveinafifty bolted through the outside rail on the first turn and unseated jockey Jorge Chavez.
Odds-on favorite Quality Road won Saturday's $500,000 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park and in the process broke his own track record for 1 1/8 miles.
After three Gulfstream Park stakes victories last year, Quality Road will run as the favorite on Saturday in the Donn Handicap.
The stage is set for the first ladies of racing. Now all Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta have to do is show up.
In an effort to bring together Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra and undefeated champion mare Zenyatta, Oaklawn Park has announced that it will increase the purse of the Apple Blossom Handicap to $5 million.
Owner Rick Porter announced on Tuesday that Holy Bull Stakes winner Winslow Homer is injured and will not be able to remain pointed toward the Kentucky Derby.
Quality Road, 2009 Florida Derby winner, heads a field of 10 for Saturday's $500,000 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/8 mile race is the track's top event for older horses.
Wednesday's third race at Gulfstream Park should have been given a name to indicate the high level of competition it contained. Some of the better older thoroughbreds in the country were in the mile allowance race at the South Florida facility.
Pennsylvania racing authorities are ousting the top-earning owner in the sport amid a series of horse breakdowns and a protest from jockeys.
Champion filly She Be Wild got off to a less than auspicious start to her three-year-old campaign on Sunday. Racing on a dirt track for the first time in her career, the 2009 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner finished fifth in the $150,000 Forward Gal Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Larry Bortstein, a veteran sports writer who specialized in horse racing during a career that lasted more than 40 years, has died. He was 67.
GULFSTREAM PARK
Bickersons put on a dominant show at Gulfstream Park on Sunday with a seven-length victory over Joanie's Catch in the $150,000 Forward Gal Stakes for 3-year-old fillies.