Keeneland at Home Presented by Central Bank Provides Unique Opportunities to Watch and Wager on Summer Meet

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (June 29, 2020) – Keeneland has announced Keeneland at Home Presented by Central Bank, which offers a variety of creative and fun ways for fans to remotely enjoy Keeneland’s five-day Summer Meet, to be held July 8-12. The season, which...
Posted On 29 Jun 2020
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TOM’S D’ETAT, MIDNIGHT BISOU HEADED NORTH TO SARATOGA

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 28, 2020) – G M B Racing’s brilliant $500,000 Stephen Foster (Grade II) winner Tom’s d’Etat along with Bloom Racing, Madaket Stables and Allen Racing’s ultra-classy $200,000 Fleur de Lis (GII) hero Midnight Bisou both...
Posted On 29 Jun 2020
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Participating Owners Approved to Attend Keeneland’s Summer Meet

By Amy Gregory —- LEXINGTON, KY (June 26, 2020) – Keeneland has been granted approval to permit a limited number of participating owners to attend the upcoming Summer Meet, to be held July 8-12. Keeneland officials collaborated with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and state...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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ASMUSSEN POISED TO CLOSE CHURCHILL DOWNS SPRING MEET WITH A BANG

By Kevin Kerstein —- Midnight Bisou; All Photos by Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, June 26, 2020) – Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen is poised to close the 2020 Churchill Downs Spring Meet on a charge with 15 horses entered in the final three days of racing...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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33 HORSES NOMINATED TO GRADE 1 TVG.COM HASKELL ON JULY 18

Monmouth Park Release —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Thirty-three horses were nominated to the Grade 1, $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes, with Monmouth Park’s signature race on July 18 offering the added inducements of points for the Kentucky Derby and “Win and You’re In” status for...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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Belmont Park Notes

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Got Stormy looking for clear skies in G1 Just a Game Diamond King turning back in G2 True North G3 Peter Pan the short term goal for Celtic Striker ELMONT, N.Y. – Gary Barber’s Got Stormy will be running at Belmont for the second time this...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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Handicapping the Grade 2 Stephen Foster, Fleur de Lis; Full card Selections

By Rick Francis —- Churchill Downs spring/summer meet roars into it’s closing weekend with graded stakes action headlined by the Grade 2’s Stephen Foster and Fleur de Lis Stakes for fillies and mares; weather forecast looks promising as do the full-card...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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MANDATORY PAYOUTS ON ULTIMATE 6 SET FOR TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The eighth annual, two-day Summer Festival of Racing on Tuesday and Wednesday at Tampa Bay Downs will feature mandatory payouts both days on the track’s popular 20-cent Ultimate 6 wager. The current jackpot grew to $61,218 Wednesday. The...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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LOS ALAMITOS: GRINNING TIGER, GALILEAN TOP FIELD OF EIGHT IN SOI PHET STAKES

By Bob Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – Fresh off a gate-to-wire 92-1 shocker in the Crystal Water Stakes on the Santa Anita turf, Grinning Tiger will try to remain perfect at Los Alamitos in the $100,000 Soi Phet Saturday. A one-mile event for 3-year-olds & up bred or...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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CHURCHILL DOWNS TO STAGE KENTUCKY DERBY 146 WITH SPECTATORS ON SEPT. 5

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 25, 2020) – Churchill Downs Racetrack announced that after consultation with Gov. Andy Beshear and state public health officials the 146th runnings of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and Longines Kentucky...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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