FAIR GROUNDS: AS THE GAME CHANGES, SO DOES TOM AMOSS

By Joe Kristufek —- Tom Amoss; Hodges Photography Trainer still dabbles in claiming, but developing young horses is the priority New Orleans (January 2, 2020) – By purses earned ($5.3 million), Tom Amoss enjoyed the third best season of his 33-year career in 2019, but...
Posted On 03 Jan 2020
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TAMPA BAY: VASQUEZ TO APPEAR ON ‘MORNING GLORY CLUB’ SHOW

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Hall of Fame jockey Jacinto Vasquez will be the featured guest on track announcer Richard Grunder’s “Morning Glory Club” Show at 10 a.m. on Saturday on the first floor of the Grandstand. Vasquez retired in 1996 with 5,228 victories, which is...
Posted On 02 Jan 2020
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Gulfstream Today: Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Swells to $1,322,193

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 1.1.20 Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Swells to $1,322,193 Omaha Beach Arrives at Gulfstream for Pegasus Fast Pass Rallies from Last in New Year’s Day Feature HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 23rd...
Posted On 02 Jan 2020
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FAIR GROUNDS: BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE FILLIES CHAMP BRITISH IDIOM GETS BACK TO WORK

By Grant LaGrange —- Coming off a career-best year in 2019, trainer Brad Cox appears loaded for 2020 New Orleans (January 1, 2020) – Coming off a monster year in which his stable runners earned a career-best $17,547,123, trainer Brad Cox is methodically plotting a course to...
Posted On 02 Jan 2020
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1, 2020

By Ed Golden —- • TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL STARTS WITH THE SHAM STAKES • LOVELY LILIA ELEVATES INTO GRADE II STAKES LEVEL • TRAINER HOPES TRIBALIST AVOIDS ‘HEAP’ OF TROUBLE • MATHIS BROTHERS, CARMA PROVE SUCCESSFUL UNION • TRAINER GARY SHERLOCK PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF 73 • OMAHA...
Posted On 02 Jan 2020
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Aqueduct: Independence Hall shows Derby promise in $150K Jerome

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Twin Creeks Racing Stables and Robert and Kathleen Verratti’s Independence Hall kicked off his journey to the Kentucky Derby by capturing Wednesday’s $150,000 Jerome at Aqueduct...
Posted On 02 Jan 2020
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Correll’s Eclipse Selections: Bricks and Mortar to reign as Horse of the Year

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview The 49th Eclipse Awards will be presented on Jan. 23, 2020, at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. As a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters I’m allowed to vote in both the equine and human categories for the...
Posted On 30 Dec 2019
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES SUNDAY, DEC. 29, 2019

By Ed Golden —- STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN SUNDAY, DEC. 29, 2019 • MEMORABLE SANTA ANITA OPENER ‘A CELEBRATION’ • OMAHA BEACH HEADS TO FLORIDA FOR RICH PEGASUS • MIXED EMOTIONS FOR ESPINOZA ABOARD BELLAFINA • OISEAU DE GUERRE OFF THE RAIL FOR JOE HERNANDEZ FANS ENJOY ‘A...
Posted On 30 Dec 2019
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Fair Grounds: Our Lost Love, X Clown Score in Divisions of Louisiana Futurity

By Grant LaGrange —- Steve Asmussen denied 1,000th stakes score with favorite in filly race On the lead virtually every step of the way as the 3-1 second choice under jockey Mitchell Murrill, Tri-star Racing LLC’s Our Lost Love scored the first of two wins on the card for...
Posted On 30 Dec 2019
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TAMPA BAY: CODY’S WINNER SHINES ON DIRT; GALLARDO, ALLEN FINISH 2019 IN STYLE

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Before today, the only time Admiralty Pier had raced on a dirt track was more than two years ago, when he finished fourth as a 2-year-old in the Grade III Dixiana Bourbon Stakes on a sloppy surface at Keeneland in a race taken off the turf....
Posted On 30 Dec 2019
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