BLACK GOLD 5 REACHES $352,436 AT FAIR GROUNDS HEADING INTO FRIDAY RACING; STAKES PREVIEW

By Grant LaGrange —- New Orleans (January 23, 2020) – Horseplayers will get the chance to take a shot at the Black Gold 5 which now carries a pool of $352,436 going into Friday nine race card at Fair Grounds Race Course. The jackpot is paid out when there is only a single...
Posted On 24 Jan 2020
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Pegasus: Spiced Perfection Targets Fifth Graded Win in Inside Information (G2)

By David Joseph —- Spiced Perfection Targets Fifth Graded Win in Inside Information (G2) Seven-Furlong Sprint Highlights Pegasus World Cup (G1) Series Undercard HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Pantofel Stable, Wachtel Stable and Peter Deutsch’s multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire...
Posted On 23 Jan 2020
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TAMPA BAY: FERRER RIDES THREE WINNERS; THURSDAY CARD ON TAP

By Mike Henry —- FERRER RIDES THREE WINNERS; THURSDAY CARD ON TAP OLDSMAR, FL. – There was no sticking to the speed limit today at Tampa Bay Downs for 55-year-old jockey Jose Ferrer. The recipient of the 2018 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award rode three winners, moving...
Posted On 23 Jan 2020
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SADLER’S FLAGSTAFF HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE II PALOS VERDES STAKES

By Mike Willman —- FLAGSTAFF ZOE METZ PHOTOGRAPHY SADLER’S FLAGSTAFF HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 PALOS VERDES STAKES AS OLDER HORSES GO SIX FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 22, 2020)—Trainer John Sadler’s talented 6-year-old gelding Flagstaff, idle since Nov. 2, heads...
Posted On 23 Jan 2020
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Import Hopes to Work ‘Magic’ in Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1)

By David Joseph —- Magic Wand (10); Photos Provided by Gulfstream Park Irish-Bred Magic Wand Favored in $1 Million Grass Event Among Nine Stakes, Six Graded, Worth $5.2 Million Jan. 25 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Well-traveled Irish import Magic Wand, second only to a...
Posted On 22 Jan 2020
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Omaha Beach Bids Adieu in $3 Million Pegasus World Cup (G1)

By David Joseph —- $1 Million Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) Saturday’s Co-Headliner Pegasus Day Features World Class Racing, Entertainment, Fashion 12-Race Card Offers 9 Stakes, 6 Graded Worth $5.2 Million in Purses HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Omaha Beach is scheduled to race for...
Posted On 22 Jan 2020
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Hui, Maker ‘Taking a Shot’ with Zulu Alpha in Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1)

By David Joseph —- Photos Provided by Gulfstream Park HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Rather than have Zulu Alpha try for a repeat win in the W.L. McKnight (G3) on Jan. 25, owner Michael Hui is opting for a far bigger prize later that afternoon at Gulfstream Park, the $1 million...
Posted On 22 Jan 2020
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Baffert Returns to the Pegasus (G1) with Mucho Gusto

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Photo Baffert Returns to the Pegasus (G1) with Mucho Gusto Leading Rider Irad Ortiz Jr. to Ride HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Bob Baffert returns to the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) presented by Runhappy after a one-year absence Saturday with...
Posted On 22 Jan 2020
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PEGASUS WORLD CUP 2020: NEWS & NOTES

By Ed Gray —- Richard Mandella Still Prominent Player on Racing’s Center Stage Hall of Famer to Saddle Omaha Beach for Pegasus World Cup (G1) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Richard Mandella built his Hall of Fame career on consummate horsemanship, a no-frills, all-class approach to...
Posted On 21 Jan 2020
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