Things I want to see:
A Triple Crown winner under the current conditions.
Sovereignty blow ‘em away in the Stephen Foster.
A cookoff between @CATRacingStable and @theMig4450. Think photo finish.
(List in inverse order)
I think being stabled at Saratoga since the Derby (Renegade and Chief Wallace in particular) and training over the track is a definite advantage over the ship-ins. What do you think?
#LoneStarPark handled $1.5 million on its 12-race card Monday, with its signal limited to international sites and tracks in Texas.
Of that amount, $1M was bet on track, per Lone Star.
Attendance ontrack for the Lone Star Million Day card featuring six stakes was 6,389.
Bendoog, at 7-5, and Stronghold, at 5-2, in a dead heat for the win in the featured allowance Friday at #Oaklawn; pair covers mile and a sixteenth in a strong 1:42.80
Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band burned down house in Phoenix Thursday. First concert I’ve ever seen that started on time. Non-stop set was two hours and 50 minutes.
Here’s the Boss and @tmorello trading licks before on Born in the U.S.A, 2nd song of the night.
Dicey Mo Chara is off to his 2nd career , after an extremely successful one on the track that saw him earned G2 honors and $800k in earnings. Would like to thank his groom Alfredo, riders Ulrikke, Belinda and all involved in his safe and sound journey with us, @RanchoTemescal
I am happy to announce that from now on i will be working with Jose Garcia @787josega and i will be riding at Monmouth Park as well as in NY this Spring/Summer. Let’s keep the grind going.🙏🏼💪🏼
No winners from 3 mounts for P Val on his first day back @turf_paradise but thought he looked just fine. Positioned his mounts well, just didn’t have enough pony under him.
Get used to the name Boyd Racing. Randy and Jenny Boyd of Knoxville paid $2 million for a Nyquist filly at OBS on Wednesday. In this article on DRF.com, Randy Boyd discusses the couple's approach to racing - drf.com/news/boyds-strong-st…
Sad news from California - John Shirreffs, who trained the incredibly popular mare Zenyatta and won the 2005 Kentucky Derby with Giamoco - died in his sleep on Thursday, his friends and family said. A report will appear on DRF.com later this afternoon. #drf