Friday, May 30, 2014

May 30 - June 1


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WEEKEND RACING            
Plenty of racing around the U.S. including a Grade 1, the American Oaks, and The Californian, a Grade 2, on Saturday, both at Santa Anita;  and two Grade 1 races overseas, the Japanese Derby and the Prix du Jockey Club, both on Sunday. 

AMERICAN OAKS 1 1/4 miles - Santa Anita 3 year old fillies - Eight Tough Ladies Ready To Run Long. The GI American Oaks takes place Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Santa Anita Race track in sunny Arcadia, California. The race is for 3 year-old fillies running 1 1/4 miles on the grass for a purse of $350,000. The race was previously run at Betfair Hollywood Park with the inaugural race in 2002 and was a listed stakes race until 2004 when in was upgraded to the (GI) level.  Short odds for  Nashoba's Gold (9-5), Diversy Harbor (4-1), Little Journey (6-1), Sweet Bliss (4-1), with Room Service the favorite at 2-1 odds and carrying the high weight of 123 pounds, with the rest of the field 118 pounds.  Read more

In France:  French Two Thousand Guineas winner Karakontie will bid to add a second classic triumph to his record June 1 in the Prix du Jockey Club (Fr-I, French Derby) at Chantilly racecourse.
 
With his connections opting to run in France instead of the Epsom Derby (Eng-I) in a week's time, the Niarchos family's Japanese-bred son of Bernstein is to meet 15 challengers in the race unless the turf conditions come up heavy on race day.  Read more

In Japan on Sunday, a horse-racing icon transcends the boundaries of not only racing, but sport itself, making its way into the conscience of the general public, not just the upwards of 130,000 racing fans expected to make their way to Tokyo Racecourse this Sunday, June 1.

The Tokyo Yushun, or Japanese Derby, “Yushun” is Japanese for “superlative steed” and the Tokyo Yushun is Japan's biggest race for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds, a race seen and wagered on around the world, and a cherished dream of horsemen and racehorse owners. They dream not only of winning, but even of owning, training or riding one of the Derby runners, such is the event's prestige. Of the over 7,000 Thoroughbreds born in 2011 and registered in Japan, only 18 have earned a spot in the Derby.  Read more

 New York breds are showcased at Belmont on Saturday: New York-breds will take center stage at Belmont Park on Saturday as the historic track celebrates the Empire State on track and off with the Big Apple Showcase Day.  In addition to six stakes worth $900,000, highlighted by the $200,000 Critical Eye for fillies and mares and the $200,000 Commentator Handicap, guests will be able to experience some of the finest products the state has to offer, with food and craft vendors offering their wares in the grandstand.  Read more     Big Apple Showcase Day highlights best of New York

Strong field set for $500,000 Penn Mile at Penn National Race Course:  The field has been assembled for the second running of the $500,000 Penn Mile on Saturday night.  The contest has quickly turned into one of the premier turf races for 3-year-olds in the nation.  Led by multiple-graded-stakes-winner GLOBAL VIEW, who will be ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, the eight-horse field lined up at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course features five stakes winners who have won or placed in nine graded races.   The four races that kick off the card comprise an All-Stakes Pick 4 that climaxes with the Penn Mile, which has a scheduled post time of 7:31 p.m. Post time for Penn National's first live race is 6 p.m.  Read more

Featured races below include the Card which will take you to the BloodHorse Race Replay after the race is concluded.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

May 24-26


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RACING HAS AN INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR THIS WEEKEND!
 
 
IRISH GUINEAS AND TATTERSALLS GOLD CUP, THE CURRAGH:
NOBLE MISSION, a full brother to undefeated champion Frankel, looks for his group I breakthrough against Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) winner MAGICIAN in the Tattersalls Gold Cup May 25 at the Curragh.
 
Trainer Jane Cecil believes 5-year-old Noble Mission is ready to step up since posting consecutive wins in the Betfair 365 Gordon Richards Stakes April 25 at Sandown and the Betfair Price Rush Huxley Stakes May 8 at Chester, both group III events. Noble Mission finished second by a neck in his 2014 bow in the John Porter Stakes (Eng-III) April  12. He was supplemented last week to the Gold Cup and is the 2-1 second choice with bookmakers Paddy Power.  Read more

LONGCHAMP - FRANCE
Elite runners CIRRUS DES AIGLES and OLYMPIC GLORY make for an exciting clash in a compact field of six for the PRIX d'ISPAHAN (Fr-I) on Sunday at Longchamp.   CIRRUS WINS! 
 
The race is one of two group I events on the card, joining the POUR MOI COOLMORE PRIX SAINT-ALARY for 3-year-old fillies.
 
After finishing a good second to Gentildonna in the Dubai Sheema Classic (UAE-I) March 29 in his season debut, French-based 8-year-old CIRRUS DES AIGLES served it up to Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) winner Treve in the Prix Ganay (Fr-I) April 24 at Longchamp.  Read more   More...

JAPANESE OAKS - Sunday, May 25
Harp Star upset by Nuovo Record - Race replay

This Sunday, May 25, all eyes will be on Tokyo Racecourse as the spring slew of G1 races continues. In fact, all eyes will be focused primarily on one filly – Harp Star – as she attempts to capture the second jewel in the fillies' Triple Crown.

The Yushun Himba, or Japanese Oaks, follows the April 13 mile Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) as the second leg of the fillies' Triple Crown and 17 other 3-year-old females will be looking to topple Harp Star this Sunday afternoon at Fuchu.

Harp Star, a daughter of Triple Crown champion Deep Impact, went to the gate of her past two races with overwhelming support and rock-bottom odds as racing fans pinned their hopes on her. They were not disappointed.

But, one, let alone two racing jewels are indeed rare gems to acquire and, if Harp Star can win the Oaks, she will become only the 14th Oka Sho winner in the Oaks' long history to win both events, the eighth to win since 1984, when the Japan Racing Association introduced the graded race system.  Read more   4-13-14 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) Replay - Harp Star  (Write up on her Oka Sho win)
 
QUEEN'S PLATE PREP RACES
Jeremy Plonk's Countdown to the Crown includes coverage for the Queen's Plate, Canada's first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. 

GRADE 1 IN THE U.S.  GAMELY STAKES on Monday at Santa Anita have Emollient, Miss Serendipity and Stormy Lucy meeting 6 other foes.

IITSMYLUCKYDAY, the runner-up in the 2013 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) who was sidelined with a pelvic injury for the later part of that season, has made the move back to New Jersey for the May 24 Majestic Light Stakes at Monmouth Park. Read more

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Time ordered races with cards below.  Come back here after a particular race, click on the CARD to watch a replay.
 

Friday, May 16, 2014

May 16-18 - Preakness


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HE DID IT!   
 

  




No matter how you slice and dice it, he's still the horse to beat!  Yes, he needs racing luck, but keep in mind he has been successful in creating his own trip.  He listens to his jockey, he doesn't get rank and run off, so there's little chance that he will get caught up in a senseless speed duel.  If there's no pace, he will make his own and get on the lead, otherwise, he will stalk the leaders and finish just about how he has in his prior 5 wins.  Good luck, Junior!  (California Chrome's races, charts, all things Chrome)

DRF PREAKNESS LIVE COVERAGE
SI Tom Layden: California Chrome runs for validation in the Preakness
Sherman Diary: The cough heard round the world!
California Chrome primed for second jewel of Triple Crown
Pursuit of the Crown - May 15, 2014
NBC Sports - Horse racing    
Saturday, May 17, NBC Sports, 4:30 p.m. EDT - Also expanded coverage of full card 1:00 EDT

FEATURED RACES
Entries Index
Ann Maree's Time Ordered Races / Entries - printable format

Come back here after a particular race, click on the card for a link to the BloodHorse results page with video replay.

FRIDAY
2:01 ET  Skipat S (L)  Pim   $100k g 3&up f/m  6f  R5    CARD   
4:16 ET  Jim McKay Turf Sprint (L)  Pim   $100k g 3&up  5f T  R9    CARD
4:47 ET  Black-Eyed Susan S G2  Pim   $500k g 3yo f  9f  R10    CARD 
5:21 ET  Miss Preakness S (L)  Pim   $100k g 3yo f  6f  R11    CARD   
5:52 ET  Pimlico Special G3  Pim   $300k g 3&up  9.5f   R12    CARD  
6:22 ET  Hilltop S  Pim   $100k g 3yo f  8.5f T  R13    CARD  
  
More on today's races
Local legend, Ben's Cat, on Black Eyed Susan undercard
11-filly field assembled for Black Eyed Susan

SATURDAY
10:50 a.m. ET JLT Lockinge S.-G1, £214,000, 4yo/up, 8fT R5    CARD
1:11 ET  Maryland Sprint H G3  Pim   $150k g 3&up  6f  R5    CARD
1:53 ET  The Very One S  Pim   $100k g 3&up f/m  5f T R6  CARD
2:23 ET  Paradise Creek S  Bel   $100k g 3yo  7f T  R5    CARD  
2:35 ET  Chick Lang S (L)  Pim   $100k g 3yo  6f  R7    CARD
3:19 ET  James W. Murphy S (L)  Pim   $100k g 3yo  8f T  R8    CARD
4:00 ET  American S G2  SA   $100k g 3&up  8f T  R4    CARD
4:04 ET  Gallorette H G3  Pim   $150k g 3&up f/m  8.5f T  R9    CARD
4:45 ET  Sir Barton S  Pim   $100k g 3yo R  8.5f     R10    CARD 
4:45 ET  Queenston S  WO   $150k g 3yo S  7f AW  6R    CARD 
5:27 ET  Dixie S G2  Pim   $400k g 3&up  8.5f T    R11    CARD 
5:38 ET  Vagrancy H G3  Bel   $150k g 4&up f/m  6.5f  R10    CARD   
6:00 ET  Red Bank S G3  Mth   $100k g 3&up  8f T  R11    CARD  
6:20 ET  Preakness S G1  Pim   $1,500k g 3yo  9.5f    R12    CARD 

More on today's races
DRF Preakness preview
Race replay for Lockinge - Olympic Glory first, Verrazano third
Race result Lockinge Stakes Grade 1

SUNDAY
3:55 ET  Wait a While S  Bel  May 18 $100k g 3yo f  7f T   R6    CARD 
4:30 ET  Adoration S G2  SA   $100k g 3&up f/m  8.5f   R8    CARD 
4:44 ET  Selene S  G3  WO   $150k g 3yo f  8.5f AW  R8    CARD 

More on today's races
Eblouissante in Adoration Stakes, Santa Anita

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KENTUCKY DERBY TV coverage
NBC/NBCSports - All times Eastern
Saturday, May 2 Kentucky Oaks (G1) 5 - 6 p.m. NBCSN
Saturday, May 3 Kentucky Derby undercard 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. NBCSN
Kentucky Derby (G1) 4 - 7 p.m. NBC
Kentucky Derby post show 7 - 7:30 p.m. NBCSN

PREAKNESS TV coverage, Saturday, May 17
Saturday, May 17, NBC Sports, 4:30 p.m. EDT - Also expanded coverage of full card 1:00 EDT
DRF PREAKNESS LIVE COVERAGE

BELMONT TV coverage - Saturday, June 7
NYRA announces entertainment for Belmont Staks Day
 

Friday, May 2, 2014

Kentucky Derby/Oaks 2014


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Special edition of the Thoroughbred Daily News - Friday, May 2
You do need to register to view the videos - Be sure to select Friday's edition
Has everything you need to know about the Oaks/Derby - Starts on PDF page 23

 
 

 

 
 
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RACING ON TV
Friday, May 2      Kentucky Oaks (G1)            5 - 6 p.m.     NBCSN
Saturday, May 3  Kentucky Derby undercard 12 - 4 p.m.    NBCSN
                             Kentucky Derby (G1)          4 - 7 p.m.     NBC
                             Kentucky Derby post show 7 - 7:30 p.m. NBCSN
 
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Unretired jockey Stevens makes believers of everyone

California Chrome - "Junior"
KY Derby favorite
He is definitely the favorite!
Sports Illustrated - California Chrome Accidental Favorite
Espinoza marvels at his road to the Derby
Celebrating California Chrome
California Chrome jogs, ready to do more at Churchill Downs
KENTUCKY DERBY TRAIL
Guide to Kentucky Derby / Triple Crown   Links to sites with replays, handicapping tools, etc.
Jeremy Plonk's Countdown to the Crown - Click on May 2
DRF's complete list of all prep races with replay video
Derby by the speed numbers - Downey Profile
Kentucky Derby workouts
Jennie Rees: Why your horse can/can't win KY Derby
 
Featured races below include the Card which will take you to the BloodHorse Race Replay after the race is concluded.