June 10th, 2012 (No Comments)
Big Attendance, Handle Totals for Belmont Day | BloodHorse.com http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70477/big-attendance-handle-totals-for-belmont-day A crowd of 85,811 wagered $13,777,920 on Belmont Stakes day races June 9, the second largest Belmont Stakes day on-track handle ever. It trailed only the $14,461,402 wagered in 2004 when Birdstone broke the Triple Crown bid of Smarty Jones at Belmont Park. The on-track […]
June 9th, 2012 (No Comments)
Union Rags Early Belmont Favorite | BloodHorse.com http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70449/union-rags-early-belmont-favorite With a little more than $39,000 wagered in advance on the Belmont Stakes (gr. I), Union Rags was a slight favorite over Dullahan early June 9. A total $10,670 had been wagered on Union Rags to win, with $10,468 in the win pool for Dullahan, who was […]
June 8th, 2012 (No Comments)
A blow for racing! I’ll Have Another pulls out of the Belmont – Chicago Sun-Times http://www.suntimes.com/sports/horseracing/13055608-419/ill-have-another-pulls-out-of-the-belmont.html I’ll Have Another has pulled out of the Belmont Stakes after suffering a leg injury, forfeiting a chance at a Triple Crown, trainer Doug O’Neill told the “Dan Patrick Show” on Friday morning. The horse was trying to become […]
June 8th, 2012 (No Comments)
Winning horse racing’s triple is one of toughest feats in sports – BostonHerald.com http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/columnists/view/20120608winning_horse_racings_triple_is_one_of_toughest_feats_in_sports/srvc=sports&position=also The late Woody Stephens, the Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer, served up plenty of country-fried wisdom during his final years around the barns and tracks.. “You know, it’s funny,” Stephens would say in the days leading into the Belmont. “For a […]
June 8th, 2012 (No Comments)
Belmont Stakes: Dullahan trainer Dale Romans rips New York decision to force all Belmont Stakes horses into same barn – chicagotribune.com http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/horseracing/ct-spt-0608-bits-belmont–20120608,0,6451240.story?track=rss “The barn is ridiculous,” Romans, trainer of Belmont second favorite Dullahan, said Thursday of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board’s required housing for all 12 race entrants. “There’s too many horses […]
June 7th, 2012 (No Comments)
NYRA and the Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers at Belmont Park reach deal, avoiding a strike – NYPOST.com http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/horse_racing/belmont_strike_averted_49xlzuJXfvyg6HUUM95e8O?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Horse%20Racing Saturday’s Belmont Stakes — where I’ll Have Another has a chance to win horse racing’s first Triple Crown in 34 years — should go off without a hitch now that a contentious […]
June 7th, 2012 (No Comments)
And that’s how morning lines are made… With Triple Crown on the line, I’ll Have Another is 4-5 morning-line favorite in 12-horse Belmont Stakes field | NOLA.com http://www.nola.com/horseracing/index.ssf/2012/06/with_triple_crown_on_the_line.html ELMONT, N.Y. – This time, for the first time, I’ll Have Another will be the favorite. I’ll Have Another, who with a victory in the Belmont Stakes […]
June 6th, 2012 (No Comments)
A sad day for racing. I’ve been to Fort Erie, and met with the Ontario Jockey Club, and it is a real first class racing organization and track. Fort Erie to close following this season – Thoroughbred Times http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2012/06/06/fort-erie-to-close-following-this-season.aspx Fort Erie Race Track, home to the middle jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, is preparing […]
June 6th, 2012 (No Comments)
This could make a major impact on the game. Technology aims to revolutionize horse racing http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/index.php/article/2012/06/technology_aims_to_revolutionize_horse_racing Students in the UA Race Track Industry Program and the College of Engineering have created a prototype product intended to allow horse racing to be viewed from a camera embedded in the helmet of a jockey. Kenleigh Hobby and […]
June 5th, 2012 (No Comments)
Dullahan Looks To Turn Tables On ‘Another’ http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70318/dullahan-looks-to-turn-tables-on-another “Our horse showed up as we knew he would in the Derby,” noted Crawford, an Iowa-based attorney and lifelong horse enthusiast who also campaigned grade I winner and stallion Paddy O’Prado . “When you put a horse out on the track in a 20-horse field, crazy things can […]
