Longtime thoroughbred trainer Alan Seewald, who has a horse thatcould run in the Kentucky Derby this year, has died. He was 62.
Monmouth Park said Seewald died Monday at his home inMiddletown. The race track did not know the cause of death.
Seewalds 3-year-old colt, Uptowncharlybrown, won the PascoStakes at Tampa Bay Downs before running third in [...]
One colt had never won a graded stakes race. The other had nevereven raced in one.
Stately Victor and Line of David were barely blips on theKentucky Derby radar. But after surprising wins Saturday in theBlue Grass Stakes and Arkansas Derby, theyre suddenly very much inthe picture.
“This one kind of got along late. We knew he [...]
Zenyatta improved to 16-0 with an easy victory in the Apple
Blossom Invitational at Oaklawn Park.
The 6-year-old mare came from behind in her usual running style
Friday to tie the modern mark shared by 1948 Triple Crown winner
Citation and 1995-96 Horse of the Year Cigar.
Zenyatta defeated four other horses in the 1 1/8-mile race that
didnt include racings [...]
Zenyatta is going to take her gaudy winning streak on the
road.
The 6-year-old mare who tied 1948 Triple Crown winner Citation
and two-time Horse of the Year Cigar with her 16th consecutive
victory, in the Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park, is going to travel
more outside of California this year.
Her trip to the resort city of Hot Springs was [...]
Jockey Tony McCoy has won his first Grand National steeplechase
in his 15th try, guiding 10-1 joint favorite Dont Push It past
Black Apalachi down the straight for a five-length victory.
State Of Play went one better than last year by finishing third
in the grueling 4 1/2-mile, 30-fence race at Aintree Racecourse in
Liverpool, England, on Saturday.
McCoy was “delighted [...]
After throwing $5 million at racings two female superstars to
run in the Apple Blossom Invitational, Oaklawn Parks president got
half of what he and the horse racing world wanted to see. Zenyatta
is here.
Shes the early 3-5 favorite for Fridays 1 1-8-mile race, now
worth $500,000 instead of $5 million if both horses had run. Just
four challengers - [...]
Joan Scott knew if Dr. Zic looked happy during the stretch run
Thursday, the filly might be her ticket to a first Grade 1 victory
in more than a decade of training horses.
With most of the attention focused on defending champion and
Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Informed Decision, Dr. Zic that
grabbed the lead at the beginning and saved her [...]
Over a decade removed from his last Kentucky Derby win, D. Wayne
Lukas is quietly optimistic about his chances for another.
Dublin, Lukas top Derby contender, will run in the Arkansas
Derby on Saturday at Oaklawn Park. The chestnut colt is without a
win since September, but after finishing second in the Southwest
and third in the Rebel, he figures [...]
Winning the Blue Grass Stakes is on Ken Ramseys “bucket
list, just a notch or two below capturing the Kentucky Derby.
The highly successful horse owner, a Kentucky native, just
didnt anticipate the chance to scratch one of the last major the
Derby prep races off his list this year.
Economics gave him no choice.
A second-place finish in the Florida [...]
Nobles Promise wont be Lookin At Lucky when he runs in the
Arkansas Derby.
After losing his last three races to the California-based colt,
Nobles Promise has escaped his nemesis at least until they meet in
the May 1 Kentucky Derby.
After some consideration, trainer Bob Baffert skipped Saturdays
$1 million Arkansas Derby in favor of last weekends Santa Anita
Derby, where [...]