Velazquez grabs 62d Saratoga win
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Jockey John Velazquez set a Saratoga record with his 62d win at the meet when Willard Straight came from behind with a strong late run from the outside in yesterday's $66,800 Troy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Seven of the best 3-year-olds in the nation will race in today's 135th Travers Stakes at Saratoga, but one horse who is not here, Smarty Jones, has cast a long shadow over the $1 million event.
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Therealbandit can continue the fine run being enjoyed this season by owner David Johnson, trainer Martin Pipe, and jockey Timmy Murphy by winning the King George VI Chase in front of a full house at Kempton Park this afternoon - provided the meeting
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Carlos Guillen hit line drives all over the field and hustled his way to a cycle. Bobby Abreu helped the New York Yankees win by simply drawing a walk.
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Aggadan barrels through the pack on the homestretch to seize the Challedo Stakes at Pimilico on Saturday.
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The Prado Museum is featuring the nation's leading artists in an exhibition entitled Spanish Portraits: From El Greco to Velazquez.
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Stewart Elliott rode Summer Raven to victory in the Tempted Stakes, and led Rockport Harbor to a win in the Nashua Stakes in the co-feature Grade 3 stakes races at Aqueduct on Tuesday.
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Pleasantly Perfect, defending champion in the $4 million Classic, was among 101 horses listed in pre-entries announced yesterday for the 21st edition of the Breeders&#39; Cup World Thoroughbred Championships on Oct.
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Maryfield earned her first Grade I victory at the Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in New York on Sunday.
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Lawyer Ron won the race by eight and a quarter lengths at Saratoga Race Course Saturday, moving to the top of the handicap division.
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Felix Cardenas of Colombia won the 17th stage of the Spanish Vuelta cycling race Wednesday, while defending champion Roberto Heras held onto the overall leader&#39;s jersey for the sixth day in a row.
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Russell Baze became the most successful jockey in horse racing history when he broke the all-time win record of Laffit Pincay Jr. with a victory at Bay Meadows in San Mateo, California on Friday.
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Ivan Dominguez of Cuba fought off cramps and a hill on the final stretch to break out of a tight group of riders to win the first stage of the inaugural Tour of Missouri on Tuesday.
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ELMONT, N.Y. -- Finally. Ultimately, if not decisively. After 102 years, a filly has won the Belmont Stakes.
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Rags to Riches, left,ÃÂ outduels Preakness winner Curlin down the stretch Saturday to become the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes in more than a century and just the third in 139 runnings of the Belmont.
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Majestic Warrior went from last to first to win the $250,000 Hopeful Stakes on Monday at Saratoga Race Course.
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Learâs Princess overtook the Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches and pulled off an upset Saturday in the Gazelle Stakes at Belmont Park in New York.