Month: August 2022

Del Mar Moves Up Friday Post Times

Del Mar will be off and running Friday, Aug. 19, a bit earlier at 3 p.m. instead of the usual 4 p.m. start time.

The Friday switch to 3 p.m. will be the first of four such Friday changes – Aug. 19 and 26, and Sept. 2 and 9 – going through to the track's final Sept. 9, 10, 11 weekend.

The change is being brought into play to ensure that the track has enough light to run its final races in a safe and viewable manner with sunset coming earlier in the late afternoon as summer nears its end.

Besides the Friday adjustments, Del Mar also will alter its first post times on its other racing days with the turn of the calendar to the month of September. Instead of the usual 2 p.m. first post, the track will present a 1 p.m. start for all of its Thursday, Saturday and Sunday cards, as well as the special Monday program on Labor Day, September 5.

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Additional Streaming Options Made Available For Sunday’s Jockey Club Round Table Conferenc

The Jockey Club's Annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing, scheduled for Sunday, August 14, at 10 a.m. ET, will be available via livestream on multiple media and industry outlets. These options will be in addition to jockeyclub.com and The Jockey Club's Facebook page, facebook.com/USJockeyClub.

The conference, which is being held at the Saratoga Springs City Center in Saratoga Springs, New York, will be available via BloodHorse, Daily Racing Form, National Thoroughbred Racing Association, New York Racing Association, Paulick Report, Thoroughbred Daily News, Thoroughbred Racing Commentary, and TVG. In addition, Roberts Communications Network is making the feed available on RTN.tv as well as to racetracks, OTBs, and ADWs.

A video replay of the Round Table Conference and an official transcript of the proceedings will be available on The Jockey Club website following the conference. The conference is expected to last approximately two hours.

The agenda, with links to speaker biographies, is available on jockeyclub.com. All speakers will be participating in person except for Senate Majority Leader Charles E. “Chuck” Schumer, who will address the audience via a prerecorded message.

The Jockey Club Round Table Conference was first held on July 1, 1953, in The Jockey Club office in New York City. The following year, it was moved to Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The conference has featured discussions on myriad critical industry topics, including aftercare, equine safety, marketing, and national uniformity, as well as international perspectives and viewpoints from outside the Thoroughbred industry.

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Life Is Good Joins Top Five Of World’s Best Racehorse Rankings

Baaeed (GB) [128] remains the highest rated horse in the world, and Life Is Good [125] has joined the Top 5, in the sixth edition of the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2022.

LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings

Leading Horses

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Rank Horse Rating Trained
1 BAAEED (GB) 128 GB
2 FLIGHTLINE (USA) 127 USA
3 NATURE STRIP (AUS) 126 AUS
4 LIFE IS GOOD (USA) 125 USA
5 PYLEDRIVER (GB) 124 GB
5 TITLEHOLDER (JPN) 124 JPN
7 DESERT CROWN (GB) 123 GB
7 JACK CHRISTOPHER (USA) 123 USA
7 SPEAKER'S CORNER (USA) 123 USA
7 VADENI (FR) 123 FR

Baaeed, who is now a perfect nine-for-nine in his career, maintains his rating of 128 following his victory by 1 ¾ lengths in the Qatar Sussex Stakes (G1). Earlier this year, he won the Queen Anne Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot and the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes (G1). Baaeed is expected to run in the Juddmonte International Stakes (G1) next week.

Following his win in the Whitney Stakes (G1), Life Is Good (USA) [125] is currently ranked fourth in the world. He raised his rating to 125 from 124 with his win over Happy Saver, Hot Rod Charlie (USA) [121], and Olympiad (USA) [120] in that contest. Life Is Good also won the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes presented by 1/ST BET (G1) and John A. Nerud Stakes (G2) earlier this season.

Joining the Top 5 is Pyledriver, who now sits in co-fifth with Titleholder (JPN) [124]. Pyledriver impressed in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes (G1), where he beat Torquator Tasso (GER) [120] and Mishriff (IRE) [122] to earn his rating of 124. In his previous start, Pyledriver had finished second to Hukum (IRE) [121] in the Dahlbury Coronation Cup (G1).

Additionally, Jackie's Warrior (USA) [122] has raised his rating to 122 from 121 with his two-length score in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1). He is now undefeated in four starts this year. Kyprios (IRE) [120], meanwhile, has joined the rankings following his victory by a neck over Stradivarius in the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup Stakes (G1). Like Jackie's Warrior, Kyprios is also a perfect four-for-four in 2022.

The LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings are compiled by the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings Committee and published by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA).

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