If you are still holding on to the last vestiges of summer, then you may want to close your eyes. The Road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve opens for business Saturday.
Month: September 2024
Big-Race Showdown: Woodbine Mile and Iroquois Stakes Selections
For the eighth year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2024 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”
Breeders’ Cup Fantastic Finishes: A Legendary Streak Halted
Fourteen years ago this summer, horse racing was at one of its periodic upticks in national exposure as fans were drawn to the exploits of an unbeaten star racemare based in Southern California, and by the time the 27th Breeders’ Cup World Championships arrived at Churchill Downs, excitement was at a fever pitch.
John ‘Shark’ Hanlon to start five-month suspension from training on December 1 as he fails in attempt to have ban deferred after footage showed one of his horseboxes carrying a dead horse
The severity of the punishment - which also included a €2000 fine - left Hanlon shocked and he has appealed against it.
