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‘Always Trying To Improve’: Defending Champion Jockey William Buick First British Rider To 50 Wins In 2023

Defending Champion Jockey, William Buick is the first jockey to reach 50 victories this season, after landing the Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes at Kempton onboard Works of Art, trained by Andrew Balding and owned by His Majesty The King.

Buick, 34, is hoping to secure back-to-back titles and double his Flat Jockeys' Championship tally in the process.

The 2023 Flat Jockeys' Championship is shaping up to be an enthralling contest and despite a relatively quiet start to the season, Buick has been firing from all cylinders recently, including when landing a four-timer at Windsor Racecourse on Monday 3^rd July. Buick's half century came from 265 rides with an impressive strike rate of 19%.

Buick said on his season so far: “Reaching 50 winners is always nice, I am in a fortunate position, first and foremost with my job at Godolphin and I have been well supported so far this season, so hopefully that will remain the same and I can continue to be given some good opportunities.”

Speaking on the 2023 Jockeys' Championship Buick said: “I haven't been thinking about the title too much, as it is still early in the season, I am always trying to improve myself however and make myself better. I have been taking each day as it comes and hopefully things will continue.”

Three-time champion jockey, Oisin Murphy is close behind in second with 42 wins and a strike rate of 16%. Buick will be hoping to keep this momentum going this week however and he has some strong contenders at The Boodles July Festival at Newmarket Racecourse, including the unbeaten Great Truth for Charlie Appleby, who runs in the Group 2 Superlative Stakes on Saturday. Buick could also be on board the Ralph Beckett-trained and last year's Group 1 QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes victor, Kinross, In the Pertemps Network July Cup that same day.

Closely behind Buick and Murphy are last season's joint runners up and racing's very own power couple, Hollie Doyle (third) and Tom Marquand (fifth). Doyle is fresh off the back of two very impressive performances of her own this week, after a four timer on Monday at Chepstow, followed by a treble on Wednesday at Lingfield. They will both be looking to close that gap this weekend. Doyle has 41 wins with a strike rate of 18% and Marquand has 39 wins with a strike rate of 14%.

The Norwegian-born jockey Buick will be hoping he can extend his lead in the title race this weekend but let us not forget about another leading contender in Joe Fanning, who sits in fourth with 39 wins and a strike rate of 19% as he looks to win the title for the first time at the tender age of 52.

The Flat Jockeys' Championship runs from Saturday 6^th May to Saturday 21^st October, when the Champion Jockey will be crowned in front of the crowds at QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot Racecourse.

The 2023 Jockeys' Championship table can be found here.

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Twirling Candy’s Sugar Hi Graduates In Style At Saratoga

2nd-Saratoga, $105,945, Msw, 7-13, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:05.14, ft, 6 lengths.
SUGAR HI (f, 2, Twirling Candy–Laughing Matters, by Medaglia d'Oro) tipped her hand for trainer Bill Mott early off a series of quick drills and was subsequently slammed down from her 8-1 morning line into the 2-1 favorite's role for the first 2-year-old maiden race of the 2023 Saratoga meet. Picked up for just $180,000 out of last year's Keeneland September Sale, the bay broke with intent from her outside draw and was up to press the pace outside of second-time starter Lady Moscato (Quality Road). Ridden to come alongside that rival off the turn, Sugar Hi stuck a head in front with a furlong to run and sprinted away with her ears pricked on the wire, defeating Lady Moscato by a geared-down six lengths.

“With the mare, we needed the characteristics that Twirling Candy gives us which is the opportunity to get a race horse,” said winning co-breeder Fred Hertrich. “The mare needed a little push to get something that would stand out. We own shares in him (Twirling Candy) and he's been very good to us about helping mares provide runners.”

From the extended female family of champion 2-year-old filly Dreaming of Anna (Rahy), GSW Dreamologist, and GISP Fast Anna (Medaglia d'Oro), Sugar Hi has a yearling More Than Ready half brother while her dam unfortunately aborted her 2023 Street Sense foal. Sales History: $180,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-CJ Thoroughbreds; B-Fred W. Hertrich lll & John D. Fielding (KY); T-William I. Mott.

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Ellis Park To Host ‘Rein In Breast Cancer’ Event Saturday

Ellis Park Racing & Gaming will celebrate Breast Cancer Survivors on Saturday with its annual Horses and Hope Day at the races.

Race fans are encouraged to visit the Pink Tent located on the track apron to learn about cancer prevention and screening resources. A limited number of free gifts will be available to cancer survivors. Horses and Hope will also have merchandise available for purchase.

“We want to send a message to all cancer survivors, especially our patrons, our community and our very own team members that no one fights alone,” Ellis Park General Manager Matt Pressley said. “Ellis Park is all about community and family and this is a great opportunity to celebrate and spend the day with friends and family.”

Horses and Hope is a project started by former First Lady Jane Beshear and the Kentucky Cancer Program. Their mission is to reach men and women throughout Kentucky to increase cancer screening, especially among Kentucky's horse industry workers and their families.

Ellis Park will have a giveaway for the first 50 survivors through the main gate on Saturday, as well as the opportunity for survivors to enter a drawing for one of three self-care packages generously donated by Massage Therapy by Cherie Williamson LMT and Sixth and Zero.

Race fans are encouraged to “chalk the walk” between the terrace and paddock tents in honor of their loved ones and to wear pink to the races to create a brightly colored sea of support.

Horses and Hope will also have their one-of-a-kind pink Ford Mustang available for fans to take photos. The unique car was used as the pace car in a 2011 NASCAR Cup Series race.

The first of nine races will get underway at 11:45 a.m. (CDT) For more information about racing and gaming from Ellis Park, visit www.ellisparkracing.com.

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Canterbury: Hall Of Fame Saturday Card Features Four Stakes Races

Saturday's Hall of Fame Night racing program at Canterbury Park will bring together many of the best Minnesota-bred thoroughbreds in four $50,000 stakes races. Three-year-old fillies run in the Frances Genter and 3-year-old colts and geldings in the Victor S. Myers, both at six furlongs on the main track. Older fillies and mares race on the turf in the Minnesota Turf Distaff while males run in the Ralph Strangis Stakes. Both grass races are contested around two turns at a distance of 7 1/2 furlongs.

Potentially the most heavily bet favorite in the four stakes will be Cupids Crush in the Frances Genter. She has four wins, a second and a third from six career starts. Cupids Crush is undefeated in 2023 with one win at Oaklawn and two at Canterbury including an allowance victory by 8 1/4 lengths over Lover Girl who had defeated her last season in the $100,000 Northern Lights Debutante, and a win in the $79,500 Curtis Sampson Oaks. Lover Girl also is entered in the Frances Genter.

Owned by Vicki and Mike McGowan's Xtreme Racing Stables LLC, Cupids Crush is now trained by Nate Quinonez after trainer Mac Robertson was provisionally suspended by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) following a positive test in a June 4 race for a substance banned for use in male horses but allowed in fillies and mares. While Robertson awaits adjudication the entirety of his 70-horse stable has been transferred to the care of Quinonez. Eduardo Gallardo has the mount on Cupids Crush.

The Victor S. Myers attracted an evenly matched field of seven. Sir Sterling, off a front-running win in the $54,000 MTA Stallion Auction Stakes, is the 2 to 1 morning line favorite. He is trained by Tony Rengstorf and will be ridden by Lindey Wade for owner and breeder Chad Kuehn. Rengstorf also trains West Island for Suzanne Stables. West Island led gate to wire to break his maiden in his first start of the year on June 17.

Crocodilehunter, bred and owned by trainer Tim Padilla and Pete Mattson, is 9 to 2 in the Myers. He is one of three horses that will be racing in stakes Saturday night out of the mare Garden Gloves. Half-sister, 4-year-old She's My Warrior, is entered in the Minnesota Turf Distaff and 5-year-old half-brother Thealligatorhunter is entered in the Ralph Strangis. All three are owned by Mattson and Padilla.

Canterbury's 2022 horse of the meet Midnight Current defends her Turf Distaff title as the 8 to 5 morning line favorite for trainer Joel Berndt and owner Bob Lothenbach. The 5-year-old mare was an undefeated in five starts last season and began 2023 with consecutive second-place finishes, most recently in the $76,000 Lady Canterbury Stakes. Leading rider Harry Hernandez will be aboard. Berndt also trains Let's Skedaddle in the same race.

Thealligatorhunter finished first in the 2022 Strangis but was disqualified and placed third for interference in the stretch. Saturday he faces the improving Stagecoach Boys, trained by Berndt and owned by Lothenbach, who most recently lost by a nose in the $76,000 Brooks Fields Mile. Thealligatorhunter will likely be forwardly placed in the early stages with Stagecoach Boys and the Qunionez-trained Xavey Dave chasing.

First post for the nine-race card is 5:07 p.m. CT. The wagering menu includes four 10 percent takeout pools: the Post Time Pick 4 beginning in race 1, two traditional Pick 5s beginning in races 2 and 5, and an All-Turf Pick five encompassing races 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7.

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