Southern California summers at the racetrack mean one thing: Del Mar. The beautiful seaside horse racing venue begins its 89th season Friday, July 17, and make no mistake, Del Mar is a bucket-list track for fans of the sport.
Category: Horse Racing News
The Claim-to-Fame Journey of Lava Man
The history of horse racing is filled with rags-to-riches stories of jockeys, trainers, and horses that rise from humble beginnings to achieve success at the highest levels of the sport. Few such stories can compare with that of the remarkable gelding Lava Man, who went from claimer to Hall of Famer to dominate California horse racing for much of three unforgettable years.
Donna Brothers to Interview Cherie DeVaux at Fashionable Fillies Luncheon
The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation Fashionable Fillies Luncheon will feature an interview by Donna Brothers with Cherie DeVaux, two iconic women in the horse racing industry. DeVaux made headlines this year as the first woman to train a Derby winner and the second to train a Belmont Stakes winner – both with Golden Tempo. Donna Brothers is a former jockey who won more than 1,100 races and is known for her on-horseback interviews during the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup for NBC Sports. She retired this year after 26 years.Â
Invasive financial checks on punters are a blatant attack on your rights… it will plunge racing into crisis, enable organised crime gangs to run roughshod in the black market and do NOTHING to protect gambling addicts
Seven people, none of whom have any practical experience of working in the betting industry, have decreed that the everyday punter may now face invasive and intrusive financial checks if they want to continue enjoying a wager.
