Grand National ‘the dream’ for role model Aswat
Aamilah Aswat says racing in the Grand National is "still the dream", having made history last week as the first black female British jump jockey to win a UK race.
The upcoming weekend in Thoroughbred racing expands to an international scale with a multimillion-dollar racecard scheduled to be held Saturday, Feb. 14, in Saudi Arabia. Two Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve qualifying races are also on the calendar in the U.S., and several tracks will be running on the President’s Day holiday, Monday, Feb. 16.
Saturday’s $500,000 Fasig-Tipton Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds is an important race on the road to the 152nd Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve as it is the first race in