The stairs to this historic haven are steep, but at the top lie treasures, reminders of bygone days that feel as fresh as the grass outside the century-old farmhouse. Within the labyrinth of tables, bins, and boxes are snapshots of the history of a sport, evidence of the Pons family’s front-row seat for the names and events that shaped racing in the first half of the 20th century.
Category: Horse Racing News
Jorge Delgado Set Sights on Breeders’ Cup With Power Squeeze
The cross-breeding of Union Rags with Callmethesqueeze, by Awesome Again, has proved a successful experiment, producing the courageous chestnut filly Power Squeeze. At 3 years old, with a record of six wins in 10 starts, she has given her trainer, Jorge Delgado, his 10th graded stakes win and his seventh of 2024, setting a record for any Venezuelan trainer in the competitive U.S. racing scene.
Calls for bans after three horses were killed and two jockeys hospitalised after day of carnage in last state where jump racing is still legal
Three dead horses and a critically injured jockey at a single race meeting have led to fresh calls for jump races to be banned in the last state in Australia to hold them
Calls for bans after three horses were killed and two jockeys hospitalised after day of carnage in last state where jump racing is still legal
Three dead horses and a critically injured jockey at a single race meeting have led to fresh calls for jump races to be banned in the last state in Australia to hold them