Every Sunday Noel Michaels will provide free full-card picks for a one racecard in North America. A veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer, Michaels also writes a weekly “Weekend Winners” blog for America’s Best Racing with a focus on key stakes races at marquee tracks. This feature will be straight-forward: full-card picks for one Sunday slate of races of his choosing.
Ron Turcotte, Secretariat’s Hall of Fame Jockey, Dies at 84
Retired jockey Ron Turcotte, remembered for riding Secretariat to win the 1973 Triple Crown during a Hall of Fame career that ended prematurely in 1978 due to a tragic racing injury, died of natural causes Aug. 22 in his Drummond home outside Grand Falls, New Brunswick, in Canada. He was 84.
Curragh Top Rated Saturday 23rd August
Curragh Top Rated Saturday 23rd August
Curragh 13.42
2 CIRCLE OF LIFE 31.3
7 SAVILE ROW 29.5
13 ICE DANCER 30.2
5 NIL BUA GAN DUA 25.2
Curragh 14.17
10 WASHINGTON STREET 141.0
14 GLORY TO BE 122.7
8 MEN OF HONOUR 53.5
9 SNOWBALLS 29.3
Curragh 14.52
1 SHAOOL 88.2
4 ORIOLE 87.8
8 PARTY DRESS 82.7
6 IT’S A HEARTBEAT 55.0
Curragh 15.27
3 CONSTITUTION RIVER 156.7
1 A BOY NAMED SUSIE 113.7
4 GERYON 107.0
5 GO JUST DO IT 85.8
Curragh 16.02
3 COMPOSING 134.7
1 BALANTINA 132.0
6 SUZIE SONGS 92.7
5 SKYDANCE 72.8
Curragh 16.37
7 SPRING DANCE 93.5
6 DANCING STEVE 71.8
1 SLURRICANE 62.3
5 ANGELO PIO 61.8
Curragh 17.10
7 SLANEY DRIVE 129.7
6 SARATOGA 68.7
9 ETAWA 66.2
10 LIFTING SAILS 60.8
Curragh 17.40
3 MARY SHOELACES 85.3
2 NEZEEH 75.2
5 TITAN SUN 42.7
11 STEP BACK IN TIME 36.7
Australian star Asfoora storms to Nunthorpe Stakes glory at York under Oisin Murphy
Dwyer trains his horses in Miner's Rest, a suburb some 90 minutes outside Melbourne. It was a big decision to send his star mare, Asfoora, to Britain this year.
