azeri | Horse Racing Free Tips

America’s Day At The Races Features Racing From Aqueduct, Oaklawn

America's Day at the Races, the acclaimed national telecast produced by the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) in partnership with FOX Sports, will air coverage both Saturday and Sunday showcasing live racing action from Aqueduct Racetrack and Oaklawn Park.

Presented by America's Best Racing and Claiborne Farm, America's Day at the Races will broadcast Saturday from 2-3 p.m. Eastern on FS1 and from 3-6 p.m. on FS2. Sunday will feature coverage on FS2 from 1:30-6:30 p.m.

Saturday's stakes-laden card from Oaklawn is headlined by the Grade 2, $1 million Rebel (Race 11, 6:16 p.m. Eastern), a 1 1/16-mile test for sophomores offering 50-20-10-5 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top-four finishers. The Rebel will be shown on America's Day at the Races via NYRA's YouTube channel, the FOX Sports app and via NYRA Bets from 6-6:30 p.m.

A talented Rebel field is led by Shortleaf Stable homebred Caddo River, who will exit the inside post under Florent Geroux for trainer Brad Cox. The Hard Spun colt enters from a dominant 10 ¼-length gate-to-wire score in one-mile Smarty Jones on January 22 at the Hot Springs, Arkansas oval.

Steep opposition will be provided by a pair of starters for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert in undefeated Concert Tour and $625,000 purchase Hozier. Baffert leads all trainers with seven wins in the Rebel, including last year's renewal captured by Nadal.

Gary and Mart West homebred Concert Tour, a Street Sense bay, will stretch out following a half-length score in the seven-furlong Grade 2 San Vicente on February 6 at Santa Anita. SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Golconda Stable, Siena Farm and Robert E. Masterson's Hozier, a Pioneerof the Nile colt bought at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale, graduated at second asking around two turns on February 15 at Santa Anita.

Joel Rosario will guide Concert Tour from post 7, while Martin Garcia has the call on Hozier from post 3.

Graded stakes action at Oaklawn on Saturday kicks off in Race 5 (3:03 p.m.) with the Grade 2, $350,000 Azeri at 1 1/16-miles featuring the seasonal debut of 2020 Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks-winner Shedaresthedevil.

The Cox-trainee won the Grade 3 Honeybee at the Azeri distance last year at Oaklawn. A compact field of field includes win machine Letruska, who has captured 12-of-16 career starts for trainer Fausto Gutierrez; and the improving Envoutante, who earned a career-best 101 Beyer last out in a six-length romp of the Grade 2 Falls City in November at Churchill Downs.

Additional stakes on Saturday's Oaklawn card include the $500,000 Essex [Race 7, 4:08 p.m.], a 1 1/16-mile test for older horses; the $150,000 Temperence Hill [Race 9, 5:13 p.m.], a 12-furlong test for older horses; and the $200,000 Hot Springs [Race 10, 5:45 p.m.], featuring Whitmore, the reigning Champion Male Sprinter who has won the last four editions of the six-furlong sprint for older horses.

Saturday's Aqueduct card offers the 81st edition of the $100,000 Correction [Race 9, 4:55 p.m.], a six-furlong sprint for older fillies and mares led by West Coast-based Amuse, a multiple graded stakes placed daughter of Medaglia d'Oro for Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella.

Aqueduct's Sunday card will be headlined by the 42nd renewal of the $100,000 Damon Runyon, a seven-furlong sprint for New York-bred sophomores.

America's Day at the Races is also broadcast on NYRA's YouTube channel which boasts more than 65,000 subscribers. Fans can subscribe to NYRA's channel and set a reminder to watch the show on YouTube Live. NYRA's YouTube channel also hosts a plethora of race replays, special features, America's Day at the Races replays and more.

Free Equibase-provided past performances are available for races that are part of the America's Day at the Races broadcast and can be accessed at https://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/racing/tv-schedule.

NYRA Bets is the official wagering platform of Aqueduct Racetrack, and the best way to bet every race of the winter meet. Available to horseplayers nationwide, the NYRA Bets app is available for download today on iOS and Android at www.NYRABets.com.

The post America’s Day At The Races Features Racing From Aqueduct, Oaklawn appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

Horse of the Year Azeri Pensioned

American Horse of the Year Azeri (Jade Hunter-Zodiac Miss {Aus}, by Ahonoora {GB}) has been pensioned from broodmare duty. The chestnut will instead become a lead horse, educating weanlings and yearlings at the Northern Horse Park in Japan according to a recent video posted by the park. The news was first reported by Daily Racing Form.

Bred by Allen E. Paulson, Azeri raced in his living trust’s colors to wins in 11 Grade I races, while picking up titles as Champion Older Mare in 2002/03/04 and a Horse of the Year title in 2002. She won three editions of the GI Apple Blossom H. (02-04) and two editions each of the GI Vanity H. (02/03) and GI Milady Breeders’ Cup H. in the same two years, respectively. In addition, she won the 2002 GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff, 2002 GI Santa Margarita Invitational H. as well as the 2004 GI Spinster S. and 2004 GI Go for Wand H. For the first several seasons of her career she was trained by Laura de Seroux before being transferred to D. Wayne Lukas for her 2004 campaign. In total the game chestnut earned $4,079,820 with 17 wins from 24 starts.

During the American portion of her broodmare career Azeri’s three foals were led by MGSW and GI Juddmonte Spinster third Wine Princess (Ghostzapper) and GSP Arienza (Giant’s Causeway). She was purchased for $2.25 million by Katsumi Yoshida at Keeneland November in 2009 and had another nine foals in Japan. From that bunch, the best were the MGSP Leukerbad (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and GSP Shirvanshah (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). Overall, Azeri foaled nine winners from nine runners. Her latest produce is a Drefong filly of 2020.

The post Horse of the Year Azeri Pensioned appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

Source of original post

Hall Of Famer Azeri Pensioned From Broodmare Duty In Japan

Hall of Famer Azeri, who earned the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year in 2002, has been pensioned from broodmare duty, per a video released by Japan's Northern Horse Park.

The 23-year-old daughter of Jade Hunter will spend her retirement as a “lead horse,” turned out with young horses after they've been weaned to watch over them as they develop. The video shows that Azeri is one of several former broodmares employed by Northern Horse Park to watch over the youngsters, also including Biwa Heidi, the dam of Japanese Horse of the Year Buena Vista.

Azeri had 12 foals during her broodmare career, producing nine winners from as many runners. Her most successful foal on the racetrack to date is Wine Princess, a daughter of Ghostzapper who won the Grade 2 Falls City Handicap and the G3 Monmouth Oaks.

Before selling to Japan's Katsumi Yoshida for $2.25 million at the 2009 Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale, Azeri also produced the Giant's Causeway filly Arienza, who was Grade 2-placed. Once she was relocated to Japan, the mare's top runners have included Group 2-placed Leukerbad and Shirvanshah, both by Deep Impact.

Azeri's final foal was a filly born last year from the second crop of Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Drefong.

On the racetrack, Azeri was the most dominant North American racemare of the early 2000s. A winner in 17 of 24 starts, and an earner of $4,079,820, Azeri earned champion older female honors each year from 2002 to 2004.

Her strongest season came during her 2002 campaign, when she earned Horse of the Year honors with a resume that featured seven graded stakes victories, including the Breeders' Cup Distaff. She tallied 14 graded wins over the course of her career, 11 of which were in Grade 1 company. Azeri was named to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame in 2010.

The post Hall Of Famer Azeri Pensioned From Broodmare Duty In Japan appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post