GET TO KNOW SEYMOUR BIGGS – TRAINER, OWNER IN CANADA

KINGSTON, Jamaica - SEYMOUR Biggs has never known a life away from horses. He grew up observing his father, Eric Biggs, and other relatives exuding love and passion for horses, and their examples, he thought, were not only worth emulating but surpassing. So he dove head first into racing, earning his groom’s licence in 1985 […]

#US RACING: BOB BAFFERT TESTIFY FOR OVER TWO HOURS AT KENTUCKY RACING COMMISSION

Confronted by his own words in the days after Medina Spirit failed a drug test 15 months ago, Bob Baffert was asked again and again by a Kentucky Horse Racing Commission lawyer Monday whether he still thought it was “stupid” and “a mistake” to give betamethasone to a horse the day before the Kentucky Derby. “I won’t […]

#CANADA RACING: WATCH FILLY MOIRA WIN THE 2022 QUEEN’S PLATE

NOTE: VIDEO REPLAY BELOW ARTICLE Heralded filly Moira won the 163rd running of the CAN$1-million Queen’s Plate at Woodbine Racetrack on Sunday (August 21). Moira posted a synthetic track-record time of 2:01.48 in the 1 1/4-mile opening jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown. Moira finished seventh lengths ahead of second-place finisher Hall of Dreams […]

#UK RACING: WATCH QUICKTHORN WIN THE LONSDALE CUP STAKES AT YORK

NOTE: VIDEO REPLAY FOLLOWS ARTICLE Quickthorn turned the Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup Stakes into a procession as Hughie Morrison’s stayer continued his rise up the staying ranks. Second in both the Further Flight Stakes and Sagaro Stakes in April, he went on to land the Group Three Henry II Stakes at Sandown before adding the Group Two […]

#US RACING: TRAINER CHAD BROWN RETURNS TO THE TRACK AFTER US$2,500 BAIL

Trainer Chad Brown was back at the track Friday morning at Saratoga but would not comment when asked by reporters about the assault charge that landed him in jail on Thursday. Accompanied by his girlfriend, who was not his accuser, Brown drove a golf cart to the main track for what appeared to be an […]

#US RACING: TRAINER CHAD BROWN CHARGED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE

A prominent New York-based horse trainer whose Early Voting won this year's Preakness Stakes is facing a domestic violence charge for allegedly pushing a woman down a flight of stairs and trying to choke her, authorities said Thursday. Chad Brown, 43, was arraigned Thursday morning in Saratoga Springs on a charge of obstruction of breathing, […]

#UK RACING: WATCH BAAEED WIN THE JUDDMONTE STAKES AT YORK

LONDON, United Kingdom - Baaeed evoked memories of the now retired unbeaten super horse Frankel as he stormed home to make it 10 wins from 10 races and his sixth successive Group One victory in the International Stakes at York on Wednesday. Trainer William Haggas and Dubai owners Shadwell Estate Company may have been nervous […]