RACE DAY VERDICT (11-05-2019) - Spare a thought for jockey Phillip Parchment, as ‘prentos’ continue to dominate
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jockey Phillip Parchment has been paying his dues ay Caymanas Park for a while now. The 38-year-old Parchment has scraped around, diligently working horses in the mornings without getting many winning rides on race days. Parchment over the last two to three years has forged an association with champion trainer Wayne DaCosta […]
USA: As Preakness approaches, strike at Pimlico possibly averted
BALTIMORE (AP) — A strike by workers at Pimlico Race Course may have been averted just before the running of this year's Preakness Stakes. The Baltimore Sun reports the Maryland Jockey Club and its employees at Pimlico Race Course and other tracks agreed "in principle" to a new employment contract on Friday. The Preakness takes […]
AFTER KENTUCKY DERBY DQ - No call in sports is above being picked apart
The replays stream onto our sets in high-definition on a practically endless loop, with no detail too small, or too big, to ignore: fingernails nicking basketballs, horses veering out of line, baseball gloves grazing runners as they slide into second. About the only irrefutable evidence to come from any of it is that nobody agrees […]
Amid turmoil, US horse racing avoided catastrophe at the Kentucky Derby
Horse racing was one step away from disaster. Amid all the turmoil the beleaguered sport is facing during Triple Crown season, it might've caught a break at the Kentucky Derby. When Maximum Security drifted to his right in the final turn, his back legs almost became entangled with those of War of Will behind him. […]