#US RACING: WATCH TIZ THE LAW WIN THE 2020 BELMONT STAKES

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The US Triple Crown series of races are customarily run in the order of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and then the Belmont Stakes. Last year because of COVID-19, the order changed with the Belmont run as the first of the Triple Crown races. The 2021 Belmont Stakes will be run […]

#US RACING: Belmont Stakes runners and draw

Thanks to COVID and maybe an anticlimactic feel to the Triple Crown, it was not the lavish production that previous Belmont Stakes draws have been. Instead of a big lunch at the skating rink at Rockefeller Center or a cocktail party before a Mets game at Citi Field, it was a spartan gathering with pots of coffee […]

2000 Guineas favourite Further and Beyond draws 4 in 16 horse field

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Further and Beyond trained by champion Anthony Nunes to be ridden by co-champion Dane Nelson has drawn post-position 4 in this year’s renewal of the 2000 Guineas. The 2000 Guineas for three-year-old colts and geldings (only) at a mile (1,600 metres) will be run at Caymanas Park this Saturday, June 5. The […]

1000 Guineas favourite She’s A Wonder draws 14 in 14 horse field

KINGSTON, Jamaica – She’s A Wonder trained by Ian Parsard to be ridden by Reyan Lewis has drawn post-position 14 in this year’s renewal of the 1000 Guineas/ The 1000 Guineas for three-year-old fillies (only) at a mile (1,600 metres) will be run at Caymanas Park this Saturday, June 5. The 2021 – 1000 Guineas […]

#US RACING: Embattled Baffert earns record-tying 8th Gold Cup victory

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Country Grammer edged Royal Ship by a head to win the US$300,000 Hollywood Gold Cup, giving embattled trainer Bob Baffert his record-tying eighth victory in the Grade 1 race at Santa Anita. Baffert tied fellow Hall of Famer Charlie Whittingham, who won his eighth and last Gold Cup with Ferdinand in […]