8:46 PM ET Associated Press Manny Ycaza, a Hall of Fame jockey who won the 1964 Belmont Stakes and paved the way for generations of Latin Americans to ride in North America, has died. He was 80. Ycaza died Monday of pneumonia and sepsis at a hospital in Forest Hills, New York, according to his
Horse Racing
10:17 PM ET Mitchell Lamb WEDNESDAY’S BEST Warwick Farm Race 4 No.1 Island Missile (Blake Shinn) – $2.60 Island Missile has always been a good style of galloper, who’s been within a nose of being a stakes winner already. He appears ready to get back into the winner’s stall after two runs this preparation and
8:11 PM ET Mitchell Lamb SATURDAY’S BEST Caulfield Race 6 No. 3 Mount Kilcoy (Ben Allen) (a) – $2.70 You could easily could make the argument that this very talented son of High Chaparral should be unbeaten after four starts. Alas, he’s only won the one time, and for those who backed him last Saturday
9:44 PM ET Mitchell Lamb SATURDAY’S BEST Flemington Race 1 No.4 Mintha (Craig Williams) – $2.40 This really does appear to be Mintha’s race to lose and although she’s been a beaten favourite at her past two starts in town, I think punters can give her one more chance here and feel confident she can
12:42 PM ET Move over, Gronkowski. There’s a new horse in town, and he’s a king. Phoenix Thoroughbreds, an England-based horse company, in May acquired the 2-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro, and received permission to name the colt LeBron J, just like the newly signed Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. Phoenix also owns Gronkowski.
7:17 PM ET Mitchell Lamb SATURDAY’S BEST Sunshine Coast Race 7 No. 3 Seaway (Glen Colless) – $2.60 He’s been pretty stiff not have won his last two starts, but I’m extremely confident Chris Waller’s improving three-year-old colt Seaway will make amends for that and win the Sunshine Coast Guineas. All of this preparation the
8:06 AM ET Mitchell Lamb SATURDAY’S BEST Doomben Race 8 No.4 Prompt Response (Blake Shinn) – $6.50 After running in all the good fillies and mares races throughout the Autumn, winning the Emancipation in the process, Prompt Response returned to Brisbane for the second-straight year for a crack at the Dane Ripper and this, the
8:36 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Triple Crown winner Justify was calm while posing for thousands of fans who cheered and took pictures of horse racing’s newest superstar in 90-degree heat at Churchill Downs. A week after becoming the second Triple Crown champion in four years and 13th overall, the unbeaten chestnut colt
7:15 PM ET Mitchell Lamb SATURDAY’S BEST Rosehill Race 1 No.4 Pedicel (Kerrin McEvoy) – $4.40 After looking the part at the trials, I was super keen on Pedicel at her debut and she did a wonderful job when saluting at Canterbury, where not everything went right for her, as she was out of her
11:15 PM ET Long shot Restoring Hope’s run in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes is being questioned by some competitors, who suggest the horse might have been used to block other horses from catching stablemate Justify on his way to the Triple Crown. Bob Baffert trains both Justify and Restoring Hope, which went off at 37-1 and