8:08 PM ET Mitchell Lamb SATURDAY’S BEST Morphettville Race 6 No.7 Sunlight (Luke Currie) – $2.60 I can fully appreciate that there’s been a long, long list of outstanding two-year-olds who, for whatever reason, didn’t reach the same heights once they turned three, especially the really early, highly precocious ones. Sunlight fits that profile to
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2:52 PM ET Triple Crown winner Justify has been retired from racing, WinStar Farm announced Wednesday. “Justify had some filling in his ankle, and he is just not responding quick enough for a fall campaign,” trainer Bob Baffert. “We all wanted to see Justify run again, but ultimately it is my responsibility to make sure
2:49 AM ET Mitchell Lamb WEDNESDAY’S BEST Canterbury Race 3 No.2 Danawi (Hugh Bowman) – $2.40 There was strong mail for this beautifully bred son of Exceed And Excel, out of Flight Stakes and Epsom Handicap winner Secret Admirer, on debut at the ANZAC Day Randwick meeting. But unfortunately for Danawi, he ran into one
6:48 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Jockey Victor Espinoza was injured when the horse he was riding at Del Mar racetrack collapsed during training and died. Racetrack officials say Bobby Abu Dhabi suffered an apparent fatal heart attack during a workout Sunday morning. Espinoza was thrown off the horse, then lay motionless
7:23 PM ET Mitchell Lamb SATURDAY’S BEST Randwick Race 6 No.8 Seahampton (Blake Shinn) – $3.10 I know she only beat her own age group from a bit of a fast lane, but it would have been hard to walk away from Seahampton’s last start win at this venue a fortnight ago and not be
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
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.