Vazquez won his 500th race at Oaklawn Park Feb. 20, becoming just the 11th rider to reach that number of local wins. His total of 13 wins for the week vaulted him to the top of the Oaklawn jockey standings.View the full article
With the usual approach of welcoming a massive crowd for the Preakness Stakes (G1) not an option for this year as the event moves to Laurel Park, 1/ST Racing will market this year's race as an exclusive event when seats go on sale Feb. 25.View the full article
Three-year-olds who have just one career start at this point in the year are usually not viewed as Triple Crown prospects. However, Iron Honor's dazzling Dec. 13 career debut was anything but typical.View the full article
Ellis Wong Chi-wang paid tribute to his boss Caspar Fownes, the Jockey Club’s Apprentice Jockeys’ School and his family after graduating to Hong Kong’s senior riding ranks with his 70th local win at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.
The 25-year-old completed his apprenticeship with a last-gasp win on Lucky Generations in the Class Five Bowen Handicap (1,200m), lifting the Fownes-trained gelding to a short-head victory over champion jockey Zac Purton’s mount Oriental Surprise.
A graduate of the...View the full article
Been a bit unlucky last two, but hopefully will pay more next time, grass probably more suited surface for him, see if he heads to the coast circuit, along with stablemate.