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By Murray Fish · Posted
weather lead up actually looks like some summer weather!!! would it be to much to hope for a 'good' track -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
It was desperately close on the wire, but the stewards did confirm that Class President (Uncle Mo) and the evergreen John Velazquez denied an equally game Silent Tactic (Tacitus) to win the GII Rebel Stakes. The son of the late, great Uncle Mo debuted in December for Todd Pletcher, and comfortably handled that maiden field by 3 1/4 lengths. He was last seen Jan. 31 finishing second in the Swale Stakes to MSW & GSP Solitude Dude (Yaupon), who went on from that race to close the trifecta in the GII Fountain of Youth Feb. 28. In no rush early as Litmus Test (Nyquist) went out to lead through an opening quarter in :23.06 and a half-mile in :46.62, positions had not changed much after six panels in 1:11.77. As they went into the far turn, ranks tightened through the bend and Class President was looming the danger as that pacesetter folded along the rail when they arrived at the head of affairs. Fighting off that longtime leader, but with Silent Tactic now the danger to his outside, Class President courageously met the challenge late to get his head down just in time. Litmus Test rank on well for third. The final time was 1:43.21. Class President takes home 50 Kentucky Derby points with his victory here. Sunday, Oaklawn Park REBEL S.-GII, $1,000,000, Oaklawn, 3-1, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:43.21, ft. 1–CLASS PRESIDENT, 119, c, 3, by Uncle Mo 1st Dam: Top Quality (SW & GSP-Can, MSW-USA, $139,704), by Quality Road 2nd Dam: Lemon Bay, by Bernardini 3rd Dam: Sweet Fervor, by Seeking the Gold 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O-WinStar Farm, LLC, First Go Racing and CHC, Inc.; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher; J-John R. Velazquez. $540,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $593,700. *1/2 to American Speed (More Than Ready), SP, $163,910. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Silent Tactic, 124, c, 3, Tacitus–Magical Sign, by Gun Runner. ($60,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT; $500,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR). O-John C. Oxley; B-Don Alberto Corporation (KY); T-Mark E. Casse. $180,000. 3–Litmus Test, 121, c, 3, Nyquist–Study Hard, by Malibu Moon. ($875,000 Ylg '24 FTSAUG). O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Bashor, Dianne, Determined Stables, Golconda Stable, Waves Edge Capital LLC and Donovan, Catherine; B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Bob Baffert. $90,000. Margins: NO, 5 1/4, 2 3/4. Odds: 8.50, 3.60, 1.50. Also Ran: Blackout Time, Soldier N Diplomat, Strategic Risk, Honey's to Blame, Rancho Santa Fe, Time for Music. Scratched: Bravaro. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Two Turn Tradition: Class President Takes Rebel Vote At Oaklawn appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Within the industry, TSG is currently getting batted around like a pinata, and many of the company's woes are self-inflicted. In recent years TSG has pulled the plug on racing at Portland Meadows and Golden Gate Fields, and in many aspects is leaving Maryland racing in a worse-off state than when the company acquired Pimlico and Laurel 15 years ago. TSG is also currently embroiled in a controversial “decoupling” attempt in Florida to sever its live racing obligation from its casino privileges at Gulfstream Park. And just last week, TSG was instrumental in lobbying for the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) to deny permits for two geographically distant Northern California fairs to conduct short race meets in 2026 out of concern that the TSG-owned Santa Anita Park, which has been financially strained in recent seasons, would suffer because of lost simulcasting revenue. At that Feb. 27 CHRB meeting, the board's vice-chair, Oscar Gonzales, openly questioned why other commissioners were deferring to the TSG-backed plan to consolidate all of California's racing in the Southern part of the state, where Santa Anita tenuously remains the flagship track. “We see what [TSG has] done in Maryland,” Gonzales said. We see what they're doing in Florida. But we're willing to put all of our chips [in SoCal, essentially on Santa Anita] rather than spreading them out?” The number of GI Kentucky Derby starters who went on to compete in the Preakness began to really tail off around the same time TSG took over Maryland racing in 2011. That decline is certainly not the outright fault of TSG. It is actually more attributable to the “less is more” training methodology that has cycled into vogue over the past several decades. But it did happen during TSG's stewardship of Maryland racing. Historically, the resilient Preakness has been able to overachieve by making the most out of being an “event” as much as a horse race. And in all fairness, even if you didn't like some of the company's specific ideas, TSG did try to capitalize on and boost the entertainment aspect of the Preakness as best as it could. At the moment, the legacy of the Preakness under TSG spans roughly from Kegasus (the beer-swilling centaur mascot who was introduced just before TSG took control of Pimlico and Laurel in 2011) to the cryptocurrency craze that spawned TSG's issuance of Preakness-themed non-fungible tokens in 2021 (a highly speculative collectibles concept that few people in the racing world understood before the marketplace for them completely cratered within a year). But now it looks like we'll have to leave room in the record books to see whether the 2026 Preakness attendance cap of 4,800 needs to have its own unique chapter written up in better-than-expected terms, or if the idea fizzles to the point where it's just a footnote describing a dubious move at a precarious time for the Preakness. The post The 4800 Preakness Cap is Low. Should Expectations Be Even Lower? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
Westport noms generally much better than xmas, but sometimes that dont always transform into field sizes but 15 for the main race for pacers, no other meet in Canterbury for the week,maybe come xmas might make sense if powers that be take note when scheduling same as the Banks Peninsula programme, Westport incidentally have same numbers nominated as 2 meetings up North,
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