-
Available Subscriptions
The Rest of the World
76,064 topics in this forum
-
- Journalists
Trade Steps Up At Tattersalls February
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 222 views
-
- Journalists
Brexit Steering Group Issues Update
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 150 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 147 views
-
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 217 views
-
-
- Journalists
Sovereign Awards Finalists Announced
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 168 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 186 views
-
-
- Journalists
Dublin Racing Festival Preview – Day 1
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 111 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 142 views
-
-
- Journalists
Sovereign Award Finalists Announced
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 245 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 132 views
-
-
- Journalists
French Duo Invades for Sweetest Chant
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 172 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 110 views
-
-
- Journalists
Hagyard Vets Agree to Settlements
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 432 views
-
- Journalists
Violence Rising Star Returns as Forward Gal Fave
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 161 views
-
- Journalists
Chances Abound in Swale
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 138 views
-
- Journalists
‘Maximus’, Mihos Clash in Holy Bull
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 2.2k views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 144 views
-
-
- Journalists
Copano Kicking A Star on the Rise in Japan
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 221 views
-
- Journalists
Maragh, Montalvo Injured in Gulfstream Spill
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 137 views
-
- Journalists
Lane’s End Welcomes New Stallions
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 896 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 150 views
-
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 145 views
-
-
- Journalists
New Jersey Assembly Passes Purse Subsidy Bill
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 140 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 129 views
-
-
- Journalists
Late Entries Added to F-T Winter Mixed Sale
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 155 views
Announcements
-
Posts
-
By Chief Stipe · Posted
Not at all @Huey but you've inferred that some are more deserving than others just because of who employs them. -
Disappointing to see you both mocking the hardworking people in the industry! -
I'm Nominating 'Free Holmes' . in the Huey category of 'Greatest NZ horseman Ever' . this bloke could head off Sir Mark Todd even🤔. *Won the NZ Cup as a jockey riding Manton. * Won the Great Northern Hurdles and the Great Northern Steeple riding 'Liberator' . * Won the biggest harness race going, NZ Trotting Cup 1919 + 2 Auckland Trotting Cups training and driving * Won driving in the Very First INTERDOMINION ever run , the Inaugural race between Nz and Oz in 1936. (well technically he placed 2nd in the race . His own NZ horse got scratched from the Grand Final. So FREE got the call up to drive EVICUS , a Tasmanian mare. She ran 2nd in all her heats. and also 2nd in the Grand Final to another fine Tasmanian in Logan Derby . But she was declared the WINNER of the Series on Points 20 -17 ahead of Logan Derby ( as she had started off a handicap) so took home the Gold trophy and spoils. as did Free ) Logan Derby declared the winner of the race itself many years later . going undefeated for his 4 races during the series. * Raced and bred many fine thoroughbreds and Standardbred across his years. * FREE Holmes himself a fine sire! 😁 Sired Maurice Holmes ( The Maestro ) who across 50 years became the greatest NZ harness driver ever. A lasting Legacy compliments from Free 😋. (descendant young Robbie Holmes still competes in the South Island these very days) * known as 'Old Free' by the gallops folk, and 'The Old Man of Trotting' by the Trots blokes . No One will EVER achieve What that bloke did in thoroughbreds and harness. Don't think he got an OBE for services to racing like his own son Maurice 'the Maestro' did . So Maybe a 'HUEY award' could be his ? . Free Holmes (1871-1967) NZ legend. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Jockey Flavien Prat, trainer Chad Brown, and owner Klaravich Stables earned leading titles for their respective categories during the Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet, which included racing at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Flavien Prat, the reigning Eclipse Award-winner as Outstanding Jockey, earned his first riding title at a New York Racing Association meet when posting 43 wins at the Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet which ran from May 1 through July 6. Statistics for the Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet include the five-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival and four-day July 4th Racing Festival, both of which were held at Saratoga Race Course. Prat, a 32-year-old native of Melun, Siene-et-Marne, France, enjoyed a major milestone at the meet when he notched his 2,000th North American victory June 27 at the Big A, guiding Iron Max to the winner's circle in one of five wins on the card. He posted another five-win day on the July 5 card at Saratoga, highlighted by graded wins with Fionn in the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational and with Obliteration in the GIII Sanford Stakes. “The last few weeks, I've had good things happen and I try to take it all in,” said Prat. “My agent [Brad Pegram] and the support of trainers and owners and everybody that's part of the crew are important.” Of his first New York riding title, Prat said, “Obviously I'm very grateful and proud, and it's an achievement. There's a lot of people that supported me and I feel very grateful.” The meet's training title went to five-time Eclipse Award-winner Chad Brown for the ninth time in his career after a prosperous meet yielded 27 wins for the powerhouse stable. “I feel very fortunate that we have so many nice horses to work with,” Brown said. “My team does an unbelievable job, including with all of the logistics of this meet, shipping horses from all different divisions to run at NYRA. I'm always just so amazed with the day-to-day fluidity of it–they just make things happen. I'm amazed with their teamwork and talent. All of the credit goes to them.” Brown, who won Belmont spring/summer titles from 2016-22 and in 2024, was winning his 34th training title at a NYRA circuit track. With 13 wins, Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables claimed its 30th owners' title at a NYRA meeting and it sixth at a Belmont spring/summer meet. The post Prat Earns First New York Riding Title, Brown Takes Ninth Belmont at the Big A Training Title appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
-
-
Topics
-