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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Chris McCarron is one of the most successful and recognizable figures in the sport. He appears this week as the guest on Ferrin Peterson's Boundless podcast. McCarron tells Peterson of how he got off to a fast start in Maryland. In 1974, his first year of riding, McCarron set a record of 546 races, earning the Eclipse Award as the top apprentice jockey in the country. “I was young and dumb and all I was doing was having fun,” he said. “I really didn't know a great deal about what I was doing out there, but because I was riding so often, I was able to learn quite quickly.” McCarron tells Peterson about the additional things he learned along the way, like establishing trust with his horses, how to talk to trainers and having respect for his horses. He tells the story of one particularly difficult morning on Tiznow. “He was tricky to ride only in the mornings. Very straightforward in the afternoons. He could run all day. Fast. But in the mornings, he could be a little obstreperous.” On a morning before the 2001 Breeders' Cup, it took him 40 minutes to get Tiznow to go to the gate for a work. McCarron recalls the event in detail to Peterson. He moved to California in 1974, where he would ride until he retired in 2011, with 7,141 wins and over $260 million in earnings. He won each Triple Crown race twice, and won nine Breeders' Cup races, including five Classics. It is available on Apple podcasts, here, or on Spotify, here or on YouTube, below. The post Chris McCarron on Boundless Podcast 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
Keeneland opens its spring meet on Friday, April 4, to launch 15 days of exceptional Thoroughbred racing, featuring 19 stakes worth a spring meet record $9.4 million. View the full article -
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Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has called upon Mike Smith to fill in for Tyler Gaffalione, who sustained a broken ankle in a starting gate mishap, to ride Madaket Road in Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park. View the full article -
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Japan's top sprinters mix it up in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1) March 30 at Chukyo Racecourse, a race marked in recent years by big upsets.View the full article -
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Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Straight No Chaser (Speightster–Margarita Friday, by Johannesburg) will stand at WinStar Farm upon his retirement, the farm announced Friday. After beginning his year with a win in the G2 Riyadh Dirt Sprint in Saudi Arabia in February, the Dan Blacker trainee is entered in next Saturday's G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan on Dubai World Cup Day. “Acquiring the breeding rights to Straight No Chaser ensures that we will retire the fastest horse in the world two years in a row, following Cogburn this season,” said WinStar Farm's president, CEO, and racing manager Elliott Walden. “Straight No Chaser has a profile very similar to his grandsire, Speightstown. He was a Breeders' Cup winner in the sprint division and a champion who retired at age six. Straight No Chaser is an exceptionally good-looking horse, and he has demonstrated incredible speed. We're looking forward to working with Michael Behrens and the entire MyRacehorse team.” All told, Straight No Chaser is a winner in 7-of-11 career starts and he has amassed earnings of $2,616,300. He has recorded four triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures, including a career-best 107 in winning the Maryland Sprint Stakes. His win in the aforementioned Riyadh Dirt Sprint guarantees him a return berth in this year's GI Breeders' Cup Sprint. The post Eclipse-Winning Sprinter Straight No Chaser To Stand At WinStar Upon Retirement appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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