After picking up his second graded stakes score in the June 22 Ohio Derby (G3) at JACK Thistledown Racino, Rupp Racing’s Owendale will step back up to grade 1 company for his next outing.
Monthly Archives: June 2019
McKinzie Stays Atop Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings
Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s 4-year-old McKinzie (250 votes) has retained the No. 1 position following the third week of voting in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings.
TCA Charity of Month: Equine Rescue of Aiken
Equine Rescue of Aiken works with horses, veterans, and troubled youth.
Bucchero Camp Plans Royal Return with Next Generation
Owner Malter hopes to campaign stallion’s progeny in the United Kingdom.
Ontario Racing Announces New Ontario-Bred Bonus Program
Ontario Racing today announced an additional enhancement of $2.375 million in funds for the 2019 Thoroughbred Improvement Program as part of the $10 million of Horse Improvement Program funds.
Bluegrass Cat, Air Force Marshal to Stud Duty in Turkey
Bluegrass Cat stood for five years at Ballena Vista Farm in California.
NYRA Announces Giveaway Items for 2019 Saratoga Meet
The New York Racing Association, Inc. today announced its lineup of four premium giveaways for the 2019 meet at Saratoga Race Course.
Bill Giving CHRB More Authority Over Meets Approved
The newly approved legislation would allow the CHRB to immediately call an emergency meeting and take action, if it determines the health and safety of horses or riders is at risk, and then review the suspension of the license within 10 calendar day.
Lawmakers Approve Creation of Belmont Advisory Panel
Nineteen months after a mega-development project was announced for a parcel adjoining Belmont Park, New York State lawmakers have approved the creation of a 15-member panel to offer advice on the track’s impact on nearby communities.
Oregon store employees dig through trash to help find winning $1,200 lottery ticket
A store manager at a local lottery shop in southeast Portland, Oregon, went above and beyond to help a customer who’d lost their winning ticket.Winner Stories, Oregon, Unusual, Retailer, Keno
NC Lottery pays out record $7.8 million in Pick 4 drawing
More than 2,000 players won the Pick 4 lottery in North Carolina on Saturday when they all chose the winning numbers 0-0-0-0.Winning Ticket Announcement, North Carolina, Pick 4, Record
Rays vs. Twins MLB betting preview
Odds courtesy of OddsShark.com
Anyone for a Tampa Bay Rays-Minnesota Twins ALDS or ALCS? Could happen, although the various networks that televise Major League Baseball’s playoffs would hate that with two small-market, rather anonymous teams. The Rays and Twins open a three-game series at Target Field on Tuesday. Minnesota will be the series betting favorite, and opened as -120 chalk for Tuesday’s contest at sportsbooks.
It’s too early to say any team is a “lock” anything in MLB, but the Twins would have to suffer a mega-collapse to not win the AL Central Division for the first time since 2010. Minnesota is easily the biggest surprise in baseball under first-year manger Rocco Baldelli, who has to be the leading AL Manager of the Year candidate. After finishing 23rd in the majors last year in home runs, the Twins are first in 2019 with 147 and on a potential record pace. Just not sure they have the pitching to really be taken seriously as pennant contenders.
Tampa Bay led the AL East for much of the season but has fallen off a bit. It still leads the AL Wild-Card race. It’s a credit to this team’s front office that the Rays annually overachieve because they have the worst stadium situation in the four major American pro sports leagues, draw no fans and have the lowest payroll in the majors.
Online Sports Betting Among Failed Bills in New York
New York lawmakers have wrapped up their 2019 legislative session June 24, as more than a dozen bills that would affect the racing industry in some manner died in one or both houses of the Legislature.
From Calder to Gulfstream: Summit of Speed Returns
The Summit of Speed returns to Gulfstream Park June 29, featuring Breeders’ Cup ‘Win & You’re In’ races in the Princess Rooney (G2) and Smile Sprint (G3).
Bricks and Mortar Holds Steady at Top of NTRA Poll
Bricks and Mortar continues to hold steady as No. 1 in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll after the United Nations Stakes (G1T), the weekend’s biggest race stateside, produced an upset winner in Hunter O’Riley.
Newbury Debut Set for Star of Seville's First Foal
Daughter of French Oaks winner will contest EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes
Winx to Visit I Am Invincible for First Mating
Winx will remain in Australia and be covered by I Am Invincible later this year with the champion mare’s owners landing on the star Yarraman Park Stud-based stallion for her maiden mating after considering elite stallions from around the world.
Blue Point Retired to Stud After Royal Ascot Double
Trainer Charlie Appleby has paid tribute to brilliant sprinter Blue Point (IRE), who he says has been retired “at the pinnacle of his career” and with nothing left to prove.
EPL news: SportNation AI reveals no plot holes; moneybags Big Six; VAR promise
Three stories from the English Premier League including SportNation’s AI painting a familiar year-end picture, a report on how the ‘Big Six’ remain the ‘Big Six’, and VAR promise.
A week after the English Premier League (EPL) released their 2019/20 fixture list, the bookmaker SportNation.bet plugged the details into artificial intelligence burrowed deep within their subterranean magma, and the tale forced out of the rooftop was a familiar one.
AI predicts that Manchester City will once again turn the EPL into a sprawling necropolis with only Liverpool having a bookmakers chance of creating an upset.
History doesn’t favour the AI’s choice of winner, with only Manchester United ever winning the title in three consecutive seasons, first in 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, and then again in 2006/7, 2007/8 and 2008/9, making it more of a mountain range than a hobbit hill of a task.
Five Sires Stand Out as Royal Ascot Leaders
With 30 races run over five days at Royal Ascot, surprisingly just five sires were responsible for the winners of half the races from June 18 to June 22.