Like the word Blackpool running through the center of a stick of seaside rock, Galileo’s influence was a constant feature during 2020.
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Racing Community Mourns Loss of Trainer Davison
Trainer Zoe Davison died Jan. 3 following a long battle with cancer. She was 60 years old.
Group 2 Winner Headman to Stand in France
Dual group 2 winner Headman has retired from racing and will stand at Figerro Breeding Farm in Saône-et-Loire, France, this year.
NYRA Registers All-Sources 2020 Handle of $1.8 Billion
The New York Racing Association’s 2020 race meets conducted at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course generated all-sources handle of more than $1.8 billion, NYRA announced Jan. 3.
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WSOP Main Event Heads-Up Finale Preview: Joseph Hebert Vs. Damian Salas
Although it’s technically 2021, the 2020 WSOP Main Event winner will finally be crowned tomorrow at the Rio in Las Vegas. And that individual will either be Joseph Hebert or Damian Salas.
Will Damian Salas or Joseph Hebert win the 2020 WSOP Main Event? (Image: ESPN)
This year’s $10,000 buy-in world championship event is vastly different compared to the previous 50 years due to COVID-19. Not only did the event take place in December instead of the summer. But most of the tournament was played online instead of at the Rio.
GGPoker kicked off the event for the international players on Nov. 29 and then WSOP.com in Nevada and New Jersey ran the same tournament in December. The nine finalists of the GGPoker tournament met at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic for a live final table. And then the WSOP.com final table ran at the Rio in Las Vegas.
Life Is Good Passes Two-Turn Test in Sham
Life Is Good passed his first two-turn test and improved to 2-for-2 in the $100,000 Sham Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Jan. 2, though a diminishing three-quarter of a length margin of victory suggests the 3-year-old may still be in need of fine-tuning.
Anothertwistafate Lands Turf Score in San Gabriel
Anothertwistafate entered the $201,000 San Gabriel Stakes (G2T) Jan. 2 at Santa Anita Park with a dirt graded victory and a synthetic stakes win on his résumé and added a turf score to his record when he opened up in the nine-furlong event.
Jockey Centeno Notches 3,000th Victory
In the most dramatic fashion imaginable Jan. 2, Daniel Centeno joined an exclusive fraternity, earning career victory No. 3,000 in North America.
Macau casinos slow slide in December, second year of negative growth
Macau casino gaming revenue showed a modest flicker of life in December, but it wasn’t enough to rescue a year of negativity.
Figures released Friday by Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) show the special administrative region of China posted gaming revenue total of MOP7.8b (US$978m) in December, 65.8% below December 2019’s total.
On the plus side, that’s the highest monthly total and lowest rate of year-on-year decline since the pandemic took the market to the cleaners in February. December’s sum also represents a nearly 16% gain from November’s result. So, um, hurray?
In financial terms, there is no real way to polish this turd, although the Macao Government Tourist Office released data this week showing average hotel room occupancy hit close to 70% during the Christmas period of December 23-27. Daily visitor arrivals averaged 24,503 during this period, a significant improvement over the 20,385 average over the first 22 days of December.
Mutasaabeq Struts His Stuff in Mucho Macho Man
Mutasaabeq pressed pace-setting Awesome Gerry before jockey Luis Saez guided him to the front leaving the quarter pole and registered a 1 1/2-length victory over Papetu in the $100,000 Mucho Macho Man Stakes Jan. 2 at Gulfstream Park.
Doyle and Marquand End Record-Breaking Year in Style
Hollie Doyle and Tom Marquand have each enjoyed exceptional years in the saddle, and the final hours of 2020 had one last magic moment in store for them as they announced their engagement on social media.
Cedeno Rides 1,000th Winner with Laurel Score
Newtown Anner Stud Farm’s Perpetrate emerged from a three-way photo finish a head in front Jan. 2 at Laurel Park to give jockey Carol Cedeno her 1,000th career victory.
Birdstone, Sun King Rekindle Old Bond at Old Friends
Old Friends founder Michael Blowen said he is consistently impressed with how much racehorses remember, from a groom they have not seen in years to a former stablemate, like Sun King, from the old barn.
Pete's Play Call Continues Winning Ways in Gravesend
Michael Dubb’s Pete’s Play Call started his 8-year-old campaign the same way he concluded 2020, saving his best for the stretch to win the 62nd running of the $97,000 Gravesend Stakes for 4-year-olds and up at Aqueduct Racetrack Jan. 2.
Jesus' Team Returns to Worktab With Pegasus in Sights
Grupo 7C Racing Stable’s Jesus’ Team tuned up for a planned start in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) with a bullet five-furlong workout Jan. 2 at Palm Meadows Training Center.
Catemaco Rewards Mulhall's Life-Saving Measures
Catemaco, who nearly died as a foal, rewarded his breeder, trainer, and co-owner, Kristin Mulhall, by winning his debut Jan. 1 at Santa Anita Park in the day’s sixth race, a $62,500 maiden special weight.
Jerome Winner Capo Kane to Target Withers Stakes
Bing Cherry Racing and Leonard Liberto’s Capo Kane will look to make his next start in the 1 1/8-mile, $250,000 Withers Stakes (G3) Feb. 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
$62,500 Claim Hembree Pays Off in Joe Hernandez Stakes
Racing Jan. 1 in the $200,000 Joe Hernandez Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita Park, late-running Hembree went from last to first to defeat True Valour by three-quarters of a length.
Jockey Davis Calls Rule Coupling Married Riders Unfair
Jockeys Trevor McCarthy and Katie Davis received a surprising wedding “present” earlier this week.