Cobra Farm’s Twisted Tom pulled away in the stretch to win the $125,000 Federico Tesio Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths. Although the race is a “Win and You’re In” for the Preakness Stakes (G1) the gelding is not Triple Crown nominated.
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Call To Mind Delivers Late Birthday Gift to The Queen
From the breadth of the Queen’s smile in the winner’s enclosure following the race, she didn’t care that the Call To Mind gift was a day tardy.
Finest City, Songbird Drill Toward Spring Starts
After a speedier-than-designed half-mile workout April 22 at Santa Anita Park, trainer Ian Kruljac said champion female sprinter Finest City will almost surely head to the May 6 Humana Distaff (G1) at Churchill Downs for her next race.
NYRA Set to Launch Long-Distance Turf Bonus Program
The New York Racing Association has announced a long-distance turf bonus program for the upcoming 2017 Belmont Park spring/summer meet.
Cloud Computing to Bypass KY Derby, Point for Preakness
Cloud Computing, the third-place finisher in the April 8 Wood Memorial Stakes presented by NYRA Bets (G2), has been removed from contention for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) and will point to the May 20 Preakness Stakes (G1).
Gormley Works Smartly at Santa Anita
The clocker’s stopwatch at the top of the Santa Anita Park grandstand may have shown 1:15 4/5 for Gormley’s six-furlong workout April 22, but the slow time doesn’t tell the whole story.
Reach the World Euthanized After Training Injury
Reach the World, who was pointing toward runs in the Preakness Stakes (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1), was euthanized after sustaining an injury during training April 22, according to Don Alberto Stable racing manager Fernando Diaz-Valdes.
PokerStars NJSCOOP Guarantees $1.2 Million in Prize Money, Biggest Online Series in New Jersey History
The PokerStars NJSCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) series will have at least $1.2 million in prize pool money awarded. New Jersey online poker players have never competed in a […]
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Finest City, Songbird Work Toward Spring Starts
After a speedier-than-designed half-mile workout April 22 at Santa Anita Park, trainer Ian Kruljac said champion female sprinter Finest City will almost surely head to the May 6 Humana Distaff (G1) at Churchill Downs for her next race.
Weekend Stakes Rundown: a Classic, a Derby, and More
Each week BloodHorse.com looks forward to the weekend’s biggest races. This week we have big stakes cards at Charles Town and Laruel Park, a pair of graded stakes at Santa Anita Park, and more.
Sharp Horsemen Bred Derby Contender Always Dreaming
Mike Ryan and Gerry Dilger’s instincts were dead-on, and resulted in Santa Rosa’s second grade 1 winner, Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1) victor Always Dreaming.
Jenda's Agenda Stretches Out in Weber City Miss
Her career didn’t get under way until the first week of January, but so far Jenda’s Agenda has done nothing wrong. The undefeated filly will look to stretch her speed and talent April 22 in the $125,000 Weber City Miss at Laurel Park.
Bitcoin’s real vulnerabilities not always what they seem
Bitcoin’s growth potential continues to be threatened by sensationalist headlines that mislead readers into seeing vulnerabilities where none exist, or at least, don’t exist where the authors of those headlines would have you believe.
On Thursday, News.bitcoin.com posted an article about a new paper by researchers at ETH Zurich and Hebrew University which claimed to have exposed methods by which Bitcoin could be ‘hijacked’. The article’s clickbait headline: “Research shows how Bitcoin can be attacked via internet routing infrastructure.”
Without getting too deep into the technical weeds, this Coingeek.com article does a nice job of pointing out the inherent fallacies of the study, as well as the fact that the aforementioned vulnerabilities only apply to Bitcoin transactions performed via the Bitcoin Core group’s SegWit sidechain dongle, as regular Bitcoin transactions don’t require the user to go through an online wallet.
The ongoing schism between the Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Unlimited camps shows no sign of abating, leading one observer to pen an op-ed on Coindesk lamenting the “civil war” engulfing the Bitcoin world.
Baha Mar finally opens doors but not without one last controversy
At long last, the Baha Mar resort casino in the Bahamas has opened its doors, but not before one last scandal hit the press.
Friday saw the soft opening of the first phase of Baha Mar, two-and-a-half years after its originally scheduled opening and over six years since construction first began on the $4.2b resort, the largest gaming project ever attempted in the Caribbean.
Baha Mar’s website is now officially accepting reservations for rooms at its Grand Hyatt hotel, although it won’t actually be accepting paying guests until May 29. Until then, only invited VIPs, media members, travel agents and a few fortunate locals will be checking out Baha Mar’s rooms. Baha Mar’s casino, golf course, spa and five bars and restaurants are also open.
Various dignitaries, including Prime Minister Perry Christie, were on hand for Friday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony. Christie earned an early nod for understatement of the year by referring to Baha Mar’s “tumultuous” path to this date, and felt the need to add that the opening was “not a mirage.”
Into Mischief Colt Fires in OBS Quarter-Mile
The fifth under tack session for the OBS spring 2-year-olds in training sale saw four horses post eighth-mile works in :10 flat and an Into Mischief colt getting a quarter-mile in :20 3/5.
Unbridled Mo Finds More in Doubledogdare Stakes
After making her connections sweat, Unbridled Mo allowed them to celebrate as the 4-year-old bay filly turned back Power of Snunner in the lane en route to taking the $100,000 Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare Stakes (G3) by three-quarters of a length.
Paradise Woods Has Penultimate Oaks Move
“Beautiful” is how Mandella described the April 21 work of Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) contender Paradise Woods, who went four furlongs in :47 3/5 Friday at Santa Anita Park in her penultimate exercise for the May 5 test.
Washington Summer Sale Scheduled for August
The Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association’s annual summer sale will be Tuesday, August 22, at the WTBOA Sales Pavilion located on the grounds of the beautiful Emerald Downs near Seattle.
Paradise Woods 'Beautiful' in Penultimate Oaks Move
“Beautiful” is how Mandella described the April 21 work of Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) contender Paradise Woods, who went four furlongs in :47 3/5 Friday at Santa Anita Park in her penultimate exercise for the May 5 test.
Gunnevera Takes Five-Furlong Work in Stride
Gunnevera walked the shedrow without taking as much as a single deep breath following his five-furlong workout Friday morning at Gulfstream Park West, continuing to amaze trainer Antonio Sano while snubbing his nose at a full bucket of water.