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In his first of two scheduled timed workouts for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), Ruis Racing’s Bolt d’Oro flashed his speed immediately April 22 at Santa Anita Park.
Midnight Bisou, the potential favorite for the May 4 Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1), went about her business early in the morning April 22 at Santa Anita Park and covered five furlongs in 1:01 3/5.
Stronach Stables’ homebred Something Awesome came to Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races on a roll, Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado arrived on a mission, and the two brought home the money April 21 in the $1.2 million Charles Town Classic (G2).
The last few races for What a View hadn’t been all that encouraging entering the $100,000 American Stakes (G3T) April 21, but the grade 1 winner from two years ago flashed his talent again at Santa Anita Park.
With a surge in the final furlong of the April 21 Federico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park, Diamond King secured a place in the second leg of the Triple Crown.
While One Go All Go snapped a 12-race losing skid in the Dixiana Elkhorn Stakes (G2T), the race was marred when grade 1 winner Bullards Alley suffered a fatal injury on the first turn of the 12-furlong contest.
Entourage Stables’ newly minted Canadian Horse of the Year Pink Lloyd turned in a show-stopping track record performance to win the $100,000 Jacques Cartier Stakes in his season debut April 21, as the 2018 Thoroughbred meet kicked off at Woodbine.
Rockingham Ranch and David Bernsen’s Bobby Abu Dhabi backed up his gritty runner-up effort in the Triple Bend Stakes (G1) with his first graded score in the $200,000 Kona Gold Stakes (G2) April 21 at Santa Anita Park.
Highlighted by two colts that breezed the co-fastest quarter-mile time of :20 3/5, the six-day under tack show workouts in preparation for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales spring 2-year-olds in training sale came to an end April 21.
Golden Gate Fields announced it will add May 31 to its spring racing calendar
The first day of the special training time at Churchill Downs reserved for entrants in its two biggest races was busy April 21 with several turning in workouts for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) or Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1).
The George Scott-trained James Garfield (IRE) bested six rival colts and geldings to land Saturday’s £60,000 Al Basti Equiworld Supporting Greatwood Greenham Stakes (G3) at Newbury.
With trainer Chad Brown watching from the Keeneland boxes, Good Magic gave the two-time Eclipse Award winner reason to stay loose and happy as the chestnut colt cruised through a four-furlong work in :48 flat April 21.
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The first day of the special training time at Churchill Downs reserved for entrants in its two biggest races was busy April 21 with several turning in workouts for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) or Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1).
A pair of classy chestnuts trained by Bob Baffert put in important workouts at Santa Anita Park April 21 to prepare for their trip to Churchill Downs in May.
The parent company of online gambling giant PokerStars has reached a US$4.7b deal to acquire Sky Betting & Gaming (SBG).
Early Saturday morning, Toronto-listed The Stars Group Inc announced that it had reached a deal with CVC Capital Partners and Sky plc to acquire the UK-licensed SBG online gambling operation for $3.6b in cash and roughly $1.1m in 37.9m newly issued common shares (representing roughly 20% of TSG’s issued and outstanding common shares).
The union of TSG and SBG is expected to close in Q3, assuming regulators in the companies’ respective jurisdictions give their okay. Firing a shot across the newly expanded GVC Holdings’ bow, TSG humble-bragged that the deal would create “the world’s largest publicly listed online gaming company.” TSG also said it expects to realize $70m in annual cost ‘synergies,’ so start updating your résumés, people.
SBG is one of the UK’s fastest growing online gambling operators, generating revenue of £624m and earnings of £212m in 2017, year-on-year improvements of 46% and 51%, respectively. SBG’s brands include Sky Bet, Sky Vegas and Sky Casino.
David Day, Michael Day, and Mary DiPietro’s Evo Campo already has one graded stakes in a marathon turf race on her résumé and will seek a second April 22 at Santa Anita, but this time the 6-year-old mare will have to defeat the opposite sex.
Valadorna followed a career-low finish by posting an all-time best result April 20, when she inched clear in the final stages of the $100,000 Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare Stakes (G3) at Keeneland to earn her first graded stakes win.