In this year’s El Gordo drawing in Spain, the top prize number was called just eight minutes after the draw began.International, Winning Ticket Announcement, El Gordo, Spain, Raffle, Drawing
Monthly Archives: December 2019
Flooding Forces Gulfstream to Close Track, Move Horses
Gulfstream Park closed its main track for training and moved horses from low-lying barns Dec. 23 after 12.8 inches of rain fell overnight across the area.
Poet's Word to Stand at Boardsmill as Dual-Purpose Sire
Poet’s Word will stand for €5,000 at Boardsmill Stud in 2020, with last year’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) and Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1) winner now serving as a dual-purpose stallion.
Gulfstream Park Cancels Morning Training Due to Rains
Gulfstream Park closed its main track for training and moved horses from low-lying barns Dec. 23 after 12.80 inches of rain fell overnight across the area.
EPL Gameweek #18 review
Leicester fall away at The Etihad while Manchester United fall on their own sword at Vicarage Road and Spurs grind out a very Mourinho victory against an old enemy at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
If Christmas is a time for giving, the Premier League has been the place for the most festive of football fixtures. There have been hilarious own goals, massive misses and own goals galore all season, but the most recent gameweek has been fuller than ever.
At Goodison Park, Carlo Ancelotti and Mikel Arteta watched their teams play out a bore draw that condemned both clubs to a stuttering start under new stewardship. Sheffield United and Southampton both earned special away wins, The Saints triumphing at Aston Villa to drag them into the relegation zone while they leapt out of it at their victims’ expense.
Sheffield United’s win has hoisted them up to 5th place in the Premier League on Sunday night – an amazing achievement from a side who were playing Championship football this time last year.
Omaha Beach Works Bullet Three Furlongs at Santa Anita
Fox Hill Farms’ grade 1 winner Omaha Beach turned in an impressive bullet three-furlong workout Dec. 22 at Santa Anita Park. The 3-year-old son of War Front completed the distance in :34 flat on Sunday, the fastest of 32 at the distance.
Firenze Fire Runs Down Stablemate to Win the Gravesend
Trainer Jason Servis earned a 1-2 finish in the $105,850 Gravesend Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack Dec. 22, with Mr. Amore Stable’s homebred Firenze Fire getting a head in front of M and A Racing’s Happy Farm at the wire.
Four Stallions Slain in Peru at Haras Barlovento
Graded stakes winner and recently retired runner The Lieutenant was among four stallions killed Haras Barlovento in Canete, Peru Dec. 21.
Four Stallions Slain in Peru at Haras Barlovento
Graded stakes winner and recently retired runner The Lieutenant was among four stallions killed Haras Barlovento in Canete, Peru Dec. 21.
Doyle Picks Up Award for Top Female Jockey at Lesters
Record-breaker was honored by the Professional Jockeys Association
Lys Gracieux Scores Clear Victory in Arima Kinen
Lys Gracieux capped a remarkable year with a dominating victory over an all-star field in the Dec. 22 Arima Kinen Grand Prix (G1) at Nakayama Racecourse as favored Almond Eye struggled home ninth.
Gold Street Scores in Sugar Bowl Stakes
Mike McCarty’s Gold Street battled early in the $75,000 Sugar Bowl Stakes and outlasted five rivals to score his first stakes win in the six-furlong event for 2-year-olds.
Gold Street Scores in Sugar Bowl Stakes
Mike McCarty’s Gold Street battled early in the $75,000 Sugar Bowl Stakes and outlasted five rivals to score his first stakes win in the six-furlong event for 2-year-olds.
Diamond Oops Shines Bright in Mr. Prospector Stakes
Diamond 100 Racing Club, Amy Dunne, D P Racing, and Patrick Biancone Racing’s Diamond Oops battled back in the stretch of the $100,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes Dec. 21 at Gulfstream Park.
Santa Anita Postpones Opening Day to Dec. 28
Santa Anita Park will postpone the opening day of its 83rd season two days until Saturday, Dec. 28 due to next week’s declining weather forecast.
Tampa Bay Downs Cancels Dec. 22 Live Racing
Tampa Bay Downs’ Dec. 22 nine-race Thoroughbred card has been cancelled due to concerns of inclement weather throughout the entire Tampa Bay area and along Florida’s west coast.
Runhappy Named Presenting Sponsor of Pegasus World Cup
The Stronach Group announced Dec. 21 that it has secured Runhappy as the presenting sponsor for the 2020 Pegasus World Cup Championship Invitational Series, which will take place Jan. 25 at Gulfstream Park.
California lottery reps are afraid of being attacked — so they asked for unmarked cars
Increasing anti-government sentiment is prompting California Lottery workers to request that their work-provided vehicles have government logos removed for their safety.California, Government, Operations
Three-Year Tax Depreciation Extension Signed Into Law
A key provision that extends three-year tax depreciation for all racehorses through 2020 was signed into law by the president Dec. 20.
Local Advisory Panel Created for Belmont Park
After 10 years of delays, neighborhoods groups near Belmont Park have won their fight to get the state of New York to create a local advisory panel that will have input on development and major issues that arise at the track.