Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) – Stopchargingmaria, the 7-2 second pick, battled with longshot Vero Amore through the stretch and got to the wire first in Friday’s $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies […]
Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) – Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome is doing well and is set for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. The colt came down with a cough Thursday after training and was discovered to have a minor throat irritation. […]
Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) – Wise Dan, the reigning two-time Horse of the Year, will be sidelined for up to eight weeks after undergoing small intestine surgery. Trainer Charles LoPresti said Friday that the 7-year-old gelding had surgery to repair a […]
Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) – Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome has been examined and is being treated for what his connections say is a minor throat irritation. It is not expected to affect his status for Saturday’s 139th Preakness Stakes at […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – There are two items from the Kentucky Derby that contradict each other. The first item is the visual brilliance of watching California Chrome easily win the 140th Kentucky Derby. Had jockey Victor Espinoza not backed off […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Kentucky Derby time was slow and the speed figures were low, but California Chrome still is the heavy choice to win the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown. California Chrome won the Kentucky Derby […]
Arlington Heights, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – Defending winner Real Solution is an early nominee for this summer’s 32nd edition of the Arlington Million at Arlington Park. Owned by Ken and Sarah Ramsey, Real Solution is one of four turf runners nominated […]
Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) – Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome has been made the odds-on 3-5 favorite to win Saturday’s $1.5 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The chestnut colt will take on nine challengers, including one filly, in the […]
Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Santa Anita has announced that its Thursday racing program has been canceled due to extremely dry conditions and temperatures. Thursday’s high is forecast at a record-breaking 108 degrees. “In consultation with all of our stakeholders, the […]
New Kent, VA (SportsNetwork.com) – Negotiations have been suspended between Colonial Downs Racetrack and the Virginia Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (VHBPA) to implement a 25-day thoroughbred racing season this year. On Dec. 11 the Virginia Racing Commission awarded 25 […]