Fierceness, the 5-2 morning line favorite for the Kentucky Derby, still needs to answer several questions, including his ability to overcome adversity.
Mike Brunker
State racebooks are again able to offer wagering on races from the Fair Grounds, Oaklawn Park and Turfway Park beginning immediately.
A day after the county dipped into the “substantial” risk category under the CDC’s classification system, its rate of new cases per 100,000 rebounded into “high” risk territory.
Horseplayers have lots of high-class action to choose from this Labor Day weekend, with Del Mar, Saratoga and relative newcomer Kentucky Downs all in the mix.
The decline in the state’s cumulative infection or positivity rate registered its first decline in nearly a month, according to state data posted Wednesday.
That would be crazy talk in any year but 2020, but this year, when the Breeders’ Cup will follow hard on the heels of the Derby and the Preakness Stakes, it makes some sense.
Clark County recorded 576 new cases of COVID-19 and a dozen additional deaths over the preceding day, according to data posted Thursday by the Southern Nevada Health District.
The displacement of the Kentucky Derby from the first Saturday in May until the first Saturday in September has created a cascade effect on the 3-year-old division.
Six more people in Clark County have died from COVID-19, bringing the statewide death toll to 38, the Southern Nevada Health District reported Thursday.
Horse racing columnist Mike Brunker shares his Eclipse Award ballot and thoughts on improvements to the sport’s end-of-year accolades.
Vino Rosso uncorked a vintage stretch run to capture the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday at Santa Anita Park, powering past favored McKinzie to win by 4¼ lengths.
The withdrawal of the 4-1 morning line favorite was a crushing disappointment to horse racing fans and hard-core horseplayers alike, but where chaos exists, opportunity awaits.
A spokesman for City Racing, a partnership of four British companies, confirmed the partnership is interested in hosting a pop-up horse racing event in Las Vegas and said it has had preliminary discussions with local officials.