Tag: Horse racing
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
June 4
1870 — Ed Brown becomes the first African-American jockey...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
June 8
1935 — Omaha, ridden by Willis Saunders, becomes the...
Hot Rod Charlie being run in Belmont in memory of Jake Panus
NEW YORK — Jake Panus wanted to help Native American children and walk on to play football at South Carolina.
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AP Sportlight
June 4
1870 — Ed Brown becomes the first African-American jockey...
Prat honors commitment to ride Hot Rod Charlie in Belmont
NEW YORK — After Flavien Prat rode Hot Rod Charlie in the Kentucky Derby, he committed ride him again at the Belmont Stakes.
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New horse racing chief calls sport’s clean-up ‘steep climb’
The chairman of horse racing’s future governing body said the failed drug test of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit shows the need for a...
Embattled Baffert earns record-tying 8th Gold Cup victory
ARCADIA, Calif. — Country Grammer edged Royal Ship by a head to win the $300,000 Hollywood Gold Cup, giving embattled trainer Bob Baffert his...
Sam Boulmetis Sr., Hall of Fame New Jersey rider, dies at 94
RED BANK, N.J. — Sam Boulmetis Sr., a Hall of Famer who rode for nearly 20 years and won most of his four jockey...
Essential Quality is 2-1 morning line favorite for Belmont
NEW YORK — Essential Quality was set Tuesday as a 2-1 favorite for the Belmont Stakes, which will be run without a horse from...
AP Sportlight
May 28
1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a...