The Pegasus World Cup, Irad Ortiz and Kent Desormeaux feature in our weekly digest of recent international racing newsĬyberknife, Defunded and Proxy top Pegasus invitation list TV? Riders having to pick one, not the other unless they perform a Phil Collins-like Live Aid dance.Cyberknife: tops the 12 horses invited to the $3 Pegasus World Cup. Monmouth had weather issues and NY-NJ that time of year is dicey at best.īelmont would seem the lead on any non-CA or KY venue but that would be 2028 at the earliest is my guess.īut someone mentioned a BC in Europe (turf) and North America (dirt) but the logistical challenges could be nightmarish.

Tampa Bay could be considered too small but the turf course is one of the best in the land. Indiana could be an interesting option but there is a casino and well the state borders Kentucky. Would the connections be willing to try that again? And the concern is weather. Stronach would be hosting the event just twice in a nine-year span when previously, the Group held it at Santa Anita three straight years. Santa Anita getting passed by could signal a shift, too. Maybe Stronach can be convinced especially if Laurel - once a desire of the ownership - is considered obsolete. Suth Florida has too much to offer in terms of entertainment as it stands and the casino there is thriving but also is spacious. I would enjoy nothing more than seeing Laurel host the BC but considering the ominous state of repairs needed inside Maryland and the seeming preference for Pimlico, how would Laurel get rewarded? A dream is money is pumped into Laurel, the BC goes there and all is resurrected. I am surprised Ed DeRosa has offered these tracks maybe in part as jest. Some users are thinking outside the box but ultimately host tracks have to take a backseat to the Breeders' Cup committee and that is just the start of issues. It was the lone time the Russells shared a horse today and as I have stated a few times, their propensity to win on Fridays seems staggering. Race 9: Senator Kelly (Sheldon Russell/Brittany Russell) broke slowly on a muddy track but never quit and nipped Moonset (Jevian Toledo/Charlie Frock) in a terrific race.Jevian Toledo won with his first three rides.David won both ends of a daily double.twice! Dylan Davis was on a 22-race losing streak but has a remarkable day today riding four winning with a mount in all nine races.The combined record of winners in race 5 and 6 was 3-for-48 entering race day.

Race 6: Fole's Notion (Alexander Crispin/Gina Perri) was sent off at 41-to-1, by far the longest odds on the board, and paid $84.40 in victory.Race 5: Crossland (Forest Boyce/Kerry Holhbein) was sent off at 20-to-1, by far the longest odds on the board, and paid $42.60 in victory.The heart-tugging story has been played countless times but it warrants attention as the sports' story of 2023 across America. Cody's Wish is now retired from racing with a 16 11-1-4 lifetime record and has earned over $3.1 million earned. Race 3: Cody's Wish (Junior Alvarado/Bill Mott) won a nail-biter and withstood a stewards' inquiry to win the Dirt Mile.The figure is third highest since the 2-day format was adopted in 2007. Race 5: High payouts at the harness under the lights.One of her second-place spots was at 25-to-1. Brittany Russell had a good day at Delaware and Laurel with a 5 3-2-0 record.Race 5: Sierra Leone (Manny Franco/Chad Brown), a $2.3 million purchase, won the $85,000 MSW.

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