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“Golden Gate Fields is a beautiful small track built into Fleming Point, it’s a natural amphitheater,” said Alan Balch, currently the executive director of the California Thoroughbred ...
The list of American and Canadian Graded races is a list of Thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada that meet the graded stakes standards maintained by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association [1] and the Jockey Club of Canada. A specific grade level (I, II, III or listed) is then ...
For nearly fifty years the daily morning UK-wide Radio 4 Today program included a couple of racing tips in its short sports section (Garry Richardson was the usual presenter, although others filled in when he was away) but these were not taken too seriously (in fact the tips were supplied by a well-known newspaper tipster): but the program ...
Silky Sullivan is buried at Golden Gate Fields, in the infield to the left of the tote board. He is considered by many to be the greatest closer of all time and until the death of Lost in the Fog was the only horse buried at Golden Gate Fields. In the winner's circle, a bronze plaque bears a tribute by a fan, one stanza of which reads:
A horse that loses a race after running the entire distance in virtually the same position without igniting a sudden burst of energy to challenge other horses in front. New shooter A horse which skipped the Kentucky Derby to run in the Preakness Stakes [30] or Belmont Stakes. [31] Nom de course
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A sloppy racetrack in United States.. Going (UK), track condition (US) or track rating (AUS) are the track surface of a horse racing track prior to a horse race or race meet. The going is determined by the amount of moisture in the ground and is assessed by an official steward on the day of the race.
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky , spider, or chariot occupied by a driver.