Le Chevalier (grey horse on left) competes in the NJ Hunt Cup. Photo by Tod Marks. By Bailey Bianco, AmWest Entertainment We love to check in with AmWest Entertainment CEO, Nelson Clemmens’ retired racehorses to see how they are doing in their new careers! Recently, we’ve been watching Le Chevalier take the world of Steeplechase by storm. On March 18, 2017, Le Chevalier, affectionately called “Le Chevy,” competed in the 76th running
From GBI Racing There’s a fine afternoon of Flat racing action scheduled at Leopardstown (Saturday, April 8, morning ET) with the highlights being the Group 3 1000 Guineas Trials and the listed 2000 Guineas Trials, as well as the G3 Ballysax Stakes over 2000m. The latter event was dominated by Aidan O’Brien at the start of the century – the Ballydoyle handler winning it with star names such as High Chaparral, Galileo and Yeats –
The haters will always hate but even the professional whingers will surely struggle to criticise the quality on show in Dubai on Saturday evening. Sand racing may not be for everyone, and it is arguable the dirt track at Meydan has proven to be even more one-dimensional than ever this season, but the best horse in the world, Arrogate, will be stepping on it at 12.45pm (ET) and for the credibility of the meeting, that
From Dubai Racing Club: Arrogate (USA) – Powered down the Meydan stretch before dawn in what trainer Bob Baffert said was an approximate 800m breeze, going at an easy clip under exercise rider Dana Barnes before exiting the track in big, springing strides and with his ears pricked. Baffert said he did not have a stopwatch on the colt but probably went in about 50 seconds for the distance, just enough of a move to
Oaklawn Park Race 10 Rebel Stakes All eyes this weekend will be on Oaklawn Park for the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes, the second leg of Oaklawn’s three-year-old Kentucky Derby prep races. First run in 1961 and won by Bass Clef, the Rebel Stakes has been a popular prep for horses with Derby dreams. This year’s edition has drawn a strong field of 11. On paper, this race has a ton of early speed. Those horses
