Chelsea wants Romelu Lukaku back after hearing Dortmund’s firm position regarding star striker Erling Haaland. The Champions League winners made a bid worth $120 million for Lukaku, with Spanish defender Marcos Alonso included in the deal. Inter turned down the transfer attempt. The Italian giants believe Lukaku will be impossible […]
It takes a lot to upstage the Grade 1 Travers Stakes, but undefeated Life Is Good facing standout one-turn artist Jackie’s Warrior in the Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Handicap could be the best race on the Aug. 28 Travers Day card at Saratoga. According to the Daily Racing […]
While she returned under tack to WinStar Farm, defending Breeders’ Cup Distaff champion Monomoy Girl is doubtful for this year’s Breeders’ Cup. The two-time event champion and current Champion Older Female has been out since mid-April, recovering from muscle strains and hamstring issues. BloodHorse reported that Monomoy Girl isn’t expected […]
Even when Lexitonian needed easing in a race, Jack Sisterson never eased his expectations. And when his 5-year-old had a bad race, Sisterson knew he wasn’t a bad horse. And, when Lexitonian left the Saratoga starting gate in Saturday’s Grade 1 Vanderbilt Stakes as the biggest price on the board […]
Brazil got past Mexico on penalties, with Spain qualifying for the Finals of the men’s Olympic soccer tournament after a narrow 1-0 win over Japan in extra time. Real Madrid’s Marco Asensio scored the winner five minutes before the last whistle. Mexico fought until the end, but couldn’t keep their […]
The panic is over for Barcelona’s faithful as Leo Messi agreed on a five-year contract extension to remain at Camp Nou. The new deal will keep him with Barca until he’s almost 40-years old. Catalonian paper Sport claims all of the details have been agreed to in the talks between […]
Tottenham Hotspur and England Captain Harry Kane failed to report to Tottenham’s preseason training on Monday and Tuesday. His move is aimed at putting pressure on his club to allow his move to join Manchester City this summer. Reports from two weeks ago suggested that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy agreed […]
Even with the quarantine for Equine Herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) lifted on Monday, trainer Kenny McPeek filed a hearing request with the New York State Gaming Commission after several of his horses were denied entry into early-week races at Saratoga. BloodHorse reported that attorney Andrew Mollica filed the request on McPeek’s behalf […]
Assiniboia Downs decided to celebrate Monday’s Manitoba Derby Day by offering a $1 million guaranteed payout to any single bettor holding a winning ticket on the Jackpot Pick 5. The payout goes to the holder of a unique winning ticket. Meanwhile, that Canadian track located outside of Winnipeg, announced a […]
Alexander Zverev stands one win away from the biggest title of his tennis career after knocking off Novak Djokovic to set up a date with Karen Khachanov in the finals of the Olympic men’s singles event. Zverev defeated the No. 1 ranked Djokovic 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Friday to advance […]
Four stakes races up and down the graded-stakes ladder highlight this week’s New York Racing Association Cross Country Pick 5. The horizontal exotic once again brings you races from Monmouth Park, Saratoga, and Canada’s Woodbine. The minimum bet for the three-track, five-race wager is 50 cents. The Cross Country Pick […]
The Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes gives you the venerable Whitmore, the ubiquitous Firenze Fire, and the dynamic Mischevious Alex. Enough sprinting talent to throw in a trifecta box at, say, the Breeders’ Cup Sprint this fall at Del Mar. Except that, a few hours after Saratoga turns that […]
Proving not all graded stakes winners are viewed equally, Saturday’s Grade 2 Jim Dandy at Saratoga features five graded stakes winners in the six-horse field. None of them are viewed through the prism of expectations as Essential Quality. The Belmont Stakes champion comes in as the 1/2 favorite in the […]
Bernardini, the 2006 Preakness Stakes winner and one of the most decorated international sires of this century, was euthanized on Friday after complications from laminitis. He was 18. The stallion was euthanized at Jonabell Farm in Kentucky, where he lived since beginning his stallion career in 2007. Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley […]
The United States can advance to the knockout rounds on Saturday when it takes on the Czech Republic in its final men’s basketball group stage game. Both the United States and the Czech Republic come into the game at 1-1, having lost to France and defeated Iran. US downs Iran […]
The only race Drain the Clock lost this year came the only time he went two turns. You may have noticed this hiccup, since it came in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth on the Kentucky Derby trail last winter. But while you paid attention to Triple Crown trail stalwarts […]
Whitmore is the equine version of your cranky uncle; the one who tells the great stories when he’s not telling the neighborhood kids to get off his lawn. And while this creates a special brand of headache for trainer Ron Moquett, it also comes with built-in aspirin for those headaches. […]
South Korea has dominated every aspect of Olympic archery in recent years, and that trend is continuing at the Tokyo Olympics, where the nation swept the team competitions. Now, two Korean archers will try to maintain that streak as they enter the final 16 of the women’s individual archery competition […]
Masqueparade is a graded-stakes winner who impressively captured his last three races, turned away two Kentucky Derby horses, and who has more than a hint of the flavor du jour about him. And yet, trainer Al Stall Jr. has no illusions about what awaits his Ohio Derby winner in Saturday’s […]
The final day in the group stage of the men’s football tournament at the Tokyo Olympics saw three of the biggest names in the competition eliminated. Germany, who reached the Olympic finals in 2016, finished third in its group this year, as did France and Argentina, who also missed out […]
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