2025 marks the third year that Gulfstream Park will host the Royal Palm Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies Stakes, the only two juvenile Royal Ascot qualifying races in the country. View the full article
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West Point Thoroughbreds announced May 7 the retirement of Jaxon Traveler, a multiple graded stakes winner who collected at least one stakes victory every season from ages 2 to 7. Stud plans have not been finalized.View the full article
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Godolphin homebred Sovereignty made his first on-track appearance May 7 since winning the Kentucky Derby (G1), jogging one mile before his departure for Saratoga Race Course later that afternoon.View the full article
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Tom Pedulla, of America's Best Racing, offers takeaways from the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) May 3, the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks May 2, and other major developments during a memorable weekend of racing at iconic Churchill Downs.View the full article
I should add that I have absolutely no problem with the AWTs as such, contrary to what it may seem sometimes.
However, I see the AWTs as an add on, a nice to have extra option.
What I do object to is the way the provincial track at Yaldhurst has been used in a cynical and vindictive fashion.
NZTR have absolutely no interest in "helping out" the SI with an AWT. They have never spent that amount of money to help the SI. They purely see it as an opportunity to close down several existing well performed tracks.
It is highly likely the Riccarton track is the best of the three, the others are too small and tight, but that doesn't excuse the way it has been used to kill off other clubs/tracks.
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