Z Fortune and Smooth Air lead Ohio Derby
Smooth Air drew the rail and was installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the $300,000 Ohio Derby Saturday, but he will meet some pretty stiff competition, namely, graded stakes winner Z Fortune. Eight will go to the post in the nine-furlong Ohio Derby, which is the centerpiece of Thistledo... read more
Hendricks ready for Shoemaker, Gamely stakes
Trainer Dan Hendricks is set to unleash Daytona and Lavender Sky with contrasting styles in the Shoemaker Mile and Gamely Stakes, respectively, $250,000, Grade I stakes on the Hollywood Park turf on Monday. Daytona is expected to be on the pace in the Shoemaker while Lavender is expected to close fr... read more
What next for Two Step Salsa?
Two Step Salsa overcame a slow start and an inside post Sunday to win the Grade 3 Laz Barrera by three lengths at Hollywood Park. The winner’s share of $64,320 boosted Two Step Salsa’s earnings to $139,730. Next for the horse will be the Grade 3 Affirmed Handicap on June 15. Trainer Juli... read more
Smooth Air pointed toward Ohio Derby
Smooth Air, who finished 11th behind Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby, is next being pointed by trainer Bennie Stutts Jr. to the $300,000 Ohio Derby (G2) at Thistledown on May 31. “He got off badly and was checked twice in the race,” Stutts said of the Derby run. “The chart says he broke 15... read more
Hall of Fame trainer dies
Frank Whiteley Jr., a trainer of some of horse racing’s biggest stars and a member of the sport’s hall of fame for 30 years, died Friday in Camden, S.C. He was 93. No cause of death was released, but Whiteley had been ill for some time. He was the trainer of, among others, Ruffian as wel... read more
Henry Cecil
Henry Richard Amherst Cecil (born January 11, 1943) is a successful English horse racing trainer who has had many winners in the Epsom Derby, One Thousand Guineas Stakes and Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, Epsom Oaks and the St. Leger Stakes. Henry Cecil is the step-son of former champion trainer, Sir ... read more
Dick Hern
William Richard “Dick” Hern, CVO, (January 20, 1921 - May 22, 2002) was a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and winner of sixteen British Classic Races between 1962 and 1995, and was Champion Trainer on four occasions. Following his early career in the Army (Major), he became a riding instr... read more
Mick Channon
Michael Roger ‘Mick’ Channon (born 28 November 1948 in Orcheston, Wiltshire, United Kingdom) is a sportsman who enjoyed a career as a feared football goalscorer with Southampton and England in the 1970s and later became a hugely successful racehorse trainer. Channon always had an interes... read more
Mark Johnston
Mark Johnston (born October 10, 1959) is a racehorse trainer based in Middleham, North Yorkshire, England. In 2004 he won the One Thousand Guineas with Attraction. Other successful horses he has trained are Mister Baileys, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, Shamardal, 2004 European Champion Two-Yea... read more
Henrietta Knight
Henrietta Catherine Knight (b. 15 December 1946) is an English racehorse trainer. Henrietta began training under rules in 1989 having previously trained over 100 winners in point-to-points between 1984 to 1989 and trains the horses on a farm in Lockinge, near Wantage in Oxfordshire. She is best know... read more