CT: First win(s) for student Nomar Arroyo Bueno * The Racing Biz

CT: First win(s) for student Nomar Arroyo Bueno Posts two front-running scores on Friday The Biz March 2, 2026 They got him right. Charles Town’s jockeys and attendants lay in wait for 10-pound apprentice Nomar Arroyo Bueno after Saturday’s first race. Luckily it was a cheerful attack. Local riders greeted Arroyo Bueno with the traditional […]

Key takeaways from a key Kentucky Derby prep weekend

America’s Best Racing writer Patrick Reed presents four results from an action-packed weekend highlighted by three preliminary races in the 105-point Kentucky Derby: the $400,000 Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park; the $300,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, both on February 28; and the $1 million Rebel Stakes on March 1 at Oaklawn Park. […]

Newcomers impress for Hall stable

Champion racer Gary Hall Jr. is getting more involved in training, and two New Zealand newcomers to his Serpentine stable, Reset The Bar and Final Collect, gave him a training double at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. Gary Hall Jr. (Pacepix photo) Each pacer had his second start for Hall and showed that in better […]

Maitre Jacques and Kobayashi win the Gr I Paris tests

Two Gr I classics were the focus of the Paris-Vincennes program this day. The Prix de Selection/Face Time Bourbon (Gr I, purse €240,000, 2175 meter distance handicap, nine starters, men aged 4,5,6 years) saw odds of 2.1/1. Maitre Jacques (4m Rolling d’Heripre-Adelie) bravely held the lead and secured a timed victory of 1.12.0kr. Master Jacques […]

Tassie star still has Nullarbor firmly on its radar

A PERTH harness racing raid for the $1.25 million Group 1 Nullarbor is still firmly on the cards for booming Tasmanian pacer Triedtotellia. (Stacey Lear photo) Managing owner Braden Howlett said he was “disappointed with the result, but not with the horse” after Triedtotellia was beaten into second place by Victorian comeback pacer Celebrity Royal […]

Daring Travel back in time in G3 Tom Fool

Daring journey over the top in the Tom Fool, NYRA photo Keith McCalmont Pantofel Stable, Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber’s New York-bred Daring journey came out last of the five to earn his second career score in Saturday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Tom Fool, a six-furlong sprint for older horses, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Hall […]

Gareth Rattray drives Uncle Nev’s Alberio to cup glory

Consists of Pacer Alberius (Village Jasper) gave his Carrick-based trainer Neville Rattray the biggest harness racing victory of his training career when he took the Inaugural round cup cup (2180m) on a windy afternoon at the Wivenhoe Paceway in Burnie on Sunday. . The 10-year-old gelding son of Village Jasper showed his brilliant standing start […]