One week after a record-setting Pegasus World Cup day, the focus at Gulfstream Park in south Florida turns to 3-year-olds aiming for the 150th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 4.
One of the nation’s oldest and largest steeplechase events, the Virginia Gold Cup, announced that it has added a new race to its lineup in May. The $150,000 Commonwealth Cup, a Grade 1 hurdle race (the highest level of stakes races), will take place just before the Virginia Gold Cup race on Saturday, May 4, at Great Meadow (5089 Old Tavern Rd.) in The Plains, Va. This is the 99-year anniversary of the popular event that draws more than 30,000 out for a day of tailgating, socializing, and wagering.
In talking with breeders at home and abroad about the biggest reasons for his country’s rapid ascension in international stature in recent years, Japan Racing Association executive adviser of international affairs Masayuki Goto often hears that conversation start with Sunday Silence.
National Treasure took command turning for home, opened up a lead in the stretch, and outlasted late-running Senor Buscador to the wire to win the eighth running of $3 million Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational presented By Baccarat Jan.
