There is a super card of racing set for Fair Grounds in Louisiana for Saturday, March 21 including the Louisiana Derby (G2), a $1 million race for 3-year-olds, a race that was set to prepare horses for the Kentucky Derby (G1), now postponed until September.
Racing has been continuing in the U.S. in New York, Florida, Louisiana, California and a few other places with measures in place to not allow the public on site.
But Aqueduct racetrack in New York suspended racing yesterday after a backstretch worker tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
Gulfstream Park has cancelled racing for today (Friday) to “to update its protocols in a number of areas, including the Jockeys’ Room. Racing is scheduled to resume on Saturday, March 21.”
Speaking of jockeys, Irad Ortiz, one of the world’s leading riders, has stopped riding, as has Rajiv Maragh.
The incredible events at Oaklawn Park that began Saturday have certainly turned the racing, and sports world, upside down.
Last Saturday, during the racing, NFL coach Sean Payton appeared in the winner’s circle; he had been invited to the races and not only was he surrounded by people, but the racing channel TVG actually sent a reporter to interview him:
Coach @SeanPayton joined @BritneyEurton at Oaklawn Park to talk about how Coronavirus could impact free agency in the NFL as well as the upcoming draft.@FanDuel pic.twitter.com/tUSf4K3GIv
— FanDuel Racing (Formerly TVG) (@FanDuel_Racing) March 14, 2020
Sean Payton tested positive for COVID-19 the following day. It would be remarkable if Oaklawn continued racing.
California governor Gavin Newsome laid down a ‘stay at home’ mandate on Thursday and how that will affect racing at Santa Anita is a major question.
The Louisiana Derby is set to go at 5:49 p.m. and has a big field of sophomores:
Saturday, Fair Grounds, post time: 5:49 p.m. EDT
TWINSPIRES.COM LOUISIANA DERBY-GII, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 3/16m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1. Major Fed Ghostzapper Lloyd Madison Farms, IV LLC Foley Rosario 122
2. Mailman Money Goldencents Allied Racing Stable, LLC Calhoun Saez 122
3. Wells Bayou Lookin At Lucky Gasaway, C & L, Madaket Stables &Wonder Stables Cox Geroux
122
4. Chestertown Tapit West Point Thoroughbreds, Broman, Sr., C & M,
Woodford Racing, Siena Farm, & Masiello, Robert Asmussen Velazquez 122
5. Social Afleet Northern Afleet Valene Farms LLC Stewart Beschizza 122
6. Shake Some Action K Into Mischief Rupp Racing Cox Hernandez 122
7. Sharecropper Pioneerof the Nile Spendthrift Farm LLC Stall, Jr. Mena 122
8. Royal Act American Pharoah C R K Stable LLC Eurton Cedillo 122
9. Portos Tapit Wertheimer and Frere Pletcher Ortiz, Jr. 122
10. Enforceable Tapit John C. Oxley Casse Leparoux 122
11. Ny Traffic Cross Traffic Fanelli, J, Cash is King, LC Racing & Braverman, P Joseph, Jr. Saez 122
12. Lynn’s Map Liam’s Map HRH Prince Sultan Bin Mishal Al Saud Casse Gaffalione 122
13. Silver State Hard Spun Winchell Thoroughbreds &Willis Horton Racing Asmussen Santana, Jr. 122
14. Modernist Uncle Mo Wygod, Pam and Martin Mott Alvarado 122
15. Mr. Big News Giant’s Causeway Allied Racing Stable, LLC Calhoun Albarado 122
16. Farmington Road Quality Road Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Chrysalis Stables, Pletcher Castellano 122
and LaPenta, Robert V.
Breeders: 1-Lloyd Madison IV, LLC, 2-TK Stables LLC, 3-Knowles Bloodstock, Inc., 4-Chester Broman & Mary R. Broman, 5-Tom Curtis & Wayne
Simpson, 6-Edgar Scott Jr. & Jane MacElree, 7-WinStar Farm, LLC, 8-Stonehaven Steadings, 9-Wertheimer et Frere, 10-Clearsky Farms, 11-Brian
Culnan, 12-Alastar Thoroughbred Company, LLC, 13-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 14-Wygod Family, LLC, 15-Don Alberto Corporation,
16-Chrysalis Stables
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