Victoria Road snatched success in the final strides of a dramatic final race on day one of the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland. The Aidan O’Brien-trained colt cut through a busy field in the $1m Grade One Juvenile Turf, surging forward at the same time as Charlie Appleby’s Silver Knott battled out from a boxed-in spot … Read more
Meditate was a dominant winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland to confirm her Classic potential for next year. Settled at the rear of the field under Ryan Moore, the Aidan O’Brien-trained two-year-old was patiently ridden from a relatively wide draw in stall 10. After the final bend, Moore asked the filly … Read more
British champion jockey William Buick produced a masterclass in patience coming from last to first to win the Grade Juvenile Turf Sprint on Mischief Magic. Knocked to the rear early on in the five furlong contest, Buick tried to come down the inside on the rail but found more traffic ahead of him as Hollie … Read more
The Breeders’ Cup kicks off with the juveniles taking centre stage, while there is jumping from Fontwell and Hexham and flat action from Newcastle, all live on Sky Sports Racing on Friday. 7.00 Keeneland – The Platinum Queen & Love Reigns head 12 runners After their heroics in Paris last month, Hollie Doyle and Abbaye … Read more
The last time Bridget Peterson saw her son Solan was through the window of a holding cell at Ware Youth Center, two weeks after his 13th birthday. Four days later, he was dead by suicide. “I remember screaming, ‘My boy is gone,’” Peterson said. She soon learned that another child at Ware had killed himself … Read more
Richard Hannon will take Persian Force to Keeneland for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. The Herridge handler has snapped up Frankie Dettori for the mount aboard the July Stakes winner. Persian Force has been on the go since spreadeagling his field in the Brocklesby at Doncaster in March, placing no less than three times … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – The Kansas City Missouri Police Department issued a missing/endangered juvenile report for 13-year-old Zayvion Henderson. UPDATE: KCPD said Henderson was found in an update provided at 12:24 p.m. Henderson, listed at 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes according to police. He was last seen Friday, Oct. … Read more
North Carolina police embarked on a lengthy manhunt to find the shooter, prompting some residents to seek shelter Five people were killed and two others injured after a gunman opened fire on a walking trail in Raleigh, North Carolina, local officials said, prompting a police chase through residential areas that lasted for hours. Raleigh Mayor … Read more
CHARLOTTE — A 12-year-old boy is recovering at home after his family said he was stabbed multiple times on a Charlotte school bus. It happened Friday afternoon as buses were lining up outside Aristotle Preparatory Academy, a charter school in northwest Charlotte. Seventh grader James Love III had just started at the charter school this … Read more
Critics of mass incarceration are condemning a ruling handed down late Friday by a federal judge in Louisiana, who admitted the state’s plan to send teenage inmates at a juvenile detention center to the notorious state penitentiary at Angola was “disturbing” even as she decided the plan could move forward. Chief U.S. District Judge Shelly … Read more