Having beaten Boss Emong in the second leg of the prestigious event that was contested over a distance of 1,800 meters, Super Swerte, owned by Leonardo "Sandy" Javier Jr., is the odds-on favorite.
SUPER Swerte beat Boss Emong by three lengths to win on Sunday the P2.5-million Philippine Racing Commission Classic at the Santa Ana Park in Naic, Cavite. The Art Moderne-Faster Tapper progeny owned and bred by businessman sportsman Leonardo "Sandy" Javier Jr. Super Swerte had enough kick left to defeat Edward Vincent Diokno's…
Sky Shot is out to make a statement when she renews rivalry with practically the who’s who in local horseracing in the Philracom (Philippine Racing Commission) Commissioner’s Cup on Sunday at the San Lazaro Business and Leisure Park in Carmona, Cavite. This will be chance of Sky Shot to prove her w
BIG things are in store for the Philippine horseracing industry this year. More big races, exhibits and a first-ever Hall of Fame are some of the plans set by the Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom) in the next 11 months. Philracom chairman Reli De Leon disclosed the holding of the inaugural…
Philippine Racing Commission Chairman Aurelio "Reli" de Leon (Contributed photo) MANILA - Pre-war race jockey Ildefonso Alba and the late sports patron Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco are expected to head the first batch of inductees to the soon-to-be launched Philippine Racing Hall of Fame. Speaking at the "Sports On Air Weekly" program, Philippine Racing Commission (PHILRACOM) chairman Aurelio "Reli" de Leon said Alba and Cojuangco are hands down choices for the prestigious award to be given by the racing body for the first time in 155 years. Alba was a pre-war Filipino race jockey who was once included in the Guinness Book of World Records, while Cojuangco served as the founding chairman of the PHILRACOM from 1975-1978. "Horseracing, the sport of kings, started in the Philippines 155 years ago. But this is only the first time that we are introducing this Philippine Racing Hall of Fame," De Leon told the six-man panel composed of veteran