The future is now at Saratoga Race Course. Welcome to the Fourth of July racing festival at Saratoga, an inaugural event most figure by 2027 will become the opening week of an extended summer season at the upstate New York track. With the new Belmont Park on target to host racing again by the fall [...
Fort Bragg nosed out Saudi Crown in an exciting stretch-long duel and won the $200,000 Dwyer (G3) for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert on Saturday (July 1) at Belmont Park. Sent off as the 7-10 favorite in a small field of six, Fort Bragg ($3.40) gave Baffert his third victory in the Dwyer. His [&he...
A trio of Fleur de Lis (G2) winners have gone on to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) in the same year, and trainer Brad Cox hopes A Mo Reay will be the fourth. The 4-year-old filly is the 8-5 favorite in Saturday’s $400,000 Fleur de Lis, which drew a field of eight fillies […]...
Set Piece may be the odds-on favorite to win the $400,000 Wise Dan Stakes (G2) for the second time, but don’t count out 20-1 longshot Tut’s Revenge in any multiple wagers in Saturday’s race at Ellis Park. The 7-year-old chestnut gelding is 0-for-his-last-11 starts. He’ll be racing for the 47...
Ellis Park, the little racetrack aka the ‘Pea Patch,’ is gearing up for the biggest day in its 101-year-old history. On Saturday (July 1), the track in Henderson, Kentucky, will host the $1 million Stephen Foster Stakes (G1), and a pair of Grade 2s, the $400,000 Fleur de Lis and the $400,000 Wis...
By US Racing Team On the day before big racing cards at Belmont Park, Ellis Park, and Woodbine, the weather – and poor air quality – could be a major factor in betting strategy. And that’s if the races are run at all. On Friday, Belmont in Elmont, New York, Woodbine Racetrack in Ontario, Canad...
By US Racing Team Earlier this month, Fort Bragg (North Carolina) became Fort Liberty in a move to rename military bases that bear the name of Confederate leaders. So far, Fort Bragg the racehorse is still Fort Bragg the racehorse and he’s ready to run in the $200,000 Dwyer Stakes (G3) at Belmont ...
By US Racing Team Two Phil’s, we hardly knew ye. A fan favorite after his strong runner-up finish in the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 6, Two Phil’s has been retired with an ankle injury, discovered following his impressive victory in the Ohio Derby (G3) on June 24. Trainer Larry Rivelli made it of...
By US Racing Team With a mighty surge on the outside around the turn for home, Equinox swept past his rivals in the stretch and won the Takarazuka Kinen (G1) at Hanshin Racecourse on Sunday. The 4-year-old colt is the top-rated horse in the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, and certainly l...
By US Racing Team An early visit to Windsor Castle with the King and Queen, five races at Ascot Racecourse, and then an emotional farewell to Royal Ascot. “I’m too tired to cry,’’ jockey Frankie Dettori told ITV on Saturday at the end of the final Royal Ascot meet of his illustrious career. ...
By US Racing Staff Another A-list celebrity-named racehorse came through at Ascot Racecourse on Friday, with Shaquille shooting into the lead 110 yards from the finish and posting a comfortable victory in the Commonwealth Cup (G1). Day 4 at the Royal Meet in Berkshire, England, was truer to form tha...
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