Trainer Bob Baffert’s impact on the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park was clear after his debut winner Cornucopian was made the 7-5 morning-line favorite in a field that includes Coal Battle, already a winner of three 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1) point qualifiers. Baffert won the Arkans...
Bob Baffert is back in business at Churchill Downs after a three-year plus suspension by the track owners. Barnes, a $3.2 million colt owned by Amr Zedan and named for Baffert’s assistant Jimmy Barnes, is set to make his debut Wednesday in a 5 ½-furlong juvenile maiden with a $75,000 purse. The l...
The 153rd Fair Grounds racing season opening Friday is sure to feature one of the most star-studded meets in its storied history. Top-flight trainers Steve Asmussen and Brad Cox have been regulars at the New Orleans track, but Kenny McPeek, Brendan Walsh, and Cherie DeVaux lead a bunch of others wit...
It’s a long way to Tipperary from Japan, more than 6,000 miles, and it took Auguste Rodin 27½ hours to get there for Sunday’s $3.5 million Japan Cup (G1). The 1½-mile grass race at Tokyo Racecourse will be the finale for the 4-year-old star, who will stand at stud next year for his owner, Iris...
He’d done it all, won almost everything, and Frankie Dettori was tired of it. After three decades as one of the greatest jockeys in the history of thoroughbred racing, he’d lost his mojo. Constant travel was the tipping point. Meetings at English tracks usually last only two or three days, and t...
There’s hope for a 2-year-old trained by someone other than Bob Baffert in the $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes (G3) on Sunday at Del Mar – Bullard. Bullard has the Bob Hope victory in his crosshairs The $675,000 colt rallied in the stretch and beat Baffert’s ‘Hope’ hopeful Kalea Bay by 1 ¼ lengt...
All quiet on the Del Mar front these days, but the Bing Crosby Fall Season carries on at the track where the ‘Surf Meets the Turf.’ The Breeders’ Cup is long gone, the iconic track is now the mellow place it’s always been, and a three-day race weekend is set for Friday-Sunday featuring 2-yea...
What a whirlwind week it’s been in thoroughbred racing – for bettors, breeders, and buyers. Bettors For bettors, stars galore are set to race again next year and who doesn’t want another chance to beat the favorite on the sport’s biggest stages? The lineup includes the top three finishers in...
In the “race that stops a nation,” the $5.6 million Melbourne Cup (G1) stunned much of the racing world after huge longshot Knight’s Choice came through with a late burst of speed and held on for victory in a photo finish. Unexpected Champion: Knight's Choice Wins the 164th Melbourne Cup The 1...
Two days, 14 races, $34 million in prize money. Celebrating the Champions: Winners and Losers of the 41st Breeders’ Cup The 41st Breeders’ Cup is complete. The owners, trainer, jockeys and supporters of the 14 winners are likely still celebrating, wherever they may be around the world. A crowd o...
Straight No Chaser, More Than Looks, Moira BC winners Full Serrano capped off a Breeders’ Cup full of surprises with a victory in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) on Saturday at Del Mar. Full Serrano Upsets Grade 1 Favorites for a Memorable Victory The Argentina-bred swept to the front ...
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