The Pinnacle of West Coast Racing at Santa Anita Park The 2026 Santa Anita Derby represents the final major hurdle for three-year-olds on the West Coast seeking a spot in the starting gate at Churchill Downs. This Grade 1 event carries a massive $500,000 purse and, more importantly, offers 100 quali...
The La Canada Stakes – traditionally the second of the three-race La Canada Series for older fillies and mares who prefer a route of ground – has been set for Saturday at Santa Anita Park the names of six distaffers were entered to race the 1 1/16 miles over the main track, including Midnight Me...
Gulfstream Park is gearing up for Pegasus World Cup Day, touted by track owner The Stronach Group as “South Florida’s leading luxury sports and lifestyle event of the year.” True or not, the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) is the centerpiece on the Jan. 27 racing card, which als...
The $100,000 Busanda Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on Saturday is the midway point on the New York road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1), and trainer Ken McPeek hopes Shimmering Allure can live up to her role as the 4-5 morning-line favorite. The most seasoned and accomplished filly in the compact field of...
In the runup to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1), usracing.com presents our first Top 10 contenders list. Rankings will be updated periodically as Derby preps with qualifying points are contested over the next 3 ½ months. The points pick up, the prize money picks up, and the pace picks up in the next ...
Talk about a pay raise! The purse for the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) has been boosted to $5 million, a great leap from $3 million since 2019. The breakdown translates to the winner earning $3.1 million -- $100,000 more than last year’s entire purse – the runner-up collecting $1 million, third pla...
Horseplayers would be wise to consider a Bob Baffert exacta the next time a graded stakes race for 2- or 3-year-olds is run in California. Five times in the past five months, the Hall of Fame trainer has finished 1-2, most recently with 3-year-olds Muth ($2.80 on a $2 win bet) and Pilot Commander in...
A horse finishes first, the race is declared official, and that’s that. It’s not complicated, unlike the process to determine the Eclipse Award for the 2023 Horse of the Year. Sometimes it’s a no-brainer, as it was in 2015 and 2018 when American Pharoah and Justify swept the Triple Crown. This...
We know it’s early, but is there another run to the Kentucky Derby (G1) for longtime owner Al Gold after his Drum Roll Please rallied from last to first in winning the $150,000 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct? Gold, who operates as Gold Square LLC, finally got his first Grade 1 win two years ago when [&...
The stage is set for an emotional Eclipse Awards ceremony with Team Cody’s Wish in position to dominate when the winners are announced. Three finalists in 16 of the 17 human and equine Eclipse Award categories were revealed on Saturday, with Cody’s Wish up for Older Dirt Male and Male Sprinter; ...
The 49th edition of the $200,000 San Vicente (G2) may have a short field of six 3-year-olds, but it’s quite an expensive group. Muth, the 4-5 favorite for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, tops the field at $2 million, purchased by Zedan Racing Stables at the Ocala Breeders 2-year-olds in training...
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