Thoroughbreds and summer go together like pizza and beer, and first-class racetracks are vacation destinations all over the globe. The French adore seaside Deauville, the English gush over Glorious Goodwood, and Germans flock to Baden-Baden. Californians love Del Mar, where they can swim in the Paci...
The $300,000 Springboard Mile provides Remington Park in Oklahoma City with the opportunity to showcase 2-year-olds who could wind up in the Kentucky Derby. It’ll be the 15th edition of the ungraded $300,000 Springboard, but significantly the race is one offering qualifying points for the 150th De...
When Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez got a leg up at Gulfstream Park for the track’s championship meet, it was a homecoming of sorts. Having spent the past two winters riding in California, Velazquez decided to return this year to what he calls his “second home.” “California, obviously, w...
It’s time for the $200,000 Starlet Stakes (G2) at Los Alamitos, and that means deciding whether Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will extend his winning streak to seven Starlets in a row. A field of six 2-year-old fillies is entered for Saturday's 10th edition of the Starlet, formerly known as the...
The Belmont Stakes is moving upstate to Saratoga for the first time, and likely not the last – an expected result due to the massive renovation of Belmont Park on Long Island. The official announcement came Wednesday from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. The third leg of racing’s Triple Crown will be...
The numbers are huge at Oaklawn: The 119th racing season opens Friday for 66 racing days, with a record $60 million in purses (a 20% increase), a record 47 stakes races, including a quarter-million-dollar boost to $1.5 million for the Arkansas Derby (G1), and one total eclipse of the sun on April 8....
West Coast mission accomplished for Chad Brown & Co. Sending some of his turf horses to Del Mar for the final weekend of the meet, the New York-based trained came away with a Grade 1 sweep – on Saturday, it was Program Training winning the $300,000 Hollywood Derby and on Sunday it was Surge Ca...
Hoist the Gold, a 4-year-old son of Mineshaft, passed the $1 million mark in his 26th lifetime start as he led at every call to win the $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap (G2) on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack. Under Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez, the Dream Team Racing homebred gained the lead over 1...
Dornoch pulled off a refuse-to-lose re-rally in the final furlong and edged Sierra Leone by a nose in the $250,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct on an overcast Saturday. The track was muddy and sealed all day, which made for a speed bias with the rail the best place to be. Dornoch, the favorite in the [&h...
The chill that greeted holiday revelers Wednesday night (Nov. 29) for the annual Christmas Tree lighting at Rockefeller Center was another reminder that winter is settling in for the long chilly season in the Northeast. The nip in the air was also an unmistakable sign the major-stakes season in the ...
The New York path to the Kentucky Derby (G1) moves into round 2 on Saturday with the $250,000 Remsen (G3) at Aqueduct – the one Derby prep for promising 2-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles. It’s a test for trainers to gauge whether their juveniles can run well at a longer distance in the buildup to [&hel...
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