The Cigar Mile Handicap is named for two-time Horse of the Year Cigar, the winner of 16 consecutive races from 1994-1996. The race was called the NYRA Mile Handicap from 1988-1996 and renamed the Ciga...
Scylla launched a bold five-wide move on the turn for home to take charge and hold off Shotgun Hottie by a neck in the $500,000 Fleur De Lis Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Scylla remained...
Undefeated in three starts at Churchill Downs, including back-to-back wins in her two most recent races, Juddmonte’s Scylla takes on five other fillies and mares as the 6-5 morning-line favorite in ...
The 156th Belmont Stakes (G1) is Saturday, June 8, at Saratoga Race Course. The 1 ¼-mile race, shortened from 1 ½ miles due to the change of venue as the Belmont Park rebuild continues, is the final...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races...
It looked like his long drought in the Kentucky Derby was about to end on May 7, 2022. Epicenter surged to the front in upper stretch and looked like the winner until the final strides. That’s when ...
Welcome to the 150th Kentucky Derby, Bill Mott. Resilience swept into the lead around the final turn and cruised to an easy victory in the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday, giving H...
Cody’s Wish, his Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, and breeder/owner Godolphin were the brightest stars at the Eclipse Awards on Thursday night, combing for five championship trophies, including the t...
The soft-spoken guy from South Dakota guided Cigar through a record-tying 16-race winning streak in 1995 and 1996, and two years later Bill Mott made more history. He was only 45 in 1998 when he becam...
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 n...
