The $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby is a race trainer Bob Baffert rarely loses, and he’s looking for seven in a row on Saturday and 12th in 19 editions of the race since 2000. Not many, if any, trainers have dominated a single race like Baffert, who manages to place several of his hopefully late-...
Stephen Foster, one of America’s greatest songwriters, born on July 4, 1826, became quite familiar with this country’s first national sport, horse racing. In 1850, he produced “Camptown Races,” whose catchy melody and clever lyrics made it wildly popular. It still is, because, according to G...
Eight weeks since a rare loss, reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna is poised to return to the winner’s circle in the $500,000 Fleur de Lis Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs on Saturday. The reigning Horse of the Year returns to action against four others on Saturday Night Thorpedo Anna, who was ...
For those who bet on horse racing, Saturday’s $1 million Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) presents an intriguing challenge, with Mystik Dan going against Sierra Leone for the first time since they were separated by a nose in the 2024 Kentucky Derby. Mystik Dan, the Kentucky Derby winner trained by Kenny...
D. Wayne Lukas, the most influential thoroughbred horseman in modern times, has been hospitalized and will not return to training, according to a news release from Churchill Downs on Sunday. The 89-year-old Hall of Famer suffered a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] infecti...
The completed weeklong Royal Ascot meet included four Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In’’ races, leaving bettors wondering whether all, some, or none will be sent to America for the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar on Oct. 31-Nov. 1. Ombudsman could be Breeders' Cup Turf threat There ar...
Jockey Jose Ortiz is hoping for clear sailing aboard Clever Again against nine rivals in the $500,000 Ohio Derby (G3) at Thistledown Racino on Saturday. For those who bet on horse racing and recall it well, Clever Again was the horse in the Preakness Stakes (G1) who was bumped into the rail and out ...
The fields for the seven races on Friday’s prestigious Royal Ascot meeting are set, including the two main events on the day, the Commonwealth Cup (G1T) for 3-year-old sprinters and Coronation Stakes (G1T) for sophomore fillies going a mile. Post time for the first race is 9:30 a.m. ET and can be ...
The 8-5 favorite, Los Angeles, was struggling in mid-stretch, so the door was open for an upset in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1), the marquee event of the Royal Ascot meeting. Ombudsman was ready to roll but had nowhere to run. William Buick, a masterful big-race rider, was bottled up near the...
The warm weather in England will continue through Wednesday, day two at Royal Ascot, so once again, firm conditions are expected. The feature on the second day of the meet is the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (GIT), a 1 ¼-mile event named in 1892 for the Prince of Wales and now run in honor of the ...
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