The $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) is Saturday, Jan. 25, at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The race is for 4-year-olds and up going 1 1/8 miles. usracing.com is publishing profiles of the horses entered. 2025 Pegasus World Cup Contenders: WHITE ABARRIO Few horses ever ...
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...
Horseracing is full of mysteries, which makes it such an intriguing puzzle for handicappers. And they have a doozy in front of them Saturday in the $1 million Metropolitan Handicap (G1), the top undercard feature on Belmont Stakes Day at Saratoga. Breeders' Cup Classic Winner is the Met Mile Favorit...
He served his time, and trainer Rick Dutrow, Jr. immediately showed he hadn’t lost his touch. After sitting out a 10-year suspension for a string of violations, Dutrow won last May at Belmont Park with his first starter since 2013. Three months later, his striking gray colt White Abarrio dominated...
A likely field of 14 has been announced for the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) on Feb. 24 at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – the world’s richest horse race. usracing.com will post profiles for all the starters, with post positions, odds, and updates provided when available. WHITE...
Put up $20 million for a race and you lure horses from the ends of the Earth. That may be the only sure thing in racing. The Saudi Cup (G1), the world’s richest race, will be staged for the fifth time on Saturday (Feb. 24) at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh. As usual, it attracted […]...
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...
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; ...
Arcangelo is out. White Abarrio is in. Mage is in. Cody’s Wish is out. And so it goes in the wealthy world of thoroughbred breeders following the 40th Breeders’ Cup. Many of the popular horses from 2023 are now retired: male racehorses to stud duty; and female racehorses as broodmares. Top Conte...
Rick Dutrow, Jr. is planning to make up for lost time – and money. Still basking in the spotlight after sending out White Abarrio to win the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), the 64-year-old trainer has his sights set on racing’s biggest prize – the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) on Feb. 24...
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