3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (424+ words) ELMONT, N.Y. − Forever Young, the Japanese and American champion, got his first feel for the new Belmont Park surface on Thursday morning, lightly galloping once around the 1 1/2-mile oval shortly after being released from quarantine as he prepares for his next…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (856+ words) The New York Sire Stakes circuit has been a regular staple of Jeff Gregory's existence for over 20 years. As one of the leading drivers in the Empire State, Gregory would routinely travel from track to track and pick up high-level…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (362+ words) As Saturday’s Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs is the first race offering qualifying points to the 2027 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs Inc. on Thursday released the remainder of the points-scoring races in North America that will help determine the bulk of…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (191+ words) Victorianas Secret swooped to the front mid-race and dug gamely through the stretch for a 1:50 2/5 victory in the $80,000 fourth preliminary of the Kentucky Championship Series for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 9) at The Red Mile. Vernon Beachy trains…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (503+ words) ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Off a disappointing run in the $1 million King’s Plate, Magical Factor goes back to the grass in Friday’s featured first-level allowance with a $32,000 claiming option at Woodbine. Owned and bred by Chiefswood Stables, Magical Factor looked like he…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (449+ words) DEL MAR, Calif. – Medoro was reunited with an old partner for Monday’s Grade 2 John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar, a man quite familiar with the winner’s circle after stakes races this summer. Medoro was ridden by Juan Hernandez who…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (610+ words) Two- and 3-year-olds are ready to compete in their $300,000 New York Sire Stakes finals as part of a stakes-laden program on Saturday afternoon (September 12) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, and post positions for those events are now set. Saturday's program, which…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (299+ words) Haatem, whose best days had come during 2024, shipped from England and won the Mint Millions on Monday at Kentucky Downs. Haatem got a very good trip under jockey Jamie Spencer, who won two stakes races on the card. Haatem’s victory…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (532+ words) Of the four 3-year-olds who scratched from the Old Dominion Derby’s field of 14, Fuzzbuster, Gramp’s Legacy, and Siyouincanada all figured as potential pace presences. These defections were at least partially responsible for Lennox the Grey being bet down from 15-1 to…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (399+ words) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Jockey Manny Franco called it “the summer of a lifetime,” and who could argue. Franco went into Monday’s closing-day card having already clinched his first Saratoga riding title with 70 wins. He capped his spectacular meet on Sunday by…...