2+ day, 9+ 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…...

5+ day, 5+ 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, 5+ hour ago   (250+ words) Last away, Take Charge Star was first home – and much the best – in the Franklin Simpson Stakes on Monday at Kentucky Downs. “He wasn’t really traveling early,” Spencer said. “Once I got to the bottom of the hill, I was…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (335+ words) DEL MAR, Calif. - Magnificat went from a win in a minor sprint stakes in early June to a victory in a restricted mile stakes at Del Mar on Saturday. In coming months, Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella has much…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (157+ words) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Explora, the Grade 1 Test Stakes winner at Saratoga, and Usha, scratched from Saturday’s Grade 1 Ballerina, were scheduled to ship to Kentucky on Wednesday where they will make their next starts at Churchill Downs, trainer Bob Baffert said Monday....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (827+ words) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – With Jimmy P, the two-time winner of the Grade 1 Jonathan Sheppard Steeplechase at Saratoga, sidelined by injury, Wednesday’s running of the $150,000 Sheppard at 2 3/8 miles appears to be a wide-open affair. Trainer Ricky Hendriks has a solid one-two punch…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (957+ words) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - If things continue as they have, Jose Ortiz is likely to set a record for wins at a Saratoga meet. Following Sunday’s 34th day of racing, Ortiz had 64 winners, four shy of Ramon Dominguez’s record of 68 set in 2012. On…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (957+ words) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - If things continue as they have, Jose Ortiz is likely to set a record for wins at a Saratoga meet. Following Sunday’s 34th day of racing, Ortiz had 64 winners, four shy of Ramon Dominguez’s record of 68 set in 2012. On…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (333+ words) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Sovereignty, emphatic winner of the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 8, returned to the work tab Friday morning, breezing a half-mile in 49.78 seconds over the Oklahoma training track as he prepares for a start in the Grade…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (514+ words) Saturday is a day of 2-year-old maidens at Del Mar for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. Baffert has four runners on the program – Babe’s Empire and Motga in a one-mile race, and Furiosity and Sea’s No Joke in a race…...