Saturday’s $125,000 Star Shoot Stakes is the feature race on the opening day card of the 2024 Woodbine Thoroughbred season. The six-furlong Star Shoot, for 3-year-old fillies, has traditionally been a key prep for the Woodbine Oaks presented by Stella Artois, the first leg of the prestigious Canadian Triple Tiara series, slated for July 20.
Repole Stable's Fierceness, the likely favorite for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, put in his final major prep Friday morning during the 7:30-7:45 a.m.
Keeneland has supplemented the 2-year-old Cheval de Guerre, a son of Caravaggio who was an eye-catching second on debut here yesterday, to tonight’s April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will begin at 6:30 p.m.
With all eyes on the final workouts for next weekend's Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks contenders over the next several days, the afternoon action is highlighted by a trio of graded stakes across the country.
This weekend promises to be a bonanza for jump racing fans with a pair of showcase National Steeplechase Association meets. In Glyndon, nine horses are expected to face the starter in the 127th Maryland Hunt Cup, America’s oldest, longest, and most challenging timber race.
Woodbine Entertainment today released the nominations for the 2024 Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, consisting of The King’s Plate, Prince of Wales and Breeders’ Stakes.
Friday’s card at Aqueduct Racetrack will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $15,143 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Thursday’s eight-race program.
Which horse has taught you the most about life? Joe Seitz, director of sales for Brookdale Farm, has had plenty of prominent horses go through the operation's
One of the nation’s leading sprinters, The Chosen Vron, is set to return in Saturday’s $100,000 Kona Gold Stakes at Santa Anita after connections paid a $2,000 supplemental entry fee at entry time Wednesday.
Trainer Chad Brown has taken extra time the past couple days to ensure that Kentucky Derby contender Sierra Leone won't have issues at the starting gate next Saturday.
Triple Crown winner Justify, Gun Runner and jockey Joel Rosario were elected to horse racing's Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility.
In conjunction with its partners from the Thoroughbred Owners of California, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club has scheduled a 31-day/39 stakes program topped by its premier offering – the 34th running of the $1-million FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic slated for Saturday, August 31.
Keeneland’s April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, closing day of the Spring Meet. Click here for the online catalog and here for full-sale form figures.
Is the 2024 Kentucky Derby winner more likely to be a homebred – a horse racing for his breeder – or the graduate of a public sale that offers yearlings or 2-year-olds in training to the highest bidder?
E Five Racing Thoroughbreds’ Carl Spackler (IRE), a two-time graded stakes winner in 2023, will make his 2024 debut when he headlines a field of 12 for the 19th running of the $350,000 Opening Verse for 4-year-olds and up going a mile on the Matt Winn Turf Course to highlight the 11th edition of Thurby presented by Old Forester at Churchill Downs.
The 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby is set for May 4. Before you bet, learn about the best Kentucky Derby sites and promos right here.
Gamblers will be treated with massive pools and a wide variety of wagering opportunities on Kentucky Derby Week that will begin Saturday at Churchill Downs for Opening Night of the 44-day Spring Meet.
The owner of Muth, the winner of the Arkansas Derby, said Thursday he's focusing on the Preakness Stakes after a judge denied the horse entry into next week's Kentucky Derby.
Effective immediately, Samantha Randazzo will no longer serve as The Jockey Club steward at New York Racing Association Inc. (NYRA) racetracks. Juliet
Champion jockey Jevian Toledo is expected to be out of action until late June after having minor surgery to repair his collarbone, while spring meet leading rider J.G.
Kentucky Derby (G1) favorites Fierceness and Sierra Leone will open as the second and third choices respectively in the Preakness Future Wager when the final pool opens Friday, April 26.
Ribble Farms, Michael Eiserman, Earl Silver and Kenneth and Dave Fishbein’s Honor Marie worked five furlongs in company in :59.20 over a fast track on a chilly Thursday morning at Churchill Downs.
With Distinction, a Grade 3 winner and veteran sire, died in Korea on April 25, according to Korea Racing Authority records. The 23-year-old son of Storm Cat had resided in Korea since November 2017, after beginning his stallion career at Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds in Florida during the 2007 breeding season.
A Kentucky appeals court judge has denied Zedan Racing Stables' requests for an emergency hearing and ruling that sought to allow Bob Baffert-trained Arkansas Derby winner Muth to run in next week's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
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