Lone Star Park track announcer Jim Byers said, "First time is the charm for Christopher Elliott," as Ru More Starter crossed the finish line 3 3/4 lengths in front in the third race at the Grand Prairie, Texas, track on April 21.
Trainer Saffie Joseph told the Daily Racing Form on Monday that jockey Jose Ortiz will be named to ride Catalytic in this year's Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Julien Leparoux when runner-up in the Florida Derby (G1), Catalytic was beaten 13 1/2 lengths by Fierceness.
With a compact field of 36 expected this year's edition of the five star Defender Kentucky event, a total of four full Thoroughbreds are expected to tackle the three day eventing top-level competition at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
Donte Lowery needed a change. He had lost his mother, Nina Lowery Jackson, to cancer when he was still a teenager. He was galloping horses in his hometown of Charles Town, W.
On a chilly Monday morning at Churchill Downs, the action was non-stop at trainer Bill Mott’s Barn 19 as his Kentucky Derby and Oaks hopefuls Resilience (five furlongs, 1:01.60) and Just F Y I (five furlongs, :59.80) had published workouts beneath the Twin Spires.
Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colo., will not run its traditional summer meet this year – that’s the conclusion from a special meeting of the Colorado Horse Racing Commission on April 22.
Tickets for the 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships are on sale now at BreedersCup.com/Tickets. Beginning Monday, fans can secure their place at the 41st running of the season-ending international championships, which will be held Nov.
I learn something new every time I read one of Paulick Report editor-in-chief Natalie Voss’ pieces and her latest one, centered around a doomed harness horse named Mitch Maguire N, taught me a great deal about how some state racing commissions operate these days.
ECL Entertainment (ECL) announced Monday that, alongside its joint venture partner, Clairvest Group Inc. (collectively, the “Buyers”), it has entered into an agreement to purchase Wyoming Downs.
After a state veterinarian voided a claim for Olivier, a full brother to unbeaten 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline, at Keeneland April 17, the 4-year-old Tapit colt has returned to breeder and co-owner Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Farm in Georgetown, Ky.
Coffee in Bed earned a breakthrough graded stakes victory Sunday when narrowly prevailing in the $200,000 Santa Maria (G2) for older fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles on dirt at Santa Anita.
Patriot Spirit landed the resurrected Illinois Derby in fine style Sunday at Hawthorne Race Course, leading at every point of call en route to victory by 5 3/4 lengths in a tour-de-force performance under Julio Felix.
Florida-based trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. finally broke his maiden at Oaklawn. And it occurred in a seven-figure race. Favored Skippylongstocking gave Joseph his breakthrough victory in Saturday’s $1.25 million Oaklawn Handicap (G2) for older horses at 1 1/8 miles.
The 149th Preakness Stakes (G1), middle jewel of the Triple Crown, will be part of the conversation when the connections of $125,000 Federico Tesio winner Copper Tax discuss future plans for the multiple stakes-winning 3-year-old.
By Christian Abdo Spirit And Glory (IRE) earned her fourth career stakes win, leading every step of the way under jockey Jose Lezcano to capture Sunday’s $150,000 Plenty of Grace (L), a one-mile inner turf test for older fillies and mares, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Gotham (G3) winner Deterministic posted his first work back since an off-the-board finish in the Wood Memorial (G2) when covering five furlongs in 1:02.63 in company with The Shoe Lady over Belmont Park’s dirt training track Sunday.
Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Muth and Santa Anita Derby (G1) runner-up Imagination each worked for trainer Bob Baffert Sunday morning at Santa Anita. Zedan Racing Stable's Muth, a son of Quality Road, worked five furlongs in 1:00.20.
Trainer Charlie Appleby brought seven horses for Godolphin to Keeneland late last month to compete in graded stakes during the spring meet. Following the victory by Silver Knott (GB) in Saturday’s VisitLEX Elkhorn (G2), the final tally from those starters was two wins, three seconds plus a third and a fifth.
Trainer Steve Asmussen made the eight-hour journey from Oaklawn Park to Churchill Downs early Sunday morning to watch several of his barn’s top horses record published workouts, including Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful Track Phantom.
Medoro improved to 4-for-4 in her young career with another narrow victory in the Providencia (G3) for 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/8 miles on turf Saturday at Santa Anita.
Skippylongstocking turned his Oaklawn Park debut into a command performance Saturday as he accelerated to the lead nearing the home turn and drew off to
The 20-cent Rainbow 6 pool is expected to grow to an estimated $350,000 Sunday at Gulfstream Park, where the popular multi-race wager went unsolved Saturday for the 11th consecutive racing day of the Royal Palm Meet.
Mr Fisk used a last-to-first rally under Kazushi Kimura to take down the $100,000 Californian going 1 1/8 miles Saturday at Santa Anita. Mr Fisk drew even with pacesetting 1-5 favorite Judge Miller near the quarter pole then drew from that rival in the stretch to score comfortably by 2¼ lengths.
Spendthrift Farm LLC's Kingsbarns lived up to his favoritism by racing past second choice War Campaign at the top of the stretch and drawing off for a 3 1/4-length victory in the $300,000 Ben Ali (G3) Saturday at Keeneland.
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