The Jockey Club of Canada hosted the 49th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony through a live presentation on the evening of Thursday, April 18, 2024. Highlights
Hip No. 891, a son of Nyquist consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, was purchased for $550,000 by Donato Lanni, Agent for Zedan Racing
A judge denied a request by the owners of Bob Baffert-trained Muth, the winner of the Kentucky Derby, for the colt to run in the 150th Kentucky Derby.
Earlier this year, Tom Linkmeyer, assistant executive director of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission, was informed he had been terminated from that position.
The Horse Racing Women’s Summit (HRWS) held their first event of the year Thursday, April 18 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., bringing together women across all aspects of the industry for panel discussions focused on navigating sales and bloodstock decisions.
Veteran 5-year-old mare Desert Dawn will try and achieve millionaire status Sunday when she takes on seven rivals in the Grade 2, $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on dirt at Santa Anita Park.
Santa Anita’s popular free online “Pick ‘Em” contest presented by EquinEdge will be available to players everywhere when the Arcadia, Calif., track’s 29-day Hollywood Meet opens this Friday. Every Saturday and Sunday during the meet, Santa Anita Pick ‘Em enables players to mix horse racing selections with other major sports propositions.
Santa Anita’s popular free online “Pick ‘Em” contest presented by EquinEdge will be available to players everywhere when the track’s 29-day Hollywood Meet opens this Friday.
After a six-year hiatus, the Illinois Derby, Presented by 1/ST BET returns to Hawthorne Race Course with the 60th running. The 1 1/8 miles event on the main track carries a $200,000 purse and will go as race eight on the Sunday afternoon card with a post time of 5:56 PM Central.
Glenwood Park hosts stars and stakes action at the Middleburg Spring Races on Saturday with a nine-race, $285,000 card, anchored by the $75,000 Grade 2 Temple Gwathmey stakes and $30,000 Middleburg Hunt Cup stakes over timber.
Miss Harriett, bred and owned by David Baxter’s Narrow Leaf Farms in Dayton, Md., will look to stretch her speed around two turns for the first time as she chases a third career stakes victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Weber City Miss at Laurel Park.
Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Mitchell Perry has officially denied a motion for temporary injunction that would have allowed trainer Bob Baffert to enter horses in this year's Kentucky Derby.
Blue Grass Farms Charities (BGFC) is honored to be one of three non-profits to receive the “Maker’s Mark Bourbon: Greats of the Gate” Man-O-War bottle proceeds.
On a gorgeous Thursday morning at Churchill Downs, trainer Bill Mott’s barn was bustling with activity as Emily Bushnell & Ric Waldman’s Wood Memorial
Keeneland has announced that 14 horses have been supplemented to its April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will begin at approximately 6:30 p.m.
Highly regarded Judge Miller is set for his stakes debut in Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Californian Stakes for older horses at 1 1/8 miles on dirt at Santa Anita.
Hip No. 365, a daughter of Tiz the Law consigned by Tom McCrocklin, Agent, went to Donato Lanni, Agent for Michael Lund Petersen, for $1,900,000 to top
Since hanging up his tack in August of 2022, jockey Roberto Alvarado, Jr., has driven an 18-wheeler for Schneider National transporting chemicals around the country.
The Colorado state flag will adorn the silks of one jockey in this year's Kentucky Derby, representing the home state of owner Harry Veruchi. According
Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s New York-bred Dakota Gold will make his seasonal debut versus open-company in Saturday’s Listed $150,000 Danger’s Hour, a one-mile inner turf test for older horses, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Witty, Maryland’s champion male turf horse of 2023 bred, owned and trained by Elizabeth Merryman, will go after his third grass stakes victory and sixth overall when he launches his 5-year-old campaign in Saturday’s $100,000 King T.
On Friday and Saturday, April 12-13, Keeneland hosted two popular handicapping contests for several hundred players at the track and on various ADWs. The action kicked off Friday with 200 entries in the on-track-only Spring Challenge at the Lexington, Ky., track.
The 2024 Wanamaker’s April Sale catalog is now available for viewing at wanamakers.com. A wide range of horses are on offer, with yearlings, horses of racing age, open broodmares, and broodmares in-foal all cataloged this month.
The Kentucky Derby prep schedule is in full swing, which means it's time for detailed looks at the horses that could fill the starting gate with Andrew Champagne of Raketech and The Saratogian's Pink Sheet.
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races and the city of Charles Town, W.V. has announced the dedication of a commemorative panel of images and milestones honoring Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop, the nation’s first Black female horse trainer.
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