Belmont winner Tonalist retired to Lanes End - December 11, 2015
Tonalist, whose four Grade 1 victories were highlighted by the 2014 Belmont Stakes, has been retired and will stand the 2016 season at ...
Death of Shared Belief hits hard - December 5, 2015
I was trying to remember the last time I felt so rotten about the death of a Thoroughbred. In May 2005, I was sick to death to hear Sta...
Baffert considers Malibu Stakes and two more for Dortmund - December 2, 2015
On Monday, Bob Baffert said he has three races at Santa Anita under consideration as a possible next start for Dortmund, who Baffert sa...
Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens with new betting option - November 26, 2015
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The first of four pools in the 2016 Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Thursday with something of a twist &a...
California Chrome works half-mile toward comeback - November 23, 2015
CYPRESS, Calif. – Workouts are starting to get serious for California Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year. On Saturday at Los ...
Exaggerator favorite for Delta Downs Jackpot - November 18, 2015
Exaggerator was made the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot when entries for the race were taken...
Veteran used horses, black marble to heal - November 16, 2015
If you didn’t know what it was, you could drive past the North County Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Pacific Coast Highway ...
Grade 2 winner Pants On Fire retired to stud - November 12, 2015
Pants On Fire, a stakes winner in each of the last five years, has been retired from horse racing and will stand at stud next year for ...
Holy Lute will try to execute Plan B at Del Mar - November 10, 2015
DEL MAR, Calif. – It is not always easy to find an appropriate race for a particular horse and then gain entry. Ask any frust...
How to bet horses at Aqueduct on Sunday, Nov. 8 - November 8, 2015
How to bet horses on Sunday's card at Aqueduct features a pair of maiden special weight races for 2-year-olds, the fourth on dirt and t...
Remsen probably next for Mohaymen - November 7, 2015
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Mohaymen came out of his victory in Wednesday’s Nashua Stakes here in good order and likely will...
American Pharoah settles in at new home - November 5, 2015
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah took the short van ride to his second career on Monday morning, arriving at Coolmore’s A...
Several Eclipse races still up in air - November 4, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky. – While American Pharoah already had wrapped up 2015 Eclipse Awards as both Horse of the Year and champion 3-y...
Lady Sabelia returns to score easy victory at Belmont Park - November 2, 2015
Returning from a layoff with a jaw-dropping performance, Lady Sabelia rallied wide into the stretch and swept past the leaders like the...
Breeders Cup Classic: American Pharoah faces strong cast in career finale - October 31, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday at Keeneland suffered a major blow Thursday when ...
Stopchargingmaria wins Breeders Cup Distaff - October 30, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Stopchargingmaria won the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff by a neck, giving trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey Javier C...
Breeders Cup: Even as first course, Fridays card still appetizing - October 30, 2015
Breeders’ Cup Friday remains a work in progress. The idea of a filly-heavy card was abandoned three years ago, and Breeders&a...
Breeders Cup: Beholder Is Scratched - October 30, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky. – From the time Beholder arrived here at Keeneland more than a week ago with a temperature one degree above no...
Breeders' Cup Classic: American Pharoah lands post 4 for final start - October 28, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky. – American Pharoah will wear saddlecloth No. 4 when he tries to close his career with a victory Saturday in th...
Borell getting all the ink with Runhappy in Breeders Cup Sprint - October 28, 2015
The 32nd Breeders’ Cup figures to be dominated by men who are well established at the upper echelon of the training professio...
American Pharoah is betting favorite to win Breeders' Cup Classic - October 27, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Triple Crown champion American Pharoah was made the early 6-5 betting favorite Monday in a field of 10 for th...
Big Business returns in Sunday sprint allowance - October 25, 2015
ELMONT, N.Y. – Big Business, away from the races since February, returns Sunday in a $90,000 allowance race at 6 1/2 furlongs...
American Pharoah tightens down with fast six furlongs - October 22, 2015
ARCADIA, Calif. – With Triple Crown winner American Pharoah coming into the Breeders’ Cup Classic off a two-month l...
Trainer Chad Brown and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. teamed up to win four races on Sundays card at Belmont - October 19, 2015
The dynamic duo teamed up to win four of the last six races on Sunday’s 10-race program. Their run began in the fifth when Li...
Beholder works prep for Breeders Cup - October 17, 2015
ARCADIA, Calif. - Two-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder completed her next-to-last workout in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Classi...
Surface expert to study main track at Keeneland before Breeders Cup - October 15, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Noted racing-surface specialist Mick Peterson was scheduled to return to Keeneland early this week to reasse...
Messi rebounds to score in Knickerbocker Stakes - October 12, 2015
Rebounding nicely from a disappointing run in the Sword Dancer, Messi closed strongly on the outside to catch the 34-1 shot Cage Fighte...
Golden Horn, Flintshire rematch in Breeders Cup - October 10, 2015
A rematch in the Breeders’ Cup Turf between the first two finishers in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is not somethi...
Legendary back for Knickerbocker Stakes defense at Belmont Park - October 9, 2015
ELMONT, N.Y. – Legendary will return to his favorite surface when he seeks a repeat in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000...
Casse sends out five winners on opening weekend - October 7, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Mark Casse has won the Sovereign Award for the top trainer in Canada a remarkable seven times, but that&...
Ready Dancer carries Pletchers hopes in Champagne Stakes - October 3, 2015
ELMONT, N.Y. – Though his 2-year-old crop has not yet shown itself to be as talented as those of years past, trainer Todd Ple...
Empire Maker returning to United States - September 30, 2015
Classic winner Empire Maker, the grandsire of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, will return to the United States to stand at Gaines...
Sacred Ovation sets track record in Seal Beach - September 26, 2015
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – The weather was warm, and the track was fast Friday at Los Alamitos, where claiming sprinter Sacred Ov...
No Fault of Mine returns in allowance feature - September 24, 2015
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – There have been entire racing weeks this summer at Arlington without four allowance-class events, b...
Breeders Cup Turf Sprint: Dettori to ride Undrafted - September 23, 2015
Undrafted and jockey Frankie Dettori will be partnered for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, trainer Wesley Ward said. The Grade...
Nicks on five-bagger Just Amazing - September 22, 2015
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Ralph Nicks arrived back in south Florida around lunchtime on Sunday after having attended t...
Old Harbor cruises to easy victory in John Hettinger - September 21, 2015
Reaffirming her fondness for the local turf courses, Old Harbor dueled Freudie Anne into defeat by the quarter pole and widened with ev...
Recount probable for Gallant Bob at Parx Racing - September 16, 2015
The Illinois-bred Recount, a winner in five of his seven career starts, probably will race next in the $300,000 Gallant Bob on Sept. 19...
Honor Code, Tonalist work toward Breeders Cup Classic preps - September 14, 2015
ELMONT, N.Y. – Honor Code and Tonalist finished first and second in the Metropolitan Handicap and first and third in the Whit...
Stryker Phd wins Muckleshoot Tribal Classic to extend local winning streak - September 14, 2015
AUBURN, Wash. – Stryker Phd completed a second consecutive unbeaten season Sunday at Emerald Downs with a three-quarter-lengt...
