A dry track with cool, fall temperatures greeted horses and horsemen alike at Pimlico on Thursday after a sloppy start to Wednesday in Baltimore as horses stretched their legs in advance of the Oct. 3 Preakness Stakes (G1).
Category Archives: Horse Racing
Belmont Derby Features Saratoga Derby Rematch
If you truly enjoyed the lively stretch duel in the Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes, then grab some popcorn and get ready for an encore Oct. 3 at Belmont Park when a familiar cast of characters gathers once again.
O'Brien Withdraws Love from Arc Over Soft Going
Love will not run in the Oct. 4 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) at ParisLongchamp after the Aidan O’Brien-trained filly did not feature among 15 declarations for the race.
O'Brien Withdraws Love from Arc Over Soft Going
Love will not run in the Oct. 4 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) at ParisLongchamp after the Aidan O’Brien-trained filly did not feature among 15 declarations for the race.
Midnight Bisou Retired After Sept. 28 Injury
Champion Midnight Bisou, who exited a Sept. 28 workout at Saratoga Race Course with discomfort in her right front leg, has been retired, according to a release from co-owner Bloom Racing Stable.
Improbable Takes Over in Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings
Improbable, a commanding 4 1/2-length winner of Saturday’s Awesome Again Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, leaped from fourth to first place in Week #11 of the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings.
Frank's Rockette to Try Older Females in Gallant Bloom
Speedy Frank’s Rockette will try to secure a fourth straight win and fourth stakes victory this season when she faces older fillies and mares for the first time Oct. 3 in the $150,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap (G2) at Belmont Park.
Sam Houston 2021 Purses to Average $248K a Day
Sam Houston Race Park will kick off its 2021 live racing season on Friday, January 8 with an expanded 46-day Thoroughbred meet with overnight purses of approximately $248,000 per day.
Beau Recall Targets Breeders' Cup Berth in First Lady
Slam Dunk Racing and Medallion Racing’s Beau Recall has not, as yet, made a trip to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships during the entirety of her four-year racing career.Â
Caravel Headlines Wanamaker’s October Sale
After a recent standout performance by $400,000 Wanamaker’s graduate Fiya, the online auction house is set to offer another up and coming 3-year-old in the Mizzen Mast filly Caravel, who is undefeated with a stakes victory last out.
Channel Maker, Sadler's Joy Renew Rivalry in Joe Hirsch
The wheel of fortune for older distance turfers in New York will be spun once again Oct. 3, and, as a carnival barker would say, where it stops nobody knows.
New Vocations Launches 11th Breeders' Cup Pledge
New Vocations has officially launched its annual Breeders’ Cup Pledge.
Keeneland Gives Fans Many Options to Enjoy Fall Meet
Keeneland is making it easy for fans no matter their location to watch and wager on the track’s 17-day Fall Meet with two exciting programs.
Newsom Signs California Racing Reform Legislation
On Sept. 29, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill from California Sen. Bill Dodd meant to improve horse racing safety across the state and build on reforms adopted last year, the senator’s office said in a release.
Sam Houston 2021 Thoroughbred Purses to Average 248K
Sam Houston Race Park will kick off its 2021 live racing season on Friday, January 8 with an expanded 46-day Thoroughbred meet with overnight purses of approximately $248,000 per day.
Halladay Seeks Another Grade 1 in Shadwell Turf Mile
Having won this summer’s Fourstardave Handicap (G1T) at Saratoga Race Course, Halladay aims to expand his bankroll and his reputation as a top-class turf horse in the $750,000 Shadwell Turf Mile (G1T) at Keeneland Oct. 3.
Goffs Orby Sale Gets Off to Sobering Start
Plenty will have been left wondering if they were witnessing the new normal at Doncaster Sept. 30 as the relocated Goffs Orby Sale got off to a sobering start compared to the giddy highs seen in recent years.
Asmussen Brings Talented Duo to Breeders' Futurity
Asmussen’s entries the Oct. 3 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland include the only stakes winner in the field and another brilliant first-out winner.
Jockey Ortiz Jr. Sidelined With COVID-19 Positive
The realities of the coronavirus pandemic have hit home for Eclipse Award-winning jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.
Completed Pass, Love You Much to Face Off in Jim McKay
Having already faced off multiple times this year, Robert Bone’s Completed Pass and Warwick Stable’s Love You Much will be back at it again Oct. 1 in the $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint Stakes, run at five furlongs on the grass at Pimlico Race Course.