Horse Racing

KJ Desparado stamped his mark as quarter horse racing’s all-time leading money earner after winning a 400-yard allowance race on Saturday at Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino. The 4-year-old gelding earned $23,760 after winning the $39,600 race and now has earned $2,796,363, which shot him past the previous mark of $2,781,365. Ochoa was the

In an open letter from AZHBPA President Lloyd Yother to Arizona horsemen released on Monday, he vowed to “fight like hell” to ensure racing in the state is not dead. Yother’s letter is in response to Turf Paradise officials announcing last week that the track won’t open as usual in November as the sale of

Associated Press Aug 6, 2023, 06:57 PM ET SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A 4-year-old filly broke down in the fourth race at Saratoga and was euthanized on Sunday, the second consecutive day a racing death occurred at the track in upstate New York. Ever Summer sustained a catastrophic injury to her left front leg in

2023 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes 2023 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Adare Manor after winning the 2023 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Date: 8/5/2023 The highlight race at Del Mar on Saturday was the $400,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) for older fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles on the main track, looking for automatic entry

Associated Press Aug 5, 2023, 07:47 PM ET SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Maple Leaf Mel was leading the field in the $500,000 Test at Saratoga when she suffered a catastrophic injury to her right front leg just before the finish line and was later euthanized on Saturday. Jockey Joel Rosario was unseated and went to

Aug. 5—JEFFERSON — The Ashtabula County Fair is known for harness racing and nothing beats the sound of thundering hooves as they race to the finish line. Enjoy the excitement of harness racing at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday and at 5 p.m. Thursday as some of Ohio‘s best two-and three-year-old horses compete. Bet you didn’t know

Owner Tom Brockley admitted he had moderate expectations when Brocknardini (Palace Malice) went to the post for the first time Wednesday at Saratoga. “In my mind, she was really more of a dirt horse, but this race came up and she was ready to go,” Brockley, who owns the 2-year-old filly with his wife, Daryn,

The fine sight of racing on the South Downs – Action Images/Matthew Childs One of the highlights of the the racing calendar gets under way on August 1 as the the Qatar Goodwood Festival is under starter’s orders on the South Downs. Better known as Glorious Goodwood it is one of the must-see flat racing

Associated Press Jul 31, 2023, 01:46 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs will implement safety measures for its September meet including new track surface maintenance equipment and additional monitoring and equine care following 12 horse deaths before and after the Kentucky Derby that spurred suspension of its spring meet. Racing is scheduled to resume

The hometown hero got it done. Facing an exceptionally deep field of sprinters in Saturday’s ‘Win and You’re In’ GI Bing Crosby S. at Del Mar, it was the California-bred The Chosen Vron (Vronsky) who got the money. He, however, is not nominated to the Breeders’ Cup and would have to be supplemented for this

Associated Press Jul 28, 2023, 11:14 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Racing will resume at Churchill Downs in September, with no changes being made after a review of surfaces and safety protocols in the wake of 12 horse deaths, including seven in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby in May. The Louisville track

Jul. 27—The next phase in the development of the Aiken Steeplechase Racecourse is officially underway. A groundbreaking ceremony, which included champagne, was held Wednesday for a finish line tower. Other than fencing and gates, it will be the first permanent structure on the roughly 140-acre site at 2020 Richland Ave. E. The Aiken Steeplechase Association’s

Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 06:59 PM ET NEW YORK — The trainer of racehorse champion Maximum Security was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday for his role in a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them race faster. Jason Servis was sentenced by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil in Manhattan federal

A total of 264 yearlings have been catalogued for the 2023 Texas Summer Yearling sale, a 52-head increase over last year’s edition of the sale. The sale will be held Aug. 28 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. “The increase in entries points to the success our sales have had,” TTA Sales Director

RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO — Quarter horse racing has produced some of the greatest jockeys of all-time, whether it’s Jacky Martin, G.R. Carter or Ricky Ramirez. Currently one of the rising stars is Francisco Calderon, who is the leading quarter horse jockey at Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino and aspires to be among the best

2023 Woodbine Oaks Day Results 2023 Woodbine Oaks Day Sahin Civaci celebrates aboard Elysian Field after winning the Woodbine Oaks. Date: 7/23/2023 Sunday at Woodbine, the two major local preps for the Queen’s Plate Stakes, the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, were contested over the Tapeta main track. The four stakes races were

2023 San Clemente Stakes Day 2023 San Clemente Stakes Day Umberto Rispoli celebrates aboard Anisette after winning the 2023 San Clemente Stakes. Date: 07/22/2023 The feature race on the first Saturday of the Del Mar summer meet was the $200,000 San Clemente Stakes (G2) for three-year-old fillies going 1 mile on the Jimmy Durante turf

2023 Haskell Stakes 2023 Haskell Stakes Date: 07/22/2023 The $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1) is New Jersey’s most prestigious race, featuring some of the top East Coast 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles over the main track at historic Monmouth Park in Oceanport, looking for automatic entry into the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) under the