Horse Racing

Associated Press Mar 15, 2024, 12:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A new plan to rebuild Baltimore’s storied but deteriorating Pimlico Race Course and transfer the track to state control is making a late charge down the stretch of Maryland’s legislative session. The measure, released Thursday with less than a month to

by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis OCALA, FL – With a pair of colts topping the seven-figure mark, the tempo picked up during the second session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training Wednesday. With 144 horses sold Wednesday for $25,488,000, the session average was $177,000–up 6.2% from last year’s

2024 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool Five 2024 Kentucky Derby Future WagerPool Five Updated: 03/12/2024 Pool Five of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens for betting at noon ET on Friday March 15 and closes on Sunday at 6pm. Remsen (G2) runner-up and Risen Star Stakes (G2) winner Sierra Leone, trained by Chad Brown, is

Yahoo Sports NFL Free Agency frenzy: grading the biggest moves from day one | Zero Blitz Free agency is upon us, and Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab are joining forces to react to and give letter grades for all the biggest moves from day one of the NFL’s legal tampering window. The duo start off

Facing a bevy of more experienced rivals, lightly raced SWEET AZTECA (f, 4, Sharp Azteca–So Sweetitiz, by Grand Slam) led every step of the way to capture the renamed GI B. Wayne Hughes Beholder Mile S. at Santa Anita Saturday. Last summer’s GI Clement L. Hirsch S. winner and even-money favorite Adare Manor (Uncle Mo)

Yahoo Sports Franchise tag deadline winners & losers, teams we trust to get QB right | Inside Coverage Jason Fitz is joined by Senior NFL Reporter Jori Epstein as the duo go behind the scenes on the biggest NFL stories. The duo kick things off with Dak Prescott’s contract negotiations with the Dallas Cowboys and

2024 Santa Anita Handicap day 2024 Santa Anita Handicap day Frankie Dettori celebrates aboard Newgate after winning the Big Cap. Date: 03/03/2024 The highlight race of the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting is the $400,000 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) presented by Yaamava’ Resort and Casino, featuring the best older handicap horses on the west coast going

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) and Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) have opened an investigation into the University of Kentucky’s Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory’s performance, according to a joint statement Tuesday by the agencies. On the 16th of last month, HIWU stopped sending samples to the UK Lab. Prior to that, the

Associated Press Mar 4, 2024, 06:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Renovations to Belmont Park are expected to pave the way for the racetrack to host the Belmont Stakes in June 2026. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a construction timeline Monday that includes the $455 million project being fully completed by fall of that

Dai Burchell juggled life as a steelworker with horse training until the age of 35 when he concentrated on horses Highly-regarded former Welsh trainer Dai Burchell has died at the age of 87. Burchell produced more than 400 winners from his stable in Ebbw Vale, where he had worked in the steelworks before taking up

Champion Fierceness (City of Light) continued his preparations for a likely start in the GI Curlin Florida Derby Mar. 30 with a half-mile breeze Friday at Palm Beach Downs in company with fellow ‘TDN Rising Star‘ Agate Road (Quality Road). The pair clocked in at :48.89, leaving conditioner Todd Pletcher satisfied with the progress he’d

(Getty Images) The horse racing season will get into its stride this month as the great spectacle that is Cheltenham Festival gets under way. The Festival will take place over four days in March, starting with Champion Day, then Ladies Day (officially called Style Wednesday) on day two, and St Patrick’s Day falling on day

Just before the gate load in Saturday’s G1 Saudi Cup at the King Abdulaziz Racecourse, if you were an American race fan scouring the circling field looking for the customary light blue and neon green standard carried by Joe Peacock Jr.’s homebred MGSW Senor Buscador (Mineshaft), then you might have been left wondering. The banner

2024 Saudi Cup Results 2024 Saudi Cup Day Jockey Junior Alvarado celebrates aboard Senor Buscador after winning the Saudi Cup. Date: 02/24/2024 The Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racecourse is the richest horse race in the world. King Abdulaziz Racecourse. Conditions were ideal for racing in Riyadh on Saturday night, with clear skies, a race

2024 Invest Saudi International Jockeys Challenge Night 2024 Invest Saudi International Jockeys Challenge Night Maryline Eon is presented the trophy after winning the Invest Saudi International Jockeys Challenge Date: 02/23/2024 On the evening before the fifth running of the $20 million Saudi Cup, was the third edition of the $1.6 million Invest Saudi International Jockeys

Associated Press Feb 25, 2024, 10:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Confederate, who last year won 13 of 15 races and became the fastest 3-year-old pacer in history, was named 2023 Horse of the Year at the U.S. Harness Writers Association banquet Sunday. The colt received 112 of 129 votes. Confederate’s wins

Saffie Joseph Jr. wins 1,000th race Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. at the 2022 Alibi Breakfast. Saffie Joseph Jr. reaches 1,000 wins Date: 2/25/2024 Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. notched win number 1,000 with Palace Zip in the tenth (and last) race at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, a $16,000 maiden claimer for three-year-old fillies going 1 1/16

Jockey Oisin Orr and co-owners Peter Done, Sir Alex Ferguson and Ged Mason celebrate their stunning victory – Debbie Burt Sir Alex Ferguson landed his biggest-ever winner as Spirit Dancer won the Howdens Neom Turf Cup to scoop a prize just shy of £1million in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. It is usually called an across-the-card