Horse Racing

2024 Bison City and Canadian Stakes 2024 Bison City and Canadian Stakes Stormcast and jockey Patrick Husbands head to the winner’s circle after the Bison City. Date: 8/10/2024 There were two stakes at Woodbine on Saturday, headlined by the $250,000 Bison City for Canadian-foaled 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles over the main Tapeta track

2024 Yellow Ribbon Handicap and Sorrento Stakes 2024 Yellow Ribbon Handicap and Sorrento Stakes Anisette gets a pat from Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners President Aron Wellman after winning the 2024 Yellow Ribbon Handicap Date: 08/10/2024 The feature race on Saturday at Del Mar’s summer meeting was the $200,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap (G2) for older fillies and

Josie Carroll wins 1,000th race Trainer Josie Carroll after winning the 2024 Woodbine Oaks with Kin’s Concerto Josie Carroll reaches 1,000 wins Date: 8/12/2024 Trainer Josie Carroll notched win number 1,000 with Spinzar in the fourth race at Woodbine on Sunday, August 11, a $110,700 allowance optional claimer for older horses going 1 1/4 miles

The 2022/2023 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Inductions The 2022/2023 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Inductions The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame ring given to human inductees. Date: 8/09/2023 On Wednesday night the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame welcomed its 2022 and 2023 classes at an induction ceremony and dinner held

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