Horse Racing

ESPN News Services Jul 3, 2023, 04:55 PM ET Churchill Downs is extending Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s suspension through at least 2024. Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Monday it was continuing Baffert’s ban, citing “continued concerns regarding the threat to the safety and integrity of racing he poses to CDI-owned racetracks.” Baffert was initially

Hall of Famer Bob Baffert was initially suspended in 2021 after Medina Spirit failed a drug test after winning the Kentucky Derby. (Al Bello/Getty Images) Hall of Famer Bob Baffert’s suspension at Churchill Downs will continue. Churchill Downs announced Monday afternoon that it will continue Baffert’s suspension from the iconic track at least through 2024

2023 Highlander Stakes Day 2023 Highlander Stakes Day Lucky Score heads to the winner’s circle after the Highlander Stakes. Date: 7/01/2023 There were five graded stakes at Woodbine on Saturday, billed as the Canada Day Racing Festival, headlined by the $200,000 Highlander Stakes (G2) for older horses sprinting 6 furlongs on the main E.P. Taylor

California horse racing again experienced a significant decline in the number of horses that died from injuries suffered during racing and training at the state’s facilities during the 2022-23 fiscal year that ended June 30, the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) said in a press release on Saturday. A total of 26 died last year

Associated Press Jun 30, 2023, 02:15 PM ET NEW YORK — Belmont Park canceled its thoroughbred racing card on Friday due to poor air quality caused by wildfires in Canada. The New York Racing Association announced the decision early in the afternoon after consulting with the New York State Equine Medical Director, its management and

Nearly 200 horses have been catalogued for the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, although that number will likely grow as the sales company continues to approve entries until sale time. The sale will be held Monday, July 10 at Newtown Paddocks in Lexington and will get underway at 2 p.m., one day

2023 Breeders’ Cup World Championships Past Performances Breeders’ Cup World Championships Past Performances Updated: 10/25/2021 Here are links to where you can find free past performances for all the 14 Breeders’ Cup Championship races in PDF format from BRISnet. The BRISnet past performances are current through entries and are listed in race order below. Thoroughbred

In a hotly contested 3-year-old division, Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve runner-up Two Phil’s made his case as a horse to be reckoned with after a stylish score in the $500,000 Ohio Derby June 24 at Thistledown.Read More… Two Phils Overwhelms Opposition in Ohio Derby originally appeared on NBC Sports

Sydney’s The Everest is now the the second most lucrative in the world (DAVID GRAY) Sydney’s racing flagship The Everest boosted its prize money Sunday to Aus$20 million (US$13.4 million), becoming the world’s second-richest thoroughbred race behind only the Saudi Cup. The annual October meeting at Royal Randwick will also see a new Aus$5 million

Two Phil’s (Hard Spun), a too-good-to-lose second after racing on top of a hot pace in the GI Kentucky Derby, kicks off the second half of his season in Saturday’s GIII Ohio Derby at Thistledown. The GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks winner has been firing bullets for trainer Larry Rivelli at Hawthorne since, including a five-furlong

This will be the first Royal Ascot since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II – Getty Images/Alex Livesey The glitz and glamour of British racing’s most famous meeting is underway as thousands descend on Berkshire for Royal Ascot. The meeting brings together a selection of the world’s best flat horses for five days of racing

Four Thoroughbreds died and four were rescued after a fire consumed a transport trailer on the Bluegrass Parkway near Bardstown, Kentucky, at around 6:25 a.m. Monday. No people were reported injured in the blaze. The horses were being transported from California to Lexington, fire chief Todd Spalding of the Bardstown Fire Department told TDN. A

2023 North America Cup Results 2023 North America Cup Results Scott Zeron celebrates with the trophy after winning his second North America Cup with Its My Show. Dateline: 06/17/2023 The 40th running of the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup, Canada’s richest harness race, was contested on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park featuring the

Blue Rose Cen can become the first filly since Zarkava in 2008 to achieve the Marcel Boussac Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and Prix de Diane treble (MARTIN BUREAU) Blue Rose Cen can join a pantheon of racing legends if she prevails in the Prix de Diane (French Oaks) at Chantilly on Sunday with her main

1st-Evangeline Downs, $28,100, Msw, 6-15, 2yo, 4 1/2f, :53.84, ft, 4 1/2 lengths.GOOD AND STOUT (c, 2, Coal Front–Ready Witted, by More Than Ready) failed to meeting his reserve on a final bid of $117,000 at this April’s OBS Sale but was attained privately and earned heavy 3-5 favoritism in this scratched-down debut facing just

2023 North America Cup 2023 North America Cup Entries Pebble Beach winning the 2022 North America Cup. Date: 06/13/2023 The 40th running of the Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park, one of the most important races on the continent for three-year-old pacers, will be run Saturday night June 17. Sponsored by Pepsi since

2023 Belmont Stakes Festival Friday Photos 2023 Belmont Stakes Festival Friday Marketsegmentation takes her walk down Victory Lane after the New York Stakes (G1) Date: 06/09/2023 The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival runs from Thursday to Saturday, highlighted by the 155th Belmont Stakes run on Saturday. After Thursday’s card was cancelled due to poor air quality,

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Disarm (Gun Runner), last seen finishing fourth in the GI Kentucky Derby, surged past Verifying (Justify) in the final strides to win the relocated GIII Matt Winn S. at Ellis Park Sunday. Sent off the even-money favorite in the race originally scheduled to be run at Churchill Downs, Disarm rated along the rail