Horse Racing

Legendary trainer Sir Michael Stoute has announced he will retire later this year. The 78-year-old has been champion trainer 10 times and won the Derby at Epsom on six occasions. He won the 1981 Derby with the brilliant Shergar, who was later kidnapped, and landed the 2013 Gold Cup in Ascot with Estimate owned by

Thought Process (Collected) held her ground in the stretch of the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes to secure her first career black-type. Third on debut July 27 when sprinting on the main track, the chestnut found grass to her liking less than a month later, breaking her maiden Aug. 17 when stretched out to

The fields have been set for Saturday’s FanDuel TV U.S. Open Turf Championships: six graded stakes at Kentucky Downs worth up to $2 million each. Kentucky Downs is near Franklin, Ky. Among the entries taken Monday for Saturday’s card are horses seeking repeats of their 2023 Kentucky Downs victories: Get Smokin (G2 FanDuel TV Kentucky

Charlotte C. Weber has been chosen as the interim board chair of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame through a vote by the institution’s executive committee. Weber, previously a vice chair, will serve in the chair position formerly held by John Hendrickson, who passed away Aug. 19. Hendrickson was the museum’s chair

TORONTO (AP) — A racehorse named Swift Delivery that three-time Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce bought into has finished second in its latest start. Sent off as the even-money favorite, Swift Delivery was beaten in the $125,000 Toronto Cup Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday. He paid $2.50 and $2.10 as his

6th-Del Mar, $76,500, Msw, 8-30, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:09.06, ft, 5 lengths.SEISMIC BEAUTY (f, 3, Uncle Mo–Knarsdale {SP, $103,692}, by Medaglia d’Oro), a $400,000 FTKNOV weanling turned $550,000 KEESEP yearling, led into the final furlong of her Aug. 3 unveiling, but was beaten on the wire by One Magic Philly (Good Magic) while earning a

Aug. 28—When the fires and ensuing floods devastated Ruidoso this summer, New Mexico horsemen were left scrambling for ways to save the summer season for the venerable Ruidoso Downs Race Track in southern New Mexico. The ultimate solution was to move to the whole stable of horses and races north to the Downs of Albuquerque

Associated Press Aug 27, 2024, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Three-time Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has bought an ownership stake in a racehorse named Swift Delivery. Team Valor International founder and CEO Barry Irwin announced Tuesday that Kelce and the Zoldan family recently acquired a significant share of the

Team Kenny McPeek–including jockey Brian Hernandez and exercise rider Danny Ramsey–will be honored along with the Backside Learning Center, turf writer Sean Clancy and broadcaster Laffit Pincay III during the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters’ 64th Annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 30 in Del Mar, California. The NTWAB Annual Awards Dinner is the organization’s

2024 Pat O’Brien Stakes Results 2024 Pat O’Brien Stakes Antonio Fresu celebrates aboard Raging Torrent after winning the 2024 Pat O’Brien Stakes Date: 08/24/2024 The feature race at Del Mar on Saturday was the $250,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2) for older horses sprinting 7 furlongs on the main track and is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge

Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 06:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Fierceness held off Thorpedo Anna’s late charge to win the $1.25 million Travers Stakes on Saturday, denying the filly’s attempt to become the first female winner of the Grade 1 race in over a century at Saratoga. Ridden by John

2024 King’s Plate Results 2024 King’s Plate Results Caitlinhergrtness and jockey Rafael Hernandez with the flower blanket in the winner’s circle.  • Undercard Stakes Results Date: 8/24/2024 On Friday afternoon, a field of 12 Canadian-foaled 3-year-olds (after Bedard scratched) raced 1 1/4 miles over the Tapeta surface at Woodbine in the 165th running of the $1

2024 King’s Plate Undercard Results 2024 King’s Plate Undercard Stakes Results Filo Di Arianna with Sahin Civaci aboard head to the winner’s circle after the King Edward Stakes (G2).  • King’s Plate Results Date: 8/23/2024 King’s Plate Day is one of the biggest racedays of the year at Woodbine, however torrential rains on its originally scheduled

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Fierceness held off Thorpedo Anna’s late charge to win the $1.25 million Travers Stakes by a head on Saturday, denying the filly’s attempt to become the first female winner of the Grade 1 race in over a century. Ridden by John Velazquez, Fierceness ran 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga in

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Brad Cox said he was listening to a radio show a few days ago and his ears perked up when the chat got to the upcoming GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Del Mar in November. “They were talking about Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) and Adare Manor (Uncle Mo) being a

On a summer weekend afternoon, about a dozen bespectacled Baltimore men in their 60s and 70s leaf through large books with tiny print in a faintly air-conditioned room. In that text they search for patterns, lessons and answers to impossible questions. They pore over the pages like scholars. After a thorough analysis, they rise and

As first reported by Horse Racing Nation, 80-1 GI Kentucky Derby shocker Rich Strike (Keen Ice) has suffered another setback due to an injury sustained during a training session in New York. According to an interview with the publication, Rich Strike had been in training with Bill Mott up at Saratoga when a ligament tear

2024 Del Mar Oaks 2024 Del Mar Oaks Hector Berrios aboard Iscreamuscream after winning the 2024 Del Mar Oaks Date: 8/17/2024 The highlight race at Del Mar on Saturday was the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1) presented by Keeneland Sales for 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/8 miles on the Jimmy Durante turf course. Conditions were