Horse Racing

After a second drug test of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit returned positive for the restricted substance betamethasone, Churchill Downs has suspended trainer Bob Baffert for two years.  It made the announcement Wednesday afternoon following reports earlier Wednesday of the second positive test. Baffert’s ban extends through the 2023 spring season at Churchill Downs, meaning

Medina Spirit is a step closer from having his win in the Kentucky Derby disqualified. A second post-race drug test for Medina Spirit reportedly came back positive for betamethasone, according to Joe Drape of the New York Times. The first positive test for Medina Spirit was revealed May 9. Following that positive, Medina Spirit’s trainer

2021 Hollywood Gold Cup Day 2021 Hollywood Gold Cup Day Flavien Prat aboard Country Grammer after winning the 2021 Hollywood Gold Cup Date: 05/31/2021 The feature race on Memorial Day at Santa Anita is the $300,000 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) a 1 1/4 mile trip over the main track for the top older horses on

3:14 PM ET Associated Press RED BANK, N.J. — Sam Boulmetis Sr., a Hall of Famer who rode for nearly 20 years and won most of his four jockey titles at Monmouth Park in the 1950s, has died. He was 94. He died Sunday at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, his family said. Boulmetis

2021 Belmont Stakes Entries 2021 Belmont Stakes Entries Date: 06/01/2021 The post position draw for the 153rd Belmont Stakes was held on Tuesday June 1st at Belmont Park and a field of only 8 made final entry for the 153rd renewal of the 1 1/2 mile “Test of the Champion” after UAE Derby (G2) winner

Maxim Rate (Exchange Rate) strode to the lead inside the final furlong and held off the late-closing duo of La Signare (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Bodhicitta (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) to score the first Grade I victory of her career in the GI Gamely S. at Santa Anita Monday. Dismissed at 13-1, Maxim Rate rated kindly

1:09 PM ET ESPN staff Double Asian Games silver medalist Fouaad Mirza officially confirmed his Tokyo Olympics spot, finishing second and third respectively on Seigneur Medicott and Dajara 4 to complete his Minimum Eligibility Requirement in the CCI4*- L at the Baborowko Equestrian festival Poland this weekend. It makes him only the third Indian equestrian

Four weeks after the commonly owned ‘TDN Rising Star’ and stablemate Mandaloun (Into Mischief) crossed the line second in the GI Kentucky Derby, Juddmonte’s Fulsome (Into Mischief) was afforded his own chance to shine and made the most of the opportunity in Saturday’s GIII Matt Winn S., overcoming a sluggish break to defeat Derby fifth

3rd-Belmont, $93,120, Alw (C)/Opt. Clm ($100,000), 5-28, 4yo/up, 1m, 1:36.57, ft, 1 length.HAPPY SAVER (c, 4, Super Saver–Happy Week {MSP, $228,674}, by Distorted Humor), off since annexing last October’s GI Jockey Club Gold Cup going 10 local panels, picked up where he left off to stay unbeaten. A 5 1/2-length debut romper sprinting here last

The John Sadler-trained Flagstaff (Speightstown) tested positive for Clodronic Acid, a bisphosphonate otherwise known as Osphos, after finishing second at Santa Anita Sept. 27 last year, according to a California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) complaint. As per the complaint, dated Mar. 24, an Osphos positive is a Class 1, Category A penalty. A split sample

LONDON (Reuters) – Children will not be allowed to attend England’s second test against New Zealand at Edgbaston next month after the match was chosen as one of the British government’s pilot events to allow bigger crowds. The June 10-14 test will be the first event in the second phase of the government programme assessing

John Tullis Ledbetter “Tullis” Jones IV, passed away Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in Austin, Texas. He was 31 years old. Jones was born October, 30, 1989, in Houston, Texas, the son of Johnny Jones III and Mia Edgar Jones. Jones attended St. John’s School and Episcopal High School in Houston, Texas, where he excelled in

5:11 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The California Horse Racing Board will honor any action against Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert by other states if his license is suspended or revoked after a hearing and due process. Churchill Downs in Kentucky and the New York Racing Association’s Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga tracks

Wertheimer and Frere’s unbeaten Happy Saver (Super Saver), last seen winning the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup last October, will make his 4-year-old debut in an allowance at Belmont Park Friday. “I’m happy to get his season under way,” said trainer Todd Pletcher. “Hopefully, we’ve done enough with him to have him ready, but I’m

2021 Belmont Stakes Contenders 2021 Belmont Stakes Contenders Date: 05/22/2021 This year, the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1) will not have a horse going for the Triple Crown, with Medina Spirit winning the Kentucky Derby and Rombauer winning the Preakness Stakes. Several of the Kentucky Derby horses who skipped the Preakness will be back plus

2nd-Santa Anita, $64,562, Msw, 5-21, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f, :53.12, ft, 5 1/2 lengths.ROYAL O’HAIGAIN (f, 2, El Deal–Dreaming of Susie {GSP}, by Cowtown Cat) posted a blazing :34 flat bullet (1/33) at Santa Anita May 17, prompting her to be backed down to 4-5 favoritism for this unveiling. Quickly to the front, the Louisiana-bred

Aparna Battula, the jockey-turned-trainer who has not started a horse since New Jersey Racing Commission (NJRC) investigators confiscated 83 injectable medication vials and 36 needles from her Monmouth Park tack room July 29, 2019, had her training license suspended 2 1/2 years and was fined $7,500 in a post-appeal commission ruling on those violations during

The following is the 11th of a 12-part series on wagering insecurity in American racing from the think tank the Thoroughbred Idea Foundation.  A growing firm in the sports integrity business approached a major racing operator in 2017. “They told us better integrity does not help us bring in more customers and their main focus