Horse Racing

4:43 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The New York Racing Association is planning to reconstruct the Wilson Chute at Saratoga Race Course, which will allow one-mile races to be run on the main dirt track during the summer meet. A chute is an extension of the backstretch or homestretch of a track

Britain’s York Racecourse is to rename the Duke of York Stakes in an effort to distance itself from Queen Elizabeth II’s second son Prince Andrew, who is facing a US civil case for sexual assault. The six-furlong (1,200-metre) sprint was named in 1895 after another Duke of York — Prince George, Duke of York, who

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has vacated the sanctions it imposed on trainer Joe Sharp following five positive tests for levamisole in horses who ran at Churchill Downs in November 2019. A KHRC ruling issued Thursday and first reported by Blood-Horse, read, “Due to the de-classification of levamisole in August 2015 by the Kentucky Horse

2021 Eclipse Award Finalists 2021 Eclipse Award Finalists Eclipse with Mr.Wildman & His Sonsby George StubbsBuy from Amazon.com Date: 01/15/2021 The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) and Daily Racing Form (DRF) have announced the finalists for the 2021 Eclipse Awards, voted on and presented by the three organizations in

by Christie DeBernardis & Jessica Martini LEXINGTON, KY–Keeneland saved the best for last during Wednesday’s second Book 1 session of their January Horses of All Ages Sale with the 3-year-old colt Belgrade (Hard Spun), a debut winner at Fair Grounds, topping the day’s action at $700,000. A total of 263 head changed hands Wednesday for

8:43 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Under the Stars won the $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes by three-quarters of a length Saturday at Santa Anita. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Flavien Prat, Under the Stars ran seven furlongs in 1:22.51. Sent off as the 4-5 favorite in a field of six 3-year-old

Sent off the 9-10 chalk to build on a three-length maiden victory at Los Alamitos when last seen Dec. 11, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith’s Under the Stars (Pioneerof the Nile) was made to work for it, but managed to tough out a narrow victory in Saturday’s GIII Santa Ynez S. at

4:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Belmont Stakes is moving to Fox Sports as part of an eight-year deal beginning in 2023. The deal announced Wednesday between Fox and the New York Racing Association includes NYRA Bets as the title sponsor of the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown series. NYRA

Michael Lund Petersen’s champion Gamine (Into Mischief–Peggy Jane, by Kafwain), has been retired from racing and will reside at Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa Farm in Paris, Ky., it was announced Tuesday. Breeding plans for the 5-year-old are still being discussed. Bred by Grace Thoroughbred Holdings, Gamine topped the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale when hammering

2022 Blue Norther and Kalookan Queen Stakes at Santa Anita 2022 Blue Norther Stakes Flavien Prat aboard Bellabel after winning the 2022 Blue Norther Stakes Date: 1/2/2022 There were three listed stakes races on the second Sunday of the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting. Conditions were excellent with a firm course, sunny skies, and temperatures in

Triple Crown Trail 2022 Medina Spirit winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby 2022 Triple Crown Trail Updated: 1/1/2022 It’s that time of year again when the soon-to-be three-year-old Thoroughbreds start their campaign for the 2022 Kentucky Derby and dream of the elusive Triple Crown. –> There will be a prep race somewhere most weekends from

2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks Points 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks Points Updated: 1/23/2022 The Kentucky Derby is on May 7, 2022, and the contenders earn points in selected prep races across the country. Since the Derby field is limited to 20 entrants, there has to be a method

2022 New Year’s Day Stakes at Santa Anita 2022 New Year’s Day Stakes Umberto Rispoli celebrates aboard Chewing Gum after winning the 2022 Joe Hernandez Stakes Date: 1/1/2022 The feature race on New Year’s Day at Santa Anita was the $250,000 Joe Hernandez Stakes (G2) for older horses sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs on the downhill

9:47 PM ET Associated Press REDDICK, Fla. — Billy Turner, who trained Seattle Slew to a Triple Crown sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont stakes in 1977, has died. He was 81. Turner died Friday at his home here where he had been in hospice care after battling prostate cancer for two years,

Billy Turner, the trainer of the 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, passed away peacefully in cancer hospice care at his home in Reddick, Florida, according to a press release from Pavla Nygaard at the Ocala Jockey Club. He was 81 years old. Turner was born February 29, 1940, in Rochester New York, and grew

2021 Year in Review 2021 Year in Review Medina Spirit and his trainerBob Baffert were probably thebiggest newsmakers this year. Date: 12/31/2021 As everyone celebrates the holidays, it is time to bid farewell to 2021 and the exciting racing which we enjoyed, however much like at the end of 2020, many of us are glad

2021 American Oaks at Santa Anita 2021 American Oaks, Santa Anita Mathis Mile, and San Gabriel Stakes Date: 12/26/2021 There were three graded stakes races scheduled to be run on the turf on opening day of the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting, but rain overnight forced the turf races to be moved to the main track,

2021 Malibu Stakes Day 2021 Malibu, La Brea, and San Antonio Stakes Date: 12/26/2021 The day after Christmas marks opening day for the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting. Overnight rains forced the turf races to be moved to the main track, however the track remained fast with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the high 50’s