Horse Racing

Edited Press Release The U.S. House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to consider the fiscal year 2022 Department of Labor Appropriations bill Thurs., July 15, and language within the bill could devastate the H-2B visa program. The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) is urging industry members to contact their Representative immediately and ask for this language

12:24 PM ET Associated Press John Rotz, a Hall of Fame jockey who won the Preakness and Belmont Stakes during his career, has died at 86. He died at his farm in Warrensburg, Illinois, southwest of Champaign, on Monday, according to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, which spoke to his family.

6:10 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York judge was sympathetic Monday to horse trainer Bob Baffert’s claims that his May suspension by the New York Racing Association — after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test — was unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Carol Bagley Amon at a Brooklyn

Florida-based stallion Fury Kapcori (Tiznow–Gin Running, by Go For Gin), a Grade III winner and runner-up to Violence (Medaglia d’Oro) in the 2012 GI CashCall Futurity, died last month following complications from colic. The Paulick Report was first to report the news. A $100,000 Keeneland September yearling, Fury Kapcori was raced in partnership by a

8:35 PM ET Associated Press A 3-year-old colt co-owned by the wife of embattled trainer Bob Baffert ran under the name of another Hall of Fame trainer on Saturday, when it finished fourth in the $1 million Belmont Derby Invitational at Belmont Park, where Baffert has been suspended and is suing to regain access. Du

‘TDN Rising Star’ Bolshoi Ballet (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the beaten G1 Cazoo Epsom Derby favorite, paid fitting tribute to his late superstar sire with a 1 1/4-length success over Tokyo Gold (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) in Saturday’s GI Belmont Derby Invitational. The Coolmore connections and trainer Aidan O’Brien also delivered with Santa Barbara (Ire) (Camelot {GB})

Central Kentucky’s Airdrie Stud, the long-time nursery and stallion station owned by Brereton and Elizabeth Jones, has named Jocelyn Brooks the new Director of Sales. Brooks succeeds Cormac Breathnach, Pd.D., who had been in the position since 2017 and was named Director of Sales Operations at Keeneland last month. Brooks has been Chief of Staff

Last Saturday’s Perfect Sting S., originally scheduled as a listed race, was downgraded after coming off the Belmont turf and the American Graded Stakes Committee decided that it will not be reinstated for its 2021 renewal. The race will be recorded as a non-listed black-type race. It is the policy of the American Graded Stakes

11:13 PM ET Associated Press LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. — Gamine romped to a 10-length victory in the $200,000 Great Lady M Stakes on Monday, giving embattled trainer Bob Baffert his third stakes win in two days at Los Alamitos. Ridden by Hall of Famer John Velazquez, Gamine broke sharply and took charge nearing the turn

2021 Great Lady M Stakes 2021 Great Lady M Stakes John Velazquez celebrates aboard Gamine after winning the 2021 Great Lady M Stakes Date: 07/05/2021 The feature race on the Monday after Independence Day at Los Alamitos was the $150,000 Great Lady M Stakes (G2) for older fillies and mares sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs. Conditions

It’s been a long time comin’, but Jessica Springsteen has made her first Olympic team. Bruce Springsteen’s only daughter, a champion equestrian, was one of four riders named to the U.S. Olympic jumping team on Monday, along with her horse Don Juan van de Donkhoeve. The younger Springsteen has long been one of the country’s

West Point Thoroughbreds, Siena Farm, Bobby Flay and Woodford Racing’s First Captain (Curlin) remained unbeaten with an authoritative victory in the GIII Dwyer S. at Belmont Park Monday. Sent off the 2-5 favorite, First Captain raced at the back of the five-horse field as Ridin With Biden (Constitution) set the pace under a snug hold

11:19 PM ET Associated Press LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. — Classier held off favored stablemate Defunded by a nose to win the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby on Sunday, giving embattled trainer Bob Baffert a 1-2 finish in a race he’s won five years in a row and six of the last seven. Classier broke sharply under

2021 Los Alamitos Derby 2021 Los Alamitos Derby Day Mike Smith celebrates aboard Classier after winning the 2021 Los Alamitos Derby Date: 07/04/2021 The feature race on Independence Day at Los Alamitos was the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3). Originally scheduled for Saturday, the race failed to fill so it was moved to Sunday and

Southern California-based Ce Ce ventured all the way to Florida to stamp her ticket to the Nov. 6 GI Breeders’ Cup F/M Sprint back at Del Mar. A winner of both the GI Beholder Mile and GI Apple Blossom H. last term, the homebred went winless for the rest of the season, including when fifth

The Breeders’ Cup has launched their latest online promotion, “Dreaming of Del Mar,” to grant one lucky fan and their guest a VIP experience to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships Nov. 5-6 at Del Mar. Out of all entries, one fan will be selected at random to win an all-expenses paid trip for two to

Sorely needed in the American horse betting landscape, fixed-odds wagering–bets where the player is guaranteed the odds displayed at the time he or she bets a horse and isn’t affected by late parimutuel odds drops–is set to debut in the States later this month at Monmouth Park via Australian bookmaking company BetMakers. Wednesday morning, BetMakers’

Magalen O. “Maggie” Bryant, an entrepreneur, conservationist, and racehorse owner in the U.S. and France, died overnight Sunday at her home in Virginia, according to the Jour de Galop. She was 92 years old. Her biggest success in U.S. flat racing came in the 2014 GI Travers S. when her V.E. Day (English Channel) won