Horse Racing

Sandstone earned her second straight open-lengths win under the Twin Spires with a wire-to-wire victory in the Rags to Riches S. at Churchill Sunday. The dark bay filly  took the lead early was shadowed by favorite Yuugiri through an opening quarter in :24.51. Favored Yuugiri rolled up to challenge the pacesetter after a half in

11:43 PM ET Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Rebuff won the Colt & Gelding Trot to kick off Breeders Crown weekend at the Meadowlands Racetrack. The track presented four stakes, each worth $600,000, for 2-year-olds on a rainy, windy Friday night. The eight Crowns for older horses take place Saturday afternoon. The Breeders Crowns

2021 Breeders’ Cup World Championships Past Performances Breeders’ Cup World Championships Past Performances Updated: 10/28/2021 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 pre-entries and are listed in race order below. Thoroughbred

2021 Breeders’ Cup World Championships Breeders’ Cup World Championships Pre-Entries Updated: 10/27/2021 For 2021, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships return to Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Pre-entries closed at noon on October 25 for all the races and were announced at 11:00am ET on October 27 with a total of 196 horses pre-entered. Final entries will

The Indiana Horse Racing Association held its annual banquet to honor and induct two new members to the Hall of Fame Sunday, Oct. 24 at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino. Dr. James Carmichael, inducted posthumously, and Ernie Gaskin were the 18th and 19th individuals added to the list of leaders who have worked tirelessly to

Sent off the $2.30 (13-10) favorite to make the necessary improvement off a debut third at Hanshin in late June, Aguri (Jpn) (Caravaggio) became the first Japanese winner and 22nd winner overall for leading freshman sire (by Scat Daddy) with a facile victory in a one-mile maiden over the turf at Tokyo Racecourse Saturday afternoon.

8:59 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — UCLA coach Mick Cronin is a winner even before the college basketball season starts next month. A 3-year-old filly co-owned by Cronin won the $63,000 feature at Santa Anita by three-quarters of a length on Friday. Sent off at 6-1 odds, So Very Smart paid $14.40, $6.40

A celebration of life for Kentucky horseman James M. Herbener, Jr. will be held in Fasig-Tipton’s Lexington, Kentucky sales pavilion Saturday, Oct. 23. It will begin at 5 pm and will be immediately followed by a reception in the pavilion’s upstairs bar. All those that wish to attend are welcome. Those that cannot attend may

11:42 AM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Bob Baffert can enter horses in the Breeders’ Cup next month at Del Mar, but the event’s all-time money-leading trainer has to meet certain conditions, including stricter out-of-competition testing of his horses and greater security at his barn. The conditions are the result of a review by

2021 E.P. Taylor Stakes Day 2021 E.P. Taylor Stakes Day Jockey Dylan Davis and Mutamakina head to the winner’s circle after the E.P. Taylor Stakes Date: 10/17/2021 The last Grade 1 race in Canada is the $600,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes (G1) featuring older fillies and mares going 1 1/4 miles on the turf. Traditionally it

Star sprinter Nature Strip, ridden by James McDonald, lived up to his billing as favourite to win the world’s richest turf race, The Everest, in front of thousands of cheering punters in Sydney on Saturday. The seven-year-old gelding, trained by Chris Waller, led all the way to hold off a fast-finishing Masked Crusader and collect

Trainer Marcos Zulueta joined the growing list of those involved in the Jason Servis-Jorge Navarro doping scandal to change their plea to guilty. Zulueta did so Friday when appearing via teleconference before federal judge Mary Kay Vyskocil. In doing so, Zulueta became the ninth of 27 people indicted in March of 2020 to plead guilty.

The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s October Yearling Sale begins with a session of selected yearlings Tuesday and continues Wednesday with an open session. Bidding will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, with a total of 152 yearlings–including 17 supplemental offerings–catalogued, with an additional 395 head–including 32 supplements–catalogued for the second day, which starts at 11 a.m.

2021 Cup and Saucer Stakes Results 2021 Cup and Saucer Stakes Results Jockey Rafael Hernandez poses with the Cup and Saucer Stakes trophy which is actually a golden cup and saucer. Date: 10/10/2021 One of the premier races for Canadian-foaled 2-year-olds is the $250,000 Cup and Saucer Stakes at Woodbine, traditionally run on Canadian Thanksgiving

2021 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, Matron, and Vosburgh Stakes Results 2021 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, Matron, and Vosburgh Stakes Rockemperor takes his walk down Victory Lane after winning the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic with trainer Chad Brown on the far right. Date: 10/09/2021 The $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes (G1) is the major New

9:42 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Irad Ortiz Jr. rode his 3,000th career winner Thursday in the fifth race at Belmont Park. The 29-year-old jockey from Puerto Rico rode Saratoga Kisses to an 8 1/4-length victory for trainer and co-owner Rudy Rodriguez. Ortiz is 15th on the career earnings list, totaling over $220

The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, in collaboration with TRF board member Anita Motion, will host a silent auction of original artwork to benefit the nearly 500 horses in the care of the organization. The event will be held at Belmont Park this Saturday, Oct. 9. The display featuring the artwork will be set up in the

7:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Embattled thoroughbred horse trainer Bob Baffert will have to face an administrative hearing scheduled for Monday by the New York Racing Association to address his suspension. Brooklyn Judge Carol Bagley Amon of the Eastern District of New York ruled Tuesday that a hearing was required for Baffert