Horse Racing

2024 King’s Plate Entries 2024 King’s Plate Entries My Boy Prince is the favorite on the morning line at 7-5 and will break from post 7. Date: 08/13/2024 The post positions for Saturday’s $1 million King’s Plate Stakes were selected during a special breakfast ceremony on Tuesday morning at the Trackside Clubhouse on the outside

Off at a firming 5.70-1 while making a belated first trip to the races, QUEEN MAXIMA (f, 3, Bucchero–Corfu Lady, by Corfu) overcame a couple of spots of adversity to post an extremely impressive victory in the Saturday finale at Del Mar. Drawn the fence, the $40,000 OBS June graduate bombed the start and was

Olympic horses are showing signs they are being deprived of oxygen and subjected to pain as their nosebands are pulled too tight, experts say. Olympics chiefs this week admitted some horses were suffering from “blue tongue” – when bits pulled too tight in the mouth stop oxygen flow to the tongue. Riders try to hide

The 2024 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Inductions The 2024 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Inductions The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame rings and trophies waiting to go to the inductees. Date: 8/07/2024 On Wednesday night the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame welcomed its 2024 class at an induction ceremony and

by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, which opened Monday with figures on pace for a third year of records, concluded Tuesday with an electric session which demolished the sale’s previous high for gross, average, and median. At the close of business Tuesday, 154 yearlings sold for $82,160,000–highest

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Much like he rides Thoroughbreds, jockey Joel Rosario turned in patient, thorough and well-timed remarks Friday during his induction into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. Rosario was the closer of the nine-member Class of 2024 at the ceremony at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion. Dominican Republic diplomat and horse

OCEANPORT – Monmouth Park officials canceled thoroughbred horse racing for Friday with the area heat index reaching 101 late in the morning; the index measures how hot it feels to the human body when air temperature and relative humidity are combined. The National Weather Service forecast for coastal Monmouth County shows a high of 89

Olympics: Equestrian PARIS — Horse welfare has been a major topic of conversation around the equestrian competition at the Olympics, and the scandal involving champion rider Charlotte Dujardin has attracted the attention of leaders in a related sport. Prominent members of the horse racing community consider the situation another lesson for an industry that has

Craig Fravel, then the president and chief executive of the Breeders’ Cup, talks to guests at the 2011 Breeders Cup post position draw at Churchill Downs. (Andy Lyons / Getty Images) Craig Fravel, who was brought in to head The Stronach Group’s racing division during the 2019 fatality crisis, is leaving the company on Aug.

7th-Ellis, $70,251, Msw, 7-29, 2yo, 6f, 1:11.97, my, 1 3/4 lengths.MESERO (c, 2, Not This Time–Lemon Liqueur {SP}, by Exchange Rate), a 5-1 shot, was away half a step slowly and raced near the back of the field as favored Snap Call (Volatile) pressed the pace three wide down the backstretch before settling just off

2024 Bing Crosby Stakes Day 2024 Bing Crosby Stakes San Diego Handicap Day The Chosen Vron and jockey Hector Berrios after winning the 2024 Bing Crosby Stakes. Date: 07/27/2024 The feature race on the second Saturday of the Del Mar summer meet was the $400,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) for older horses sprinting 6 furlongs

Post time: 1 p.m. Lock of the day: Driskill (3rd race). Value play of the day: Kool Karma (7th race). Big score: 50-cent Pick 5 ticket—Race 1 (4,6,7/5,7/2/2,3,6,7/1,4,6,7,8), $60. 1. 5½ furlongs. Open. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming: $5,000. Purse: $13,000. #: Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt./Odds 1: Ferrari Road (Arroyo, Muckey) 122/15-1 2: Reup (Harr, Cline)

2024 Ontario Colleen Stakes and Seagram Cup 2024 Ontario Colleen Stakes and Seagram Cup Paramount Prince heads to the winner’s circle after the Seagram Cup (G2) led by breeder Ericka Rusnak (left) and co-owner Mike Langlois (right). Date: 7/27/2024 There were two graded stakes at Woodbine on Saturday, headlined by the $175,000 Seagram Cup (G2)

The problematic, $10-million turf course that was installed at Churchill Downs prior to the 2022 spring season will be getting another maintenance break that will mean no grass racing in Louisville for the upcoming Sept. 12-29 meet. Usage of the Churchill turf course has been curtailed on several occasions over the past two years because

Post time: 5 p.m. Lock of the day: Franz Josef (2nd race). Value play of the day: Cali Bali (4th race). Big score: 50-cent Pick 5 ticket— Race 1, (5,6/4/1,2,4,5,6,7,10/2,7,9/5,8), $42.00. 1. 6 furlongs. Fillies and mares. 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds. Maiden special weight. Purse: $29,000. #: Horse, Jockey, Trainer, Wt./Odds 1: Snow Flurry (Da

Wayne Catalano wins 3,000th race Trainer Wayne Catalano at the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Sprint with Aloha West Wayne Catalano reaches 3,000 wins Date: 7/23/2024 Trainer Wayne Catalano notched win number 3,000 with Alilnalot in the fourth race at Ellis Park on Sunday, July 21, a $30,000 maiden claimer for older horses sprinting 6 furlongs. He

2024 Wickerr and Osunitas Stakes 2024 Wickerr Stakes Day Mike Smith celebrates aboard First Peace after winning the 2024 Wickerr Stakes. Date: 07/21/2024 The feature race on the first Sunday of the Del Mar summer meet was the $100,000 Wickerr Stakes for older horses going 1 mile on the Jimmy Durante turf course. Conditions were

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Add Virgin Colada (More than Ready) to the Resolute Racing’s burgeoning list of firsts. So, so many firsts in its first season of racing. With her huge finish in the stretch in the seventh race Sunday at Saratoga Race Course, Virgin Colada got to the wire first, a half-length in front