Horse Racing

2024 King’s Plate Results 2024 King’s Plate Results Caitlinhergrtness and jockey Rafael Hernandez with the flower blanket in the winner’s circle.  • Undercard Stakes Results Date: 8/24/2024 On Friday afternoon, a field of 12 Canadian-foaled 3-year-olds (after Bedard scratched) raced 1 1/4 miles over the Tapeta surface at Woodbine in the 165th running of the $1

2024 King’s Plate Undercard Results 2024 King’s Plate Undercard Stakes Results Filo Di Arianna with Sahin Civaci aboard head to the winner’s circle after the King Edward Stakes (G2).  • King’s Plate Results Date: 8/23/2024 King’s Plate Day is one of the biggest racedays of the year at Woodbine, however torrential rains on its originally scheduled

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Fierceness held off Thorpedo Anna’s late charge to win the $1.25 million Travers Stakes by a head on Saturday, denying the filly’s attempt to become the first female winner of the Grade 1 race in over a century. Ridden by John Velazquez, Fierceness ran 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga in

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Brad Cox said he was listening to a radio show a few days ago and his ears perked up when the chat got to the upcoming GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Del Mar in November. “They were talking about Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) and Adare Manor (Uncle Mo) being a

On a summer weekend afternoon, about a dozen bespectacled Baltimore men in their 60s and 70s leaf through large books with tiny print in a faintly air-conditioned room. In that text they search for patterns, lessons and answers to impossible questions. They pore over the pages like scholars. After a thorough analysis, they rise and

As first reported by Horse Racing Nation, 80-1 GI Kentucky Derby shocker Rich Strike (Keen Ice) has suffered another setback due to an injury sustained during a training session in New York. According to an interview with the publication, Rich Strike had been in training with Bill Mott up at Saratoga when a ligament tear

2024 Del Mar Oaks 2024 Del Mar Oaks Hector Berrios aboard Iscreamuscream after winning the 2024 Del Mar Oaks Date: 8/17/2024 The highlight race at Del Mar on Saturday was the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1) presented by Keeneland Sales for 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/8 miles on the Jimmy Durante turf course. Conditions were

Aug. 14—WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association (PHRA) will be at the biggest harness race in Pennsylvania at Mohegan Pennsylvania’s Pocono Downs on Saturday, August 17. With more than $2 million in purses, Sun Stakes Saturday is also one of the richest days in harness racing. Events throughout the day will include Open and

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Tuesday, trainer Ian Wilkes spent 12 hours driving from Kentucky to Saratoga Race Course. By the end of the day Saturday, he is hoping that the time he spent behind the wheel was worth it. Only his 3-year-old filly Just Basking (Arrogate) will be able to let him know if the

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.