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Wow, did Teddy Spaghetti have a great day today! I had consciously decided to not dedicate this month’s blog solely to his first horse show – but as I am sitting down to write this after just getting ...
Racing from Belmont at the Big A and Monmouth Park will air on “America’s Day at the Races” four days this week and weekend, starting Friday, May 23, and ending on Memorial Day, May 26. NYRA’s ...
Crab cakes, lacrosse, and the Preakness Stakes. That’s what Maryland does. Since its inception in 1873, the state’s signature race has been rooted in the heart of Baltimore. If you’ve ever wondered ...
Recent Kentucky Derbys have certainly lived up to that reputation. The past three have seen double-digit odds horses win under Churchill Downs’ iconic Twin Spires, including the second-biggest ...
The winner of the Kentucky Derby each year becomes the only horse eligible to win the prestigious Triple Crown, a three-race series for 3-year-olds that also includes the Preakness Stakes and Belmont ...
Final Gambit and Grande round out the group of main contenders. NOTE: Grande was scratched from the Kentucky Derby by veterinarians on May 2. They appear to have less probability of winning than the ...
Tom Pedulla is interviewing prominent owners, trainers and jockeys as they travel the Road to the $5 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve May 3 at Churchill Downs. This week’s ...
The $500,000, Grade 2 Cigar Mile Handicap Presented by Twinspires.com scheduled for Saturday at Aqueduct offers one final opportunity for accomplished dirt mile horses to compete in a marquee race ...
At 2, she won three of her six starts, including the Grade 2 Golden Rod Stakes at Churchill Downs, for breeder-owner Dolphus Morrison, who had named the bay filly for his granddaughter.At 3, Rachel ...
1. Journalism (6-5 morning-line odds) Jockey: Umberto Rispoli Trainer: Michael McCarthy Owners: Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Elayne Stables 5, Robert V. Lapenta, ...
For 2024, the purse of the Preakness Stakes has been boosted to $2 million, and the race kicks off a three-race series of Grade 1 stakes at tracks owned by 1/ST with a $5 million prize granted to any ...
The culmination of horse racing’s Triple Crown will have a unique feel once again in 2025, as the 157 th Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets is set to run at Saratoga Race Course on June 7. The $2 ...