Santa Anita Park will offer seven automatic qualifiers for this year’s Breeders’ Cup races among the 22 stakes races offered during the 2025 autumn meet that begins Sept. 26. The seven Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races are slated to be run the first two weeks of the 16-day meet. The legacy of California owner/breeder John C….
The Maryland Stadium Authority announced today that the structural demolition necessary for the Redevelopment of the Pimlico Racing Facility project will begin on Thursday, July 24, 2025 with the razing of the existing barns and outbuildings adjacent to Winner Avenue. Clark Construction Group, LLC, MSA’s Construction Manager, is tasked with the demolition. In 2024, the…
There is no doubt Godolphin’s Sovereignty was the star of the spring season. Winning the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) tends to do that. Now he’ll start his summer/fall quest to seal the deal as the champion 3-year-old male and possibly as Horse of the Year. The second half of 2025 will begin…
2024 Sovereign Award champion 3-year-old filly Caitlinhergrtness returns to the synthetic in hopes of reclaiming her top form in the July 26 CA$150,000 Trillium Stakes (G3) at Woodbine. Despite finishing a nonthreatening eighth in the June 28 Nassau Stakes (G2T) on the turf, Caitlinhergrtness has been listed as the 4-5 favorite in the field of…
The Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA) will host its annual Night of Faith, Hope, and Love on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in the Trackside Chalet, as part of the Breeders’ Cup World Championship week festivities. The evening is designed to uplift and inspire the horse racing community through…
Sunday’s Kentucky HBPA College Day, presented by Ellis Park, has added a twist for eligible industry participants or their children who are full-time college students: The Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association is doubling its last race scholarship to $2,000 to honor the transformative trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who died June 28 at age 89….
Keeneland announced July 24 the appointment of Gabby Gaudet as its director of communications. A respected voice in Thoroughbred racing with more than a decade of national media experience, Gaudet will oversee Keeneland’s strategic communications efforts. In this role, she will serve as a key spokesperson and guide the organization’s messaging and earned media strategy across…
Acting upon the recommendation of the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission, veterinarians and stewards, Delaware Park has canceled the racing scheduled for Friday, July 25, due to the excessive heat index forecast by the National Weather Service, which is expected to be above 105º for the region. The live racing card July 24 will be run as…
Full or half siblings to 50 group and listed performers feature among the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale entries, which will take place at Park Paddocks Sept. 2. The sale has been represented by Royal Ascot success this year via Windsor Castle Stakes winner Havana Hurricane and this year’s offering includes 10 lots by that colt’s…
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will return to Saratoga during the first week of August to highlight accredited aftercare through a variety of initiatives at both Saratoga Race Course and Fasig-Tipton. The organization will participate in events during Whitney weekend, which includes the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney Stakes, and will remain active through the Fasig-Tipton Selected…
