Graded stakes-winning trainer Larry Demeritte, who inspired many in battling cancer while training 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) starter West Saratoga , died May 19 in Louisville, Ky., according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. He was 75. The first Bahamian to enter a horse in the Kentucky Derby, Demeritte sent out 2023 Iroquois Stakes (G3) winner West Saratoga…
Friends and admirers from around the racing world came together in London’s Fleet Street May 19 for a memorial service in which former British Horseracing Authority chair Joe Saumarez Smith was remembered as a great servant of racing and an exceptional man. Joining family members and many of those who worked with Saumarez Smith at…
Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look back at the Preakness Stakes and the Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico. Source link
Join hosts Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins for the 16th episode of BloodHorse Monday, your weekly dose of Thoroughbred racing analysis and insights! In this action-packed installment: We recap Journalism ‘s hard-fought victory in the 150th Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course May 17. We hear from Journalism’s winning connections: jockey Umberto Rispoli, Eclipse Thoroughbred…
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will have a different feel when it gets underway May 20 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. For starters, the two-day sale in Timonium, Md., has been truncated to one. But the biggest difference is that many of the 586 hips cataloged did not breeze during last week’s…
Friends and admirers from around the racing world came together in London’s Fleet Street May 19 for a memorial service in which former British Horseracing Authority chair Joe Saumarez Smith was remembered as a great servant of racing and an exceptional man. Joining family members and many of those who worked with Saumarez Smith at…
Juddmonte will be leaving nothing to chance in its search for a first classic victory of the season after two near-misses, with Field of Gold heading a three-strong assault on the Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) and the unbeaten Swelter carrying hopes 24 hours later in the Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1). After going down by…
Welcome to America’s Best Racing’s 2025 Triple Crown Prospect Profiles where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail. This week’s profile is Journalism , the half-length winner of the 150th edition of the Preakness Stakes (G1) May 17 at Pimlico Race Course. The Curlin colt certainly provided a…
A day after officials at Newbury reported a healthy turnout for the May 17 Lockinge Stakes (G1) at the Berkshire track, their counterparts at Ascot have reported tickets to be selling like hot cakes for next month’s royal meeting. For the first time since the COVID pandemic, tickets for the Saturday of Royal Ascot are…
Preakness Stakes (G1) victor Journalism departed Pimlico Race Course May 19 two days after completing an improbable comeback in the second leg of the Triple Crown. While his next destination is known—Saratoga Race Course—his next race is still to be determined. He was the second-to-last of the race’s participants to leave the Baltimore track. Trainer Michael…
