2025 marks the third year that Gulfstream Park will host the Royal Palm Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies stakes, the only two juvenile Royal Ascot qualifying races in the country. Contested over five furlongs on the turf May 10, the Royal Palm Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies offer the winner an automatic entry into one of…
Kentucky Downs‘ 2025 meet will feature 18 stakes offering a total of $30.5 million in purses, led by the $3.5 million Nashville Derby (G3T). Another 10 stakes are worth at least $2 million. The stakes are worth a combined $16 million in base purses, with another $14.5 million from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund for registered…
One of the most successful meets in recent history at Tampa Bay Downs almost never got off the ground. Severe damage last fall from Hurricanes Helene and Milton threatened to postpone the scheduled Nov. 20 opening. Had Milton first made landfall farther north, the entire 2024-25 meet could have been wiped out. As it has…
Having met just once during their decorated careers, Bella Nipotina and Amelia’s Jewel will battle for a second time May 8, but on this occasion it will be in the ring rather than on the racetrack, with one of the pair almost certain to emerge with top billing from the Inglis Chairman’s Sale. The prized…
Speaking May 7 in Louisville, Ky., during the ongoing annual meeting of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, leadership of several state horse racing regulators expressed continued challenges related to staffing positions for veterinarians and stewards. There is a shortage of those qualified for the professions and young people desiring to pursue such a career,…
West Point Thoroughbreds announced May 7 the retirement of Jaxon Traveler , a multiple graded stakes winner who collected at least one stakes victory every season from ages 2 to 7. Stud plans have not been finalized. Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, the son of Munnings out of the Afleet Alex mare Listen Boy retires…
The catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales 2025 June 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale is now available online at obssales.com. A total of 772 horses have been cataloged to date for the sale, which has been consolidated to two days and will take place June 17-18 with sessions beginning at 10 a.m….
A rematch of last month’s Limestone Stakes could resurface in the $225,000 Mamzelle Stakes (G3T) for 3-year-old fillies May 10 at Churchill Downs. The first through fourth place finishers in the Mamzelle, Shisospicy , Dreamaway , Abientot , Me Governor , and It Ain’t Two (finished in a dead-heat for fourth with Me Governor), all of whom finished within a length…
Two-time Eclipse Award winner Tom Law, managing editor of ST Publishing which produces The Saratoga Special and Thisishorseracing.com, has been named recipient of the Old Hilltop Award for covering Thoroughbred racing with excellence and distinction. Law will be presented with the Old Hilltop Award Thursday, May 15 at the Alibi Breakfast at Pimlico Race Course….
The rain that turned the Churchill Downs track to mud for the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1) had finally disappeared by May 7, giving an opportunity for Sovereignty to take in a beautiful Kentucky sunrise a final time before departing for Saratoga Race Course. One day following the announcement that the Godolphin homebred would not pursue…
