A rundown of this week’s TV and radio horse racing coverage compiled by America’s Best Racing as excitement builds for the Kentucky Derby (G1) a little more than two weeks away. Stakes Race Schedule Note: All times listed are Eastern TV/Livestream Schedule Date Program Time …
Santa Anita Park, located in proximity to the Los Angeles, Calif., area, has been confirmed as the venue of the equestrian events of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. “Santa Anita Park will be a spectacular venue for the LA28 Olympic equestrian events,” Fédération Equestre Internationale president Ingmar De Vos said. “The FEI has very…
Tickets are now available for the 10TH annual America’s Best Racing (ABR) Pre-Preakness Party. In celebration of the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes, the ABR Pre-Preakness Party is set to be held on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at the Mt. Washington Tavern in Baltimore, Maryland. Proceeds from the ABR Pre-Preakness Party will benefit Thoroughbred…
Hip 416, a colt by perennial leading sire Into Mischief consigned by King’s Equine to the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, has Raul Reyes brimming with confidence. Selling on Day 2 of the four-day sale, the full brother to the late undefeated multiple stakes winner Taraz breezed a swift eighth in :09…
D. J. Stable, St. Elias Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds, and CJ Stables’ Sandman is no stranger to audibles in his training plans. Whether the Arkansas Derby (G1) winner would record an official breeze over the Churchill Downs surface once or twice ahead of the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1) had been up for debate among…
The Kentucky Derby (G1) is less than three weeks away and the group of 3-year-olds preparing for this year’s classics appears to be especially promising, but we pause our Triple Crown coverage a bit to note that this year’s impressive batch of older dirt horses in training offers racing a terrific chance to market its…
Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna ‘s latest stellar performance in the $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) at Oaklawn Park, the last Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying race in the $400,000 Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland, and other major stakes races contested at both sites. The Lexington awarded Derby qualifying points…
California trainer Felix Rondan has been suspended seven days and fined $1,000 for a methocarbamol positive found in the post-race test of the 4-year-old filly Cee’s the Image , according to the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit. Rondan accepted the medication violation finding and the consequences. His suspension runs April 12-18. The penalties include forfeiture of…
East Coast trainer Michael Matz completed a seven-day suspension April 14 for an acepromazine positive found in a post-race blood sample from Carentan , a 4-year-old gelded son of Omaha Beach, after he won a claiming race Jan. 19 at Gulfstream Park. Matz accepted the post-race results and the consequences of the Anti-Doping and Medication Control…
A record-setting March auction and the recent success of graduates of Ocala Breeders’ Sales 2-Year-Olds in Training Sales have generated excitement ahead of the OBS Spring Sale April 15-18. Recent graduates include Tenma and Sandman , both near the top of the Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Kentucky Derby (G1) leader boards, respectively. Tenma was a graduate…
