Booth looks to make it three in a row this year at Oaklawn Park with a win in the $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) at six furlongs April 12. The 4-year-old son of Mitole is the youngest competitor in the seven-horse field of older horses. Booth was last seen winning the Whitmore Stakes (G3) March…
Recent defections from Owen Almighty and Heart of Honor from the prospective Kentucky Derby (G1) lineup have cleared the way for Flying Mohawk and Grande to secure starting berths in the May 3 first leg of the Triple Crown at Churchill Downs. Tampa Bay Derby (G3) winner Owen Almighty, who faltered to finish in a dead heat…
Royal Ascot will be the next destination for George Boughey’s globetrotting pupil Believing as the trainer sets his sights on more group 1 success. The 5-year-old Mehmas mare won her first race at the highest level at the ninth attempt in the April 5 Al Quoz Sprint (G1T) at Meydan Racecourse, and while that was enough to…
Michael Dubb, founder and chairman of the Belmont Child Care Association, has been recognized by the New York Islanders with the distinguished Charles B. Wang Community Service Award. The award presentation took place during the New York Islanders vs. New York Rangers game last night at the UBS Arena at Belmont Park. Michael Dubb is the driving…
Booth looks to make it three in a row this year at Oaklawn Park with a win in the $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) at six furlongs April 12. The 4-year-old son of Mitole is the youngest competitor in the seven-horse field of older horses. Booth was last seen winning the Whitmore Stakes (G3) March…
The third race at Keeneland April 11 was declared a no contest when the Ismael Bahena-trained Ransomware stumbled going by the wire the first time, unseating jockey Santo Sanjur. When Sanjur failed to get to his feet immediately and required medical attention, outriders flagged the racing jockeys to pull up their horses immediately around the final…
The New York Racing Association announced April 11 the addition of a day of live racing on Wednesday, April 23, as part of the spring meet at Aqueduct Racetrack. Following the cancellation of live racing March 30 due unacceptable noise levels created by the ‘March Madness Auto and Bike Show,’ an event being held at…
The Japanese classics season kicks off April 13 at the newly renovated Hanshin Racecourse with last year’s champion 2-year-old filly Arma Veloce as the star in the Oka Sho (Japanese One Thousand Guineas, G1). Arma Veloce, a Harbinger filly, won two of three starts in 2024, winding up with a victory in the Hanshin Juvenile…
Portions of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio have been impacted by flooding after heavy rainfall last week, including around the racetracks Ellis Park near Henderson, Ky., and Belterra Park on the outskirts of Cincinnati. Recent aerial photographs taken by news crews and professional drone photographers show the immediate areas outside the Ellis Park grandstand and parking area…
Breeders’ Cup Limited has announced the 2025 schedule for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Dozen, an incentive-driven program offering participation bonuses to horsemen preparing runners for dirt races at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. This 12-race program, launched in 2022, features existing graded stakes races held from May through October at six racetracks across the United…
