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Churchill Downs Inc., which owns and operates Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, has reached an agreement with Louisiana horsemen for racing to continue at Fair Grounds from around Thanksgiving until early next spring. The New Orleans racetrack will keep its customary schedule of race dates from late November until late March, pending anticipated approval from…

Chancer McPatrick, the multiple grade 1-winning juvenile by McKinzie  , will stand stud at Eric and Tamara Gustavson’s Spendthrift Farm in 2026, the farm announced Sept. 14. An earner of $727,875 to date, Chancer McPatrick will make his final start in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Del Mar Nov. 1. A stud fee will…

Lane’s End’s Flightline   will have his first yearlings offered in the United States on display at the prestigious The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s select yearling sale, Aug. 4-5 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y The 2022 Horse of the Year will be represented by nine yearlings that include five fillies and four colts. They were bred on a $200,000 stud…

Benefitting from steady and sure play from the start, Dan Piazza, a financial advisor from Chicago, went virtually from gate to wire and held off a late close from Tom Boyd at the Final Table to win the 26th NTRA National Horseplayers Championship at the Horseshoe Las Vegas March 14-16 in Las Vegas. Piazza’s victory…

After years of being among the groups leading the charge against offshore gambling targeting United States players, horse racing now has some powerful allies thanks to the growth of licensed online wagering, especially sports wagering. When licensed pari-mutuel wagering was largely the only game in town in terms of online wagering, horse racing had the…

October 19, 2025 4:04 PM 1:11 The Robert Medina trainee earned her spot in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) with a win in the Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) at Keeneland Oct. 4. View Comments Source link