Stakes Preview: NYSS Spectacular Bid Div. & Goodwood

Image: Steve Hart The third of the majors at Randwick this Saturday is the Doncaster Mile (1600m), where the market suggests it’ll be an open affair. Down below is a speed map, runner preview and $100 betting strategy for the 2025 Doncaster Mile. *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T’s &…

Congrats , who earned nearly a million dollars during his racing career before becoming a successful sire, died of natural causes in Florida July 28. He was 25. Racing from 2002-06 for various connections, Congrats won seven of 26 starts, competing across the country and even running fifth in the 2005 Dubai World Cup (G1) in the Middle…

Om N Joy  became the first black-type stakes winner for third-crop sire Om   in capturing the April 5 Evening Jewel Stakes at Santa Anita Park. Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux piloted the winner in the $126,000 race for California-bred 3-year-old fillies, guiding his mount from sixth to first. Blocked in traffic. she exploded when given…

It’s been just over 20 years since Patrick Ewing last graced the National Basketball Association court to end his Hall of Fame playing career. Now, Ewing , the 2-year-old colt, is growing into a rising star within the sport of Thoroughbred racing. A son of Horse of the Year Knicks Go  , who was not actually named for the…

Matt Laurie is confident that doubting punters will see the real Treasurethe Moment when she strives to win him his first major in the Oct. 25 Cox Plate (G1) at Moonee Valley Racecourse. Treasurethe Moment—the Yulong homebred the sales companies didn’t want—became a sensation of last season but has been one of the stories of…

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and the Board of Public Works approved a demolition package May 9 for Pimlico Race Course and the acquisition of Shamrock Farm in Carroll County to serve as the premier training center hub of Thoroughbred racing in Maryland. The actions mark a critical step forward in growing local and statewide economies,…