The management team of Suffolk Downs and two New England horsemen's associations cut a deal for a long-term lease of the Great Barrington Fairgrounds to restore the former track and conduct live racing there after the Boston landmark closes
Grade 2 winner Hawksmoor (IRE) will try to kick in the grade 1 door after a number of placings at the top level when she faces an expected seven other fillies and mares in the $300,000 Gamely Stakes (G1T) May 26 on the Santa Anita Park turf.
The next challenge for City of Light is handling the classic distance of 10 furlongs when he heads a field of seven entered for the $500,000 Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes (G1) on May 26.
Spend Preakness Stakes day with 34-year-old trainer Rodolphe Brisset, a former assistant to Hall of Famer Bill Mott, as he sends out his first starter in a U.S. Triple Crown race. Get to know Brisset as he prepares Quip.
After a change of scenery, a change of barns, and some thorough blood work, Divisidero will aim to use his old ways to launch his new, best self for 2018 when he makes his seasonal bow in the $200,000 Monmouth Stakes (G2T) May 26.
After a staff report and presentation by California Horse Racing Board executive director Rick Baedeker on his concerns about computer-robotic wagering, specifically late odds changes, the regulator decided to form a committee to examine the issue.
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Gold Cup at Santa Anita (G1).
Top-level marathons are rare in Hong Kong racing, making the May 27 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup at Sha Tin an attractive return engagement for Britain's Chemical Charge.
Undefeated in four starts, Danon Premium looms as the likely favorite for the May 27 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, G1), the second leg of Japan's Triple Crown, despite missing the main preliminary with a minor injury.
Grade 3 winner Sunny Ridge returns to Monmouth Park May 26 for the $100,000 Salvator Mile Stakes (G3), where the New Jersey-bred has fared well.
The New York Racing Association announced today that Pat Pope has been hired to serve as racing secretary for the Belmont Park spring/summer and fall meets.
Event will be June 6 at Cherry Valley Country Club in Garden City, N.Y.
Those who watched dual classic winner Justify head to the track May 24 for his first bit of training since his victory in the May 19 Preakness Stakes (G1) were impressed at the unbeaten chestnut colt's ability to keep such rigors at bay.
The deal, worth up to £150 million ($201 million), aims to secure the future of the Tote and its pivotal role in British horse racing.
A handful of Indiana-breds are pulling double duty on the track and in the research barn for owner Dr. Joe Pagan, owner of Kentucky Equine Research.
In a field of seasoned veterans, Jeff Mullins-trained Itsinthepost (FR) has been dubbed the highweight to run 1 1/4 miles on the Santa Anita Park turf May 26 in the $200,000 Charles Whittingham Stakes (G2T).
Juddmonte Farms' multiple stakes-winning filly Golden Mischief heads a field of six fillies in the 15th running of the $100,000 Winning Colors (G3) May 26 at Churchill Downs.
Are You Kidding Me will again take on a talented field of seven older horses in the $175,000 Eclipse Stakes (G2) May 26 as part of the Greenwood Stakes celebration at Woodbine.
Thanks to fog blanketing Pimlico Race Course, there is a moment where Justify and Good Magic disappear from sight as they turn for home during NBC Sports' coverage of the Preakness Stakes (G1).
Ruis Racing's Bolt d'Oro will be pointed to the $1.2 million Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap (G1) June 9 on Belmont Stakes Day, marking his first appearance since running 12th in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).
Paddy Power Betfair, which owns advance deposit wagering company and racing channel TVG through its Betfair U.S., announced May 23 that its United States operation has added popular daily fantasy site FanDuel.
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's Pillars of the Turf Committee has elected 12 members to the Hall of Fame.
The Singapore Turf Club edges back toward the international spotlight after a two-year hiatus as runners from Hong Kong and New Zealand contest the May 26 Kranji Mile against 10 locals.
Four days after the Derby, a race was run at Aqueduct that seemed to have no bearing whatsoever on the Triple Crown, as a striking golden chestnut colt with a white blaze named Stage Door Johnny broke his maiden in his fourth attempt.
Sterling Suffolk Racecourse, the company that operates Thoroughbred racing at Suffolk Downs, has reached a long-term lease agreement with the owners of Great Barrington Fairgrounds to begin racing there as soon as 2019.
Shadai recently completed an outright purchase of Mind Your Biscuits, who will continue racing through the rest of 2018 and is expected to enter stud in Japan next year.
Long dirt division begins May 26 with Salvator Mile at Monmouth.
With Justify, it seems it’s not a matter of how many days since he started racing, it’s the number of days to the June 9 Belmont Stakes (G1).
Veteran jockey Steve "Cowboy" Hamilton is indebted to his son, Wes, for helping him to make a comeback on the Maryland circuit after a 10-year absence from competition. Wes may someday owe much of his success to the tutelage of his father.
Similar to the most recent 2-year-olds training sale in Florida, a runner by Medaglia d'Oro stole the limelight at the tail end of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile sale in Maryland.
They saved the best for last May 22 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale, when the sale-topping Medaglia d'Oro colt was purchased by Dennis O'Neill for $1.2 million.
A well-bred son of Medaglia d'Oro that cost $475,000 as a yearling was purchased for $1.2 million during the May 22 second session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale; the highest price of the sale.
Victor Centeno, a former assistant to Florida horseman Nick de Meric, knocked it out of the park during the May 22 second session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds sale when a colt he bought for $6,000 was sold for $275,000.
A Union Rags colt from the consignment of Bobby Dodd, agent, was purchased for $925,000 by Michael Lund Petersen; the second highest price of the sale.
A Maclean's Music colt consigned as Hip 384 and previously named Better B Gud to Me, was purchased by Mike Ryan, agent, for $325,000 from the De Meric Sales consignment.
Stud Don Alberto's 4-year-old homebred Nuevo Maestro (CHI) was declared the winner of the $82,596 Gran Premio Club Hipico Falabella (G1) at Club Hipico May 21.
Preakness, Black-Eyed Susan, Pimlico Special, Dixie, Allaire DuPont Distaff, Maryland Sprint, Adena Springs Miss Preakness, Arlington Matron, Gallorette, Selene, Japanese Oaks, Chick Lang, and more.
Australian Prince is an Alexander Nezhenets homebred. The colt, and a filly named Beyond Reason, were Australia's first starters May 19.
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has added 11 new days to its 2018 live racing calendar following approval by the West Virginia Racing Commission at its May 22 meeting.
Evangeline Downs will be hosting Louisiana Legends Night May 26 featuring the best Louisiana-bred horses currently in training competing against each other.
Record wagering at Churchill Downs during the week of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) and the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) have enabled the track to announce a 10% increase in daily purses for overnight races.
British Horseracing Authority chairman Steve Harman, who had been the subject of an investigation looking into a conflict of interest, will leave that position to take up a new role to engage with government to represent the industry on levy issues.
While states will regulate any expanded sports wagering, the NFL is calling on the federal government to put minimum standards in place.
Iconic global racing festivals join forces to create a major new online platform for racing fans
Declaration of War is classified as a North American sire for the purposes of leading sires tables and he ranks ninth among North American second-crop sires by cumulative progeny earnings
A More Than Ready colt that Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds had bought for $500,000 as a yearling was purchased by agent Ben McElroy for $750,000 to top the May 21 opener of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training.
Consigned as Hip 246 by Paul Sharp, agent, the 2-year-old daughter of Bernardini brought one of the highest prices on the first day of the Fasig-Tipton 2-year-olds in training sale.
A colt from the first crop of Mucho Macho Man was purchased by Michael Lund Petersen for $625,000 late during the first session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale.
Hip 146, a Maclean's Music colt consigned by Scanlon Training and Sales, brought $300,000 at the Fasig-Tipton sale of 2-year-olds in training.
Ben McElroy, agent, went to $750,000 to acquire a More Than Ready colt during the May 21 first session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale.
