You may be looking all over the paper this morning for the entries for Wednesday’s races at Del Mar. Unfortunately, you won’t find them in the paper. You can only get them if you subscribe (it’s free) to our email horse racing newsletter. Why? Sports editor Angel Rodriguez answered a few questions from horse racing…
Live horse racing returns to Colonial Downs this month for the first time since the racetrack was shuttered in 2014. Here’s everything you need to know about Colonial Downs and Rosie’s Gaming Emporium if you plan to hop on I-64, make the drive over to New Kent County and get in on the action. There…
Tom Pedulla presents five key takeaways from the 92nd running of the Grade 1 $1 million Whitney Stakes, a Challenge Series “Win and You’re In” qualifying race for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, and other developments on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course: QUEEN OF SARATOGA: Marylou Whitney, the beloved “Queen of Saratoga” who died on July…
Once again, a Pick Five ticket given out in this space was alive heading into the finale. Saturday’s sequence was pretty chalky, for the most part, but we were still alive to a few OK payoffs on what turned into a $96 ticket before Fled won like a very good thing and turned said ticket…
Mr. Money wins the West Virginia Derby Allied Racing Stable’s Mr. Money had to deal with a loose horse when winning the G3 Indiana Derby last out, but he had no such challenges in Saturday’s G3 West Virginia Derby. Looking loaded for bear the whole way around the course, the 3-year-old son of Goldencents made…
LNJ Foxwoods’ Covfefe had to dig deep to hold off Kentucky Oaks winner Serengeti Empress in Saturday’s Grade 1 Test Stakes, battling that foe all the way to the wire to win by about a half-length. The 3-year-old daughter of Into Mischief, ridden by Joel Rosario for trainer Brad Cox, covered seven furlongs over Saratoga’s…
These days, many racetracks rely on races for state-breds to fill their cards on a daily basis. These races are restricted to horses bred in that state, which, unless we’re talking about Kentucky, inevitably means the competition in those races will be weaker to some degree than an open race in which horses from any…
MyRacehorse.com founder Michael Behrens and his three children at Santa Anita Park Cot Campbell changed the face of horse racing ownership when he introduced the public partnership in 1969. His ground-breaking ideas sparked the development of thousands of ownership syndicates and introduced Thoroughbred ownership to an entirely new demographic. Michael Behrens is taking Campbell’s idea…
Donna Wade and her grandsons watched horses trot around the paddock area before the Wine County Racing began Thursday at the Sonoma County Fair. Together they were checking the names of the horses, like Dashing Jack, and guessing which one might win the opening horse race on the first day of the 83rd annual fair.…
Written by CNN Staff The style guide for the UK’s Qatar Goodwood Festival — a five-day horse-racing event better-known as “Glorious Goodwood” — doesn’t mention anything about mandatory hats. But as all seasoned racegoers know, there is no better excuse for wearing elaborate headwear than a day at the races. There are no brides to…
