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Welcome to 2024 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we'll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule that offer qualifying points for the first leg in the series. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 4, 2024, at Churchill…

The latest example of the international impact of Keeneland's Thoroughbred auctions is the success of the 3-year-old filly Light of Darkness, who sold here as a weanling and is one of 2021's most accomplished performers in Turkey. Owner Cem Sevim purchased Light of Darkness at Keeneland's 2018 November Breeding Stock Sale and watched her score a…

When Arcangelo sailed across the finish line in the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets on June 10, 2023, he gave Jena Antonucci a historic victory as the first woman to train the winner of a U.S. Triple Crown race. The win seemed only fitting as the sport celebrated the 50 anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown for owner Penny Chenery, a…

Mo Donegal finished first and filly Nest was second, giving trainer Todd Pletcher a 1-2 finish at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday for his sixth victory in the Triple Crown race. Donegal rounded the 1 1/2-mile track in 2 minutes, 28.28 seconds, ahead of Nest and Skippylongstocking. Pletcher won the Belmont Stakes for the fourth time, following Rags…

The interest surrounding the Belmont Stakes usually hinges on what happens in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and the Preakness Stakes. If the same horse can win the first two legs of the Triple Crown, then the finale will be a blockbuster event drawing a huge, enthusiastic crowd to Belmont Park. Yet this year, it will not matter…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) highlighted ticket opportunities for the 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, which will be held at Saratoga Race Course in June to allow for the uninterrupted construction of a new Belmont Park. Tickets are presently available for Thursday, Friday, and Sunday and may be…

This Saturday, June 5, 2021, the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) will be held at Belmont Park. After 2020 saw the Belmont shortened from its usual 1 1/2 miles to 1 1/8 miles and held as the first leg of the Triple Crown, we are back at our normal place and time, and we are ready to roll! This Inside Track to the…

White Abarrio heads to the winner's circle a Breeders' Cup Classic victor (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Trainer Rick Dutrow, Jr. expressed his confidence on Wednesday in C2 Racing and La Milagrosa Stable's multiple Grade 1-winner White Abarrio, who will top the string of American-based horses heading to Saudi…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown brought a quartet of talented fillies to the Grade 1, $500000 Diana with the undefeated Bleecker Street looking to pounce upon a hot pace set by stablemate In Italian. But In Italian's course-record performance proved too much for even her talented stablemates as she and…

NORTHVILLE, Mich. (WXYZ) - Northville Downs will soon be closing its current location, the Michigan Gaming Control Board announced on Wednesday. The racetrack, located in Northville on S. Center Street near 7 Mile Road, will have its final race on Feb. 3. The racetrack allows people to watch and bet live horse races on weekends and is open during…

Welcome to 2024 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we'll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby prep series that offers qualifying points for the first leg of the series. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 4, 2024, at Churchill…

The Brad Cox-trained Drum Roll Please won the 2024 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct, a prep race for the Kentucky Derby (G1). Gold Square's Drum Roll Please, with Hall of Famer Javier Castellano up for trainer Brad Cox, rallied last-to-first to best a compact field of five in Saturday's $150000 Jerome, a one-turn mile for sophomores at Aqueduct…

Welcome to 2024 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we'll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby prep series that offers qualifying points for the first leg of the series. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 4, 2024, at Churchill…

Castellano's raises the blue rose after his historic victory in the Travers aboard Arcangelo. (Taylor Ejdys) By Lynne Snierson OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Just four live race days remain in 2023 to complete a remarkable year of racing action on the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) circuit. To celebrate the season, the NYRA Press Office checked in…

On June 10, trainer Jena Antonucci achieved the important milestone of becoming the first female conditioner to train the winner of a Triple Crown race when Blue Rose Farm's Arcangelo stormed home to a 1 ½-length triumph in the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets at Belmont Park. A little more than two months later, Arcangelo and his…

Are you ready to watch Australian super mare Winx make history this weekend at Melbourne's Moonee Valley racecourse? If she achieves an unprecedented fourth straight Cox Plate (G1), I believe her legacy would measure up with the achievements of Zenyatta and American Pharoah. would arguably surpass the achievements of Zenyatta and American Pharaoh.…

SARATOGA SPRINGS - City, county and tourism officials are discussing ways to ensure people visiting Saratoga Springs in June 2024 for the Belmont Stakes will have various festivities they can participate in leading up to the four-day event. Gov. Kathy Hochul officially announced last Wednesday that the Belmont festival will take place at Saratoga…

In a release issued Dec. 6, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul expressed excitement that the 2024 Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets will be held at Saratoga Race Course to allow for the uninterrupted construction of a new and re-imagined Belmont Park, the Long Island home of the third leg of the Triple Crown. "As part of the exciting modernization of…

This week marks the latest installment of a new series on America's Best Racing, the Beginner's Bet of the Week, sponsored by NYRA Bets. Each week, this blog will explore a new type of bet by explaining exactly what it is, how best to use that bet, and by putting the wager into practice in a race. Week 6 of Belmont fall racing has arrived and with…

Senor Buscador rolls in the San Diego Handicap (G2) July 29 at Del Mar (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) By Keith McCalmont - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Joe R. Peacock, Jr.'s dual graded stakes winner Senor Buscador will cut back sharply in distance as he headlines a talented 12-horse field in Saturday's Grade 2, $500000 Cigar Mile Handicap…

Aqueduct Barn Notes: Hoist the Gold Goes Platinum (Hoist the Gold / Photos by Coady Photography) From the NYRA Media Team: Hoist the Gold registers career-best 109 BSF in G2 Cigar Mile Dornoch lives up to expectations with tenacious G2 Remsen triumph Life Talk registers career-best 84 BSF for G2 Demoiselle score Dr B doubles up in G3 Go for Wand G2…

Senor Buscador ahead of his Breeders' Cup Classic try (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Joe R. Peacock Jr.'s multiple graded stakes-winner Senor Buscador rallied gamely from last-of-12 to finish second to Hoist the Gold in Saturday's Grade 2, $500000 Cigar Mile Handicap presented by NYRA Bets. Trained by Todd…

Notes & Quotes From the G2 Cigar Mile: Hoist the Gold (Hoist the Gold captures the G2 Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct on Saturday / Photo by Joe Labozzetta & Courtesy of NYRA) From the NYRA Media Team: Dream Team One Racing Stable's Kentucky homebred Hoist the Gold became horse racing's newest millionaire with a powerful frontrunning score to…

Hoist the Gold clear of his rivals in the Cigar Mile (Chelsea Durand) By Keith McCalmont - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Dream Team One Racing Stable's Kentucky homebred Hoist the Gold became horse racing's newest millionaire with a powerful frontrunning score to capture Saturday's Grade 2, $500000 Cigar Mile Handicap presented by NYRA Bets,…

Today's Flavor wins the off-the-turf Belmont Turf Sprint Oct. 7 at Aqueduct (Joe Labozzetta) By Keith McCalmont - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Reddam Racing's multiple stakes-winning New York-bred Today's Flavor will be in search of his eighth win in little more than one calendar year in Sunday's $125000 Thunder Rumble division of the New…

Reddam Racing's multiple stakes-winning New York-bred Today's Flavor will be in search of his eighth win in little more than one calendar year in Sunday's $125000 Thunder Rumble division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, a seven-furlong sprint for eligible New York-sired 3-year-olds and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack. The NYSSS Thunder Rumble is…

Aqueduct Barn Notes: Where's Chris Aiming for KY Derby Points In Today's G2 Remsen From the NYRA Media Team: Where's Chris chasing Kentucky Derby points in G2 Remsen Copper Tax puts win streak on the line in G2 Remsen Kant Hurry Love looks to regroup in $120K Garland of Roses Aqueduct Racetrack fall meet Week 6 stakes probables Nice Guys…

G2 Cigar Mile Next for DeVaux's Pipeline (Pipeline / Photos by Coady Photography) From the NYRA Media Team: DeVaux hoping to celebrate her birthday in style in G2 Cigar Mile Vino Rouge adds blinkers for G2 Demoiselle Know It All Audrey first graded stakes starter for Barrera, III in G3 Go for Wand Castle Chaos steps up in class for G2 Cigar…

Cash is King and LC Racing's Dr B will vie to successfully defend her title in Saturday's Grade 3, $200000 Go for Wand, a one-mile main track test for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack. The Go for Wand, carded as Race 8, is one of four graded stakes slated for Saturday's stacked Cigar Mile Day card, which features the…

Aaron previews the 2023 Remsen Stakes (G2) from Aqueduct, then gives his top picks & long shots from this 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) prep race. West Paces Racing, R.A. Hill Stable, Belmar Racing and Breeding, Two Eight Racing and Pine Racing Stables' Dornoch will attempt to give trainer Danny Gargan a repeat victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $250000…

Joe R. Peacock, Jr.'s dual graded stakes-winner Senor Buscador will cut back sharply in distance as he headlines a talented 12-horse field in Saturday's Grade 2, $500000 Cigar Mile Handicap presented by NYRA Bets, a one-turn test for 3-year-olds and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack. The 35th running of the Cigar Mile, slated to close out the card in Race…

Pipeline ahead of the 2022 renewal of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (Courtney Snow/Past The Wire) NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Trainer Cherie DeVaux, in the midst of a banner year with career highs in wins and purse earnings, will look to fete her 42nd birthday in style when she saddles Pipeline in Saturday's Grade 2 Cigar Mile Handicap…

Dr B captures the 2022 renewal of the Go for Wand (NYRA/Coglianese) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Cash is King and LC Racing's Dr B will vie to successfully defend her title in Saturday's Grade 3, $200000 Go for Wand, a one-mile main track test for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack.

The upcoming weekend in horse racing focuses on transition, as fall meets at Del Mar and Aqueduct come to an end and two other meets open. Gulfstream Park kicks off its top-tier Championship Meet on Friday, Dec. 1, while Turfway Park opens its Holiday Meet Wednesday, Nov. 29. In terms of stakes action, the major events are a Saturday, Dec. 2 card…

Cozee Rags shocks at 88-1 on debut Oct. 15 at Keeneland (Courtney Snow/Past The Wire) NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Twin Oaks Bloodstock's Cozee Rags will make her stakes debut in Saturday's Grade 2, $250000 Demoiselle, a nine-furlong route for juvenile fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack. The Demoiselle, which offers 10-5-3-2-1 Kentucky Oaks…

Welcome to 2024 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we'll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby race series that offers qualifying points for the first leg of the Triple Crown. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 4, 2024,…

The Turf Publicists of America announced Nov. 20 that the 2023 Big Sport of Turfdom award, which recognizes a person or group of people who enhances coverage of Thoroughbred racing through cooperation with media and racing publicists, will be presented to trainer Jena Antonucci. Born in Hollywood, Fla., Antonucci was introduced to the hunter,…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2023) - For the 14 straight year, horse racing fans will determine the most popular Thoroughbred of the year via online voting for the Secretariat Vox Populi Award. Created by Secretariat's late owner Penny Chenery, the Vox Populi, or "Voice of the People" award annually recognizes the racehorse whose popularity and racing…

Hall of Famer Javier Castellano looks to cap a magical season when he rides Arcangelo in the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Castellano, 46, swept four consecutive Eclipse Awards as the nation's leading rider from 2013-2016. He suffered a steep downturn in his business in 2020 and 2021, however, when…

The 155th Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets on June 10 at Belmont Park is generating significant excitement, even though there is no Triple Crown at stake this year. National Treasure, the victorious horse in the Preakness Stakes, will face a formidable field led by Forte, the celebrated 2-year-old colt of 2022. Forte was initially the favorite…

The 40 edition of the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic will be held Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park, and the $6 million race serves as the marquee race during an action-packed, 14-race slate of World Championships races over two days. This year's field is led by a very good group of 3-year-olds that includes Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA…

Anyone who watched the 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships in person or on TV will always remember the Longines Classic first. A truly grand finale, the last of 14 World Championship races was a display of racing brilliance, as undefeated Flightline closed out his career with an 8 ¼-length runaway win. His victory completed the arc of the…

It was a good week to have a Hall of Fame jockey on the TDN Writers' Room, presented by Keeneland, as the Green Group Guest of the Week and especially to have that jockey be Jerry Bailey, who knows a thing or two about analyzing a race for an audience. Bailey pulled no punches when asked about whether or not he felt Forte (Violence) should have…

Keeneland Barn Notes: Elusive Princess Arrives for G1 QE II (Keeneland starting gate / Photos by Coady Photography) From the Keeneland Media Team: ************************* ELUSIVE PRINCESS ARRIVES FOR SATURDAY'S QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHALLENGE CUP PRESENTED BY DIXIANA Elusive Princess (FR) announced her arrival in North America with authority on Aug.…

Keeneland Barn Notes: Mawj Brings Trainer Back to Keeneland (Arklow begins another career option / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Keeneland Media Team: ************************* MAWJ (IRE) BRINGS BIN SUROOR BACK TO KEENELAND Trainer Saeed bin Suroor has not started a horse at Keeneland since Shuruq finished sixth in the 2014 Juddmonte Spinster…

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Keeneland's 17-day Fall Meet opens Friday, Oct. 6, with the start of Fall Stars Weekend, three days of exceptional Thoroughbred racing that will help determine the fields for the Breeders' Cup World Championships and the contenders for Eclipse Awards as North American champions. The Fall Meet, which runs through Saturday, Oct. 28,…

Woodstock, VA - Racing at Shenandoah Downs took on a whole new look this past weekend. The Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountain ranges still surround the charming half-mile oval in Woodstock, Va., and a dozen or so races still take place every Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Fans, both on track and off, witnessed a big gray horse and young lady atop…

Arcangelo in a work at Saratoga. (Adam Coglianese) NYRA Press Office/Belmont at the Big A Notes OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Blue Rose Farm's dual Grade 1-winner Arcangelo breezed five-eighths Friday over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga Race Course in preparation for the Grade 1, $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic on November 4 at Santa Anita…

The New York Racing Association, working jointly with the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and under the advice and recommendation of the New York State Gaming Commission, announced it is cancelling Saturday's race card at Saratoga Race Course due to excessive heat forecast for the Saratoga and greater Capital Region. "This is a…

Following his victory in the Group 1 Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes, Auguste Rodin improved his rating to a 124 and joined the Top 10 in the seventh edition of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2023. Likewise, another newcomer to the rankings this month is Arcangelo [121], who won the Travers Stakes by a length to notch his…