#First Lady

Knicks Go, seen winning the Grade I Pegasus World Cup in January, is favorite for Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Park Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Rich purses drew some top foreign talent for the Saratoga Derby and Oaks on Saturday and Sunday on the upstate New York turf to highlight a big weekend of Thoroughbred…

The Super Bowl is just around the corner, and we all have our own guesses as to who will be playing and who will win, but the Super Bowl is not the only great thing about football! There is another thing that makes NCAAF betting all that much more fun! Rivalries! We all know the main rivalries, we know the big ones, but if you are from the Northern…

This is "last call" weekend for Breeders' Cup hopefuls with more than a dozen "Win and You're In" races spread across three U.S. tracks. It's also Arc weekend in Paris and Winx seeks her 28th straight win in Australia. There's even more, with important 2-year-old races in Canada and the Group 1 Sun Chariot in England. Twenty-eight straight wins? It…

Sodashi, shown winning the Sapporo Kinen in her last start Aug. 22, returns in Sunday's Grade 1 Shuka Sho at Hanshin Racecourse. Photo courtesy of Japan Racing Association Oct. 15 (UPI) -- As American horse racing enters its pre-Breeders' Cup "calm before the storm" this weekend, the international contingent ably plugs the gap with the world's…

World-class Thoroughbred racing returns to Keeneland on Friday, April 6, for 15 days of racing that includes the April 14, $750000 Toyota Blue Grass (G1), a springboard to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), and special events for some of the largest crowds in all of horse racing. On opening day, Keeneland will become the first track…

Mr. Misunderstood wins Saturday's Commonwealth Turf at Churchill Downs, headed for bigger things in the year to come. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs A spate of major weekend races around the world fueled hopes for the coming season, even as this year's championships are still being debated. In Australia, Redzel silenced any lingering doubts…

FOR Michelle Mone, it has always been boom - and quite a bit of bust. Things are no different now she has stepped into the horseracing world after buying an £80000 runner and sending him to a Grand National-winning trainer. Jonjo O'Neill, who won the 2010 Ainthree showpiece with AP McCoy on Don't Push It, is the man tasked with turning Baroness…

Some outstanding turf distaffers have prevailed down the years in the GI Matriarch S., contested at Del Mar since the permanent closure of Hollywood Park in 2013. The late Bobby Frankel sent out the closely related Heat Haze (GB) (Green Desert) and Intercontinental (GB) (Danehill) to win in 2003 and 2004, respectively-after the race was shortened…

1. Perfect place to prepare for battle One of Europe's oldest natural grasslands, the Curragh plains host many of the country's leading stables. On approximately 1500 acres of racecourse-owned training grounds, roughly 1000 horses are cared for by 60 trainers every day. While we might recognise the racecourse primarily as a battleground for some of…

Life Is Good, shown winning the Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in January, is favored in Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Life is Good and Olympiad square off in the heavyweight match that is Saturday's Whitney Stakes at Saratoga, just one race after an international Group I rematch on…

Coming in off her biggest career victory, Regal Glory looks to make it two in a row when she headlines a field of eleven older females set for Saturday's $500000 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Gulfstream Park. Trained by Chad Brown, the 6-year-old daughter of Animal Kingdom finished off last season in top form. Two starts back she was…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Mr Wireless Was Well Connected On Friday (Mr Wireless / Coady Photography) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: It was a sentimental win Friday at Churchill Downs for Jon Lapczenski and JIL Stable's Mr. Wireless. Just days before his allowance victory, his co-owner/breeder John Kerber passed away at age 86. Kerber, who…

A stakes-packed weekend at Del Mar concludes on Sunday with the $400000 Matriarch Stakes. A field of six fillies and mares will travel one mile on the turf course in the final Grade 1 race for older female horses in the United States this year. There's no dominant speed horse in this race. As such, a slow early pace is very likely, which could put…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Sconsin Returns in Sunday's Dream Supreme Stakes (Sconsin / Photos by Coady Photography) From the Churhcill Downs Media Team: Lloyd Madison Farm's growing broodmare band will add another member to their roster with their homebred Sconsin, who has a date with 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner in a few months. The…

Set Piece Is Set to Return to Churchill Downs in Sunday's G3 River City (Set Piece / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Juddmonte's multiple graded stakes winner Set Piece (GB) leads an oversubscribed cast of 14 horses that were entered in Sunday's $300000 River City (Grade III) at Churchill Downs. Sunday's featured…

Irish 1000 Guineas (G1) winner Empress Josephine is the best of the trio of Europeans set for Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) at Keeneland. We'll give a quick update on her before examining the stateside debutantes - fellow Irish invader Nicest and progressive British shipper Cloudy Dawn. As discussed in her scouting report for the…

Peter Brant's In Italian (GB) led all the way to win the 25 running of the $750000 First Lady (G1) Presented by UK HealthCare for fillies and mares, prevailing by a length over her favored stablemate, Regal Glory. Trained by Chad Brown and ridden by Joel Rosario, In Italian covered the mile on a firm turf course in 1:33.22. In Italian's victory…

Did you know active subscribers receive our Inside Track wagering guides absolutely FREE? Subscribe today and be the first to receive our upcoming MONSTER wagering guide to the 2022 Breeders' Cup! Peter Brant's Gina Romantica drove between pacesetting Paris Peacock (IRE) and Bellabel (IRE) passing the three-sixteenths pole and went on to win the 39…

Strap in for a huge day of racing from Kentucky as nine Grade 1 races are on offer across the dirt and turf. First a quick list of our selections, plus the reasons behind our highlighted picks further down the page. You can check out the race cards, results and live odds in Planet Sport's Racing Live Centre.

From the Belmont to the Breeders' Cup, Godolphin made its mark on the U.S. racing scene in 2021. Godolphin posted 25 graded-stakes wins last year, most of any owner. Essential Quality, Maxfield, Mystic Guide, and others won prominent events under jockeys wearing the trademark royal blue silks. Listed below are the top 10 owners from 2021 in terms…

Breeders' Cup Turf-bound Mishriff was partnered by Frankie Dettori, while Hollie Doyle was on board Nashwa ahead of her engagement in the Filly & Mare Turf. Mishriff will be having the final start of his globetrotting, money-spinning career, with Dettori in the saddle for the first time since the Champion Stakes two years ago. Nashwa, meanwhile,…

Game three of the World Series resulted in Philadelphia Phillies conquering one of the most synergetic and complete franchises of Major League Baseball. Concurrently, the afterthought of the one-sided battle was the unexpected rise of the underdogs. However, with game four, Houston Astros proved that they are no walkovers. Houston Astros returned…

Tarnawa, defending champion and favorite for Saturday's Breeders' Cup Turf race, stretches her legs over the Del Mar track Monday. Photo courtesy of the Breeders' Cup DEL MAR, Calif., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The 2021 Breeders' Cup World Championships have attracted a record 56 international entries for the two-day event that opens Friday at Del Mar in…

The start of the Darley Alcibiades on October 7 won by Wonder Wheel. Keeneland Photo Keeneland Press Release LEXINGTON, Ky.- Keeneland concluded its 2022 Fall Meet on Saturday with a season record all-sources handle of $208.9 million, which was boosted by record purses, full race fields and championship-caliber competition provided by the nation's…

In the second of two special Racing Roundtables, James Scully, Kellie Reilly, and Vance Hanson look back on the final weekend of major Breeders' Cup preps and offer thoughts on whose stock is on the rise and on decline. James Scully: Slammed in the Filly & Mare Sprint (G1). A five-time restricted stakes winner over New Mexico-bred rivals, the…

Cave Rock wins the Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita, on to the Breeders' Cup. Benoit Photo, courtesy of Santa Anita The final weekend of prep races for the Breeders' Cup World Championships produced some impressive efforts and identified some likely favorites for the big weekend just a month down the road. War Like Goddess earned a spot against…

There were three Grade I races on the grass for fillies and mares in North America Saturday; to the surprise of no one, Chad Brown-trained and Peter Brant-owned mares took center stage, following up In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})'s win in Keeneland's GI First Lady S. with a mild upset by Rougir (Fr) (Territories {Ire}) in the GI E. P. Taylor S. at…

Keeneland Barn Notes: 10 Fillies Invited to $600000 QEII Challenge Cup (Keeneland / Coady Photography) From the Keeneland Media Team: TEN FILLIES INVITED TO $600000 QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHALLENGE CUP PRESENTED BY DIXIANA Bobby Flay's Pizza Bianca, winner of last fall's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), and Klaravich Stables' McKulick (GB),…

The most promising two-year-olds in the country will stretch out to two turns on Saturday for the Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland! The 1 1/16-mile race offers a $600000 purse and an automatic berth to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile for the winner, and an overflow field has lined up. A maximum of 14 horses can run, though the field also contains…

Did you know active subscribers receive our Inside Track wagering guides absolutely FREE? Subscribe today and be the first to receive our upcoming MONSTER wagering guide to the 2022 Breeders' Cup! Godolphin's Santin and Cannon Thoroughbreds' Smooth Like Strait, the 1-2 finishers in the Arlington Million (G1) at Churchill Downs in August, head a…

Three-time Grade 1 winner Regal Glory tops a formidable trio for trainer Chad Brown, as they headline a field of six fillies and mares set for the $750000 First Lady on Saturday at Keeneland. A winner of three graded stakes this year, Regal Glory has become a regular in Grade 1 turf races at Keeneland. A solid second in this race last year, she…

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Gai Waterhouse goes back to where it all began with Grove Ferry and Sacramento in the Group 1 $750000 The Metropolitan (2400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The feature staying race has a special significance for Waterhouse as it provided the trainer with her first Group 1 winner 30 years ago. Then there was Herculian Prince's win in the 2010 The…

Bell's the One Returns in Saturday's G2 TCA Stakes at Keeneland (Bell's the One / Coady Photography) From the Keeneland Media Team: Trainer Cipriano Contrereas and Andrew Knapczyk's Inthemidstofbiz will face five other fillies and mares as she goes for a repeat victory in the 41 running of the $250000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) Saturday…

Frances Tiafoe has had a great season so far. He recently made his way to the US Open semi-finals and played a nail-biting match against the eventual champion, Carlos Alcaraz. Recently, the former first lady of the US took to her social media account to show her support for her fellow countryman. During his semi-final match, Tiafoe enjoyed strong…