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CTHS honors Ontario’s leading breeders, stallions

DRF | 2 days ago

The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s Ontario Division honored its champion owners, breeders and sires of 2012 on Friday at Copper Creek Golf Club in Kleinberg, Ontario. Read More...

Woodbine Entertainment Group to get $38M from province

DRF | 2 days ago

The Woodbine Entertainment Group will receive $38 million in transitional funding from the province of Ontario for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, according to previously confidential figures released Monday by the government. Read More...

Arlington Park: Coalport, La Tia eye open stakes

DRF | 2 days ago

The dominant winners of two Illinois-bred turf stakes Saturday appeared to have exited their races in good condition, and both are likely to return in open stakes July 13, Million Preview Day. Read More...

Arlington Park: General Election still on course for American Derby

DRF | 2 days ago

Arlington Classic winner General Election remains on track to start in the July 13 American Derby after being scratched from the $207,600 Centaur Stakes on Saturday at Indiana Downs. Read More...

DRF Breeding Weekend Wrap: Fort Larned and Verrazano return to form, Paynter astounds in comeback

DRF | 2 days ago

The return of Verrazano to top form in Sunday’s Grade 3 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth only adds to the intrigue going forward, as does Code West’s continued improvement, evidenced in his first stakes win at Churchill Downs. Both sophomores, racing for top connections, have to be considered alongside Orb, Oxbow, Palace Malice, and sleeper Normandy Invasion as contenders for the elite 3-year-old stakes later this summer. Positions in the older male handicap division are just as much in flux with the Breeders’ Cup four months away, and two of last year’s most popular horses are right back in the discussion after sensational performances at Churchill Downs and Hollywood Park. Read More...

Belmont Park: Eblouissante getting closer to return

DRF | 2 days ago

Eblouissante, the younger half-sister to champion Zenyatta, worked a solid five furlongs in 1:01.44 on Monday at Belmont Park, and trainer John Shirreffs believes his filly is one work away from a return to the races. Read More...

Belmont Park: Cross Traffic to run in Whitney

DRF | 2 days ago

An intriguing matchup is looming in the Grade 1 Whitney on Aug. 3 at Saratoga between defending Whitney Handicap winner Fort Larned and the speedy Cross Traffic. Read More...

Arlington Park: Willcox Inn will try for a Grade 1 in United Nations

DRF | 2 days ago

Willcox Inn’s best form has come in races between one mile and 1 1/8 miles, but there is a good chance he will next appear July 6 at Monmouth Park in the 1 3/8-mile United Nations Stakes. Read More...

Balmoral: Wednesday 6/19 Analysis

DRF | 2 days ago

Jeremey Day's analysis of the Wednesday 6/19 card at Balmoral Park. Read More...

Belmont Park notes: Verrazano on track for Haskell Invitational

DRF | 2 days ago

Though Sunday’s Pegasus Stakes became virtually a walkover for Verrazano once Itsmyluckyday was pulled up, trainer Todd Pletcher believes his 3-year-old got enough out of the race to set him up perfectly for a return trip to Monmouth Park for the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Invitational Stakes on July 28. Read More...

Belmont Park: Doubles Partner finds soft spot in Wednesday feature

DRF | 2 days ago

After competing in 11 consecutive stakes – 10 of which were graded – over the past 26 months, Doubles Partner has found some class relief in Wednesday’s $81,000 optional-claiming feature at Belmont Park. Read More...

Woodbine: Ultimate Destiny proving a wise purchase for Fehr

DRF | 2 days ago

Trainer Alec Fehr was looking to add to his stable last fall when he learned that Ultimate Destiny was up for sale. Read More...

Keeneland appoints Amy Gregory new director of communications

DRF | 2 days ago

Keeneland Association announced on Monday that Amy Gregory has been appointed as director of communications, effective immediately. Read More...

Royal Ascot: Al Kazeem favored in Prince of Wales’s Stakes

DRF | 2 days ago

Al Kazeem was a 9-4 choice when he upset the heavily favored Camelot in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup in Ireland on May 26. When they meet for a rematch in Wednesday’s Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot, it is Al Kazeem who will be the strong favorite. Read More...

Woodbine: Jimmy Chew Shoos taking a shot on grass

DRF | 2 days ago

Jimmy Chew Shoos switches to the turf off an improved race in Wednesday’s Woodbine headliner, a seven-furlong allowance for Ontario-sired nonwinners of three. Read More...

Itsmyluckyday taken to medical center – 1371489283

DRF | 2 days ago

Itsmyluckyday was taken to an equine medical center in New Jersey shortly before noon on Monday, where he will undergo further tests to determine the extent of any possible injury that compelled jockey Mike Smith to pull him up in Sunday’s Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park. Read More...

Northlands Park: Spanish Jazz, On the Key square off in Wednesday feature

DRF | 2 days ago

Spanish Jazz and On the Key look like the main players in a first-level allowance race for 3-year-olds and up that headlines Wednesday’s 10-race card at Northlands Park. Read More...

Itsmyluckyday taken to medical center

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Hollywood Park: Mike Mitchell released from hospital

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Trainer Mike Mitchell was released from a Southern California hospital on Sunday evening, hours after collapsing near the winner’s circle of an apparent seizure following the sixth race at Betfair Hollywood Park. Read More...

Jay Bergman: Shortage of owners affecting yearling sales, juvenile races

DRF | 2 days ago

Baby races in 2013 were held this past Saturday at the Meadowlands. A full complement of fillies, colts, trotters and pacers were on display in 19 separate events. But something was missing. Read More...

Harness Racing: Sharp Horses and Track Trends for June 10 – June 12

DRF | 2 days ago

Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Balmoral, Monticello, Northfield, Harrington and others. Read More...

Monticello: Horses to watch for June 12 – June 13

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Horses to watch from Monticello Raceway. Read More...

Trip Notes: Vanity, Stephen Foster, Pegasus, and more

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Michael Hammersly's weekly "Trip Notes" report, which recaps all of the previous weekend's graded stakes. This edition includes the Pegasus at Monmouth, among others. Read More...

Arapahoe: Jockey Don Frazier gets 2,000th win

DRF | 2 days ago

The 53-year-old jockey Don Lee Frazier won the 2,000th Thoroughbred race of his career Sunday at Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colo., when he guided Fast But Furious to a debut win in a maiden special weight race. Read More...

Emerald Downs: Jebrica scores upset in Budweiser Handicap

DRF | 3 days ago

Jebrica, a 10-1 outsider, raced to a hard-earned victory Sunday in the $50,000 Budweiser Handicap for older horses at Emerald Downs, rallying from midpack to collar the leaders in the final yards and holding off the fast-closing Stryker Phd to win by three-quarters of a length. Read More...

Hollywood Park: Include Me Out wins Desert Stormer

DRF | 3 days ago

Include Me Out, a multiple Grade 1 winner in 2012 who was third in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic at Santa Anita last fall, had a successful start to her 2013 campaign with a victory in Sunday’s $77,070 Desert Stormer Handicap at Betfair Hollywood Park. Read More...

OBS June sale: A dozen run fastest furlong at third breeze show

DRF | 3 days ago

On the third and final day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age, 12 horses tied for the fastest furlong, with a time of :10 seconds flat. Read More...

Monmouth Park: Verrazano romps in Pegasus; Itsmyluckyday injured

DRF | 3 days ago

Verrazano is back, rebounding from a 14th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby to easily win the Grade 3, $148,500 Pegasus Stakes for 3-year-olds Sunday at Monmouth Park. Read More...

Hollywood Park: Mitchell hospitalized after fall at track

DRF | 3 days ago

Trainer Mike Mitchell was transported to nearby Centinela Hospital on Sunday afternoon after collapsing near the winner’s circle following the sixth race at Betfair Hollywood Park. Read More...

Canterbury Park: Hammers Terror wins Brooks Fields Stakes

DRF | 3 days ago

Hammers Terror returned to the site of his last victory, in last year's inaugural Mystic Lake Derby at Canterbury Park, and revisited the winner’s circle Sunday, taking the $50,000 Brooks Fields Stakes by 1 1/2 lengths over Slip and Drive to give jockey Dean Butler his fourth win of the day. Read More...

Arapahoe Park: Wizardry scores in Molly Brown Stakes

DRF | 3 days ago

Wizardry won the third stakes race of her career Sunday at Arapahoe Park, where she delivered as the favorite in the $40,000 Molly Brown. She won by two lengths over Jet Blue Girl, and it was another neck back in third to Lady Jila. Read More...

Belmont Park: Maximova takes Bit of Whimsy Stakes to stay perfect

DRF | 3 days ago

After fighting with her rider early in the race, Maximova had some punch left to knock out Mariel N Kathy in the stretch and win Sunday’s $90,000 Bit of Whimsy Stakes for 3-year-old fillies by a head at Belmont Park. Read More...

Beulah Park: Catlaunch by a nose in Gendelman Memorial

DRF | 3 days ago

The venerable Catlaunch needed every inch of the Beulah Park stretch to come back and put his nose on the wire first in the $50,000 Sydney Gendelman Memorial Handicap on Sunday. Read More...

Hollywood Park: Rosengold breezes for Tsunami Slew Stakes

DRF | 3 days ago

Rosengold, the winner of two stakes for 3-year-olds on turf at Santa Anita this year, worked six furlongs on turf in 1:14 at Betfair Hollywood Park on Sunday, preparing for a start in the $70,000 Tsunami Slew Stakes on June 23. Read More...

Hollywood Park notes: Byrama eyes Clement L. Hirsch Stakes

DRF | 3 days ago

Byrama, the former turf sprinter who won the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap over 1 1/8 miles at Betfair Hollywood Park on Saturday, will remain in two-turn races on the main track this summer, trainer Simon Callaghan said Sunday. Read More...

Woodbine: Five Iron wires Victoria Park Stakes

DRF | 3 days ago

Five Iron led all the way to upset Winning Cause, the 1-2 favorite from New York, in Sunday’s $153,300 Victoria Park Stakes at Woodbine. Read More...

Treve wins French Oaks to remain undefeated

DRF | 3 days ago

Treve made the third start of her career in Sunday’s $1.32 million French Oaks at Chantilly Racecourse but ran like a filly with considerable experience, winning the Group 1 race by four lengths to remain unbeaten. Read More...

Churchill Downs: Fort Larned targeting Whitney after Foster win

DRF | 3 days ago

The wire-to-wire victory by Fort Larned in the Stephen Foster Handicap on Saturday night at Churchill Downs was remarkably similar to his performance last fall in the Breeders’ Cup Classic – even down to the Beyer Speed Figure. Read More...

Woodbine: Up With the Birds breezes for Queen’s Plate

DRF | 3 days ago

Up With the Birds, the pro-tem favorite for the July 7 Queen’s Plate, breezed five furlongs in 1:00.60 on the main track here Sunday. Read More...

Mohawk: Captaintreacherous wills himself to $1,000,000 North America Cup win

DRF | 4 days ago

The cream always rises to the top. Such was the case on Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack when Captaintreacherous willed himself to a 1 1/2 length victory in the $1,000,000 North America Cup. Read More...

Churchill Downs: Valiant Boy SBFAR dominant in President of the U.A.E. Cup

DRF | 4 days ago

Valiant Boy SBFAR lived up to his Horse of the Year billing on Saturday, drawing off to win by five lengths in the $103,659 President of the U.A.E. Cup at Churchill Downs, North America’s richest race for Arabians. Read More...

Mohawk: Fabulous ladies capture stakes Finals

DRF | 4 days ago

Three leading ladies - Maven, Bee A Magician and I Luv The Nitelife - going off as heavy favorites dominated the early stakes action at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night. Read More...

DRF Breeding Standout: Fort Larned’s half-brother shines on Foster undercard

DRF | 4 days ago

Lent, a half-brother to Breeders' Cup Classic winner Fort Larned, set the stage for a big night for his connections, defeating a field of well-bred runners in a maiden special weight event Saturday night at Churchill Downs, just hours before his famed older relative romped in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap. Read More...

Churchill Downs: Kitten’s Dumplings dominates Regret

DRF | 4 days ago

Kitten's Dumplings was much the best, winning the Regret at Churchill Downs by 2 1/4 lengths as the heavy favorite Saturday night. Read More...

Churchill Downs: Fort Larned proves uncatchable in Stephen Foster

DRF | 4 days ago

Rendering his two season-opening efforts a distant memory, Fort Larned returned to his Breeders’ Cup Classic-winning form Saturday night with a dominating wire-to-wire triumph in the 32nd running of the Grade 1, $536,300 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs. Read More...

Churchill Downs: Code West outfights Uncaptured in Matt Winn

DRF | 4 days ago

At times this spring, trainer Bob Baffert viewed Code West as his Belmont horse, but ultimately, he chose to not run Code West in the race. Instead, Code West turned into his Matt Winn horse, winning the Grade 3, $113,100 race Saturday evening at Churchill Downs on the Stephen Foster Handicap undercard. The win gave Baffert his fourth victory in the race and his 100th win at Churchill Downs. Read More...

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