10+ hour, 28+ min ago   (986+ words) Explora, the Grade 1-winning sophomore filly, breezed at Churchill Downs on Sunday ahead of her expected start in Saturday's Grade 3 Dogwood. The daughter of Blame rolled to a five-length victory in the Test (G1) at Saratoga last time out. The 3-year-old…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (408+ words) Induction, trained by Graham Motion, is set to make his stakes debut in Saturday’s Grade 1 Summer Stakes at Woodbine. The winner of the one-mile turf race for 2-year-olds will earn an automatic berth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, also…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (478+ words) The New York Racing Association will begin selling tickets and hospitality offerings for the first Belmont Stakes racing festival at the new Belmont Park beginning Saturday, Sept. 19, at noon EDT via BelmontStakes.com/tickets. After a three-year period when the…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (635+ words) Saratoga closed its 45-day summer meet Monday with paid attendance topping 1 million for the 11th consecutive year and wagering handle of more than $900 million, capping a three-year stretch in which the Spa absorbed an outsized share of the New York racing…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (242+ words) Debut winner Scramjet ran his record to 2-for-2 on Monday when he turned a stalking trip into a powerful victory in the black-type, $200,000 Funny Cide Stakes for six New York-bred 2-year-old sprinters at Saratoga. Bred and owned by Steve Barberino…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (210+ words) Odds-on favorite Desert Gate ranged up along the rail, wrested the lead from Mo Koko at the quarter pole and drew away to a 5 1/2-length win Sunday in the listed, $125,000 Shared Belief Stakes at Del Mar. Juan Hernandez rode the…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (241+ words) After setting the early pace, Jean Valjean relinquished the lead at the eighth pole but still dug in to reclaim it in the last 100 yards of a thrilling upset Sunday in the black-type, $150,000 Disco Partner Stakes going 5 1/2 furlongs on the…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (232+ words) Debut winner The Good Life got to the front shortly after the start, opened a big lead turning into the stretch and ran on to an open-lengths victory Sunday in the Grade 1, $300,000 Hopeful Stakes for seven 2-year-olds at Saratoga. Manny…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (235+ words) Odds-on favorite Mashallah pressed Vekoma's Diva through a swift opening quarter-mile, wore her down nearing the quarter pole and drew off to a 5-length win Sunday in the Grade 3, $225,000 Prioress Stakes at Saratoga. The victory handed Manny Franco the 2026 Saratoga…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (303+ words) Multiple Grade 1 winner Formidable Man headlines a 10-horse field that includes eight other graded winners in Monday’s Grade 3 Mint Millions Invitational for 3-year-olds and up going one mile at Kentucky Downs. The race features a $1 million purse, plus another $1 million…...