3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (684+ words) Entering the 2026 season, Neil MacInnis could only hope to be at Eldorado Scioto Downs for the Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championships. As it turns out, that’s exactly where he’ll be on Saturday (Sept. 12) to watch Rhodena Blue race for an…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (572+ words) The Woodbine Mile is among four Grade 1 stakes on the outstanding card that are Lasix-free and Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re in qualifiers, along with the Summer, Natalma, and E.P. Taylor. Owned by Godolphin, Notable Speech has started four…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (449+ words) DEL MAR, Calif. – Medoro was reunited with an old partner for Monday’s Grade 2 John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar, a man quite familiar with the winner’s circle after stakes races this summer. Medoro was ridden by Juan Hernandez who…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (250+ words) Last away, Take Charge Star was first home – and much the best – in the Franklin Simpson Stakes on Monday at Kentucky Downs. “He wasn’t really traveling early,” Spencer said. “Once I got to the bottom of the hill, I was…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (456+ words) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – With each passing day it looks less and less likely that Sovereignty will make the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup on the Sept. 18 opening-day card at Belmont Park. Trainer Bill Mott said last Friday that Sovereignty, the 2025 Horse…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (399+ words) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Jockey Manny Franco called it “the summer of a lifetime,” and who could argue. Franco went into Monday’s closing-day card having already clinched his first Saratoga riding title with 70 wins. He capped his spectacular meet on Sunday by…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (507+ words) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - No doubt, trainer Brad Cox and jockey Manny Franco were living the good life this summer at Saratoga. On Sunday, Cox and Franco combined to win the final Grade 1 of the meet with The Good Life, who broke…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (264+ words) Nobody Knows It, a striking chestnut with a blonde mane and tail, improved to five-for-five in her career and broke her own track record with a 1:56 effort in her $100,000 Maryland Sire Stakes final for 2-year-old filly trotters on Sunday night…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (532+ words) DEL MAR, Calif. - Desert Gate reverted to his performances from March and May with an appealing win in Sunday’s $126,000 Shared Belief Stakes for 3-year-olds at Del Mar. Ridden by Juan Hernandez, Desert Gate closed from fourth in a field of…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (335+ words) DEL MAR, Calif. - Magnificat went from a win in a minor sprint stakes in early June to a victory in a restricted mile stakes at Del Mar on Saturday. In coming months, Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella has much…...