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By Amy Gregory —- LEXINGTON, KY (Sept. 15, 2020) – Keeneland today announced that its 2020 Fall Meet, to be held Oct. 2-24, will be closed to the public due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Only a limited number of participants and essential personnel will be permitted to...

By Keith McCalmont —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Bortolazzo Stable’s You’re to Blame will lead a compact but talented field in Friday’s inaugural running of the $80,000 Miner’s Mark, a 12-furlong stamina test for 3-year-olds and upward on Big Sandy, on...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky.– Racing returns to Churchill Downs on Thursday for the resumption of the September Meet. Post time for each of the final nine days of the September Meet will be 12:45 p.m. (all times Eastern). Racing will take place Thursday through...

By Mike Willman —- ARCADIA, Calif. (Sept. 14, 2020)– The opening day of Santa Anita’s Autumn season will be pushed back a week until Friday, September 25, due to the impact of Bobcat Fire on the air quality and surrounding community. “Our local community has been...

By Mac McBride —- PRAT SECURES STAKES RECORD, BUT TITLE RACE IS DOWN TO THE WIRE The victory aboard Madone in Sunday’s $75,000 Juvenile Fillies Turf was the 14th in a stakes this season for jockey Flavien Prat. So the 28-year-old Frenchman now stands alone as the record...

By Keith McCalmont —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Todd Pletcher, Irad Ortiz, Jr. and Klaravich Stables finished atop their respective standings with the trio finishing as the leading trainer, jockey and owner for the 40-day summer meet at Saratoga Race Course that...

By Rick Francis —- With clear skies but a cloud of Covid uncertainty hanging over the famed Twin Spires, the 146th edition of the “Run for the Roses” will go to post with a starting gate of sixteen three-year-olds. Race 14) 1&1/4 Mile. Kentucky Derby...

By Gary Yunt —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, Sept. 4, 2020) – Qatar Racing, Flurry Racing Stables and Big Aut Farms’ Shedaresthesdevil pushed past heavy favorite Gamine at the eighth pole and then held off a bid from Swiss Skydiver by 1 ½ lengths to win the 146th running of the...

By Gary Yunt —- By My Standards; Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, Sept. 4, 2020) – Allied Racing Stable’s By My Standards forged to the front in upper stretch and pulled away to post a 1 ¾-length victory over Owendale to win the 17th running of the $400,000...

By Gary unt —- Monomoy Girl; Photos by Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, Sept. 4, 2020) – Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, The Elkstone Group and Bethlehem Stables’ Monomoy Girl, the champion female runner of 2018, continued to show her brilliance as she cruised to a...