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Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – Citizen Bull, the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner and the 2-year-old Eclipse champion, started his sophomore season off with a bang taking the Robert B. Lewis on Feb. 1 at Santa Anita Park with ease....

By Kevin Kilroy —- Lou and Amanda Fair Grounds Track Photographer Lou Hodges Jr. Announces Retirement Third-generation Amanda Hodges Weir set to take over New Orleans, La (Feb. 1, 2025) – Since 1976, second-generation track photographer Lou Hodges Jr. has captured horse...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Accomplished Girl; Hodges Photography Accomplished Girl Adds Bobby Kelly Memorial for Second Stakes Score of Meet New Orleans, La (Feb. 1, 2025) – Gentry Farms’ Accomplished Girl scored her second stakes victory of the meet at Fair Grounds Race Course...

By David Joseph —- Burnham Square the Holy Bull credit Lauren King Focused Burnham Square Springs Holy Bull (G3) Upset Captures Stakes Debut to Earn 20 Kentucky Derby (G1) Points HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Whitham Thoroughbreds’ Burnham Square, exiting an eye-catching maiden...

By Jasmine Torrez —- Benoit Photo CHAMPION CITIZEN BULL COMES BACK A WINNER IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $200,000 ROBERT B. LEWIS STAKES FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS GOING A MILE AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (Feb. 1, 2025)—Citizen Bull, last year’s champion 2-year-old male, got the 2025...

By Christian Abdo —- Captain Cook announces presence in Listed $250K Withers OZONE PARK, N.Y. – St. Elias Stable’s Captain Cook announced his presence on the Kentucky Derby trail with a winning stakes debut in Saturday’s Listed $250,000 Withers, a nine-furlong test for...

NTRA —- White Abarrio defeats 10 others in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) at Gulfstream Park. Coglianese Photo/Nicole Thomas NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – January 27, 2025 Week 1 of the 2025 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National...

By Joe Kristufek —- Fair Grounds’ Track Crew Wins the Battle Against Historic Winter Storm Management adjusts racing schedule as track maintenance crew works overtime New Orleans, La (Jan. 24, 2025) – Before Tuesday it is highly likely that most New Orleanians believed...

By David Joseph —- Spirit of St Louis the Pegasus Turf credit Ryan Thompson Spirit of St. Louis cruises to victory in the $1M Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) Gaffalione guides New York-bred to narrow win over Integration HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Spirit of St. Louis...

By David Joseph —- White Abarrio the Pegasus credit Angelo Lieto White Abarrio Romps in $3M Pegasus World Cup (G1) Victory 6YO Horse Breaks Stakes Record with 6 ¼-Length Win over Locked HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – C2 Racing Stable, Prince Faisal bin Khaled bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud...