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By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 28, 2020) – G M B Racing’s brilliant $500,000 Stephen Foster (Grade II) winner Tom’s d’Etat along with Bloom Racing, Madaket Stables and Allen Racing’s ultra-classy $200,000 Fleur de Lis (GII) hero Midnight Bisou both...

By Amy Gregory —- LEXINGTON, KY (June 26, 2020) – Keeneland has been granted approval to permit a limited number of participating owners to attend the upcoming Summer Meet, to be held July 8-12. Keeneland officials collaborated with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and state...

By Kevin Kerstein —- Midnight Bisou; All Photos by Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, June 26, 2020) – Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen is poised to close the 2020 Churchill Downs Spring Meet on a charge with 15 horses entered in the final three days of racing...

Monmouth Park Release —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Thirty-three horses were nominated to the Grade 1, $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes, with Monmouth Park’s signature race on July 18 offering the added inducements of points for the Kentucky Derby and “Win and You’re In” status for...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Got Stormy looking for clear skies in G1 Just a Game Diamond King turning back in G2 True North G3 Peter Pan the short term goal for Celtic Striker ELMONT, N.Y. – Gary Barber’s Got Stormy will be running at Belmont for the second time this...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The eighth annual, two-day Summer Festival of Racing on Tuesday and Wednesday at Tampa Bay Downs will feature mandatory payouts both days on the track’s popular 20-cent Ultimate 6 wager. The current jackpot grew to $61,218 Wednesday. The...

By Bob Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – Fresh off a gate-to-wire 92-1 shocker in the Crystal Water Stakes on the Santa Anita turf, Grinning Tiger will try to remain perfect at Los Alamitos in the $100,000 Soi Phet Saturday. A one-mile event for 3-year-olds & up bred or...

By Kevin Kerstein —- Tom’s d’Etat; Photos by Hodges Phoyography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 25, 2020) – G M B Racing’s 2019 Clark (Grade I) winner Tom’s d’Etat was installed as the even-money morning line favorite for Saturday’s $500,000 Stephen Foster...

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown will bring a strong hand of cards to the table when he saddles turf champion Uni, Grade 1-winner Newspaperofrecord and two-time graded stakes winner Regal Glory in pursuit of a fourth consecutive win in the 27th...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Despite winning on 4-year-old filly Dreaming Diamonds on March 20, Pablo Morales knew something wasn’t right with the left foot he’d injured six days earlier in a starting-gate mishap. An X-ray revealed a break, sending the 31-year-old jockey...