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By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown, who led all North American trainers in turf wins last year with 113, has nominated nine horses for the Oldsmar oval’s pair of Grade III, $175,000 turf stakes headlining the Saturday, Feb....

By John Heims —- MONMOUTH PARK ANNOUNCES $150,000 HASKELL WEEKEND TRAINER BONUS Oceanport, N.J. – Adding to the $1 million Haskell Stakes card set for Saturday, July 20, Monmouth Park has announced a weekend-long trainer bonus totaling $150,000. The “Haskell Weekend Trainer...

By Pat McKenna —- 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival to feature 23 stakes worth $10.1M G1 Belmont Stakes purse jumps to $2 million SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing...

By David Joseph —- Lauren King Photo Maryland Champ Russell has Full Count Felicia Ready for Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G2) Mare has Won Five of Seven Starts Since Move to Trainer’s Barn HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – A few weeks after making history as the first...

By Pat McKenna —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the 2024 spring meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which will feature 12 stakes worth $2.675 million in total purses. NYRA has increased the purse of six...

By David Joseph —- Warm Heart; Ryan Thompson Photo Pegasus World Cup Turf Favorite Warm Heart Settles in at Gulfstream Park Two-time Group 1 Winner will Take on Males in Final Start of Career HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) favorite Warm...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Photo PEGASUS WORLD CUP NEWS & NOTES National Treasure on Track to Give Baffert 3rd Pegasus Win Castellano Weighs in on Success Ahead of Pegasus: ‘I’m Very Lucky’ R Calli Kim Takes Four-Race Win Streak into G3 La Prevoyante HALLANDALE...

By David Joseph —- BELINDA STRONACH APPOINTS AIDAN BUTLER TO PRESIDENT OF 1/ST HALLANDALE BEACH, FL (January 24, 2024) – Belinda Stronach, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of 1/ST announces the appointment of Aidan Butler to President of 1/ST. The expansion of...

By David Joseph —- Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Hero Fierceness Tops Holy Bull Noms List Pletcher Trainee Scheduled to Start in Feb. 3 Florida Derby Prep HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Repole Stable’s Fierceness, a dominating winner of the Nov. 3 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), tops a list...

By David Joseph —- Delgado Chasing First G1 Victory in $1M Pegasus Turf HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – When trainer Jorge Delgado first went out on his own in 2017, he had two horses worth about $2,000 by his own estimate and he worked as his own groom. Seven years later he is a...