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By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile contenders Sharp Azteca and Practical Joke are back on the East coast for a return engagement in a field of 10 for the 29th running of the Grade 1, $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap presented by NYRA...

By Robert Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. — Champagne Room, the 2-year-old filly champion of 2016, It Tiz Well, winner of the Grade I Cotillion Sept. 23 at Parx, and Faypien, winner of the Grade II Summertime Oaks June 17 at Santa Anita, are among 17 fillies and mares...

By Robert Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. —Ismelucky, a stakes winner at Los Alamitos during the Los Angeles County Fair meet, and Golden State Juvenile Fillies winner One Fast Broad are among 13 2-year-old fillies nominated to the $100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes....

By Brian Bohl/Heather Pettinger/Najja Thompson —- Inaugural runnings of Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship and Forever Together bolster Saturday’s card OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Ironhorse Racing Stable’s Bucchero will be running for the first time since a...

By Darren Rogers —- CHAMPAGNE THIRD ENTICED AMONG PROMISING 2-YEAR-OLDS ENTERED FOR SATURDAY’S KENTUCKY JOCKEY CLUB ON ‘STARS OF TOMORROW II’ AT CHURCHILL DOWNS Race Shares Top Billing with $200,000 Golden Rod on Program Devoted to Races for 2-Year-Olds LOUISVILLE, Ky....

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Del Mar continues its Fall Festival of graded stakes competition Saturday with a tripleheader highlighted by the Grade I $300,000 Hollywood Derby for three-year-olds at a mile and one-eighth over the infield Jimmy Durante Turf Course. A...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Fourteen older fillies and mares will be tested at the marathon distance of a mile and three-eighths on the grass as the highlight of an eight-race holiday program of Thoroughbred racing Thanksgiving Thursday in the $100,000 Red Carpet...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017) – Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) runner-up Daddys Lil Darling headlines a contentious field of 3-year-old fillies entered in Friday’s 27th running of the $200,000 Mrs. Revere (GII) at Churchill Downs. The Mrs....

By Darren Rogers —- Field of Nine Entered for 143rd Running of Highlight of Popular ‘Black Friday’ Racing Program LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017) – Churchill Downs-based rising stars The Player and Honorable Duty are set to bid for glory over their home track, but...

By Brian W. Spencer —- Thursday’s 93rd running of the $75,000 Thanksgiving Handicap features a well-balanced septet of sprinters looking to feast on the first open stakes of Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ 2017-18 meet. Over six furlongs on the main track, the...