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By Amy Gregory —- BREEDERS’ CUP ANNOUNCES RETURN OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TO KEENELAND Lexington Track to Host Prestigious International Festival of Racing Oct. 30-31, 2026 LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 28, 2025) – Keeneland Race Course has been selected to host the 2026 Breeders’ Cup...

By Robert Hines —- 2025 Elmont/Belmont Parade to be held on Saturday, June 7 OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and the Elmont Chamber of Commerce today announced the return of the Paul Sapienza Elmont/Belmont Parade on Saturday, June 7. This...

By David Joseph —- Journalism 8-5 Morning-Line Favorite for Saturday’s G1 Preakness BALTIMORE – Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Journalism was installed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite in a field of nine 3-year-olds entered for Saturday’s 150th running of the Preakness...

By Pat McKenna —- Scott Jordan appointed NYRA Head Starter OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the appointment of Scott Jordan to the position of head starter. Jordan joins NYRA from Churchill Downs, where he had served as the...

By David Joseph —- Pyrenees Making Title Defense in $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) Shares Spotlight with $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 16 BALTIMORE – Blue Heaven Farm homebred Pyrenees, who capped a spectacular day of racing for trainer Cherie DeVaux last spring and...

By David Joseph —- Defending Champ Balnikhov Among G2 Dinner Party Nominees Among 8 Stakes, 4 Graded, Worth $1.3M on Preakness Undercard BALTIMORE – Defending champion Balnikhov, fellow millionaires Tawny Port and Trikari, and multiple graded-stakes winner Neat, on the cusp...

By David Joseph —- $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Draws 28 Nominees for 101st Running Headlines Six Stakes, Three Graded, Worth $1.05 Million in Purses May 16 BALTIMORE – Multiple graded-stakes winners Tenma and Quietside, both exiting the Kentucky Oaks (G1), and Complexity...

By Mary Eddy —- New York-bred My Mane Squeeze returns to Empire State for G2 Ruffian OZONE PARK, N.Y. – William “Buck” Butler and WinStar Farm’s New York-bred My Mane Squeeze will return to her home state in pursuit of her third graded stakes victory in Saturday’s Grade 2,...

By David Joseph —- Pair of Berths at Stake This Weekend for Preakness 150 Laurel’s Federico Tesio, Oaklawn’s Bathhouse Row Saturday BALTIMORE – Nine Triple Crown-nominated horses will be vying this weekend for an automatic berth in the 150th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle...

By David Joseph —- Gosger, Bracket Buster possible for Preakness after 1-2 Lexington Finish LEXINGTON — Gosger and Bracket Buster both are possible for the 150th Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico after finishing 1-2 in Saturday’s $400,000 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes (G3) at...