Keeneland to Offer 18 Stakes during 2020 Fall Meet in Lead-Up to Breeders’ Cup World Championships

By Amy Gregory —- LEXINGTON, KY (Aug. 12, 2020) – Keeneland will be the focus of Thoroughbred racing this autumn when the track presents 18 stakes worth a total of $4,775,000 during its 2020 Fall Meet, to be held Oct. 2-24 ahead of the 37th Breeders’ Cup World Championships...
Posted On 13 Aug 2020
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Gulfstream: Saturday’s Stakes Previews

By David Joseph —- Tamiami Tops Solid Group of 10 in $100,000 Desert Vixen Florida Sire Stakes Highlights Saturday, Aug. 1 Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – A1A Racing’s homebred Tamiami, an impressive debut winner last month despite encountering a world of trouble at the...
Posted On 30 Jul 2020
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CHURCHILL DOWNS ANNOUNCES $9.85 MILLION SEPTEMBER STAKES SCHEDULE

By Kevin Kerstein —- Total of 18 Stakes Led by Rescheduled Kentucky Oaks on Sept. 4 and Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, July 8, 2020) – A total of 18 stakes events, topped by the 146th runnings of the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford...
Posted On 09 Jul 2020
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LOUISIANA LEGENDS NIGHT AT EVANGELINE DOWNS ON JULY 4

By Michael Chamberlain —- OPELOUSAS, LA – Evangeline Downs is hosting its annual celebration of the Louisiana-bred Thoroughbred this Saturday night with six $60,000 stakes races making up Louisiana Legends Night. It promises to be an exciting evening of racing and a...
Posted On 30 Jun 2020
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33 HORSES NOMINATED TO GRADE 1 TVG.COM HASKELL ON JULY 18

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...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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LONE STAR PARK FINALIZES A REVISED STAKES SCHEDULE FOR 2020 THOROUGHBRED MEET

By Diantha Brazzell —- LONE STAR PARK FINALIZES A REVISED STAKES SCHEDULE FOR 2020 THOROUGHBRED MEET GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (Thursday, June 4, 2020) – The 2020 Thoroughbred Racing Season was to begin April 18 for a 44-day run, but due to the covid-19 pandemic, was...
Posted On 05 Jun 2020
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EVANGELINE DOWNS RETURNS TO RACING ON FRIDAY NIGHT

By Michael Chamberlain —- LOUISIANA LEGENDS NIGHT ON JULY 4 AND “SHINE” YOUNG FUTURITIES ON AUGUST 29 OPELOUSAS, LA – Evangeline Downs is returning to racing on Friday, June 5 with the first of 50 live racing nights featuring a nine-race program. The season had originally...
Posted On 05 Jun 2020
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OAKLAWN: MILLIGAN PROMOTED TO VICE PRESIDENT OF RACING

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Hot Springs, Ark. (Monday, June 1, 2020) – Oaklawn is pleased to announce the promotion of Jason Milligan to Vice President of Racing. Milligan, who has been employed by Oaklawn for nearly 26 years, will assume the position immediately. “We are so happy...
Posted On 02 Jun 2020
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38 Del Mar Stakes Worth More Than $5.5 Million Set This Summer

DMTC News —- 38 Del Mar Stakes Worth More Than $5.5 Million Set This Summer; Shared Belief Stakes to Offer Kentucky Derby Points Del Mar will conduct its 81st summer racing season between July 10 and September 7 featuring a 38-race stakes schedule offering more than $5.5...
Posted On 31 May 2020
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KLEIN FAMILY CONTINUES LEGACY WITH MULTIPLE STAKES WINNER BREAK EVEN IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 WINNING COLORS

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 28, 2020) – For more than three decades the Klein Family Racing Stable has been synonymous with success at Churchill Downs. On Saturday, the current patriarch of the family, Richard, hopes that his family’s homebred Break...
Posted On 29 May 2020
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