HONORABLE DUTY TOPS CONTENTIOUS CAST FOR GRADE III, $200,000 LUKAS CLASSIC

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017) – Honorable Duty, the New Orleans Handicap (Grade II) winner who was runner-up to current early Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) favorite Gun Runner in June’s Stephen Foster Handicap (GI), will return to action...
Posted On 28 Sep 2017
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Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion Barn Notes, Comcast PA Derby Day TV Coverage

Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion Barn Notes Comcast PA Derby Day TV Coverage (Bensalem, Pa., Friday, September 22, 2017) Trainer Bob Baffert put the finishing touches on West Coast and Abel Tasman early this morning, sending both out for a mile-long...
Posted On 23 Sep 2017
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Gulfstream Park Taking 2017-2018 Championship Meet to New Level

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Park Taking 2017-2018 Championship Meet to New Level-$16 Million Pegasus World Cup (G1) Tops $28.6 Million Stakes Schedule-Top Classic Prep $1 Million Florida Derby to be Run Saturday, March 31 $16 Million Pegasus World Cup (G1) Tops $28.6...
Posted On 15 Sep 2017
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Momentum Continues, Spurs Sale of Three Seven-Figure Colts on Wednesday

By Amy Owens —- Momentum Continues, Spurs Sale of Three Seven-Figure Colts on Wednesday at Keeneland September Yearling Sale Eleven horses bring $1 million and more during sale’s first three days LEXINGTON, KY (Sept. 13, 2017) – Brisk commerce was the hallmark of business...
Posted On 14 Sep 2017
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Gulfstream: Saturday, Sunday Cards Drawn for Return of Live Racing at Gulfstream

By David Joseph —- Saturday, Sunday Cards Drawn for Return of Live Racing at Gulfstream Back in Action with Full Fields: 134 Entries Saturday, 105 Entries Sunday Saturday Post Time: 12:15 p.m.; Sunday Post Time: 12:45 p.m. $100,000 Miss Gracie Stakes Headlines Saturday’s...
Posted On 14 Sep 2017
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ARLINGTON-WASHINGTON FUTURITY, LASSIE DRAW COMPETITIVE FIELDS

By Brian W.Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (September 7, 2017) – The 83rd running of Saturday’s $75,000 Arlington-Washington Futurity drew a field of ten juvenile colts and geldings to contest seven furlongs on the main track at Arlington International Racecourse, headed...
Posted On 08 Sep 2017
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Saratoga: Grade 1’s Sword Dancer, Allen Jerkens, Ballerina Stakes Previews

By Brian Bohl —- European winners give G1 Sword Dancer international flair SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Niarchos Family’s Irish-bred Erupt will be looking for his second Grade 1 win in as many starts as he headlines a diverse field of seven in the Grade 1, $1...
Posted On 23 Aug 2017
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Triple Crown winners face off in G1 Travers for first time in 35 years

By Heather Pettinger —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Attracting all three winners of the year’s Triple Crown races for the first time since 1982, and only the second time in the Mid-Summer Derby’s storied tradition, Kentucky Derby victor Always Dreaming,...
Posted On 23 Aug 2017
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Champions Songbird, Drefong among California contingent to arrive for Travers Day assignments

By Lynne Snierson —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The formidable contingent of California horses, which include dual champion and nine-time Grade 1 winner Songbird and 2016 champion Sprinter Drefong, rolled into the Saratoga Race Course backside late Tuesday afternoon...
Posted On 23 Aug 2017
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SANTA ANITA’S 2017 AUTUMN MEET STAKES SCHEDULE

SANTA ANITA’S 2017 AUTUMN MEET STAKES SCHEDULE STARTS WITH GRADE III EDDIE D STAKES SEPT. 29 & WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY FIVE GRADE I BREEDERS’ CUP ‘WIN & YOU’RE IN’ STAKES ON SEPT. 30 19-DAY STAND TO OFFER 21 STAKES, 11 OF THEM GRADED, WITH A TOTAL OF SIX GRADE I EVENTS...
Posted On 22 Aug 2017
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