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By Pat McKenna, Mark Bardack —- Saratoga to host expanded Belmont Stakes Racing Festival and July 4th Racing Festival in 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival to include five days, June 4 to 8 Special July 4th Racing Festival to span four-day holiday weekend SARATOGA SPRINGS,...

By Mike Henry —- Tampa Bay Photo OLDSMAR, FL. – When his mount for today’s eighth race, Burn the Breeze, was scratched, Samy Camacho had no qualms about riding Velocissima, a 29-1 longshot. “He (Rafael Romero, the trainer of both horses) helped me get started in Venezuela,...

NTRA —- NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – November 4, 2024 Week 41 of the 2024 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through November 3. Voting...

Tracksideview Staff —- Most wins and earnings Breeders’ Cup Wins – Jockey:[36] Mike Smith – 27 John R. Velazquez – 20 Irad Ortiz Jr. – 18 Jerry Bailey & Joel Rosario Each – 15 Frankie Dettori – 15 Ryan Moore – 14 Breeders’ Cup Wins –...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Fair Grounds Enriches Road to the Derby for the 2024-2025 Thoroughbred Racing Season Stakes Schedule set to offer $8.875 million in purses Road to the Derby paved with $1.875 million, Kickoff Day falls on Dec. 21 New stake added, making the female turf...

Old Friends —- Old Friends Welcomes Big Brown, Winner of the 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes The 2008 Eclipse Award Winning Champion 3-Year Old Colt comes to the farm courtesy of Andy Cohen, Managing Partner of the Big Brown Syndicate   GEORGETOWN, KY – Sept. 30,...