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Elmont, NY. —- Alicia Wincze Hughes for Blood-Horse.com is reporting that Arkansas Derby champion Classic Empire will not run in the June 10 Belmont Stakes (G1) because of an abscess in his right front foot, trainer Mark Casse said June 7. (Further details to follow) Cover...

By Kathryn Parrish —- CHURCHILL DOWNS INC. ANNOUNCES NEW HIGH-TECH, HIGH-PAYING JOBS IN KENTUCKY; CONTINUES TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN HORSE RACING INDUSTRY TwinSpires headquarters relocating to Louisville from Silicon Valley LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Churchill Downs Incorporated...

By David Joseph —- $1 million Pick 5 and $500,000 Pick 4 also on tap for Saturday’s Card BALTIMORE — Saturday’s Preakness Day card will feature multiple guaranteed pools, highlighted by a $2 million Pick 4 that encompasses four stakes — races 10-13 — and is anchored by the...

By David Joseph —- The Woodlawn Vase; MJC Photos BALTIMORE – The elegant Woodlawn Vase, originally created by Tiffany and Company in 1860, is the most valuable trophy in American sports. Acacia Courtney looks at the history of the Woodlawn Vase and the tradition. Video...

By Bob Ehalt —- Secretariat runs on the turf during historic 1973 campaign (photo courtesy of Adam Coglianse). He won the Belmont Stakes by a preposterous 31 lengths and established a new world record time in the process. In the inaugural Marlboro Cup, he dispatched a field...

By Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- Always Dreaming will be the post-time favorite in the Preakness Stakes at very low odds. He should be. His win in the Kentucky Derby was dominate and impressive. He showed the tactical speed and staying power that define great horses in...