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By Any Owens —- TUESDAY, APRIL 4 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens Friday and concludes Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. Keeneland will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 16. **********...

By Amy Owens —- Daddys Lil Darling 5-2 Morning-Line Favorite in Saturday’s Evenly Matched $500,000 Central Bank Ashland LEXINGTON, KY (April 4, 2017) – Normandy Farm’s homebred Daddys Lil Darling was made the 5-2 morning-line favorite in a field of eight 3-year-old fillies...

By Amy Owens —- Undefeated McCraken 7-5 Morning-Line Favorite for Saturday’s $1 million Toyota Blue Grass LEXINGTON, KY (April 4, 2017) – Whitham Thoroughbreds’ undefeated homebred McCraken has been installed as the 7-5 morning-line favorite in a field of seven 3-year-olds...

By Amy Owens —- MONDAY, APRIL 3 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens Friday and concludes Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. Keeneland will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 16. **********...

Joan Lawrence/NTRA —- McCRAKEN RETAINS FIRST PLACE, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE REMAINS UNANIMOUS CHOICE, NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 38 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, April 3, 2017) – The running of the G1 Xpressbet.com Florida Derby...

By David Joseph —- $30.6 Million Wagered on Florida Derby Program at Gulfstream Record Florida Derby Saturday & Sunday Second Highest Derby Handle in 66 Years, Third Largest Handle in Building HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Saturday’s 66th running of the $1 million...

By Amy Gregory —- Keeneland Opens Spring Meet with Blockbuster Weekend of Racing Led by $1 Million Toyota Blue Grass LEXINGTON, KY (April 3, 2017) – Keeneland kicks off its 2017 Spring Meet on Friday with a spectacular weekend of racing that features seven graded stakes...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Asmussen’s Pair Works toward Arkansas Derby Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen’s two scheduled starters for the Arkansas Derby worked in company just after the track opened Sunday morning in preparation for the $1 million Grade 1 race April 15 at...

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens Friday, April 7, and concludes Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. Keeneland will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 16. • McCRAKEN WORKS...