1/ST Cuts Simulcasts to Puerto Rico Over Horse Welfare
Effective this weekend, 1/ST Racing will discontinue selling the simulcast signal from Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita Park to Hipódromo Camarero in Puerto Rico to address increasing concerns regardi...
Go Go Boots Prepares for U.S. Debut for Flay, Clement
Making her first start in the United States for celebrity chef Bobby Flay, no small detail has been overlooked by trainer Miguel Clement as Go Go Boots prepares for the $500,000 Saratoga Oaks Invitati...
Abel Lezcano Back at Del Mar With New Lease on Life
In 2020, amid the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, jockey Abel Lezcano was diagnosed with non-functioning kidneys. Now, he's healthy again and riding at Del Mar - after his wife Maria donated one of he...
Journeyman Stud's Chance It Gets First Winner
The connections of Florida-based first-crop sire Chance It celebrated his first winner Aug. 7, when the filly Tosca captured the fifth race at Colonial Downs....
Churchill to Host 11 Stakes Worth $3.575M in September
A stakes schedule packed with $3,575,000 in purses will headline this year's 14-day September meet at Churchill Downs, featuring 11 black-type events over three weekends....
Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Officer Dies at Age 26
Multiple graded stakes winner and sire Officer died Aug. 1 at age 26 in Korea, according to the Korean Studbook. Officer was one of the top juveniles in 2001, winning the Champagne Stakes (G1) and the...
Record Purses as Sweetwater Downs Opens For 15th Season
Sweetwater Downs will offer the highest purses for horsemen in the track's history for its 2025 race meet starting on Saturday, Aug. 16. The $1.9 million in purses is a 40% increase over 2024....
Weaver Pair Governor Sam, Ortley Avenue Back for Mahony
George Weaver-trained stablemates Governor Sam and Ortley Avenue, the 1-2 finishers of last month's Quick Call Stakes (G3T), return for the $175,000 Mahony Stakes (G3T) Aug. 10 at Saratoga Race Course...