Ontario Racing announces that $10 million in new funding for the province's Thoroughbred racing industry will be used to invest in increased breeders' rewards, purses, and overall expansion of Ontario-bred racing opportunities.
Oaklawn Park unveils its 2026-27 stakes schedule July 9, featuring 61 stakes races worth $18.79 million. The $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1) is now positioned three weeks before the Kentucky Derby April 10.
Gulfstream Park's Sunshine Meet will feature 14 stakes races with over $1.9 million in purses. The Sept. 12 $225,000 Princess Rooney Stakes (G3) serves as a 'Win and You're In' qualifier for the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1).
Aidan O'Brien's relentless march toward breaking his own record for the most group 1 wins in a year continues as favorite Precise faces six rivals in the July 10 Falmouth Stakes (G1).
The globetrotting Rebel's Romance justified 8-11 favoritism in gutsy fashion in the July 9 Princess of Wales's Stakes (G2) for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby. The 8-year-old Dubawi gelding notched his 22nd career win.
Convergent heads to Newmarket for the first time to contest the Princess of Wales's Stakes (G2) and is set to race on ground quicker than good for the first time in his career.
This year's "Beat Byk" season gives horseplayers a free chance to compete for a berth in the March 5-7 National Horseplayers Championship at the Horseshoe Las Vegas.
Dubai Racing Club announced July 9 a new international partnership with York Racecourse that will further strengthen the pathway for Europe's leading middle-distance horses to compete at Meydan Racecourse during the Dubai Racing Carnival.