Reigning Eclipse champion jockey Flavien Prat secured his first Kentucky Downs riding title at the 2026 meet, while Kentucky Downs' all-time leading trainer Mike Maker collected his eighth meet title.
In the latest edition of the Odds and Trends column, as the Santa Anita Park autumn meet begins Sept. 25, J. Keeler Johnson takes a look at different betting angles for the track's unique downhill turf course.
It would be a surprise if any horse other than Notable Speech or Deterministic wins the Woodbine Mile (G1T), but Exline-Border Racing and its partners have pulled off notable surprises before. They run Gas Me Up in the Breeders' Cup qualifier.
On Sept. 9 at Kentucky Downs, Flavien Prat won six of the day's 14 races, topped by Kentucky Belle in the $1,995,000 Dueling Grounds Oaks Invitational Stakes (G3T).
Six-time Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning trainer Bob Baffert, who has maintained a full-time string in Kentucky since the spring, has the Iroquois Stakes (G3) favorite in Zedan Racing Stables' Salahudin.
While the New York Racing Association staged its longest meet at Saratoga Race Course this summer, it also proved to be one of the safest in the iconic racetrack's 163-year history.