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Jumping the Gun might be up against it in the Grade 3, $300,000 Delaware Oaks on Saturday, but if anyone wants to take her down, they will have to do it over her home track. Trainer Andy Simoff has been waiting for this one at Delaware Park. “She has...

Reagan’s Wit looks to keep DeVaux barn rolling

What is a trainer of Thoroughbreds to do after her horse, the Kentucky Derby winner, captures the Belmont Stakes – after another 3-year-old she trains about two hours before the Belmont won a Grade 1 sprint with even more verve than the Belmont winner...

LEADER OF THE PACK

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Golden Tempo not only validated his Kentucky Derby victory by winning Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, he took complete control of the 3-yearold division heading into the second half of the year. Like Sovereignty a year ago, Golden...

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Rare Lyme disease found in New York

The rare Lyme disease-causing bacteria Borrelia mayonii, which had only been detected in Minnesota and Wisconsin, was found in New York last July, according to a report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tick-borne...

LAUNCHING PAD

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Zulu Kingdom and Salamis are Grade 1 winners pointing to similar such races later in the year. For now, however, Sunday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Poker Stakes at Saratoga serves as a nice bridge toward those more prestigious spots...

158TH BELMONT STAKES

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Renegade didn’t generate the kind of buzz a talented Todd Pletcher-trained 2-year-old typically does when he debuted at Saratoga last August. Certainly, nobody was talking about him after he got beat 18 1/4 lengths by It’s Our...

OAKS INTO ACORN

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – They rushed to the entry box for the Kentucky Oaks five weeks ago, as 17 3-year-old fillies were entered in a race that ultimately went to post with 13. The wide-open nature of the Oaks was reflected in a tote board that saw...

FORGOTTEN HORSE

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Commandment seems to be the forgotten horse of this year’s Triple Crown heading into Saturday’s $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga. Despite being a multiple graded stakes winner and one of just three Grade 1 winners in the...

IMPENETRABLE

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The three best races of Iron Dome’s career came last summer at Saratoga when he ran 1 1/8 miles against New York-breds. Under those circumstances, Iron Dome went 3 for 3, winning by a combined 28 1/4 lengths. On Wednesday,...

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NEED FOR SPEED

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – As it gets closer to finalizing the field for the $2 million Belmont Stakes to be run next Saturday at Saratoga, one thing that’s becoming clear is the pace scenario will likely not be as torrid as it was in the Kentucky Derby...

STRONG SUIT

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Woodbine’s new $5 minimum pick three, with a 15 percent takeout, on select multi-stakes days begins Saturday and encompasses the three graded events on the card – the Belle Mahone, Eclipse, and Jacques Cartier. Stanley House is...

LIGHT THE FUSE

Miguel Clement has enjoyed instant success in his early career as a trainer, but working with Teddy’s Rocket has required more patience. His breakout performance has always seemed to be a start away, and it could finally come in the Grade 3, $400,000...

ROOM TO IMPROVE

While trainer Bill Mott may not have been able to become the first trainer in 28 years to record a repeat victory in the Kentucky Derby, he stands a very good chance to become the first trainer in 30 years to win back-to-back runnings of the Belmont...

DEL MAR-BOUND

ARCADIA, Calif. – Flyover and Mohaven gave trainer John Sadler his third day with two stakes wins this decade at Santa Anita on Saturday, and showed why they have excellent chances to win stakes at Del Mar this summer. Flyover and Mohaven were winners...

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS

He was excellent as a 3-yearold in 2024 and brilliant last year at 4. Understandably, Formidable Man carries high expectations when he starts for the first time as a 5-year-old in Monday’s Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile on turf at Santa Anita. Consider his...

RUN IT BACK

Two weeks after he cruised to an easy win in a maiden race for California-breds on turf, Matt At Five has a similar assignment in a six-furlong allowance race for statebreds on grass at Santa Anita on Sunday. On May 10, Matt At Five won his first...

NEW LOOK

Unrivaled Time is the only graded stakes winner in Saturday’s $125,000 Snow Chief Stakes for statebred 3-year-olds at Santa Anita. It’s a fine status, but no guarantee he will beat nine rivals in a turf race at 1 1/8 miles, the longest distance of his...

PICK SIX BUMP

For the fourth time in 10 racing days this month, the $2 pick six has a carryover at Santa Anita on Friday. There were no winning tickets on Sunday, the most recent day of racing, leaving the pick six pool with a start of $60,494. The pool of new...

FULL BOUQUET

While only three starters from this year’s Kentucky Derby ran back in last Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park, there are as many as seven Derby alumni who are under consideration for a start in the $2 million Belmont Stakes to be run June 6 at...

Liam’s Map shows versitility, becomes classic-winning sire

Despite being more accomplished on the racetrack than Not This Time, multiple Grade 1 winner Liam’s Map has been overshadowed by his Grade 3-winning younger half-brother as a stud over the last few years. Not This Time has quickly climbed the ladder...

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Without Cause gets to run at her favorite distance

Without Cause will get a rare opportunity to race over six furlongs on turf Sunday at Aqueduct in a conditioned allowance for fillies and mares over the outer course. “This is her distance,” said Mark Casse, who trains Without Cause. “Going...

151ST PREAKNESS STAKES

LAUREL, Md. – For all the talk about who isn’t in the field and where the race isn’t being run, the 151st Preakness Stakes will actually be held Saturday in its typical place on the calendar. For the third time in the last five years, the Kentucky...

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RINSE, REPEAT

It has been a pattern that has worked well for trainer Chad Brown. A horse runs in the Wood Memorial, skips the Kentucky Derby, and wins the Preakness. Cloud Computing did it in 2017. Early Voting again in 2022. Saturday, Brown will attempt the hat...

HORSESHOE INDIANAPOLIS

Caesars Day Three stakes, featuring the $150,000 Cleopatra First post: 2:10 p.m. ET

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Cyberattack hits Canvas

Canvas, a system that thousands of schools and universities use, was offline Thursday from a cyberattack that created chaos for students during finals. The hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach, which hit approximately...

GULFSTREAM PARK

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CRAFTY SINGLES

ARCADIA, Calif. – Skeptical bettors are back in business Friday at Santa Anita. The $2 pick six begins with a $42,057 carryover, and cynics will consider a trio of shortprice favorites at the end of the card to be vulnerable. A colt who never tried...

STARS ALIGN

Trainers Shug McGaughey and Miguel Clement landed on the same spot Thursday at Aqueduct to try and reverse the fortunes of their millionaire graded stakes-winning turf horses Integration and Carson’s Run. Now, it’s a matter if Mother Nature will...

ON THE FENCE

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Early indications are that Golden Tempo came out of his victory in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby in good order and will be considered, but is not yet definite, to run in the Preakness Stakes on May 16 at Laurel Park, trainer Cherie DeVaux...

Iran will compete in World Cup

A month after Iran raised the possibility of pulling out of the World Cup, FIFA said the country will play as scheduled. The World Cup, which runs from June 11 to July 19, will be hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Iran is slated to play...

DHS record shutdown ends

On Thursday, the House of Representatives approved a Senate-passed bill that will fund the Department of Homeland Security, ending the record 75-day shutdown. President Donald Trump signed the bill into order, funding DHS and other agencies such as the...

HITTING THE SPOT

Bishops Bay is 4 for 4 at one mile, 3 for 3 at Aqueduct, and 6 for 6 when he’s ridden by Flavien Prat. Sunday, Bishops Bay will run in the Grade 3 $175,000 Westchester Stakes, a one-mile race at Aqueduct with Flavien Prat in the saddle. Like his...

CLOCKER: ‘Wallabee,’ Emerging Market caught the eye

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Workout watching has become an increasingly popular pastime in the age-old quest to sort out the top contenders and ultimately pick the winner of the Kentucky Derby. This year’s talented crop of 3-year-olds has done its very best to...

152ND KENTUCKY OAKS

HARD TO GAUGE

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The success of Japanbased horses in America and internationally, most notably that of 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Forever Young, has fueled thoughts that a Kentucky Derby may soon be within reach for a horse from the Land of the...

INSIDE JOB

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Renegade was among the last of the Kentucky Derby starters to arrive on the grounds when his van from Florida came through the Churchill Downs gates around 2:45 a.m. Saturday. About 12 hours later, Renegade was one of the first names...

TURF PARADISE

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UNMASKED MARVEL

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – If So Happy were a professional athlete, he might be akin to Allen Iverson, the NBA All-Star who had a disdain for practice. Practice? Don’t talk to So Happy about practice. “You wouldn’t buy him out of a sale breezing,” Mike Smith,...

Churchill Downs Spring 2026

SALIVATING FOR ANOTHER

Four weeks and six days after I’ll Have Another won the 2012 Kentucky Derby at odds of 15-1, his date with Triple Crown destiny came to an abrupt end when the horse, who also won the Preakness, had to be scratched from the Belmont Stakes due to a...

ALL ABOARD!

The NFL Draft begins Thursday night, and for weeks leading up to it, everyone is looking for tangible evidence of which player is the best fit for their team. The NFL Scouting Combine, held roughly two months out, plays a role in defining which college...

DOWN TO ONE

Unless the field drastically changes in the coming days, trainer Chad Brown plans to run just one horse – Emerging Market – in Kentucky Derby 152 on May 2 at Churchill Downs. Brown had as many as three potential Derby horses but has decided to point...

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FULL THROTTLE

You might think, with months of training since his last start, with blinkers removed, the 3-year-old colt Schwarzenegger stands on the verge of a tactical change. The Palisades Stakes, an age-restricted 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint, teems with speedy...

CLASSIC MATCHUP

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SOBER CHOICE

Last April at Keeneland, Gin Gin came out of nowhere to win the Doubledogdare Stakes at 38-1. Did that upset make believers out of the betting public? Generally, no. Back at Keeneland in October, Gin Gin went off at 18-1 in the Grade 1 Spinster. She...

KEENELAND

$3 Late Pick 3 (15% takeout) Rolling daily doubles (15% takeout) First Post: 1 p.m. ET

ON THE RISE

Covfefe was a pure sprinter who won an Eclipse Award in that division. But so far, the mare’s two foals to race seem like very different types. From the beginning, first foal Ellen Jay looked like her mother’s daughter and is a stakeswinning sprinter...

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‘Ketamine Queen’ sentenced to 15 years

Jasveen Sangha, dubbed the “Ketamine Queen,” has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for running a “high-volume drug trafficking business out of her North Hollywood residence.” Among her A-list celebrity clientele was actor Matthew Perry, who died...

GULFSTREAM White Abarrio puts in work for Oaklawn Handicap

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – White Abarrio put the finishing touches on preparations for his much anticipated showdown with Horse of the Year Sovereignty next Saturday in the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap by breezing an easy half-mile in 49.79 seconds Friday at...

IN THE GREEN

An odd thing happened last year in the Jenny Wiley Stakes: Chad Brown didn’t train the winner. Brown had won three straight Jenny Wileys, six out of seven, and seven of 10, and in truth, he probably should have won last year. Excellent Truth finished...

CLASS RELIEF

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Bobby Dibona said one of the fondest memories of his late mother came on an Easter Sunday many years ago – a winner’s circle picture that he still cherishes to this day. “The horse actually had some heat issues after...

PARALLEL LINES

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Even though Commandment and The Puma hit the finish line as one at the end of Saturday’s Grade 1 Florida Derby, trainer Gustavo Delgado and his son Gustavo Jr. were confident their horse, The Puma, had gotten to the wire first....

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