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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

LA. DOWNS

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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

Mandatory-payout Rainbow 6 (Races 4-9) Estimated pool: $750,000 Post: 2:24 p.m. ET

BELMONT

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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

LAUREL PARK Preakness Preview Day Featuring the $150,000 Federico Tesio and $150,000 Weber City Miss First post: Noon ET

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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FULL OF PROMISE

ARCADIA, Calif. – Although he is the least experienced in the Grade 3 San Carlos Stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita, likely favorite Cornucopian will enter the seven-furlong race with speed and recency advantages over a pair of more accomplished...

HIGH RANK

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – There are very few races left on Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott’s bucket list. One of those is the Grade 1 Florida Derby, a prize he’ll hope to add to his résumé Saturday at Gulfstream Park. There, Mott will send out the...

Haulin Ice visits her favorite ATM machine

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Haulin Ice will be shipping in from South Florida for the $250,000 Matron on Friday at Oaklawn Park, but in many ways she is defending her home court. In her last start, a victory, Haulin Ice became the first Arkansas-bred to hit...

Skippylongstocking getting better with age

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Skippylongstocking is becoming something of a legend in his own time. The 7-year-old nailed his first Grade 1 win in January in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup and for an encore racked up his 12th graded stakes victory on Saturday...

QUICK RISE

NEW ORLEANS – The top three finishers in the Louisiana Derby, if not more, will make their next start in the Kentucky Derby, all being well. Emerging Market, up by a head in the $1 million Louisiana Derby, appeared to have come out of the race in good...

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Lennilu hopes surface holds for 3-year-old debut

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Patrick Biancone couldn’t be more excited about getting his multiple stakes winner Lennilu’s 3-year-old campaign started Sunday at Gulfstream Park. What has tempered that enthusiasm a bit has been the recent weather,...

HEAD HONCHO

NEW ORLEANS – Two come from California, three from Florida, but the horses front and center in the Louisiana Derby have been in New Orleans all winter. Chip Honcho won the Gun Runner in December, endured an impossible trip when fourth in the Lecomte...

Joseph doubles up in co-features

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Saffie Joseph Jr. has already all but sewed up yet another Gulfstream Park Championship meet training title, but he still has plenty of business to attend to before the session ends on March 29. Joseph will be at his busiest...

Arkansas Derby to be drawn Saturday

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Oaklawn Park will have a special entry date for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby, which will be held on March 28, according to track racing secretary Pat Pope. Pope said entries for the 1 1/8-mile race will be taken this...

MISTY MORNING

ARCADIA, Calif. – There was a minor element of mystery surrounding a five-furlong workout by the 3-year-old Intrepido on Sunday at Santa Anita, but only because of brief weather conditions. Intrepido, scheduled to start in the Grade 1 Santa Anita...

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Taiwan agrees to $9 billion arms package

Taiwan’s parliament finally agreed to purchase a large arms package from the United States on Friday, signing an agreement after months of back-and-forth negotiations inside their own government. The four packages, which include several types of...

AT A CROSSROAD

ARCADIA, Calif. – Mrs. Astor, a veteran turf mare with six stakes wins, has finally reached a career crossroads. The 6-year-old is favored Sunday at Santa Anita in the Grade 3 Santa Ana Stakes, a $100,000 race that will determine her direction. One...

FLICKER OF HOPE

Long on miles and short on stakes wins, the jet-setting colt Buetane will ramble on to Colonial Downs as the likely favorite in the $500,000 Virginia Derby on Saturday. Though Buetane regressed in his first route attempt last time out, trainer Bob...

Drexler beginning to heat up; sends out Clay Soldier

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Marty Drexler has gleaned a large following among local horseplayers since becoming a regular at the Gulfstream Park Championship meet earlier this decade. And while the 2025-26 session has not been up to his usual...

A very attractive feature race

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Oaklawn Park announcer Matt Dinerman could be calling Beauty Reigns and Beautiful Twice quite often during the $125,000 featured eighth race Thursday. The 4-year-olds are chief contenders in the six-furlong allowance for fillies...

FINAL CHOICE

OLDSMAR, Fla. – Now that The Puma has confirmed his connections’ belief that he is a Kentucky Derby horse, they will spend the coming week or so figuring out the best route to get him to the May 2 Run for the Roses. The Puma earned his way into the...

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TAKE TWO

ARCADIA, Calif. – Super Corredora has something to prove on Sunday. Winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies last fall, she makes her second start of the season in the Grade 3 Santa Ysabel at Santa Anita, which was not on her original...

NO SURE THING

ARCADIA, Calif. – Got questions about California 3-yearolds? The Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes has the answers Saturday at Santa Anita. Is the $3 million colt Brant as good as last summer? Winner of the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity and third in the Breeders’...

HEAD OF STEAM

After some disappointing results in several points-scoring races, trainer Brad Cox started to get concerned about his prospects of participating in Kentucky Derby 152. “You start worrying, how good’s your group?” said Cox, who watched horses such as...

Sticker Shock earns spot in Fantasy

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Sticker Shock is likely to make her next start in a major Kentucky Oaks prep after a recent allowance win at Oaklawn Park. Trainer Brad Cox said she is now a candidate for the Grade 2, $1 million Fantasy. The 1 1/16mile race will...

COMMAND PERFORMANCE

INDIANTOWN, Fla. – Watching from afar while growing up, before becoming a trainer, Brad Cox said he used to follow races like the Fountain of Youth and Florida Derby with great interest. “I looked forward to that stuff as a kid growing up, reading the...

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