Columbus, OH

Hallandale Beach, FL

A full field will answer the starter’s call when 10 horses line up for in overnight handicap for older males going a flat mile in Hallandale. Four of the 10 can win and we’re looking to beat the favorite Big and Classy (5-2) who returns from a 273-day break for Bobby DiBona. His last three moves have been sharp and he’s fastest on the Thoro Graph scale.

GOING GULFSTREAM – JUL 20

Edited Gulfstream Staff Release – A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be held Sunday at Gulfstream Park, where the popular multi-race wager went unsolved Saturday for the eighth consecutive racing day following a June 30 mandatory payout. A jackpot pool of $159,933.24 will be...

$159K MANDATORY RAINBOW

Churchill Downs lifted the suspension on Friday of thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert after the Hall of Famer admitted to wrongdoing in the horse Medina Spirit’s failed drug test in the 2021 Kentucky Derby.

Churchill Downs lifts Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s suspension after he admits wrongdoing

UPI News

The 3-year-olds resume their tumultuous scramble for supremacy in Saturday's $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park, with the winner set to move into the top ranks of the division.

Some top 3-year-olds back in action in Saturday's $1M Haskell Stakes

Trainer Mike Puype, whose accomplishments include two wins in the Breeders' Cup, has been provisionally suspended by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit after two banned substances, levothyroxine and isoxuprine, were allegedly found on his possession. The ruling against Puype was posted on the HIWU website Friday. The offense occurred...

California-Based Trainer Mike Puype Provisionally Suspended by HIWU

Saratoga Springs, NY

RED TR-Racing's 2022 GI Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike (Keen Ice) posted his second work back off an extended layoff, breezing over Saratoga Race Course's Oklahoma training track Friday morning. Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said that he caught Keen Ice–with Neil Poznansky in the irons–covering three furlongs solo in :38 (10/16).

Kentucky Derby Winner Rich Strike Breezes Again at Saratoga Friday

The epic battle between trainer Bob Baffert and Churchill Downs concluded stunningly and suddenly on Friday in horse racing news, marking a significant chapter in the Medina Spirit scandal. Baffert’s ban led to Medina Spirit’s disqualification because of a positive drug test after the horse crossed the finish line first...

Baffert Takes Responsibility for Medina Spirit Derby Scandal

ESPN

Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch captured the $1 million Haskell Stakes on Saturday at Monmouth Park. Mindframe settled for second, five lengths better than third-place finisher Timberlake.

Belmont winner Dornoch wins $1 million Haskell Stakes

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.— Resolute Racing’s graded stakes-winner Pounce will look to provide Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse with his first win in Saturday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Lake George, a one-mile inner turf test for sophomore fillies, at Saratoga Race Course. The Lookin At Lucky bay [post...

Pounce Looks to Strike in G3 Lake George

Del Mar, CA

Kazushi Kimura had been a professional jockey for just two weeks when he entered the starting gate for the second race at Woodbine June 9, 2018, aboard the $9,500 claimer Tornado Cat for trainer and co-owner/breeder Shelley Fitzgerald. Kimura was 18, Tornado Cat was 5. She hopped in the air...

Kimura Kicks Down a New Door at Old Del Mar

San Luis Obispo County, CA

Multiple graded stakes winner Brickyard Ride , a speedy, near-millionaire from the prolific Candy Ride sire line, will launch his stallion duties in 2025 at Rancho San Miguel in California. He is available for inspection at the San Luis Obispo County farm, where he will stand for an introductory fee of $4,000, with live foal guarantee.

Brickyard Ride Retired to Rancho San Miguel

By Marc Lawrence, PlaybookSports.com — Transfer portal additions always have an outsized impact on the College Football Playoff race. Per 24/7 Sports, these are a few of the transfers who could swing the season for every preseason top-25 team…. Will Howard, QB, Ohio State. Howard isn’t the Buckeyes best...

TRANSFER PORTAL UPDATES

Returning to the races off a year layoff, Tapit Trice marked his return in style, rolling home a 5 1/4-length winner over Highland Falls in the GIII Monmouth Stakes. A beat slow out of post 8, Tapit Trice was fanned four wide heading into the first turn as Counterspy (Gun Runner) went to the front, carving out an opening quarter in :24.14. A three-wide third following a :49.15 half, the grey held a slight advantage over favored Highland Falls, who was pinned along the inside and in need of racing room. Cornering wide on the final turn, Tapit Trice spurted clear, and while the favorite did his best to rally into second, there was no catching the winner.

'TDN Rising Star' Tapit Trice Kick Starts New Campaign With Win In Monmouth Cup

Saratoga, CA

HALLANDALE BEACH, July 29, 2024 — It was a successful if inauspicious stakes debut for Unmatched Wisdom, the clearly best winner of Friday’s Curlin Stakes at the Spa. The colt did nothing wrong and remained undefeated in three lifetime starts,. But his inexperience showed in a big way,...

SARATOGA DIARY, PLUS

Edited Del Mar Turf Club Release — They’re off and running for the 85th time this Saturday at Del Mar, the iconic racetrack that sits alongside the blue Pacific just north of San Diego. In all there will be 11 races on the season’s first program, headed by a pair of stakes that have drawn large fields.

DEL MAR OPENS SATURDAY

The suspension of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert from racetracks owned and operated by Churchill Downs Incorporated has been rescinded, effective immediately, CDI announced Friday evening. The decision was detailed in a statement from CDI CEO Bill Carstanjen:. “We are satisfied that Mr. Baffert has taken responsibility for his...

Churchill Downs Incorporated Rescinds Bob Baffert Suspension

You Got To Me came through a crowded field to claim a thrilling victory in the Irish Oaks at the Curragh. The three-year-old, under Hector Crouch, took the win by three-quarters of a length ahead of the Aidan O'Brien-trained favourite Content, and Purple Lily. "That was a very special day,"...

You Got To Me wins Irish Oaks at the Curragh

Edited NYRA Staff Release — Tom Morley, winning trainer of the The Big Torpedo (No. 5, $3*): “He’s a really neat horse. He’s an absolute joy to have in the barn, and he’s a very adaptable horse. I like the fact that Eric [Cancel] took no prisoners today and said, ‘look, I’m on the best horse in the race and I’m not going to overcomplicate it.’ I thought it was a very good ride and a very good performance to go that fast early and then quicken up as well.

CAB CALLOWAY QUOTES

By Ken Weingartner, USTA –Three drivers this century have won the Meadowlands Pace and Adios in the same year. Each time, the driver captured those races with different horses. James MacDonald can take the first step toward duplicating that feat on Saturday. MacDonald, who won the Meadowlands Pace this...

MacDONALD SEEKS DOUBLE

The Independent

 Churchill Downs has rescinded its extended suspension of Bob Baffert, allowing the Hall of Fame trainer to resume racing his horses at the historic track and partner facilities after more than three years of banishment for a failed drug test of 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit.The stunning announcement came Friday after Baffert issued a statement in which he took responsibility for now-deceased colt Medina Spirit’s failed drug test after crossing the finish line in the 147th Kentucky Derby in May 2021. Kentucky racing stewards ultimately disqualified Medina Spirit the following winter, and Churchill Downs elevated runner-up Mandaloun to...

Churchill Downs lifts suspension of trainer Bob Baffert following Medina Spirit's failed drug test

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GP: BIG and CLASSY’S BACK

Edited Gulfstream Staff Release – Keith Johnston and Chris Aulds’ Big and Classy, who lived up to his name by winning eight races last year, is...

GP: BIG and CLASSY’S BACK

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