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Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced the changes in the graded stakes races for 2021. There are 445 graded stakes... Read Article >
Gulfstream Park epitomizes winter racing. The Florida sunshine bleaches the track regularly during the Championship winter meet. It... Read Article >
Cigar (Palace Music -Solar Slew) was one of the great horses ever. He was foaled in 1990 and raced from 1993 to 1996. It took him two... Read Article >
The Hollywood Stakes (GIT) was first run in 1938 on the dirt course at Hollywood Park. It ran there through 2014 when the track was... Read Article >
Woodbine Racetrack is Canadas primary racetrack located in Toronto, Ontario. It was opened in 1956 with two coursesa 7/8-mile turf... Read Article >
Winning the Breeders Cup Classic has been elusive to many really good jockeys. It would surprise most fans that Johnny Velazquez won... Read Article >
The field for the 2020 Breeders Cup Classic is packed with top level horses. However, only one was sired by a Breeders Cup winner... Read Article >
The Breeders Cup Turf at a mile and quarter is the specialty of many European horses. That distance on the turf is an accomplishment... Read Article >
Canadian horses have many times proven their worth at the world class level. One of the biggest surprises was at the 1988 Breeders... Read Article >
The Breeders Cup races first run in 1984 have been continuously run at rotating tracks for the past 36 years. Of the all the... Read Article >
The Champagne Stakes (GI) is a classic race for 2-year-old horses in the fall of the year. It marks the fourth race of the year run... Read Article >
When we think of an impressive Triple Crown race our mind goes directly to Secretariats Belmont Stakes which he won by 31 lengths... Read Article >
The Vosburgh Stakes (GI) is an iconic end of year sprint race setting up for the Breeders Cup Sprint. Win the Vosburgh Stakes you... Read Article >
The Woodbine Mile (GI) is one of the most prestigious turf races run in North America. It is run this weekend. Horses like Skip Away... Read Article >
The Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint is a fascinating race not like any other turf sprint you will see. The unusual configuration of the... Read Article >
The 2020 Kentucky Derby will be run this weekend amongst external protest for equality. Interesting the Derby allows horses of either... Read Article >
This weekend at Saratoga a race will honor one of the greatest racehorse in this countrys history. The great Forego will be... Read Article >
In 1996 the Fourstardave Stakes was named after the Saratoga phenom, Fourstardave. That was just five years after he won the Daryls... Read Article >
This weekend Saratoga will run the Alabama Stakes (GI). It is a race for 3-year-old fillies. Most see the race as the premier race... Read Article >
Thirteen horses have won the Triple Crown. Some have come back after winning the Kentucky Derby to run in the Travers Stakes (GI)... Read Article >
The Personal Ensign Stakes (GI) is a prestigious race for fillies and mares. This years edition is not an exception. It features... Read Article >
Alfred G. Vanderbilt was from the richest family in America. At age 21 his mother gifted him a 600-acre horse farm in Maryland which... Read Article >
This weekend Monmouth Park will showcase its premier race the Haskell Invitational Stakes (GI). It was first run in 1968 and won by... Read Article >
This Saturday the Keeneland meet which moved from April to July because of the COVID-19 pandemic will feature its premier race for... Read Article >
The Metropolitan Mile, known as the Met Mile, is one of the major races for older horse run in the country each year. The mile... Read Article >
New York fans, especially those residing in Saratoga Springs, NY were ecstatic when the New York bred Tiz the Law crossed the... Read Article >
2020 is the first year that the Belmont Stakes (GI) kicks off the Triple Crown. It will be followed by the Kentucky Derby (GI) as... Read Article >
Ogden Phipps was iconic in the world of Thoroughbred horse racing. He bred and raced many horses that found themselves in the... Read Article >
Like some horror films this story has a bad ending. In the competitive world of Thoroughbred horse racing pressure is on every... Read Article >
It all started in 1943 in California when the dame, Panoramic, foaled a filly. The filly named Honeymoon began her 78-race-career... Read Article >
The inaugural Preakness Stakes was run in 1873, two years before the first Kentucky Derby was run. In 1932 the official order for... Read Article >
We opened the E-Bay site this past summer and were shocked at what we saw. An educational tool for fans which is distributed free... Read Article >
The Preakness Stakes is the necessary link for the Triple Crown between the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. Although a good... Read Article >
Sunshine Forever was an impeccably bred turf horse. He was sired by Roberto. He was born in 1985 and retired from racing in 1989.... Read Article >
When Will They Place Nice in the Sandbox? Ok, in the world of big business and sports branding is critical. When we think of a... Read Article >
The 2020 Arkansas Derby moved from April 18th to May 1st for the sole reason to hope that the impact of COVID-19 would dissipate in... Read Article >
In 1959 Prescott Downs opened in Arizona. It raced from that year to 2000 as Arizona Downs. The name was changed to Yavapai Downs in... Read Article >
Fourteen years after Affirmed won the Triple Crown, a well-bred California colt looked like a likely candidate to repeat. He... Read Article >
CORRECTION: FOR THOSE COMING FROM THE NEWSLETTER, OOPS.A number of horses have won the Arkansas Derby and won at least one Triple... Read Article >
The Kentucky Derby has been run every year since 1975. Even during World War-I, the Great Depression and World War II the Derby was... Read Article >
As we all endure the rage of the 2020 coronavirus and watch races from home for sanity we m might think about racing when... Read Article >
The oldest racetrack in the United States is Freehold Raceway in New Jersey. It opened in the 1830s but races harness horses... Read Article >
The Jeff Ruby Steaks is named for its sponsor under a 3-year agreement which began in 2018. The sponsor, Jeff Ruby, is an... Read Article >
The Tampa Bay Derby will be run for the 40th time this year. It became a grade 2 race in 2011. With qualifying points for the... Read Article >
The Fountain of Youth Stakes offers an early look at potential Kentucky Derby horses prepping in Florida. Many go on to run in... Read Article >
The Buena Vista Stakes (GII) was first run in 1988. As a grade 2 race with a $200,000 purse it attacks sizeable fields. This year is... Read Article >
The Rachel Alexandra Stakes (GII) run this weekend at Fair Grounds was named for one of the best fillies to set foot on a racetrack.... Read Article >
For filly and mare Thoroughbred race horses winning the Breeders Cup Distaff is a career defining moment. Three horses have done it... Read Article >
The history of the Holy Bull Stakes (GIII) can be traced back to the Preview Stakes. The Preview Stakes replaced the Flamingo Stakes... Read Article >
The Pegasus world Cup has gone through many changes in its short 4-year history. The purse as deceased from $12 million to $3... Read Article >
Man O War was a horse for a century. He raced 21 times in two years, 1919 and 1920. Man O War dodged the Kentucky Derby because... Read Article >
2020 will be the fourth year for the running of the Pegasus World Cup. The was inaugurated in 2017 with a purse of $12,000,000.... Read Article >
In the recent times the Triple Crown winner most remembered is Secretariat. His record time in the 1973 Kentucky Derby and... Read Article >