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Though two of the top three finishers from the May 6 Derby City Distaff (G1) headed north to run in the June 17 Bed o' Roses Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park, the race's winner, Matareya, runs instead in the June…
Week 21 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred poll remains unchanged as Cody's Wish maintains a commanding lead.
The $300,000 Texas Turf Classic, one of four stakes races worth $150,000 or more at Lone Star Park June 24, lured out-of-state equine and human talent.
Paddington, ridden by Ryan Moore, surged impressively clear of Two Thousand Guineas (G1) winner Chaldean to help Aidan O'Brien become the most successful trainer in Royal Ascot history as he recorded his 83rd winner at the prestigious meeting.
Three stallions, all at Spendthrift Farm, lead the class with three winners each as of June 20: Maximus Mischief, Omaha Beach, and Vino Rosso.
Edges in racing and betting never last forever. Wesley Ward is now Suspect No. 1 with bookmakers for the Royal Ascot juvenile races, and his runners are generally overbet as a consequence.
The native of Peru is the ninth-winningest jockey by earnings with more than $272 million. He won the 2006 Kentucky Derby (G1) aboard Barbaro in addition to winning the Belmont Stakes (G1) twice.
Dr. Nick Smith, chief veterinarian for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, told KHRC commissioners June 20 that there have been no equine fatalities over six days of racing at Ellis Park this month after a spate of horse deaths at…
Frankie Dettori's frustrating first day at Royal Ascot ended with the stewards handing him a nine-day ban for careless riding.