Headlines and features from the Thoroughbred industry
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Fri, 2025-06-06 15:15
Woodbine canceled racing June 6 due to poor air quality, the Canadian track announced on social media.
Fri, 2025-06-06 15:15
With $554,031 bet through 2:25 p.m. ET on June 6, Journalism is favored in early wagering to win the June 7 Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
Fri, 2025-06-06 15:15
Clement has spent his life preparing to become a trainer, but nothing prepared him for grieving his father while running the stable during one of the biggest weeks of the racing year.
Fri, 2025-06-06 15:15
Soul Rush, victorious in the Dubai Turf (G1T) in his last start, returns to Tokyo Racecourse June 8 seeking to improve on his third-place finish in the 2024 Yasuda Kinen (G1).
Fri, 2025-06-06 15:15
The Road: sponsored by Gainesway and Darby Dan Farm
Fri, 2025-06-06 15:15
Top horses most assuredly are still being trained in California, especially when it comes to classic-type dirt horses.
Fri, 2025-06-06 15:15
With a smart front-end score in the $300,000 Poker Stakes (G3T) on the inner turf June 5 at Saratoga Race Course, Donegal Momentum added another accomplishment to his ever-building résumé.
Fri, 2025-06-06 15:15
Favored Future Is Now obtained the hole necessary to secure running room in the $200,000 Intercontinental Stakes (G2T), but Pipsy had the speed and the heart.
Fri, 2025-06-06 15:15
Spendthrift Farm-based freshman sire Yaupon saw the first stakes winner of his career June 5 when Sassy C W blitzed four other juvenile fillies to post a three-length victory in the $145,500 Astoria Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
Fri, 2025-06-06 15:15
Ten-time Epsom Oaks (G1)-winning trainer Aidan O'Brien sends out a strong trio, led by Minnie Hauk, to oppose One Thousand Guineas (G1) winner and favorite Desert Flower in this year's race.
Fri, 2025-06-06 15:15
With Spirit of St Louis in the June 7 Manhattan Stakes (G1T) and undefeated Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Good Cheer in the June 6 Acorn Stakes (G1), there's plenty of attention on their sire, Medaglia d'Oro, at this year's Belmont Stakes weekend.
Thu, 2025-06-05 15:11
Maryland's Fair Hill Training Center will replace its seven-furlong Tapeta Footings track this summer, an upgrade from one of the synthetic surface's earliest installations to the company's newest iteration Tapeta 13.
Thu, 2025-06-05 15:11
Eric Reed, best known as the trainer of 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Rich Strike, has been suspended 15 days and fined $2,500 for a gabapentin positive found in the filly She's a Saint.
Thu, 2025-06-05 15:11
Four days before the Metropolitan Handicap (G1), trainer Doug O'Neill admitted to feeling some nerves, though not for the usual horse trainer reasons.
Thu, 2025-06-05 15:11
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert believes pace will be a determining factor in the chances for his trainee, Rodriguez, in the June 7 Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
Thu, 2025-06-05 15:11
The 22nd New Vocations All-Thoroughbred Charity Horse Show Presented by Heider Family Stables raised more than $184,000.
Thu, 2025-06-05 15:11
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 261 selected yearlings for The July Sale, to be held July 8 at Newtown Paddocks in Lexington. The sale will begin at 10 a.m. ET.
Thu, 2025-06-05 15:11
Love Cervere, winner of the Take The A Train Stakes, will take on a field of nine in the $175,000 Soaring Softy Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga June 8. Among the entries for the 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint is the runner-up in the Take The A Train—Hey Bertie.
Thu, 2025-06-05 15:11
Like a human's comfort food, a healthy snack has helped Baeza feel right at home during his preparations for the June 7 Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
Thu, 2025-06-05 15:11
Todd Pletcher is no stranger to running a 3-year-old in the Belmont Stakes (G1). But this 157th edition of "The Test of the Champion" is not the typical experience for Pletcher.
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