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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies second Vodka With a Twist brings the most experience and earnings to the graded race of the seven in the field.

The New York Racing Association canceled racing Dec. 5 at Aqueduct Racetrack due to high winds forecast to impact New York City throughout the day.

Hong Kong stars await the foreign raiders targeting the Dec. 8 Longines Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin Racecourse.

Winning has been a hallmark of Brittany Russell's training career. Since she opened her Maryland-based stable in 2018, she has been winning at a highly impressive 25% clip. But it's been Post Time who has taken her career to the next level.

Just Steel, who sustained a right front leg fracture in the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, has rejoined the barn of Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas in advance of the 2024-25 Oaklawn Park meet that begins Dec. 6.

The Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation License Review Committee unanimously voted to grant Kentucky racing licenses to Cody Axmaker and Troy Wismer, who have troubled histories in the sport as owners and trainers.

Turnover for the session increased by 27% year-on-year to 4,618,000 guineas, while the average price rose by 29% to 24,960 guineas. The median also went up by 14 points to 16,000 guineas, with a clearance rate of 85%.

Provocateur is a grade 1-placed, stakes winner by leading sire Into Mischief. He ran third in the 2022 Woody Stephens Stakes (G1).

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association is proud to announce a multiyear partnership with the Ed Brown Society to assist young people of color pursue careers in the Thoroughbred racing industry.

The New York Racing Association revealed the stakes schedule for the 49-day winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which will feature 20 stakes worth $3.1 million in total purses.

Blue Point has sired top-level winners Big Evs and Rosallion from his first crop in 2023. Rosallion landed the Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) and St James's Palace Stakes (G1), and Big Evs won the King George Stakes (G1) at Goodwood this year.

Ensuring racehorses with a proper and lifelong retirement once their racing careers were over was very important to breeder and Hall of Famer John Hettinger. Akindale Thoroughbred Aftercare continues this mission each day through at their sanctuary.

Blue Point has sired top-level winners Big Evs and Rosallion from his first crop in 2023. Rosallion landed the Irish 2,000 Guineas (G1) and St James's Palace Stakes (G1), and Big Evs won the King George Stakes (G1) at Goodwood this year.

Although finding a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner among the victors in the Remsen Stakes (G2) may send you back to 1994, lately the 1 1/8-mile stakes has produced more than its fair share of top-level 3-year-olds.

HISA provisionally suspended Paco Lopez from all racing activities under HISA's jurisdiction, effective immediately, after the jockey was captured on video striking his mount National Law in the neck area after the fifth race at Parx Racing Dec. 3.

The Professional Jockeys Association said its female members experience "inadequate safeguarding and discriminatory facilities" after only 12 of Britain's racecourses met the original deadline for providing minimum-standard weighing room facilities.

Boston, a Hall of Fame Virginia-bred Thoroughbred horse, was feted Dec. 1 at Historic Tuckahoe in Henrico County with a historical highway marker dedication recognizing his prominence in the racing world.

It's been almost nine months since Tuz blasted his rivals into submission in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) on Dubai World Cup night, but he's back and ready do it all again.

While the New York Racing Association has two grade 1 stakes for 2-year-olds, the Dec. 7 Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Racetrack has been a much more reliable indicator of Triple Crown success.

Chancheng Glory carries the flag for Iowa breeding in the Longines Hong Kong Mile (G1)