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Dr. Chris Samaha, who founded the industry-leading Backstretch Community Assistance Program at Monmouth Park more than 30 years ago, has been named the 2026 recipient of the Virgil "Buddy" Raines Distinguished Achievement Award.

Childs Walker, who has covered Thoroughbred racing in Maryland and nationally for nearly 20 years, has been named recipient of the Old Hilltop Award for covering the sport with excellence and distinction.

Ocala Breeders' Sales has cataloged 909 horses before supplements for its June 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held June 16-18.

For the 10th consecutive year, a total of $100,000 in bonus money is on the table for trainers that run a minimum of five horses in more than a dozen stakes races offered during Preakness weekend, May 15-16, at Laurel Park.

Champion mare Songbird's daughter by Curlin broke her maiden May 1 at Churchill Downs in her second start.

Oaklawn wrapped up its 2025-26 live racing season May 2 with strong numbers across the board, highlighted by increased handle, competitive racing, and significant career milestones.

Following his Kentucky Derby (G1) victory May 2, Golden Tempo is ranked No. 1 in the weekly National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top 3-Year-Old Poll.

Perhaps the 50-plus year debate in United States racing over the use of furosemide, commonly referred to as Lasix, has reached some level of a comfort zone as HISA on May 5 issued a decision that keeps current standards in place.

Trainer Donnie K. Von Hemel said that he confirmed the Preakness Stakes (G1) commitment for Junior Alvarado to ride Crupper in the May 16 middle jewel of the Triple Crown being held this year at Laurel Park.

In their first year co-breeding horses together, Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable produced a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner in Golden Tempo.

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Fasig-Tipton has added 26 supplemental entries to its upcoming Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, held May 18-19.

On the May 4 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Golden Tempo's connections Cherie DeVaux, Jose Ortiz, Daisy Phipps Pulito, and Monique Delk join to discuss winning the Kentucky Derby (G1).

Two-time Eclipse Award-winning writer John Scheinman delivers an elegy and celebration of Pimlico Race Course, home to the historic Preakness Stakes (G1), in the upcoming film "Pimlico from the Heart."

Ascot, the royal racecourse, issued the announcement that it will follow through with its threat to leave the Racecourse Association at the end of the year, raising major questions about the future of the body and the way British racing is governed.

NBC Sports' presentation of Saturday's history-making 152nd Kentucky Derby delivered the most-watched "Run for the Roses" on record with an average of 19.6 million viewers on NBC and Peacock - topping by 11% last year's Derby audience.

Becoming the first Japan-trained horse to win an American grade 1 dirt sprint, T O Elvis could help inspire more participation by Japanese runners in races other than the Breeders' Cup and Kentucky Derby (G1).

Jockey Jose Ortiz becomes just the ninth jockey to complete a Kentucky Oaks (G1)-Kentucky Derby (G1) double, winning the Derby aboard Golden Tempo and the Oaks with Always a Runner.

When jockey John Velazquez and trainer Todd Pletcher teamed to win the $175,000 Westchester Stakes (G3) with Centennial Farms' Antiquarian it marked the 500th stakes victory for the jockey-trainer combination.

Although only Golden Tempo has the Preakness participation door left open the day after the Kentucky Derby (G1), the Maryland Jockey Club has 16 horses listed as possible. The Preakness can have a maximum field size of 14.