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Confidence Game, one-length winner of the Rebel Stakes on Feb. 25 at Oaklawn Park, is unlikely to run back March 25 in the Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds, where he is training. Trainer Keith Desormeaux is keeping options open for Confidence Game, who could run on April 1 in the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn, on April 8 in the Blue Grass at Keeneland, or train right into the Kentucky Derby. 

With a forecast for significant rain on Friday, Golden Gate Fields will run an eight-race program on Thursday that was originally scheduled for Friday.

Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Friday 3/9 card at Yonkers Raceway.

El hipódromo canadiense ubicado en Toronto (Ontario), aliado fundamental de DRF y DRF en Español, tiene ya todo preparado para el inicio de su temporada 2023 que marcha desde la primavera hasta el otoño. 

Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 3/9 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Frank Hopf, the former assistant general manager at Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, has been hired as the senior director of racing for Colonial Downs in Virginia, the new owner of the track, Churchill Downs Inc., announced Tuesday.

The New Mexico Racing Commission is exploring options to compensate horseplayers who were impacted by a race last Friday in which stewards at Sunland Park have acknowledged that they mistakenly disqualified a horse from second to fourth, according to the executive director of the commission.

The New York Racing Association cut nearly $2 million in purse money and eliminated six ungraded events from the 2023 Saratoga stakes schedule it released Tuesday.

Woodbine Entertainment Tuesday (3/7) released the full list of horses nominated to this season's major stakes races at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

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Road to the 2023 Kentucky Derby: John Battaglia Memorial analysis

Woodbine has announced its 2023 stakes schedule along with racing dates of April 22 to Dec. 10 for the 133-day meet. The program will offer more than $17 million in purses, including 39 graded stakes, five Grade 1 events, and two $1 million fixtures, the King’s Plate and Woodbine Mile.

For the second straight month, total handle on U.S. Thoroughbred races in February declined despite a gain in the number of races held, according to figures released by Equibase on Monday, a trend that is signaling a decline in demand for betting on horse races nationwide.

A prácticamente dos meses para la disputa de las Kentucky Oaks 149, lo que en principio parecía una confrontación entre dos o tres potrancas se ha tornado en un cúmulo de sorpresas que han hecho difícil establecer proyecciones con respecto a la importante competencia del viernes 5 de mayo en Churchill Downs.

International Women's Day, first celebrated in 1909, is a globally recognized day both celebrating the achievements of women and presenting a call to action for accelerating equity.Nine women holding various roles in the Thoroughbred industry share their thoughts on working as women in racing.

The 4-year-old geldings Kokoro and Jupitus, arguably in the best form of their careers, meet for the first time in a handicap at 7 3/4 furlongs on the infield Kensington course at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Tuesday.

Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 3/7 card at Yonkers Raceway.

Local favorite Maryquitecontrary has been transferred from her trainer of record, Joe Catanese, to Shug McGaughey with an eye on heading to Kentucky to make her next start in the Grade 1 Madison at Keeneland on April 8.

It wasn’t just the familiar parade of Todds and Chads making multiple visits to the winner’s circle Saturday at Gulfstream. Kelsey Danner also made two such appearances, most notably after Danse Macabre pulled a 12-1 upset of the Grade 3 Herecomesthebride.

Stat and his former stablemate Freedom Matters, the only two Florida-breds in the field, figure among the leading contenders in Wednesday's $86,000 allowance feature at Gulfstream Park.