The horse racing action gets started this weekend with Friday's Kentucky Oaks Day. Here are Action Network expert's best bets and predictions for all seven Friday stakes races.
Swinbank Stables’ West Memorial roared past odds-on favorite Shoot It True at midstretch and went on to post a 1 ¾-length victory in the 30th running of the $247,165 Kentucky Juvenile for 2-year-olds at Churchill Downs Thursday.
The Edwards family's Carl Spackler had to dig deep to win his first race of 2024, out-battling Talk of the Nation through the stretch to win Thursday's $350,000 Opening Verse Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Bernard Racing, Tagg Team Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds and Terry Stephens' O Besos circled the field to capture Thursday's $200,000 St. Matthews Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs, denying his Greg Foley-trained stablemate Bango the chance to earn the record as Churchill's winningest horse in history.
European import Laulne will try for her second stakes win on Santa Anita’s unique hillside turf course when she takes on seven rivals in the Sunday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Senorita Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.
Fatalities during morning training on back-to-back days have resulted in Oaklawn Park scratching trainer Tim Martin's entries for this final weekend of racing, the track posted on social media Thursday.
Hail, hail, the gang's all here for Kentucky Derby 150 -- well, all except Bob. There's Brad and Chad and of course Todd. And don't forget the Coach! Oh, I didn't mention 0-for-25 Steve, whose son may win a Derby before he does.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced on May 2 they have seized eight shipments of illegal, performance-enhancing drugs designed for horses at the Port of Cincinnati.
For an eighth straight year, the Maryland Jockey Club is offering bonus money totaling $100,000 to trainers who run a minimum of five horses in the 15 Thoroughbred stakes races during Preakness weekend, May 17 and 18, at historic Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.
Six years after gaining national attention as an Eclipse Award-winning apprentice, jockey Weston Hamilton is back in Maryland to begin the latest chapter of his riding career.
Though the 2024 Maryland Hunt Cup is in the history books, another major timber stake will share center stage with the inaugural running of the Grade 1 Commonwealth Cup at the Virginia Gold Cup Races in The Plains, the National Steeplechase Association’s second richest meet of the spring.
It was a quiet morning of routine training Thursday morning at Churchill Downs for the 21 entrants for the 150th running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).
One of the best predictive indicators as to which horse may win the 2024 Kentucky Derby is how it did in its last race before the Run for the Roses. The last 19 of 26 winners — including nine of the last 12 — have raced the final three furlongs (3/8 of a mile) in 38 seconds or faster in that preliminary race.
Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher has started more horses in the Kentucky Derby than any other trainer in history, but his 2-for-64 record equates to a three percent success rate.
Godolphin’s Ottoman Fleet and jockey Richard Mullen will look to defend their title in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Fort Marcy, a nine-furlong inner turf test for older horses, at Belmont at the Big A.
Diamond T Racing and Iapetus Racing’s Gigante will be recognized as 2023 Virginia-Bred Horse of the Year at the Virginia Thoroughbred Association’s annual
Timothy Vaughn Kegel, beloved father, brother, and friend to many, passed away surrounded by his three kids on April 25. He was 74 years old, and his iron will and love for his family gave him the strength to last about 15 years longer than anyone who knew him thought he could.
Tapit Jenallie, 30-1 on the morning line for Friday's Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks, will scratch from the race, her trainer Eddie Milligan told Churchill Downs officials Thursday morning.
Each day leading up to the Kentucky Derby, we’ll take a look at the pedigrees of some contenders, and how those pedigrees might factor into their ability to succeed at the 1 ¼-mile Derby distance.
Time to analyze the 2024 Kentucky Oaks field, in post position order, in the form of Haiku; a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
The 150th Kentucky Derby is on Saturday, May 4. Action Network horse racing experts break down the Derby odds, their best bets and predictions to win, and their long shot picks.
Surging to the front in the final 100 yards, Stud Montana’s 57-1 shot Che Evasora scored a half-length victory Wednesday over fellow Argentine-bred Hawaiian Love in the 1 1/4-mile Gran Premio Criadores (G1) for fillies and mares on the dirt at Hipodromo de Palermo in Argentina.
Foster Family Racing, Lonnie Reynolds, Vicki Mills and Donald Coomes’ Joe Shiesty took the lead out of the gate and never was headed in posting a 2 ¼-length victory in the ninth running of the $291,000 William Walker (Listed) for 3-year-olds on Champions Day at Churchill Downs.
It's always fun to look at long shots to win the Kentucky Derby, especially if you're considering backing one to win. This practice gets a little more interesting this year as the "Run for the Roses" becomes a family affair — or a family feud.
Bob Baffert won't have a horse in the race at the 150th Kentucky Derby, but he is vying to enter two into the Preakness Stakes. The Hall of Fame trainer is likely to have Imagination alongside Muth in the second leg of the Triple Crown, Imagination's co-owner Jack Wolf told BloodHorse.com on Monday.
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