Del Mar Schedules Five Graded Stakes On Blockbuster Pacific Classic Day Aug. 17
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club has announced that this year's TVG Pacific Classic Day will be held on Saturday, Aug. 17, as part of an enhanced racing program that will feature an unprecedented five graded stakes races, the first time that will have happened in the seaside track's 80 summers of racing. Del Mar's 29th edition […]
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NHC Adds Wagner, Stiles to its Hall of Fame
Bryan Wagner, a 14-time National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) qualifier, and David "Trey" Stiles, who has qualified for every NHC since 2003, have been selected for induction into the NHC Hall of Fame, the NTRA announced today.
A Bit Special Could Extend Fast Start in Sweetest Chant
With rain in the forecast Saturday, the one-mile Sweetest Chant and the $100,000 Dania Beach Stakes, a one-mile turf race for 3-year-olds, were moved to the Feb. 3 Gulfstream card.
Improving Sunset Wish Headlines Martha Washington
Godolphin's homebred Sunset Wish will headline a field of seven 3-year-old fillies in the $125,000 Martha Washington Stakes going one mile Feb. 2 at Oaklawn Park.
Frosty Start to Tattersalls February Sale
Day 1 of the Tattersalls February Sale got off to a decidedly low-key start
San Pasqual Could be Dubai World Cup Trial for Quartet
A week after the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1), a group of older horses will line up in the $200,000 San Pasqual Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park with their connections eyeing another World Cup.
Lane’s End Press Pass 2019: What They Said
The second annual Lane's End Press Pass event Jan. 30 provided an opportunity for the turf media to meet the farm's three entering-year sires for 2019.
Former AHC Employee Pleads Guilty in Theft of $545,594
Ashley Furst, a former employee of the American Horse Council, pleaded guilty Jan. 29 to a federal wire fraud charge stemming from an embezzlement scheme in which she stole more than $545,000 from that non-profit organization.
Maragh, Montalvo Injured in Gulfstream Spill
Jockeys Romero Maragh and Carlos Montalvo were injured in a spill during the running of the first race Jan. 31 at Gulfstream Park.
NJ Assembly Approves $10 Million Annual Purse Subsidy
New Jersey horsemen and breeders are looking forward after the New Jersey Assembly approved a purse subsidy that will see $10 million committed to Thoroughbred purses over the next five years.