Opening Weekend at Saratoga to Celebrate America 250

A full slate of entertainment and family-friendly events are set for the July 4th Racing Festival, which will be held Friday, July 3 through Sunday, July 5, and serve as Opening Weekend of the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course, the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced Thursday. Saratoga's Opening Weekend festivities will align

Ombudsman Tops Timeform Flat Rankings In Europe

Electric dual G1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes hero Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder) is now the highest-rated Flat horse in Europe with a ranking of 134, according to Timeform. The Godolphin runner dominated Wednesday's Prince Of Wales Stakes by four lengths over multiple Group 1 winner Minnie Hauk (Frankel). John and Thady Gosden's son of Night

Royal Century For O'Brien As Scandinavia Strikes Gold In Epic

In one of the very finest of Gold Cups, Scandinavia (Justify) ousted Trawlerman (Golden Horn) to provide a fitting crowning moment for Aidan O'Brien as the Ballydoyle maestro reached 100 Royal Ascot winners. Coming of age in the race that draws unusual sentiment, the 11-8 favourite needed every yard of the two-and-a-half mile trip to

Why Bernick Has His Mother To Thank For Breakthrough Royal Ascot Scorer Nola Soul

It all began with a pretty innocuous suggestion. Little did Craig Bernick know at the time but his mother Carol's plan to go and try to buy some colts instead of concentrating solely on fillies at the breeding stock sales would bear fruit at Royal Ascot less than two years down the line.  But in

Dry Powder Preps For Pitcher In Lady's Secret

Gold Square LLC's Dry Powder (Gun Runner), twice placed at the highest level during a productive 3-year-old season in 2025, drops out of graded company for Sunday's $100,000 Lady's Secret Stakes at Monmouth Park, the final local lead-up for the $500,000 GII Molly Pitcher Stakes on the Haskell undercard on July 18. Third in the

Wathnan's Earth Shot Gets Up Late In The Ribblesdale

It is taking almost a crowbar to deny Joseph O'Brien at Royal Ascot this week, but luckily for Wathnan and James Doyle they had the equine equivalent as the operation's recent acquisition Earth Shot (Time Test) got up to deny the Owning Hill runner Johanna Walsh (Sea The Stars) late in a thrilling G2 Ribblesdale

HISA Announces New Members To Veterinary Advisory Committee

Edited Press Release Officials at the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) has announced the additions of Drs. Kevin Dunlavy, Vickie Heidlage-Williams, Jamie McAnly, Clayton McCook and Gabrielle Rivest to HISA's Veterinary Advisory Committee (VAC). Established in 2024, the committee is composed of both regulatory and private racetrack veterinarians across the nation. Advisory committee members

Claiming Crown HOTY To Concrete Glory

Big Frank Stable's Concrete Glory (Bodemeister) has been named Claiming Crown Horse of the Year for 2025 by the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (NHBPA) and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA), the co-founders of the Claming Crown series. The Pennsylvania-bred was claimed by owner Frank Rupolo out of a winning effort for

Craig Bernick's Nola Soul Leads 1-2 For Justify In The Chesham

Justify had the favourite for Thursday's Listed Chesham Stakes Aix La Chapelle withdrawn at the start, but remarkably still filled the first two places with his sons Nola Soul and On Just Terms. Bred by John Gunther, the Fozzy Stack-trained TDN Rising Star Nola Soul was always prominent under Seamie Heffernan and stayed on to

'You Can't Line Up a Better Race' – Baeza Set for Summer Showdown in Stephen Foster

Baeza (McKinzie), winner of last term's GI Pennsylvania Derby and an unlucky third after completely missing the break in his 2026 return in the GII Alysheba S. May 1, is aiming to make his next start in a star-studded renewal of the $2-million GI Stephen Foster S. at Churchill Downs June 27. The 'Win and

Joliestar Heads Strong QEII Jubilee Cast

Australia's big hope for Royal Ascot 2026, Joliestar (Zoustar), has been drawn in the middle for Saturday's G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes as 19 sprinters were confirmed on Thursday morning. James McDonald's mount will exit from stall nine in the six-furlong feature, with last year's runner-up Satono Reve (Lord Kanaloa) towards the stands' side in

Hawthorne Bankruptcy Auction Could Happen By August

The aim is to find a buyer who wants it for a racino A lawyer representing Hawthorne Race Course in the track's Chapter 11 bankruptcy attempt to restructure between $100 and $500 million in debt told the Illinois Racing Board (IRB) on Wednesday that the track's ownership has asked a federal judge for a time