Michael Dubb, William H. Lawrence, The Elkstone Group and Michael Kisber's Fitz Right (Charlatan) remained perfect in three starts at three in 2026, sitting a clean trip in clear air before powering past favored Lion Lake (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) to take Friday's GII Wonder Again Stakes on day two of the Belmont Stakes Racing [...]

Saturday's Belmont Stakes is the last of nine top-level events on the weekend and the final of the six highly anticipated Grade I contests scheduled for a bumper card at Saratoga, short, medium and long on both the turf and the main track. A top-quality field of seven is set to face the starter in [...]

Sent off the even-money favorite to run his current winning streak to three, Mo Speed Racing's West End Kid (Twirling Candy) sat a stalking trip and had plenty left for the final furlong to easily take out Thursday's GIII Pennine Ridge Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Drawn widest in a field of nine and exiting [...]

7th-IND, $43k, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 5fT, 5:16 p.m ET A $400,000 purchase by Everett Dobson's Cheyenne Stable out of the 2024 Keeneland September Sale, PRIVATE TEXT (Nyquist) makes a belated first trip to the races Tuesday afternoon. The March foal marks the first runner for her unraced dam Batik (Honor Code), who was purchased by [...]

Calumet Farm homebred Original Sin (Curlin) was sent into the lead fully three furlongs from home in Saturday's GIII Blame Stakes at Churchill Downs and just managed to fend off Ohio-bred Who Dey (Liam's Map) for his first win at the black-type level. Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}) was locked away in traffic for the [...]

It was reported earlier in the week that Boyd Racing and By Talla Racing's Splendora (Audible) would not take her spot in the field for Saturday's GII Shawnee Stakes on Stephen Foster Preview Day at Churchill Downs. Ultimately–and to the surprise of most–she was given her chance by trainer Bob Baffert and the reigning GI [...]

Six days after Decisive Win made light work of his first two-turn test en route to 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard honors at Santa Anita, Flying Dutchmen Breeding & Racing's Where Luck Lives (f, 3, Nyquist–Holiday Soiree, by Harlan's Holiday) made all the running to take a salty first-level allowance Thursday evening at Churchill [...]

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Kyoto Racecourses: Saturday, May 30, [...]

8th-CD, $127k, AOC ($125k), 3yo, 6f, 4:22 p.m. A pair of big-figure 'TDN Rising Stars' presented by Hagyard from the back end of the meet at Oaklawn Park square off here with an eye on bigger and better down the road. Novogratz Racing Stables' MUNNINGS CHALLENGE (Munnings) showed sharp early speed on Mar. 1 debut [...]

Making his first start since running home to be a gallant second to Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the GI Breeders' Cup Mile down the road at Del Mar last November, Mr. & Mrs. William K. Warren's Formidable Man (City of Light) was given a letter-perfect steer by the visiting Flavien Prat and ran [...]

Dismissed at odds of 16-1, LNJ Foxwoods' Siyouincanada (Fr) (c, 3, Siyouni {Fr}–Polished, by Kitten's Joy) was forced to do a lot of work to make the early lead, but switched off beautifully through the middle stages of an 8 1/2-furlong maiden to close the Memorial Day card at Churchill and whistled home to earn [...]

A day after the closest finish in the history of the the legendary 500-mile road race not far away, there was horse power of a different variety on display at Horseshoe Indianapolis when Shadwell Stable's well related Nahla (Authentic) graduated in convincing style to enhance her future residual value. They didn't need a photo finish [...]