2026 racing season

Turf Paradise had to cram them in on the day of the GI Kentucky Derby Day. Every seat in the track was sold out and, including those who bought general admission tickets, the estimated crowd was 7,500. While most tracks draw big crowds for the Derby simulcast and live racing, this was something new for Turf Paradise. The facility had grown into such disrepair that no one had wanted to come. Things were so bad that, according to new GM Tom Ludt, most people living in the Phoenix area did...

A trio of stakes--including the GII Great Lady M.--worth a total of $400,000 highlight the Los Angeles County Fair meet at Los Alamitos. The nine-day season will begin Friday, June 19 and continue through Sunday, July 5. Racing will be conducted on Friday-Sunday basis (June 19-21, 26-28 and July 3-5). Post time will be 1 p.m. The richest event on the calendar is the, $200,000 Great Lady M. Stakes for fillies & mares at 6 1/2 furlongs. Won for a second consecutive year by Sweet Azteca--who eclipsed her own track...

The 2026 racing at Del Mar will feature 37 stakes races when it kicks off on Friday, July 17 and continues through Monday, Sept. 7 (Labor Day). Tickets for Opening Day and the Summer Racing Season go on sale on Friday, May 8 at 10 a.m. PST at www.dmtc.com/tickets. New this year, Del Mar is hosting a new VIP party in the Seabiscuit Skyroom on opening day. The ticketed event takes place in the opulent Seabiscuit Skyroom on the Grandstand's sixth floor. Refreshed Friday Programming: Fridays at Del Mar get...

Horseshoe Indianapolis in 2026 will stick with the same dates template that has largely been in place since 2023: A mixed-meet racing schedule of 123 dates from Apr. 7 to Nov. 13, with 117 Thoroughbred programs and six for Quarter Horses. The only time Horseshoe Indy veered from that schedule recently was in 2024, when the track added a 124th racing date to start the season in April on an afternoon when the track was in the path of totality for the rare total solar eclipse that captivated North America....