Horse Racing

Edited Press Release The New York Knights seek a repeat victory in Maryland as the National Thoroughbred League (NTL) kicks off its 2026 season at Laurel Park on Saturday afternoon. Now in its fourth season, the NTL is a first-of-its-kind racing league that reimagines America's oldest spectator sport in a team-based professional format. By prioritizing industry participation, equine safety, and consistent, high-level competition, NTL gives fans the opportunity to follow and support celebrated horses and jockeys month after month and year after year. Beyond the track, NTL delivers a modern...

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 Saturday running at Tokyo Racecourse: Saturday, May 2, 2026 9th-TOK, ¥35,570,000 ($227k), Allowance, 4yo/up, 2100m REALIZE CAMION (JPN) (c, 4, American Pharoah--Spiced Perfection, by Smiling Tiger) has amassed a record of 3-1-0 from five starts to date and makes his first start since...

Jerry Bailey has won the GI Kentucky Derby twice and has provided expert analysis on the NBC broadcast of the race for years. So who better to join the TDN Writers' Room podcast team for its annual Derby handicapping show than the Hall of Fame jockey? The podcast is presented by Keeneland and Bailey was the Gainesway Guest of the Week. Much of the talk after the draw centered around morning-line favorite Renegade (Into Mischief) getting the one hole. Bailey doesn't think that will be a problem. "I know the...

Starship Beauty (Hard Spun--Callmethesqueeze, by Awesome Again), a half-sister to GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks winner and GI Kentucky Derby hopeful Fulleffort (Liam's Map), brought $310,000 from HX3 Incorporated during a one-horse 'flash sale' on the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform. Bidding closed Apr. 29 at 2 p.m. ET The 6-year-old mare was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, and was offered carrying her first foal by top 10 stallion Constitution. Starship Beauty is also a half-sister to 2025 GI Alabama Stakes heroine Power Squeeze (Union Rags) and to two-time stakes winner...

Every week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) related rulings from around the country. The following rulings were reported on HISA's "rulings" portal and through the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit's (HIWU) "pending" and "resolved" cases portals. Among this week's rulings, trainer Christopher R. Fung has been suspended two years and fined a total of $20,000 (including arbitration costs) after his trainee, Anointed King, tested positive for Clenbuterol after finishing second at Finger Lakes on Aug. 20, 2024. His suspension began on...

Keeneland has named Reed Ringler to its sales team beginning May 1, the auction house via a press release on Wednesday. In this new role, he will focus on client services, global recruitment and sales development. Ringler brings a wealth of experience and deep industry relationships to Keeneland, having built a respected career across multiple facets of the Thoroughbred industry. A California native, Ringler began his career in the Thoroughbred industry on the nominations team at Darley America. Following his time at Darley, he joined the auction team at Fasig-Tipton,...

We know that the majority of stallions, in this day and age, get their biggest and best books precisely when we know least about their competence. But the other side of the same coin is that very few breeders stick around should a stallion fail to seize that first, fleeting opportunity. Just as well, then, that a historically underachieving group of rookies has got its act together with its maturing first crop, to the extent that four have managed to get a son into the GI Kentucky Derby gate. Collectively,...

Applications for The Jockey Club's Racing Regulatory Veterinarian Fellowship will open May 1 and are due by June 15 with the deadline for reference letters set June 26, the organization said in a release on Tuesday. The Jockey Club Racing Regulatory Veterinarian Fellowship, established in 2025, serves as a loan repayment program that awards up to $25,000 in veterinary school loan repayment to an employed racing regulatory veterinarian. To qualify for this program, an applicant must: Be employed at least half-time as a racing regulatory veterinarian in the U.S., Canada,...

Godolphin homebred Snappy Dresser (Union Rags) remained unbeaten in three starts going 1400 meters at Tokyo Racecourse on Apr. 26, outslugging North Hill Farm's fellow U.S.-bred Rhatische (American Pharoah) by a decisive 1 1/2 lengths. A May 19 foal, Snappy Dresser graduated by 11 lengths at first asking over this course and distance back in October 2024 and most recently returned from a 13-month absence to wallop first-level allowance company by seven lengths at this venue and same trip on Feb. 21, with the Australian-based Rachel King at the controls....

Jockey Leonel Reyes notched his 1000th victory in North America Saturday at Gulfstream Park, where the 40-year-old native of Venezuela guided Papa Golf (Hard Spun) into the winner's circle following a textbook ride in the fifth race, according to a press release from 1/ST Racing on Saturday. Reyes, who ventured to Gulfstream Park in 2016 after winning two national riding championships in Venezuela, was just three wins away from the 1000-win milestone Nov. 2, when he was sidelined with an open fracture of his left ankle sustained in a racing...

Trainer Brad Cox's trio of Kentucky Derby hopefuls--Commandment (Into Mischief), Fulleffort (Liam's Map) and 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard,' Further Ado (Gun Runner)--highlighted a bustling morning at Churchill Downs a week out from Derby 152. Working during the 7:15-7:30 (all times Eastern) training period reserved for Kentucky Derby and Oaks prospects, the Cox trio was joined by Chester Broman's Right to Party (Constitution) (five furlongs in 1:01.20) for trainer Kenny McPeek. For Team Cox the group included Wathnan Racing's Commandment (five furlongs in 1:01.40 in company with the 4-year-old...

Chip Honcho (Connect), winner of the Gun Runner Stakes and a close second in the GII Fasig-Tipton Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds will bypass the GI Kentucky Derby in favor of the May 16 running of the GI Preakness Stakes, Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen said Saturday morning at Churchill Downs. With the defection of Chip Honcho, GSW Litmus Test (Nyquist) will now drawn in for the big race. The colt's Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was asked early on Saturday morning what "Plan B" was if...