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Led by the $1 million GI NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes, Monmouth Park is set to offer $5.85 million in stakes races when the track kicks off its 81st season Saturday, May 9. This year's 50-day race meet, which runs through Sunday, Sept. 13, will feature 36 total stakes races, including nine graded events. In addition to the Haskell, the July 18 card will also host the $500,000 GII Molly Pitcher Stakes; $500,000 GII United Nations; $350,000 GIII Monmouth Cup; $300,000 GIII WinStar Matchmaker; and $100,000 Wolf Hill. In preparation for...

Very near the final hour, the Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (FHBPA) and Gulfstream Park have landed on a three-year live racing agreement, some details of which were shared in joint press releases issued Tuesday. This agreement is a federal requirement for a racetrack to conduct live racing and simulcast its signal nationwide. Gulfstream Park, owned by The Stronach Group (TSG), is statutorily required to conduct a minimum of 40-days live racing to operate its casino. Without a horsemen's agreement, Gulfstream Park would still have been able to conduct...

Hawthorne Race Course and Fairmount Park came into Thursday's Illinois Racing Board (IRB) after having considered and swapped back and forth 12 different versions of racing calendars for 2026 that the two tracks hoped would dovetail for the benefit of all racing in the state. But as the Sept. 18 meeting approached the three-hour mark and differences remained over many of the same issues that have complicated the Illinois calendar the past several seasons--chief among them the state's tenuous Thoroughbred population and the fact that Hawthorne also must switch its...

The 30th edition of Dubai World Cup night will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2026. The Dubai Racing Carnival, spanning 17 race meetings, begins on Friday, November 7 and ends on Dubai World Cup night. Dubai Racing Club released the 2025/2026 racing calendar on Monday. There will be four major race days this season beginning on December 19 with Festive Friday with the G2 Al Maktoum Mile the highlight. Fashion Friday, featuring the G1 Al Maktoum Challenge, is set for January 23. Emirates Super Saturday is scheduled for Saturday,...

Hawthorne Race Course will swap out Saturdays in favor of Thursdays for the upcoming June-through-Labor Day portion of its season, continuing a schedule switch that the Chicago-area track began with the current spring meet. The Illinois Racing Board (IRB) granted the change with a unanimous vote at its Apr. 20 meeting. Right now Hawthorne is racing on a Thursday-and-Sunday schedule. The changes will go into effect starting May 31, when the meet expands to three days: Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Post times are 2:30 p.m. Central. Jim Miller, Hawthorne's racing...

The 2022/2023 racing programme for Meydan Racecourse, as well as the enhanced $7.5-million Dubai World Cup Carnival programme, was revealed by the Dubai Racing Club (DRC) on Friday. The UAE's signature racecourse will kickstart its season on Nov. 4, the first of 21 meetings planned for the upcoming season. Next year marks the 20th edition of the DWCC, which starts on Jan. 6. Some tweaks to the programme include the addition of two new races: the $150,000 Thunder Snow Challenge over 2000 metres on dirt and the $150,000 Ipi Tombe...