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John Salzman, trainer of Xtra Heat, dead at 81
John Salzman Sr., a prominent Maryland-based trainer for nearly five decades, passed away on Monday at age 81.
Patrick MoquinSep 29, 2026
John Salzman Sr., a prominent Maryland-based trainer for nearly five decades, passed away on Monday at age 81.
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Renegade, the Kentucky Derby runner-up and multiple graded stakes-winning 3-year-old, is currently sidelined with mild bone bruising, but he is slated to return to racing as a 4-year-old in 2027, trainer Todd Pletcher said Tuesday.
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Daily Racing Form handicapper Kenny Peck's pick five play for Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
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Irad Ortiz Jr., one of the world’s leading jockeys, will return Friday at Keeneland from a 55-day injury layoff.
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For Nicole Di Costanzo, buying her first Standardbred was about much more than becoming an owner. It was 2015 and 15-year-old Di Costanzo had just purchased Steady Pulse, the horse who would become the beginning of her career in harness racing.
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Group racing is on the quick back-up in Hong Kong, and Thursday’s (1 October) 11-race public holiday programme features a red-hot HK$4.2 million G3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m), where a collection of Sha Tin’s best sprinters will lock horns.
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Plainridge Park was host to the $3.2 million (est.) Massachusetts Breeder Stakes on Monday (Sept. 28) as the first-leg of competition for 2-year-old state-breds of both gaits and sexes lined up for a total of $381,600 in purses.
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A trio of first-leg $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) divisions for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings headlined the Monday program at Harrington Raceway.
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James Gagliano will retire as president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club effective Jan. 1, 2027, it was announced Monday by Everett Dobson, chair of The Jockey Club.