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Fed Biz, one of trainer Bob Baffert's most promising 3-year-olds this year, won his debut against winners in an optional claimer over a mile at Santa Anita on Thursday.

Exchange wagering could be launched in California as early as the Del Mar meeting in July, but not all participants in the sport, notably some racetracks and horsemen's organization, want to see it implemented, a California Horse Racing Board committee ...

A group of industry organizations has launched a non-profit company that will serve as an accrediting body for so-called “aftercare organizations” that provide homes for horses that have been retired from racing, the organizations announced Thursday.

Let's look at how to evaluate track bias observations like the ones in my Sharp Horses and Track Trends reports which appear weekly on DRF.com.

Twelve Twenty Two, whose lone loss in her last six starts came against Grade 1 company, will seek to improve her Sunland Park record to 6 for 6 on Saturday in the $50,000 El Dario.

Southern Style has won 12 races in his career, and while none of them has come on turf, he still rates as a leading contender in Saturday night’s $75,000 Champion Energy Services, a five-furlong sprint on the grass at Sam Houston Race Park.

Robert B. Cohen, the former president of the Hudson News chain of retail outlets and the owner of a string of New York-based horses, died on Feb. 1 at his home in Palm Beach, Fla., of progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurological disorder. He was 86.

Multiple Grade 3 winner Denomination and Heavenly Landing, upset winner of the Grade 3 Marshua’s River here Jan. 7, should draw most of the attention in the Grade 3, $150,000, Suwannee River.

Watch Me Go, upset winner of last year’s Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby, will make his 4-year-old debut Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs in the $75,000 Super Stakes.

On Monday night in Pasadena, Eclipse Award champion Acclamation will receive another honor when the California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association names him its 2011 Cal-bred horse of the year. To be accurate, the envelope is still sealed, and the ...

Away from the game for more than 15 months, Pat Reynolds is attempting a return to training.

Turfway lover La Gran Bailadora will be a heavy favorite to win the $50,000 Likely Exchange on Saturday

Now I Know has never tasted defeat. She has made a seamless transition from Oklahoma-bred company to the Grade 3 ranks, and on Saturday will attempt to extend her win streak to seven in the $75,000 Martha Washington at Oaklawn Park.

Swag Daddy, scratched from last week's Withers because of a minor foot injury, will take on New York-breds in Saturday's Sweet Envoy at Aqueduct.

In the last few months, trainer Peter Miller has watched in admiration as Sanagas has repeatedly worked rapidly at his base at Hollywood Park. The preparation has led to the 6-year-old gelding’s 2012 debut in Saturday’s $150,000 San Marcos Stakes at ...

The $500,000 Donn Handicap will share top billing on Saturday’s Gulfstream Park program along with a second Grade 1 race for older runners, the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap.

The Giants pulled off the 21-17 upset of the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI last Sunday, but the biggest upset according to some was that the sports books in Nevada were open for business Monday morning.

Trainer Jonathan Sheppard has been non-committal about Ever So Lucky’s status as a Kentucky Derby candidate. But if he does get to the Derby, Ever So Lucky will get there via a somewhat unconventional route after making his 3-year-old debut in ...

The importance of early speed is hardly a well-kept secret. As most are aware, horses who take command early are typically the most likely race winners, particularly on dirt, and those who stay in close attendance to the leader also win more than their ...