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After a hotly contested allowance prep race failed to yield any conclusive results, the top older horses at Emerald Downs will lock horns again Sunday while chasing a bigger purse in the $50,000 Governor’s Handicap at 6 1/2 furlongs.

I’m Mom’s Favorite overcame getting pinched back at the start plus a wild late run from 50-1 shot Flattering Bea to win the Miss Preakness by a nose at Pimlico

Beholder, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2012 who was second in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 3, will return to racing in August – at Del Mar or Saratoga.

Among the items in the Hollywood Park garage sale that will take place at some point after the track says sayonara in December will be a prime collection of 37 graded stakes events of all colors, shapes, and sizes.

Emma-Jayne Wilson picked up points in three of the four legs of the Jockey Challenge at Pimlico Race Course on Friday to win the annual series over Edgar Prado.

Sweet Swap may be too quick to catch in a $62,000 allowance race over six furlongs on turf at Betfair Hollywood Park on Sunday, but he will have a formidable group of stakes winners in pursuit.

Trainer Leo Azpurua Jr. is looking for the right spot to bring Bellefire back from a brief freshening, especially after watching the multiple stakes-placed colt work a sharp five furlongs in 1:01.67 from the gate at Calder on Friday morning.

Rancho Paseana, a lay-up and training center in northern San Diego County near Del Mar, is closing later this month after owner Jenny Craig decided to sell the property.

Dance to Bristol lived up to her 3-5 odds with a powerful 4 3/4-length victory in Friday’s $100,000 Skipat Stakes at Pimlico. It was the fourth consecutive win for Dance to Bristol, who was coming off a nine-length score in the $200,000 Sugar Maple ...

Craig Dado, an executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, was elected to the board of directors of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association at a board meeting Friday in Baltimore, the NTRA announced.

Centre Court, arguably the top filly-mare turf runner in North America, has thrived since posting her third straight victory last month at Keeneland and is “very much on target” for her next start in the Grade 1 Just A Game on the June 8 Belmont Stakes ...

It’s been a long process, but the 65-day River Downs-at-Beulah Park meet opens Sunday.

Funfair, who won both of her juvenile turf sprints impressively, makes her seasonal debut against seven rival 3-year-old fillies in Sunday’s $85,000 Miss Otis overnight stakes, a six-furlong race scheduled for the inner turf.

Sunday’s Group 2 Italian Derby at Capannelle Racecourse may go to top Italian trainer Stefano Botti by default. He trains five of the 12 runners in the race.

Jaime Gomez trains She Forgives and Docs First Fire for the Dutch Masters III partnership. Together, Gomez and Dutch Masters have combined to win the Kindergarten Futurity at Los Alamitos four times.

Trainer Cindy Krasner has treated Wando Woman like a 2-year-old while preparing her for her first start as 6-year-old mare. The reason for the all-inclusive training regimen is that following Wando Woman’s third-place finish in the Delta Coleen last ...

Mary Russ-Tortora won one for her sister Friday at Pimlico Race Course as she guided Haywired to a half-length victory in the fourth race, the Lady Legends for the Cure IV.

Dance the Wind has found a nice spot to follow up her smart win in a first-level allowance race April 28. There is a plethora of speed to set up her strong late kick in a $35,000 optional claimer for fillies and mares that will serve as Sunday’s ...