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Bags loaded for Grand Slam Smile in California Distaff
Santa Anita
Bags loaded for Grand Slam Smile in California Distaff
Grand Slam Smile, a 10-time stakes winner, starts in an unfamiliar position as the 128-pound topweight in Sunday's $100,000 California Distaff Handicap for statebred fillies and mares on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita.
Gulfstream Park
Redland Rebels could be single in mandatory-payout Rainbow 6
Redland Rebels was briefly on the Kentucky Derby trail earlier this season, a dream that ended following a sixth-place finish in the Arkansas Derby. After that race, trainer Patrick Biancone turned his attention to the grass with the promising 3-year...
Santa Anita
Breeders' Cup Sprint: Maximum Bourbon will not race, trainer says
Maximum Bourbon, second in two leading sprint stakes in California in recent months, will not start in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Keeneland on Oct. 31.
Belmont Park
Fresu making good first impression with New York horsemen, horseplayers
Antonio Fresu has made a good first impression on New York horseplayers, booting home four double-digit-priced winners in his first three weeks riding at Belmont Park.
Santa Anita
Boss Sully points to Stormy Liberal Stakes to complete hat trick
Boss Sully may have reached peak form in time to complete a hat trick of stakes wins this year.
Santa Anita
Santa Anita $2 pick six on Sunday has two-day carryover of $99,295
For the first time this fall, there is a two-day carryover of $99,295 in the $2 pick six at Santa Anita for Sunday’s program.

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Bags loaded for Grand Slam Smile in California Distaff
Santa Anita
Bags loaded for Grand Slam Smile in California Distaff
Grand Slam Smile, a 10-time stakes winner, starts in an unfamiliar position as the 128-pound topweight in Sunday's $100,000 California Distaff Handicap for statebred fillies and mares on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita.
Gulfstream Park
Redland Rebels could be single in mandatory-payout Rainbow 6
Redland Rebels was briefly on the Kentucky Derby trail earlier this season, a dream that ended following a sixth-place finish in the Arkansas Derby. After that race, trainer Patrick Biancone turned his attention to the grass with the promising 3-year...
Santa Anita
Breeders' Cup Sprint: Maximum Bourbon will not race, trainer says
Maximum Bourbon, second in two leading sprint stakes in California in recent months, will not start in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Keeneland on Oct. 31.
Belmont Park
Fresu making good first impression with New York horsemen, horseplayers
Antonio Fresu has made a good first impression on New York horseplayers, booting home four double-digit-priced winners in his first three weeks riding at Belmont Park.
Santa Anita
Boss Sully points to Stormy Liberal Stakes to complete hat trick
Boss Sully may have reached peak form in time to complete a hat trick of stakes wins this year.
Santa Anita
Santa Anita $2 pick six on Sunday has two-day carryover of $99,295
For the first time this fall, there is a two-day carryover of $99,295 in the $2 pick six at Santa Anita for Sunday’s program.

Breeders' Cup 2026

Breeders' Cup Classic: Forever Young, Phileas Fogg, Sovereignty put in works
Belmont Park
Breeders' Cup Classic: Forever Young, Phileas Fogg, Sovereignty put in works
Forever Young impressed observers with a fast finish to a workout at Belmont Park three days before he won the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Sept 18. In his subsequent training over the last three weeks, stamina, not speed, has been the objective e...
Santa Anita
Breeders' Cup Sprint: Maximum Bourbon will not race, trainer says
Maximum Bourbon, second in two leading sprint stakes in California in recent months, will not start in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Keeneland on Oct. 31.
Keeneland
Breeders' Cup Sprint: Englishman back in the pink with sharp Keeneland work
Star 3-year-old Englishman got back to serious work Friday at Keeneland, where he turned in a strong breeze that appears to have him fully on track for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.
Summer Starlet out of Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
Summer Starlet, the impressive winner of the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga, will miss the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on Oct. 30 due to inflammation in a tendon in a hind leg, trainer Steve Asmussen said Friday.
Belmont Park
Breeders' Cup: Napoleon Solo gets competitive in blazing six-furlong work
Preakness winner Napoleon Solo won't have any problem coming from off the pace in the Breeders' Cup Classic. Friday at Belmont Park, Napoleon Solo worked six furlongs in 1:10.67 over the main track, getting his last quarter under urging from Emily El...
Breeders' Cup: Walden-trained runners look like contenders in Mile, Turf
Over the course of 48 hours last week, trainer Will Walden won the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic on Oct. 1 at Belmont and the Grade 1 Coolmore Turf Mile two days later at Keeneland. That's a major accomplishment for a trainer who only turns 35 on O...
Breeders' Cup Distaff: Field thins as Nitrogen, Fully Subscribed emerge as standouts
Nitrogen and Fully Subscribed seem to have scared a few more potential rivals out of the starting gate for the Breeders' Cup Distaff later this month, as the connections for Counting Stars and Bodacious Bay both said they will not point their 3-year-...
Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf: Gimme a Nother now fully acclimated
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Breeders' Cup Classic: Forever Young, Phileas Fogg, Sovereignty put in works
Belmont Park
Breeders' Cup Classic: Forever Young, Phileas Fogg, Sovereignty put in works
Forever Young impressed observers with a fast finish to a workout at Belmont Park three days before he won the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Sept 18. In his subsequent training over the last three weeks, stamina, not speed, has been the objective e...
Santa Anita
Breeders' Cup Sprint: Maximum Bourbon will not race, trainer says
Maximum Bourbon, second in two leading sprint stakes in California in recent months, will not start in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Keeneland on Oct. 31.
Keeneland
Breeders' Cup Sprint: Englishman back in the pink with sharp Keeneland work
Star 3-year-old Englishman got back to serious work Friday at Keeneland, where he turned in a strong breeze that appears to have him fully on track for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.
Summer Starlet out of Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
Summer Starlet, the impressive winner of the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga, will miss the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on Oct. 30 due to inflammation in a tendon in a hind leg, trainer Steve Asmussen said Friday.
Belmont Park
Breeders' Cup: Napoleon Solo gets competitive in blazing six-furlong work
Preakness winner Napoleon Solo won't have any problem coming from off the pace in the Breeders' Cup Classic. Friday at Belmont Park, Napoleon Solo worked six furlongs in 1:10.67 over the main track, getting his last quarter under urging from Emily El...
Breeders' Cup: Walden-trained runners look like contenders in Mile, Turf
Over the course of 48 hours last week, trainer Will Walden won the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic on Oct. 1 at Belmont and the Grade 1 Coolmore Turf Mile two days later at Keeneland. That's a major accomplishment for a trainer who only turns 35 on O...
Breeders' Cup Distaff: Field thins as Nitrogen, Fully Subscribed emerge as standouts
Nitrogen and Fully Subscribed seem to have scared a few more potential rivals out of the starting gate for the Breeders' Cup Distaff later this month, as the connections for Counting Stars and Bodacious Bay both said they will not point their 3-year-...
Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf: Gimme a Nother now fully acclimated
Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf, Graham Motion, Gimme a Nother, Kathynmarissa, Classic Q, Aventure, Diamond Necklace, Blue Bolt

Track News

Belmont Park

  • Breeders' Cup Classic: Forever Young, Phileas Fogg, Sovereignty put in works
  • Belmont pick-six has $121,889 carryover going into Sunday's card
  • Fresu making good first impression with New York horsemen, horseplayers
  • Breeders' Cup: Napoleon Solo gets competitive in blazing six-furlong work

Santa Anita

  • Breeders' Cup Sprint: Maximum Bourbon will not race, trainer says
  • Santa Anita $2 pick six on Sunday has two-day carryover of $99,295
  • Bags loaded for Grand Slam Smile in California Distaff
  • Tirupati looks primed to bounce back in Swingtime

Keeneland

Woodbine

Gulfstream Park

Laurel Park

Hong Kong Racing

Track News

Belmont Park

  • Breeders' Cup Classic: Forever Young, Phileas Fogg, Sovereignty put in works
  • Belmont pick-six has $121,889 carryover going into Sunday's card
  • Fresu making good first impression with New York horsemen, horseplayers
  • Breeders' Cup: Napoleon Solo gets competitive in blazing six-furlong work

Santa Anita

  • Breeders' Cup Sprint: Maximum Bourbon will not race, trainer says
  • Santa Anita $2 pick six on Sunday has two-day carryover of $99,295
  • Bags loaded for Grand Slam Smile in California Distaff
  • Tirupati looks primed to bounce back in Swingtime

Keeneland

Woodbine

Gulfstream Park

Laurel Park

Hong Kong Racing

Belmont Park

  • Breeders' Cup Classic: Forever Young, Phileas Fogg, Sovereignty put in works
  • Belmont pick-six has $121,889 carryover going into Sunday's card
  • Fresu making good first impression with New York horsemen, horseplayers
  • Breeders' Cup: Napoleon Solo gets competitive in blazing six-furlong work

Santa Anita

  • Breeders' Cup Sprint: Maximum Bourbon will not race, trainer says
  • Santa Anita $2 pick six on Sunday has two-day carryover of $99,295
  • Bags loaded for Grand Slam Smile in California Distaff
  • Tirupati looks primed to bounce back in Swingtime

Keeneland

  • Tam Tam unthreatened en route to Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup triumph
  • Franklin could come down to which Ag Bullet shows up
  • Sycamore Stakes: Lambeth lands in winner’s circle after patient ride by Jose Ortiz
  • Breeders' Cup Sprint: Englishman back in the pink with sharp Keeneland work

Woodbine

  • Raiding Party surges by Dixie Law in Ontario Damsel
  • My Covenant leads all the way in Sophomore Stakes
  • Minshall pair looks strong in Display Stakes
  • Canada has breakthrough in Cup and Saucer Stakes

Gulfstream Park

  • Redland Rebels could be single in mandatory-payout Rainbow 6
  • Gulfstream releases 2026-27 Championship meet stakes schedule; purse for Pegasus World Cup undecided
  • Gonzalez getting some notice with his two Breeders' Cup mounts

Laurel Park

  • Laurel postpones Sunday card due to weather from Isaias
  • Winterfell wins Polynesian Stakes at Laurel
  • John Salzman, trainer of Xtra Heat, dead at 81
  • Coast Highway prevails in chaotic stretch run to win Laurel Futurity

Hong Kong Racing

  • David Hall reaches 700-win milestone in Hong Kong
  • Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong selections for Sunday, October 11, 2026
  • Michael Chang reaches Hong Kong 400-win milestone as Manfred Man takes championship lead
  • Definitive dominates in Class 2 as Purton reaches milestone at Sha Tin

Belmont Park

  • Breeders' Cup Classic: Forever Young, Phileas Fogg, Sovereignty put in works
  • Belmont pick-six has $121,889 carryover going into Sunday's card
  • Fresu making good first impression with New York horsemen, horseplayers
  • Breeders' Cup: Napoleon Solo gets competitive in blazing six-furlong work

Santa Anita

  • Breeders' Cup Sprint: Maximum Bourbon will not race, trainer says
  • Santa Anita $2 pick six on Sunday has two-day carryover of $99,295
  • Bags loaded for Grand Slam Smile in California Distaff
  • Tirupati looks primed to bounce back in Swingtime

Keeneland

  • Tam Tam unthreatened en route to Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup triumph
  • Franklin could come down to which Ag Bullet shows up
  • Sycamore Stakes: Lambeth lands in winner’s circle after patient ride by Jose Ortiz
  • Breeders' Cup Sprint: Englishman back in the pink with sharp Keeneland work

Woodbine

  • Raiding Party surges by Dixie Law in Ontario Damsel
  • My Covenant leads all the way in Sophomore Stakes
  • Minshall pair looks strong in Display Stakes
  • Canada has breakthrough in Cup and Saucer Stakes

Gulfstream Park

  • Redland Rebels could be single in mandatory-payout Rainbow 6
  • Gulfstream releases 2026-27 Championship meet stakes schedule; purse for Pegasus World Cup undecided
  • Gonzalez getting some notice with his two Breeders' Cup mounts

Laurel Park

  • Laurel postpones Sunday card due to weather from Isaias
  • Winterfell wins Polynesian Stakes at Laurel
  • John Salzman, trainer of Xtra Heat, dead at 81
  • Coast Highway prevails in chaotic stretch run to win Laurel Futurity

Hong Kong Racing

  • David Hall reaches 700-win milestone in Hong Kong
  • Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong selections for Sunday, October 11, 2026
  • Michael Chang reaches Hong Kong 400-win milestone as Manfred Man takes championship lead
  • Definitive dominates in Class 2 as Purton reaches milestone at Sha Tin