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From how his career began last summer, Vibrant Express didn't seem the type that would be going for a fourth consecutive victory in February. But that's exactly what the 4-year-old gelding by Vekoma will be attempting to accomplish in a seven-furlong, second-level allowance for New York-breds that serves as the feature on Friday's eight-race card at Aqueduct.
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Majestic Oops on Friday can become the second Breeders' Cup Distaff starter to win their seasonal debut at Oaklawn Park in less than a week when she runs in the $150,000 American Beauty. The six-furlong race for fillies and mares is part of a 10-race card that opens a race week that includes a special holiday card on Monday.
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Super Corredora finished last of four starters in the Las Virgenes Stakes on Feb. 8 at Santa Anita, but trainer John Sadler has not lost faith in the 2025 champion 2-year-old filly. She returns to the track Thursday morning, even without a clear alibi for her below-par comeback.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Golden Tempo
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The $2 million Belmont Stakes, the final leg of racing’s Triple Crown, will be the centerpiece of a five-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival held June 3-7 at Saratoga that will offer 25 stakes worth $11.075 million, the New York Racing Association announced Wednesday.
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Trainer Richard Baltas is not too concerned about a sluggish start to the Santa Anita winter meet – two wins from 37 starters, with four seconds and eight thirds.
An arbitrator appointed by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has handed down a 24-year suspension and more than $300,000 in fines to a longtime Illinois veterinarian for nine violations that were described as a “flagrant disregard” for the sport’s medication rules.
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Off the board in separate stakes races, a pair of class droppers hope for better luck in the late double on Friday the 13th at Santa Anita.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Thursday 2/12 card at Yonkers Raceway.
The Virginia Harness Horse Association (VHHA), which added a lucrative Sired Stakes initiative to their portfolio of incentive programs in 2022, announced that 15 stallions will be standing in the state for the 2026 breeding season.
