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Doug McNair made a blustery winter evening a night to remember by reaching the 5,000 lifetime win mark on Monday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The 36-year-old driver entered the evening just two wins shy of the career milestone.
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Mrs. Astor is ending her career with a series of dramatic wins. Scheduled to be retired and bred in coming months, Mrs. Astor overcame a bit of traffic in the stretch to win Monday’s $100,000 Astra Stakes at Santa Anita by a nose over an unlucky stretch leader in Thebestisyettobe.
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The stallion Marking sired both stakes winners Monday at Sunland Park, with Speed Merchant improving his record to 5 for 6 in the $80,000 Corralito Steak House and Country Club Crush taking the $80,000 La Senora.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Wednesday 1/21 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame's Living Horse Hall of Fame nominating committee has announced the results of the 2026 elections. Museum members voted for the four horses they believed exemplified greatness: Bettor’s Wish, Buck I St Pat, Manchego and Nuncio, all celebrated for their racing achievements. These remarkable horses will be inducted on Hall of Fame Day, Sunday, July 5, 2026, at the Museum’s annual dinner.
Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico will move the entirety of its 2026 spring-summer meeting to the Downs at Albuquerque, the track announced in a one-page statement on Monday.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 1/20 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Ted Noffey, who on Thursday is expected to be announced as 2-year-old champion male for 2025, was 6-1, the shortest-priced individual horse of 39 betting horses offered after wagering in pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager closed.
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After running one-two last Saturday in the Lecomte Stakes, an early Kentucky Derby prep, and winning a dirt-route maiden race earlier on the card, the Cherie DeVaux barn returns to its Fair Grounds roots Thursday.
Shawn Bergquist, a top jockey agent across the Southwest who in recent times had been the stall superintendent at Remington Park, has died, confirmed Oklahoma chaplain Carl Criswell.
