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Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania kicks off its 2026 racing season on Saturday afternoon with a power-packed 13-race program. The afternoon card that begins at 1:00 p.m. (EST) offers a wide array of talent, with top horsemen returning to the Wilkes-Barre-based five-eighths-mile track for another season.
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Afleet Alex, the popular dual classic winner and champion who was linked to pediatric cancer research during his racing career, was euthanized Feb. 6 due to the infirmities of old age.
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There were times in the summer and fall of 2010 when California trainer John Shirreffs, who died on Thursday, was racing’s best promoter. Shirreffs guided the career of the Hall of Fame mare Zenyatta, who won 19 of 20 career starts, including a historic running of the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita in November 2009.
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Jockey Manny Franco won six races on Thursday’s card at Aqueduct, one shy of the record set by Flavien Prat last November.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, at Aqueduct.
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Mesquite, runner-up in the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes, is off the Kentucky Derby trail with what is suspected to be a soft-tissue injury, trainer Cherie DeVaux said Thursday.
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John Ortiz, a trainer based in New York, is facing the loss of nearly $500,000 in purses after five of his horses tested positive for the regulated anti-inflammatory dexamethasone over a three-week period in November and December of last year.
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The $8,600 purse of a $4,000 claiming race at Los Alamitos in September has been ordered redistributed by Santa Anita stewards after race winner Crazy About You was disqualified for a positive test, according to a ruling published by Santa Anita stewards on Feb. 7.
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The multiple stakes winners Queen Maxima and Splendora have had successful starts to their 2026 seasons at Santa Anita, and have local stakes as next-race goals in the coming weeks and months ahead.
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Daily Racing Form handicapper Ron Gierkink's mandatory-payout Rainbow 6 play for Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, at Gulfstream Park.
