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Tip Top Thomas entered the $200,000 Smarty Jones at Parx Racing on Tuesday as a heavy favorite, but he was far from a runaway winner. Todd Pletcher’s 3-year-old colt had everything his way on the front end, but he had to turn away determined spoiler Fact several times to prevail in a photo finish.
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While it's not certain when, exactly, Justin Evans will retire his beloved 11-year-old gelding, Surprsinglyperfect, the trainer has determined that 2025 will be his last year of racing – and he'd like to send him out on top.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Thursday 8/21 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Thursday 8/21 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Ryan Moore’s World Pool blog for International Stakes Day at York
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Brad Free's Del Mar Horses to Watch for week of Aug. 14-17, 2025
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Saturday’s 13-race card, highlighted by a front-running score from longshot Mansetti in the $1 million King’s Plate, generated just over $17 million in all-sources wagering, the third highest in the event’s history.
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Hall of Fame trainer Ron Burke, who just scored his 16,000th career victory at the Red Mile last Tuesday (Aug. 12), will be racing a pair of 2-year-old Chapter Seven colts - AI and Who's Eyes Blues - in the $108,300 New York Sire Stakes at Batavia Downs that will be contested as one seven-horse field on Wednesday (August 20).
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The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), in conjunction with the Harness Racing Hall Of Fame, is pleased to announce the election of Dr. John Egloff, Marvin Katz, and David Reid to the greatest honor in the industry, membership to the Hall Of Fame.
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It Could Be Worse worked out an inside trip and then pounced in the lane to win Monday's $80,000 leg of the Kentucky Championship Series for 2-year-old male trotters at The Red Mile.
