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Churchill Downs Inc. will devote additional resources to its promotion of the Kentucky Oaks in the coming years in an effort to expand the race’s popularity beyond the local market and the sport’s traditional fans, the company’s chief executive officer, William Carstanjen, said during remarks at the Racing and Gaming Conference on Tuesday in Saratoga Springs.
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The impressive Woodbine Oaks winner No Time was tabbed as the 7-2 favorite for Saturday’s $1 million King’s Plate during Tuesday's draw for the 166th running of Canada’s most famous race.
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Dan Patch Award-winning male pacer Louprint, who was unbeaten in five races this year before being sidelined in early July, returned to the racetrack Tuesday (Aug. 12) with a 1:52 2/5 qualifier win by 10-3/4 lengths at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Regular driver Ronnie Wrenn Jr. was in the sulky for trainer Ron Burke.
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South African native Ryan Munger likes his chances aboard Plate Trial Stakes winner Sedburys Ghost in the 166th running of the $1 million King's Plate on Saturday at Woodbine.
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Brad Free offers his assessment of eight promising young horses who recently raced at Del Mar.
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Joe Talamo, the Eclipse Award winner for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey in 2007, has joined FanDuel TV as a full-time host and analyst, the network announced on Monday.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has granted provisional accreditation to a drug-testing lab in Kentucky and will begin sending samples to the lab effective immediately, HISA said on Monday.
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Leading Lady and Setyoursightshigh came out on top in a pair of $80,000 Kentucky Championship Series divisions for rookie trotting fillies on Monday afternoon at The Red Mile.
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With a $525,000 Early Voting filly and a Practical Joke colt of the same value leading strong activity at the top of the market, the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred yearling sale finished with records for gross revenue as well as average and median sales prices as it concluded Monday evening in Saratoga Springs.
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Recent immigration and deportation policies pushed by the administration of President Donald Trump have underlined the need for trainers to have their paperwork in order while simultaneously creating fear and confusion on racetrack backstretches, according to speakers on a panel on Monday at the Racing and Gaming Conference in Saratoga.
