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Lessons from ‘The Coach’: D. Wayne Lukas on Passion, Focus, and a Commitment to Horse Racing. Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who retired from a six-decade career on June 22, made an ...
A 1 1/16 mile (8.5 furlongs) turf race for fillies and mares three years and older, the Eatontown Stakes is run at Monmouth Park in New Jersey every year. Laughing ran the fastest edition of the race ...
On the June 9 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Louie Rabaut, Sean Collins, and Frank Angst recap the Belmont Stakes (G1) and hear from trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado after Sovereignty's ...
A Lexington native who grew up in Frankfort, Patrick Reed attended the University of Kentucky as an undergrad, working at Keeneland’s Turf Catering during his senior year. A casual racing fan through ...
Fastest Time (since 1976): 1:42:26 Greatest Winning Margin (since 1976): 5 1/2 lengths ...
Fastest Time (since 1976): 1:42:39 Greatest Winning Margin (since 1976): 7 1/2 lengths ...
Recent Kentucky Derbys have certainly lived up to that reputation. The past three have seen double-digit odds horses win under Churchill Downs’ iconic Twin Spires, including the second-biggest ...
The 97 th Whitney Stakes is headlined by National Treasure, who has won two Grade 1 races so far this year including the June 8 Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap, which was held at Saratoga this ...
This year’s Pacific Classic Aug. 31 at Del Mar is part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” series. The winner of the Pacific Classic will earn an expenses-paid spot in the starting gate ...
The dark bay or brown son of Coal Front is trained by 72-year-old Lonnie Briley and will be ridden by Juan Vargas, 43.Each will be making his first Derby appearance. Vargas was so lightly regarded ...
Enter Sandman in the Preakness? Yes, indeed. In a post on X on Saturday, May 10, the Preakness Stakes announced that Arkansas Derby winner and Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve ...
The final Preakness Stakes has been run at Pimlico Race Course, marking the end of an era and many years of memories at “Old Hilltop.”Fans celebrated a thrilling weekend of racing in Maryland, which ...