1/ST Racing Plans an Exclusive Preakness Experience
With the usual approach of welcoming a massive crowd for the Preakness Stakes (G1) not an option for this year as the event moves to Laurel Park, 1/ST Racing will market this year's race as an exclusi...
Vasquez Reaches Milestone, Earns Jockey of the Week
Vazquez won his 500th race at Oaklawn Park Feb. 20, becoming just the 11th rider to reach that number of local wins. His total of 13 wins for the week vaulted him to the top of the Oaklawn jockey stan...
Grand Slam Smile Goes for Graded Win in Buena Vista
An eight-time stakes winner, primarily against California-bred competition, Grand Slam Smile enters off back-to-back stakes wins for trainer Sean McCarthy....
Iron Honor Faces First Stakes Test in Gotham
Three-year-olds who have just one career start at this point in the year are usually not viewed as Triple Crown prospects. However, Iron Honor's dazzling Dec. 13 career debut was anything but typical....
Constitution Hill Ruled Out of Champion Hurdle
Constitution Hill will not run in next month's Champion Hurdle after Nicky Henderson ruled his stable star out of a jumps return, with his future now lying solely on the flat....
Texas Sues CDI, TwinSpires Over Online Wagering
A lawsuit filed by the State of Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area seeks court intervention barring Churchill Downs Inc. and its advance-deposit wagering platform, TwinSpires, from taking bets on hor...
Busy Weekend of Derby Prep Races Highlight TV Schedule
Litmus Test, trained by Bob Baffert, is one of the favorites for the March 1 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park. It's one of the classic prep races that highlight this week's radio/TV coverage of racin...
Plutarch Off Kentucky Derby Trail
Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) winner Plutarch is off the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail, per Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, Churchill Downs publicity announced Feb. 25. ...