On Sept. 9 at Kentucky Downs, Flavien Prat won six of the day's 14 races, topped by Kentucky Belle in the $1,995,000 Dueling Grounds Oaks Invitational Stakes (G3T).
Six-time Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning trainer Bob Baffert, who has maintained a full-time string in Kentucky since the spring, has the Iroquois Stakes (G3) favorite in Zedan Racing Stables' Salahudin.
While the New York Racing Association staged its longest meet at Saratoga Race Course this summer, it also proved to be one of the safest in the iconic racetrack's 163-year history.
Six-time Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning trainer Bob Baffert, who has maintained a full-time string in Kentucky since the spring, has the Iroquois Stakes (G3) favorite in the Zedan Racing Stables' Salahudin.
Grade 1-placed Simply Joking comes east for the first time in almost a year with designs set on the Sept. 12 Princess Rooney Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
During an otherwise uneventful Sept. 9 meeting of the California Horse Racing Board, vice chair Oscar Gonzales expresses disappointment with what he considers an insufficient 45-day suspension issued by HISA to California trainer Librado Barocio.
A sole member of the catalog by box-office stallion Mehmas became the most expensive lot to be traded at the Osarus La Teste Yearling Sale since 2019 when bought by Spanish-based interests.
The Jockeys' Guild Education Foundation and Bluegrass Community and Technical College have launched an online course to help jockeys build academic skills, strengthen digital literacy, and prepare for future career-specific educational opportunities.
An ecstatic John Galvin of Fortuna Racing was "blown away'' and "thrilled'' with the sale of his high-class race filly Bellatrix Star, who topped the Inglis Digital Australia September (Early) Sale at AU$900,000.