Stakes Preview: Diana and Bowling Green

Another record-setting performance by Sweet Azteca  in the Grade II, $200,500 Great Lady M. Stakes, a record pool in the Players’ Pick 5, increased field size for a second consecutive year and a first local riding title for jockey Kazushi Kimura highlighted the Los Angeles County Fair Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos Race Course. The…

BloodHorse Byron King recaps the Florida Derby (G1) and Arkansas Derby (G1) on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Source link

The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit, the enforcement arm of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, has issued trainer Raymond Handal a 22-day suspension for three different dexamethasone positives. The three positives were found in the postrace drug tests at Aqueduct Racetrack for the Handal trainees Valtellina and Makeyourmoment. Valtellina, a Complexity   filly, tested positive after winning state-bred…

While most American-based horses completed their Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) workouts over the weekend, Yoshito Yahagi saved his final breeze for Japanese star racehorse Forever Young  for Oct. 29 at Del Mar. Working in company with stablemate American Stage , a 30-1 outsider in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), the two were timed covering easy half-miles in…

Trainer Marcus Vitali, inactive running horses in New York after being suspended by the New York Racing Association in 2021 and reaching a confidential settlement agreement with NYRA in 2022, has entered Crossed Sabres Farm’s Classy Lass  in the fifth race at Aqueduct Racetrack May 23. “Marcus Vitali has satisfied the terms of the NYRA settlement agreement…

Trainer Mark Glatt, breeders Ron and Nina Hagen, owner Paskey Dedomenico, and 2008 Longacres Mile winner Wasserman compose a stellar field of 2025 Washington Racing Hall of Fame inductees Emerald Downs announced Friday. The Class of 2025 will mark the 20th annual Washington Hall of Fame ceremony held at Emerald Downs. The official induction ceremony…