Rick Porter, a native of Wilmington, DE, who campaigned some of the top runners of recent years, including Songbird, has passed away at 80.
Graceful Princess, one of 14 entered in the Obeah, hopes to follow in the footsteps of her dam, 2011 Obeah winner Havre de Grace.
Sal Sinatra, president of the Maryland Jockey Club for the last seven years, will leave that post in two weeks to become head of Equibase.
While Chad Brown’s ‘A’ team won two Grade 1 races at Belmont Park Saturday, ‘B’ teamer Devamani scored in the G3 Monmouth Stakes, too.
Wednesday’s wide-open Obeah Stakes marks the first stake of the year at Delaware Park, and G1-placed Crystal Ball will seek her first stakes win.
Off to the Races Radio returns to the air May 29 with a show featuring trainer Jonathan Thomas and Leon Nichols of the Project to Preserve African-American Turf History.
While all eyes will be on Preakness winner Rombauer and 2yo champ Essential Quality, Saturday’s Belmont Stakes offers intrigue beyond them.
New in our Truth to Power series, the project’s leaders discuss where racing is in regards to diversity and where it’s going.
Japan-based France Go de Ina had his final pre-Belmont Stakes work Wednesday morning, breezing five furlongs at Big Sandy.
Rombauer holds a one-point lead over Essential Quality on the eve of the Belmont in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.