The Pegasus World Cup this year will feature a $9 million dirt race and a $7 million turf event, both at Gulfstream Park.
Undefeated in 2018, Monomoy Girl will put her record to the test when she tackles a solid field in the G1 Cotillion Saturday at Parx Racing.
McKinzie, who hasn’t raced since March, is the 5-2 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing.
Multiple graded stakes winner Something Awesome is back at work and aiming – if all goes to plan – at the Breeders’ Cup in November.
Trainer Kathleen O’Connell earned her 2,000th career win one day after Delaware jocks visited a nearby children’s hospital.
The Meadowlands will not run its Friday evening all-turf Thoroughbred card, leaving the track with just five dates on the flat this year, starting with Saturday, Sept. 15.
The latest NTRA Top Thorougbhred poll was virtually unchanged as most runners near their final Breeders’ Cup preps.
In the face of Hurricane Florence, Laurel Park has moved the seven stakes – six on the turf – scheduled for Saturday to September 22.
Monmouth Park’s rainy 2018 meet, with attendance and handle numbers not far off 2017, though it lost over one-third of its scheduled turf races to weather.
Jockey Steve Hamilton, out since June, will have back surgery September 17 and hopes he’ll be able to continue his career afterwards.