Saturday’s Federico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park offers the winner a spot in the Preakness, and five runners are bidding for it.
At the ongoing ARCI conference, panelists are calling for more out-of-competition drug testing and more investment in research to combat cheating.
The Jockey Club has denied Stud Book privileges to four trainers, two based in the mid-Atlantic region.
With his win in the Arkansas Derby, Classic Empire surged to the top of the NTRA Top 3-year-old Poll, while Arrogate held the top spot overall.
Jockey Julian Pimentel will miss four to six weeks with broken toes suffered yesterday when he was thrown from a mount before a race.
The Federico Tesio – a Win and You’re In for the Preakness – and the Weber City Miss, serving the same role for the Black Eyed Susan, will take place April 22.
The Fasig-Tipton two-year-old sale has nearly 600 catalogued for the post-Preakness event.
Fan favorite Ben’s Cat kicks off his 2017 season Sunday in a $50,000 allowance test at Laurel Park.
The second Pan-American conference will focus on televised coverage of horse racing, the South American breeding and racing industry, and international integrity.
Under the proposed new regs, supported by 12 members of Congress, Treasury would alter the way it calculates parimutuel winnings to a more bettor-friendly model.
