For the fifth straight year, Xpressbet will sponsor its $25,000 Preakness Big Bet contest allowing one winner to swing for the fences with a Preakness wager.
This year’s Charles Town Classic will be televised on Fox Sports 2 as part of NYRA’s television package.
While McCraken still leads in the NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll, Tampa Bay Derby winner Tapwrit and San Felipe winner Mastery both moved up.
Legislation that would enable EquiLottery in West Virginia was introduced today, with 10 delegates signed on.
New Jersey-bred Sunny Ridge too his second consecutive stakes win in today’s Stymie at Aqueduct.
Ben’s Cat — 11 and coming off the worst season of his career — posted his first of 2017 this morning at Laurel Park.
Three-year-old O Dionysus will look to stretch out in the March 18 Private Terms at Laurel Park, one of five stakes scheduled for the day.
For the fourth straight year, the equine fatality rate declined in 2016 and now is 23 percent below 2009 levels, the Jockey Club said.
Penn National, typically a nighttime track, will run daylight cards on four Saturdays this year: all three Triple Crown days, plus Penn Mile.
Three-year-old Unique Bella rose to fourth on the NTRA’s Top Three-Year-Old poll, still headed by McCraken, while Arrogate was judged the Top Thoroughbred overall.
