Catching Freedom went worst to first to win the Louisiana Derby and secure 100 Kentucky Derby points as the road to the Triple Crown continued Saturday.
Delaware Park and the state’s horsemen’s group have agreed on a three-year contract that includes year-round stabling at the track.
Twenty-year-old appentice rider Christian Maldonado earned his first career win when No More Mask upset the ninth Friday at Laurel Park.
Book’em Danno was named NJ-bred Horse of the Year and top state-bred sprinter and two-year-old, while Precious Avary is champion 3yo filly and turf runner.
Graded stakes winners Double Crown and Magic Michael headline Saturday’s renewal of the Harrison Johnson Memorial Stakes, which looks to be wide-open.
Doug Moore, new chair of the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI), called today for common sense reforms to HISA.
In the aftermath of Saturday’s outage that shut down wagering in the East, AmTote has issued a statement blaming the network connecting it to other totes.
Laurel Park unveiled a stakes schedule featuring nine events, including the Tesio and Weber City Miss, for its short spring meet.
On a busy weekend of Triple Crown preps, Dornoch’s win in the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park moved him into second in Derby points.
The Preakness purse will rise to $2 million, while the Dinner Party jumps to $500,000, as 1/ST Racing links those races with the Cal Crown and Pegasus.