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Racing fans will be looking toward the West Coast as the Breeders’ Cup showcases the world’s best at Del Mar Saturday. A few thousand miles to the east (and a little north), the steeplechase schedule rolls on with the Montpelier Hunt Races just outside Orange, Va. Sunday, the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup completes a jump double. … Read more

The Breeders’ Cup World Championships returns to Del Mar for the second straight year and to Southern California for the third consecutive running in 2025. Everything kicks off with Future Stars Friday, a day that puts the juveniles in focus with five Breeders’ Cup events to lead the way. Bring along a phone or tablet … Read more

Got a hangover? Too much Guinness? Don’t tell us you went for the Jameson or the Tullamore D.E.W. Last weekend’s Irish tour de force at Far Hills sent the American-based steeplechase horses home without a win on the year’s biggest day. But that’s how it goes sometimes. Irish-based horses got blanked in 2024, and they … Read more

Edited Press release The Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards marked its 10th anniversary in North America Oct. 21 in Lexington by honoring and awarding individuals who make the Thoroughbred industry the unique and special industry it is. Winners were announced in seven categories with $122,000 awarded. Scott Hazelton, FanDuel TV analyst, served as the master of … Read more

Pulling through the Oklahoma Training Track stable gate on East Avenue always feels a little different in the offseason. And different basically means quiet. Long gone are the barricades, bike rack fences, traffic cones and parking attendants that become ubiquitous with the summer race meeting. There are no tour busses lined up near the starting … Read more

Far Hills? Already. The American steeplechase calendar turns to its richest stop on the circuit with Saturday’s 104th edition of the Far Hills Races in New Jersey. Worth in excess of $795,000, the six-race card includes hurdle stakes for 4-year-olds, fillies/mares, novices, open horses, maidens and even a 2-miler on the flat. Post time for … Read more

Zero. That’s how many of American steeplechase champion Snap Decision’s seven rivals in Saturday’s Grade 1 American Grand National were alive when he made his racing debut at Belmont Park in October 2016. Nevertheless, he’s the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the $250,000 hurdle stakes which headlines a six-race card at the Far Hills Races in … Read more

The expected news became official Wednesday with the announcement that 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna would be retired and join the broodmare band at John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa in Lexington. “For everybody out there that’s worried about her, you can rest at ease. She’s fine,” trainer Kenny McPeek said. … Read more

The story of Cody Dorman and Cody’s Wish came full circle – literally – Saturday morning at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. More than 500 people gathered for the unveiling of a monument of Cody’s Wish that is at the center of a circular plaza that also includes granite stones displaying images of Cody … Read more

Middleburg, Virginia. Say the name to anyone in American jump racing and you’ll get a memory – of Glenwood Park, the Red Fox Inn, the Coach Stop, the elbow in the stretch and the various greats to grace the place over the decades. The Virginia Fall Races take over Glenwood Saturday. Remember when it was two … Read more