Ontario-bred filly wins $200,000 turf race on a day when a tote crash caused the featured race, the Tampa Bay Derby, to race without betting.
Horse Racing News
A big stakes card at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday has the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby and Florida Oaks and some Canadian runners.
My Boy Prince is the top King's Plate contender on Canadian Thoroughbred's first look at the leading Canadian-bred three-year-olds.
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale begins next week and there are plenty of Ontario-breds entered.
There are 38 graded stakes races on the 2024 schedule and several big race days, but the iconic Canadian International has been shelved again.
Woodbine has announced a $50 Starter Bonus for trainers who start a horse in an overnight race that finishes outside of the top five.
The King's Plate hero is entered for March 10 at Gulfstream, Canadians keep winning, and what a day in Barbados and for Horseracing Journeys.
The winner was bred by Ken Ramsey whose Cash Equity (Fr) just missed at the wire in the Caribbean's most famous race.
Newgate wins the Santa Anita Handicap for Starlight Racing and partners, Imagination edges stablemate Wine Me Up in San Felipe Stakes.
Three Derby stepping-stone races on the weekend had either small fields or were run in deep slop.
The rate of fatal injury in 2023 from participating racetracks was the second-lowest in 15 years, but up slightly from 2022.
The Gotham Stakes (G3) has a big field but is just a one-mile race and a stepping-stone to the big Derby prep, the Wood Memorial.
Trainer Todd Pletcher has sent Gay Smith's Jerry the Nipper to the Sandy Lane Gold Cup fresh off good runs in graded stakes in Florida.
A Kentucky Derby (G1) prep, the Fountain of Youth has big names from 2023 including Locked and Dornoch and sensational debut winner Speak Easy.
Woodbine opens its backstretch this week, but there are dozens of Canadians in the south, including Patrick Husbands.
