Crafting legislation that works for racing was just one idea discussed during a March 4 panel at the National HBPA conference at Oaklawn Park that offered thoughts on how to protect racing operations that are tied to added-gaming.
Hip 139, a colt by Army Mule from the Cesar Loya Training & Sales consignment, was the only horse to breeze a furlong in :09 3/5 during the first session of the under-tack show.
When jockey Dylan Davis entered the starting gate with Army Officer for the eighth race at Gulfstream Park Feb. 28, it was something he had done more than 12,000 times in his career. But this time it was different.
Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. will send out a quintet of fillies and mares in the $175,000 Hurricane Bertie Stakes (G3), led by 2025 Gallant Bloom Stakes (G2) winner R Disaster. This will be the 2026 racing debut for the daughter of Awesome Slew.
As the keynote speaker at the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association conference, Everett Dobson, chairman of The Jockey Club, called for more cooperation in moving the sport forward.
Sycamore Bark Thoroughbreds owner Dan Davidson recalls the excitement of watching Save the Trees, who he bred, become a multiple winner, including a maiden win at Keeneland.
Emerald Downs announces renowned publicist Mark Kaufman, 2009 Washington Horse of the Year Reba Is Tops, and legendary claiming horse Maxwell G as 2026 Washington Racing Hall of Fame inductees.
The Jockey Club of Canada's Graded Stakes Committee held its annual review of the graded and listed races in Canada, choosing to downgrade the British Columbia Derby from grade 3 to listed status and elevating the Algonquin Stakes to a grade 3.