Racing for owner Sultan Ali and trainer Ahmad Bin Harmash, Kentucky-bred Dark Saffron captures the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) for a second year in a row March 28 at Meydan Racecourse.
Wonder Dean chased down favorite Six Speed to win the UAE Derby (G2) March 28 in Dubai, continuing Japan's domination of the race and earning entry to the Kentucky Derby (G1).
Veteran runner Banishing secured victory for the U.S. in the first Thoroughbred race of the day on the Dubai World Cup card when he surged past Commissioner King to post a victory in the $1 million Godolphin Mile (G2) March 28 at Meydan.
Even with Super Corredora sidelined, West Point Thoroughbreds is Kentucky Oaks (G1)-bound. Another one of its fillies, the Mark Casse-trained Counting Stars, captures a key Oaks prep March 27 in the Fantasy Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park.
The son of Disco Rico raced as a homebred for prominent New York owner/breeders Frank and Patricia Generazio. He had been largely supported as a stallion by the Generazios.
How a Canadian champion that earned nearly a million dollars while racing and became a stakes-producing broodmare wound up being ransomed by a kill buyer in Texas.
FanDuel TV, a longtime fixture in North American horse racing television coverage, plans to sharply reduce its television coverage this year and will eliminate broadcasting racing on television by the end of 2027.