Keeneland concluded its 17-day Fall Meet with all-sources wagering handle of $185,602,369 and on-track handle totaling $15,475,463, the organization said in a release on Saturday. The year prior, the…
Keeneland closed its 17-day fall meet Saturday and will host the 43rd Breeders' Cup World Championships on Oct. 30-31, the fourth time the track has held the event after 2015, 2020 and 2022.…
Every Sunday Noel Michaels will provide free full-card picks for a one racecard in North America. A veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer, Michaels also writes a weekly “Weekend Winners”…
For the second straight year, Barbadian Runner, who hammered for $5,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Mid-Atlantic Eastern Fall Yearling Sale in 2023, won the showcase race on Saturday's 41st annual Jim McKay…
Bottas tracked the early pace, swung three wide around the far turn and collared front-running Conducted at the furlong grounds on his way to a 2 1/4-length win Saturday in the Grade 2, $400,000…
Nine talented fillies and mares were pre-entered the 2026 Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff, a $2 million Grade 1 race scheduled for Oct. 31 at Keeneland Race Course. The prospective field includes…
Apprentice riders Felix Vasquez Jr. and Yomar Ortiz Jr. got their pictures taken for the first time on Saturday. Vasquez Jr. rode Pretty Geisha (First Samurai) to victory over Gulfstream's…
Willy D's lost the lead at the top of the stretch, then dug in along the rail and fought back to beat Stars and Stripes by a neck Saturday in the Grade 3, $350,000 Fayette Stakes at Keeneland. John…
The day racing fans and horseplayers wait for all year for is almost here. The Breeders’ Cup Saturday program will feature the international equine and human stars of horse racing squaring off in…
He was one of the least experienced runners in the field, but he battled on like a seasoned pro, and it bore sweet fruit for Just for Pipa. The son of Justify gamely collected the Bowman Mill Stakes…
Trainer Bill Mott will wait until Monday's draw to reveal his plan for Knightsbridge . The colt could join stablemate and 2025 horse of the year Sovereignty in the Classic or run in the $1 million…
We are less than one week away from the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland and, as usual, top horses from around the world are shipping in to take their shot at the riches in…
Implementing a strong turn of foot on the turf,'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard,' Bottas (Vekoma) ran down the lane nicely to take the 22nd running of the GII Bryan Station Stakes on closing…
With the Breeders’ Cup World Championships one week away, morning activity at Keeneland shifted into high gear Saturday as contenders for five of the championship races turned in key workouts over…
The broodmare Ready to Unleash had two graded stakes winners, Brickyard Belle and Joe Shiesty, within an hour of one another Oct. Read More...
In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Fiery Lucy in Kentucky. Fiery Lucy Rolls At…
Lovcen will attempt to join an illustrious band of horses to have won Japan’s fabled Triple Crown when the colt contests the Grade 1, US$2.7 million Kikuka Sho, the 1 7/8-mile Japanese St. Leger at…
The weekend racing fans wait for all year long is almost here as the top horses in the country and around the world travel to Keeneland for the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The action…
C R K Stables debutante Joyful Flight (f, 2, Flightline –Joyful Cadence, by Runhappy), pegged at morning-line odds of 4-1, was friendless in the market, jumped at an overlaid 83-10 from a high draw…
Adrian posted Friday’s highest Horse Racing Nation speed figure with a 130 at Belmont Park in race 7. The 4-year-old filly by Global Campaign won a one-mile dirt allowance optional claimer at 7-2…
The marquee North American race for fillies and mares on the dirt has long been the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, a staple of the World Championships since the inception of the event in 1984. Read More...
Edited Press Release On Friday, a pair of Breeders' Cup pre-entrants worked before Santa Anita's first race. Champion Super Corredora ( Gun Runner ), pre-entered in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff,…
Cosmic Crusader put an exclamation mark on a campaign that has seen him rise from Western Australia star to a bona-fide member of Australia racing’s elite with a historic win Saturday in the Group 1,…
Anyone who watched the 2022 Breeders’ Cup World Championships in person or on TV will always remember the Longines Classic first. A truly grand finale, the last of 14 World Championship races was a…
