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There's a chance the 6 1/2-furlong downhill sprint races at Santa Anita Park, popular with horsemen and bettors, could return at the fall meeting that begins Sept. 25. Read More

Trainer will send out Dirty Dancer July 19 at Newbury Read More

With the barn area opening July 25, just one week from now, anticipation is running high for 2019 Colonial Downs race meeting after a six-year hiatus of flat racing in Virginia. Read More

In a July 18 California Horse Racing Board meeting, Thoroughbred Owners of California president and CEO Greg Avioli noted his organization was discussing exclusion policies with the tracks.  Read More

No decision has been made on Saturday's races. Read More

My Italian Rabbi becomes the first black-type winner for both her sire and dam. Read More

On July 18, the New York Racing Association announced the cancellation of Saturday's card of racing at Saratoga Race Course due to excessive heat forecast for the Saratoga and greater Capital Region. Read More

Five last-out winners and three stakes winners add to the intrigue of the 10-strong field of sophomore fillies seeking to score in the San Clemente Stakes (G2T) on the grass at Del Mar. Read More

Michael Lund Petersen is game when it comes to buying horses at public auction, with TVG.com Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) contender Mucho Gusto among his 2018 purchases when bought for $625,000. Read More

Top-class filly Sea of Class is reported to be making progress July 18 in the fight for her life. Read More

Hammerle was most recently vice president of racing at Santa Anita Park. Read More

One year after the San Diego Handicap (G2) served as his coming out party, Catalina Cruiser returns to the 1 1/16-mile test at Del Mar as one of the stars of the handicap division. Read More

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Haskell Invitational (G1) at Monmouth Park. Read More

Gunpowder Farms and Brereton Jones' Divisidero will look for his first since more than a year ago from the rail in the $150,000 Oceanport Stakes (G3T) at Monmouth Park on the Haskell Invitational undercard July 20. Read More

No disrespect to anyone else in the Monmouth Cup (G3), but Coal Front will be getting some class relief July 20 in the $200,000 stakes at Monmouth Park. Read More

This week is a recap of the 1988 Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park won by Forty Niner. The story, which carried the headline "Sons Shine on a Hot Day," was written by Don Zamarelli. It ran in the Aug. 6, 1988 edition of BloodHorse. Read More

Hronis Racing's Jasikan put his well-known connections in the spotlight July 17 on opening day at Del Mar, when he closed with a flourish to win the $100,000 Runhappy Oceanside Stakes. Read More

For the fans who turn out at Monmouth Park July 20 during what's taking shape as a blistering hot Haskell Day card, getting a chance to see Midnight Bisou in action promises to be a cool treat. Read More

Seeing no reason to mess with a successful formula, trainer Kelly Breen has entered Valedictorian in the $150,000 WinStar Matchmaker Stakes (G3T) July 20 on the Monmouth Park turf. Read More

Three Chimneys Farm's homebred Guarana has a short record of only two starts going into the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) July 20 at Saratoga Race Course, but the Ghostzapper filly will be the one to beat. Read More

The first of three grade 1 stakes for sophomore runners that will most likely determine the group's year-end champion takes place July 20 with a showdown in the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park. Read More

The reigning 3-year-old filly champion Monomoy Girl returned to trainer Brad Cox's Churchill Downs base from WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., July 14 after recovering from a colic episode early spring. Read More

Breeders' Cup and FanDuel Group, parent company of TVG, announced July 17 a comprehensive multi-year sponsorship agreement naming TVG and FanDuel official wagering partners of the Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 1-2 at Santa Anita Park. Read More

Colt won the inaugural Rick Violette Stakes in a downpour July 17 at Saratoga Race Course. Read More

A complaint has been filed in San Diego Superior Court by trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and the California Thoroughbred Trainers against Del Mar, which to date has not allowed the Hall of Fame trainer to start horses at its meet. Read More