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The trailer for the upcoming racehorse movie, "Dream Horse," starring Toni Collette and Damian Lewis, has been released. It tells the underdog story of a barmaid who recruits neighbors and co-workers into a  scheme to breed a racehorse. Read More

Shuttered racetrack Portland Meadows was demolished this week, making way for a new freight facility, according to KATU News in Portland, Ore. The track, which opened in September 1946, continued operation until last year. Read More

Lucia (Lucy) Rodriguez Delgado, who owned and trained horses in New England at Rockingham Park and Suffolk Downs for five decades, died Feb. 13 after a battle with brain cancer. She was 74. Read More

Four weeks after hosting the World of Trouble Turf Sprint Jan. 25, Gulfstream Park is right back at it again Feb. 22, this time staging the $100,000 World of Trouble Sprint (G3) at six furlongs, where Lasting Legacy is favored. Read More

Claiborne Farm announced via Twitter Feb. 19 that Preach, a grade 1-winning homebred and breed-shaping broodmare, died at the age of 31 due to the infirmities of old age.  Read More

Just over 20 years into his career, trainer Jamie Ness notched his 3,000th winner Feb. 18 at Parx Racing when Late Breaking News ($5.20) won the sixth race. Read More

Silver Prospector turned in a golden performance Feb. 17 at Oaklawn Park, earning a preliminary Beyer Speed Figure of 97 for his one-length victory in the Southwest Stakes (G3). Read More

A 12-horse contingent of American runners, including Maximum Security, McKinzie, Midnight Bisou, Mucho Gusto, and Tacitus, arrived in Saudi Arabia Feb. 19 in advance of the Feb. 29 Saudi Cup and its supporting races. Read More

Misconceptions regarding breeze-up sales addressed at Feb. 18 London conference Read More

The Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star Park announced Feb. 19 a record number of consignments to the Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Read More

Pumpkin Rumble, a four-time stakes winner who took back-to-back renewals of the Valedictory Stakes (G3) at Woodbine, has been retired due to a minor injury and has been accepted into the LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society. Read More

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Feb. 23 Mine That Bird Derby at Sunland Park. Read More

Matt Schera uses skills cultivated in meteorology and investments to build up a quality stable. Read More

With 85 total Road to the Kentucky Oaks points on the line, the $250,000 UAE Oaks Sponsored by Range Rover (G3) will be a stepping stone for whoever should win the Feb. 20 test, and connections of Japan-based Serein are hopeful their filly belongs. Read More

Ghaiyyath, the top-rated horse trained in Dubai, will make his season debut when he breaks from the outside post in a six-horse field under William Buick in the 2,000-meter (about 1 1/4-mile) Dubai Millennium Sponsored By Jaguar Group (G3). Read More

Dubai World Cup-winning owner Team Valor International is hoping for more Meydan glory and could have a pair of runners at the world-leading $35 million meeting. Read More

Perhaps it s high time to market the lower end of the spectrum. Read More

Updates on all five of Kentucky's Thoroughbred racetracks were presented at the first Kentucky Horse Racing Commission meeting of the year Feb. 18 in Lexington.  Read More

With the Road to the Kentucky Derby starting to heat up, the flashy Tiz the Law stands as the one his classmates are chasing. Trained by Barclay Tagg, Tiz the Law sits atop the first edition of the NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll Read More

The John William Pope Foundation, a grantmaker based in Raleigh, North Carolina, has awarded $80,000 to thoroughbred-related nonprofits during its most recent board meeting. Read More

Four of the five stakes races over the weekend that served as points qualifiers on the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) or the Road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) were won by the progeny of Todd Pletcher trainees turned stallions. Read More

During a long career in racing, Quigley oversaw construction of Meadowlands and Garden State Park in New Jersey and Retama Park in Texas. He was a pioneer in offering simulcasting. Read More

Bluegrass native Arnold has the spring meet at Keeneland on this mind, training four high-class turf horses that are just now gearing up for spring returns, topped by millionaire Concrete Rose, a four-time stakes winner in 2019. Read More

Churchill Downs Inc. announced plans Feb. 18 to invest $5.6 million to replace the existing track at Turfway Park with a new Tapeta synthetic surface, making it one of three U.S. tracks with this footing. Read More

Scott Mallory rescued the stallion after Stonewall's Prestige Stallions, where Suntracer was standing, closed suddenly and left dozens of horses in need of homes. Read More