The Curragh Racecourse has announced details of a new partnership with Churchill Tyres, marking the beginning of a collaboration that will see the company become the title sponsor of the G2 Beresford Stakes for the next three years. Won in…
Trainer Michael Tomlinson has a stable of just 24 at Churchill Downs and two of them won stakes races over closing weekend. “It's a big thrill, a big pick-me-up for our barn and everyone involved,” Tomlinson said. “A stable my…
Irad Ortiz Jr. claimed his first Churchill Downs Spring Meet riding title at the conclusion of racing Sunday while trainer Joe Sharp and owner David Jacobson also took home respective championships in their categories. The riding title is Ortiz Jr.'s…
Not seen since a fifth in Renegade (Into Mischief)'s GI Arkansas Derby in late March, 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Blackout Time (c, 3, Not This Time–Beauty Parlor, by Elusive Quality) left little doubt he's ready to return to…
Mark Breen's Sassmaster (Curlin) became the fourth next-out winner (from seven also-rans) to emerge from the Aug. 9 Saratoga six-furlong maiden won impressively by 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Golden Tornado (McKinzie) with a strong comebacking victory following a…
4th-CD, $120K, Msw, 3yo/up, 5fT, 2:15 p.m. ET. Arrest Me Red (Pioneerof the Nile) is still going strong for owner Lael Stables and trainer Wesley Ward. The 8-year-old grass star has over $1.5-million in earnings, plus a pair of graded…
If you're still working that Stephen Foster Day hangover, lock in and rally folks, because Churchill Downs isn't done with you, yet. Carding two more graded contests Sunday, a pair of competitive fields have been assembled for the GIII Maxfield…
Ground Support (Army Mule), last seen finishing a fantastic third in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar Oct. 31, will launch her sophomore campaign in Saturday's $275,000 Tepin Stakes on the Stephen Foster program at Churchill…
Seven accomplished males will contest the 6 1/2-furlong Bango Stakes (G3) June 27 at Churchill Downs. Dual grade 3 winner Cornucopian will face multiple graded stakes winner and Breeders' Cup alumnus Dr. Venkman in the sprint event.
Brant, one of the standout 2-year-olds of the 2025 season, will try to get his sophomore campaign untracked when he faces an expected seven other 3-year-olds in the $250,000 Maxfield Stakes (G3) June 28 at Churchill Downs.