The announcement last week that the main track and the Tapeta course at Belmont will soon be opened for limited training was just one more reminder that the unveiling of the new building is less than three months away. The…
Globetrotting superstar Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) will target a title defense in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland, and will prep for that tilt via the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at the new Belmont Park, the…
For the sixth time since 2012, Stefano Botti celebrated victory in Sunday's G2 Premio Oaks d'Italia Tattersalls as Piccola Piuma (Saxon Warrior) powered clear in the Milan sunshine to run out an impressive winner in the hands of Fabio Branca.…
This is the second of three pieces examining the structural condition of American horse racing. In Part 1, I showed that the racing habitat is collapsing not because horses can't run, but because race days are disappearing, 182 per year…
Back in the days of the old stand at Ascot, a favourite spot for race-watching was to climb up to the fifth floor above the press box for what felt like a bird's eye view of the action. From this…
The 2026 running of the Bahrain International Trophy will be run as a Group 1 following an upgrade of the race's status, making it the first top-level contest to be staged in the country. Established in 2019, the 10-furlong Bahrain…