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Finger Lakes Cancels May 20 Card Due to Lack of Entries

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
Racing will be run May 19 and May 21 next week.

Preakness Ride a Homecoming for Jockey Juarez

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
A Maryland native, jockey Nik Juarez will ride his first Preakness Stakes (G1) aboard American Promise at Pimlico Race Course May 17.

Heart of Honor Gives Connections 'Shot in the Dark'

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
If trainer Jamie Osborne and Heart of Honor seem out of place at Pimlico Race Course, it's probably because there hasn't been a starter in the Preakness Stakes (G1) bred outside of North America since the Ireland-bred Celtic Ash in 1960. 

Rosallion Heads Star-Studded Lockinge Stakes at Newbury

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
Ace miler Rosallion will face eight runners as he aims to make a winning return in what looks like a high-quality renewal of the Lockinge Stakes (G1) May 17 at Newbury Racecourse.

150th Preakness Marks the End of an Era in Maryland

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
For all of the wet weather and gloomy skies at Pimlico Race Course this week, the winds of change have been swirling in Maryland for much longer than a week or even a year.

See You In Heaven a Recent Suppement to Magic Millions

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
The latest highlight entries to the upcoming Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale include the five-time group winner See You In Heaven, a winner of more than AU$830,000 for her connections.

Legislation That Aims to Replace HISA Again Introduced

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, Rep. Don Davis, and Sen. Tom Cotton have introduced the Racehorse Health and Safety Act to Congress, which would establish an interstate compact to develop nationwide rules for horse racing.

Pride of Arras Upsets The Lion In Winter in Dante

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
The Lion In Winter has been usurped as favorite for the Epsom Derby (G1) by Delacroix and Ruling Court after a tame comeback effort behind the impressive Pride of Arras in the May 15 Dante Stakes (G2).

At a Glance Look at Preakness: Journalism the Selection

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
America's Best Racing provides a quick look and thoughts on Preakness (G1) field.

Cox's Encino, Star of Wonder Lead Pimlico Special

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
For trainer Brad Cox, there's one of two distinctly different ways to win the $250,000 Pimlico Special Stakes (G3) May 16 at Pimlico Race Course.

BH Daily Letters to the Editor, May 15 Issue

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
Letters to the editor for the May 15 issue of BloodHorse Daily.

Former Major Leaguer Has Rooting Interest in Preakness

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
This is the story of an obscure big-league baseball journeyman from a half-century ago and the Preakness Stakes (G1) horse that bears his name. Gosger the horse is a gray/roan colt named for the largely forgotten player, Jim Gosger.

Seven Share Fastest Time at F-T Midlantic Breeze Show

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
The first under-tack show of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale concluded May 14 with seven juveniles tying for the fastest furlong at :10 1/5. A colt by Complexity breezed the fastest quarter-mile in :21 4/5.

Two Weeks' Rest? No Problem for Baffert, Lukas

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
In an era when trainers are loathe to run their horses on a short amount of rest, Hall of Famers Bob Baffert and D. Wayne Lukas are the gold standard when it comes to running in and winning the Preakness Stakes (G1) on two weeks' rest.

Benedetta Seeks Second Group 1 in Doomben 10,000

Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
Group 1-winning mare Benedetta (AUS) will head to the Queensland Winter Carnival with the 5-year-old's trainer Jason Warren looking forward to starting the 2024 Goodwood (G1) winner off in the May 17 Doomben Ten Thousand (G1).

Midlantic Under Tack Show to Begin at 9 a.m. May 15

Wed, 2025-05-14 17:26
The second session of the under tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will now begin at 9 a.m. ET May 15, a one-hour delay from its originally scheduled start time of 8 a.m.

Bonus Depreciation in Federal Tax Bill Clears Committee

Wed, 2025-05-14 17:26
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association praises the House Ways and Means Committee for passing a tax bill through their committee that includes 100% bonus depreciation. This is one of the first hurdles the bill needed to cross to become law.

Casse Not Worried About Quick Turnaround With Sandman

Wed, 2025-05-14 17:26
Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said he's not worried about the two-week turnaround for Preakness Stakes (G1) contender Sandman, but the uncertainty of track condition could be a concern.

Jungle Peace Faces Distance Test in Honeymoon

Wed, 2025-05-14 17:26
With much of the weekend's racing action taking place at Pimlico Race Course, a field of six 3-year-old fillies clash on the lawn on the opposite coast in Santa Anita Park's $100,000 Honeymoon Stakes (G3T) May 18.

Paris Lily Carries Improving Form to Black-Eyed Susan

Wed, 2025-05-14 17:26
Following an allowance win over a sloppy track at Keeneland, trainer Brendan Walsh is confident that Godolphin's Paris Lily is reaching her best form ahead of the $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) at Pimlico Race Course May 16.

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