TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Regal Return After a head-scratching tenth in last November’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, FMQ Stables’ Saudi Crown returned to his regal ways with a dominant display in this past Saturday’s $175,000 Louisiana Stakes (G3). The 4-year-old colt reigned...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Snowbird Season Like many Woodbine regulars, Katerina Vassilieva trainee Roaring Forties is making a habit of spending harsh Canadian winters in the Sunshine State. The 8-year-gelding will make his second annual trip to Gulfstream this Sunday to...

FLORIDA — By Gulfstream Park Media A full field of 12 is expected for the Jan. 27th $3-million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park, including stars First Mission and Saudi Crown. Current list of invitees Dynamic One, Grand Aspen, Saudi Crown, First Mission, National Treasure,...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon All Knight Long With the way California-bred Kings River Knight has been running lately, it wouldn’t be all that surprising to see the 5-year-old superstar in Dodger blue sometime soon. Jokes aside, the gelding continued his recent stretch of stakes...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Showing Some Sparkle Shimmering Allure (4-5) has her sights set on another stakes score when she takes on four competitors in this Saturday’s $100,000 Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct. The accomplished youngster has already performed admirably at the graded...

KENTUCKY — Horse Racing Nation No rankings are perfect, but this is a great snapshot of the top contenders and some up and comers for the 2024 Kentucky Derby. In addition to all those competing in stakes company, the list includes five horses who are coming off allowance wins...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon The Muth is Loose Not to be confused with Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth, 3-year-old colt Muth and his stellar track record are set to take on the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita on Saturday afternoon. The Bob Baffert...

Godolphin LLC, which campaigned 15 North American graded stakes winners, including two Breeders’ Cup winners, repeated as leading owner by earnings, and Irad Ortiz Jr., again established a single-season earnings record as the leading jockey according to final statistics released...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Long Distance House Calls When saying something is a marathon, not a sprint, it’s not often we’re referring to an actual race, but that’s exactly what we’re doing here with the $100,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial. Set for Saturday at Gulfstream, the...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Going the Distance It wasn’t exactly a knockout performance from Butterbean, but the filly did just enough to hold on for a half-length win in Saturday’s $150,000 Mistletoe Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The 4-year-old Kentucky-bred closed with the...