There were times in the summer and fall of 2010 when California trainer John Shirreffs, who died on Thursday, was racing’s best promoter. Shirreffs guided the career of the Hall of Fame mare Zenyatta, ...

Al Haram closed from near the rear of a 14-runner field to run down game pacesetting American shipper Obliteration and win the Saudi Derby by 1 1/4 lengths on Saturday at King Abdulaziz Racecourse.

Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse will be looking for his sixth stakes win of the young Oaklawn Park meet Monday when he sends out the unbeaten Ewing in the $150,000 Ozark.

Imagination ran arguably the best race of his career when he finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar last November, a performance that puts him at the center of attention for Saturday’s ...

Express Kid will try to add to his Kentucky Derby points total Sunday, when he defends his home track against shippers from around the country in the $500,000 Sunland Park Derby. The 1 1/16-mile race ...

For 21 consecutive years there wasn't a Kentucky Derby run in which Todd Pletcher didn't have a starter. Until 2025. As the road to the 2026 Kentucky Derby ratchets up, Pletcher looks to start a new ...

Roll On Big Joe won his third consecutive stakes race on Sunday when he held off Tejano Twist by a half-length in the $150,000 King Cotton at Oaklawn Park.

At first glance, there does not appear to be an abundance of pace in the $150,000 King Cotton on Sunday at Oaklawn Park, which could give the quick Roll On Big Joe a tactical advantage as he seeks to ...

A couple of rising stars in the handicap division, stablemates Disco Time and Tappan Street, will square off against classy, older veterans White Abarrio, his barn mate Skippylongstocking, and 2024 ...

Toastin Heros, dismissed at 13-1, won the richest race of his career in Saturday’s $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park for Quarter Horses, beating a field that included 2025 World Champion Fdd ...

The champion Nitrogen put an exclamation point on the unforgettable weekend trainer Mark Casse had at Oaklawn Park when she won the Grade 3, $250,000 Bayakoa on Saturday.

She paid a mere $7.80 to win, but Meaning's victory in Sunday's $98,000 Las Virgenes Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita was a minor upset. Starting for the first time since a fourth-place ...