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Race for the Trainers" Championship: Fownes poised to claim a fifth title
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (408+ words) As we embark on the final fortnight of the 2025/26 Hong Kong racing season, Caspar Fownes remains firmly in the driver's seat after an absorbing battle for the trainers' title. Fownes, who sits on 66 winners through 84 of the term's 88 meetings, is…...
Woodbine cancels Thursday races due to sewer leak
15+ hour, 26+ min ago (142+ words) ETOBICOKE, Ontario " Woodbine has canceled Thursday's seven-race card due to a sewer line leak at the main track and canceled training on that Tapeta surface for Thursday. The leak occurred at the half-mile pole. Contractors have been onsite and will…...
The Meadows: Captain Corey fillies capture Pennsylvania Sire Stakes events
11+ hour, 36+ min ago (307+ words) Sire Captain Corey swept the trifectas in both $56, 145 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes divisions for 2-year-old filly trotters on Wednesday afternoon at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, with Miss Eliza and Birr Castle taking the victories. In the initial grouping, first Ginger…...
Charles Town reduces takeout on pick three and daily double
21+ hour, 39+ min ago (147+ words) Daily Racing Form Charles Town announced several changes to its wagering menu and will now offer 15 percent takeout rates on all pick three and daily double wagers. The changes will take effect on July 9. Before the decrease, the takeout rate…...
Buffalo: Uncle Rob matches track record in New York Sire Stakes victory
11+ hour, 39+ min ago (560+ words) It was a spectacular day for Uncle Rob ($3. 88) at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (July 1), as he collected the victory in the $110, 200 New York Sire Stakes for the 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters with a 1 3/4 length score over Celebrity Dubai…...
Knightsbridge to try two turns in Monmouth Cup before Forego
22+ hour, 23+ min ago (190+ words) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. " The main summer target for Knightsbridge is the Grade 1 Forego, a seven-furlong race at Saratoga on Aug. 29. He may take an unorthodox path to get there. Knightsbridge will try two turns for the first time in the Grade…...
Wild Applause, Saranac lure large fields of up-and-coming 3-year-olds
22+ hour, 23+ min ago (864+ words) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. " Napoleon Solo's victory in the Preakness was a defining moment in the training career of Chad Summers. But it wasn't the only winner he had that memorable afternoon at Laurel Park. About six hours earlier, Summers sent out…...
Trying to downsize before Del Mar, Barocio has One Smokin Dude spotted aggressively
17+ hour, 38+ min ago (581+ words) Before he sends a dozen runners from Santa Anita to Del Mar, trainer Librado Barocio is trying to pare down his stable. Barocio trainees are up for sale. The stakes-placed filly Syntax was in the process of being sold privately…...
Ted Noffey may breeze at farm in next few weeks
16+ hour, 52+ min ago (335+ words) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. " Ted Noffey, who won the first two races of his 2025 champion juvenile campaign at Saratoga last year, but who has been sidelined this year due to bone bruising, could return to trainer Todd Pletcher here in three to…...
Back Em Up seeks first stakes win in Wildcat Red
21+ hour, 13+ min ago (591+ words) For a fleeting moment last month, it appeared Back Em Up, who runs Friday in the $70, 000 Wildcat Red on the dirt at Gulfstream Park, had nailed down the first stakes win of his career. The occasion was the Big Drama…...