Saturday’s Grade 2 Ainsworth Turf Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs hasn’t yet achieved Grade 1 status, but that may be coming. With its rich purse of $2 million (including $1 million from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund), the grass dash over three-quarters of a mile has drawn a stellar field for its 2024 renewal.
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Longshots Poised to Upset Saratoga’s Closing Day Hopeful Stakes
A competitive nine-horse field has turned out to sprint seven furlongs in Monday’s $300,000 Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes, the feature race on closing day of the Saratoga summer meet.
Big-Race Showdown: Expert Picks for Pacific Classic, Jockey Club Gold Cup
For the eighth year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2024 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”
Assessing Adare Manor’s Chances to Defeat Males in 2024 Pacific Classic
If the 5-year-old racemare Adare Manor wins this year’s Grade 1, $1 million FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic Stakes, a “Win and You’re In” race for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, it will be a throwback to 2015 when
