Kentucky native Mike Pegram, a long-time owner best known for coming within a nose of winning the Triple Crown with Real Quiet in 1998, will be honored with the Laffit Pincay Jr.
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Healing After Heartbreak: Champions Retreat Welcomes First Responders
In late June, the small northern Idaho community near Coeur d’Alene was shaken by a tragic incident that claimed the lives of two firefighters and left another injured. In the days that followed, Champions Retreat, a Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance-accredited organization in Hayden, Idaho, offered a quiet gesture of support to those most affected: an invitation for local first responders and their families to spend time with the retired racehorses that call the farm home.
2025 Beverly D. Stakes at a Glance
Arlington International Racecourse may be gone, but memories of the Illinois track will come to the fore on Saturday when the Arlington Million and Beverly D. Stakes are contested at Colonial Downs.
2025 Secretariat Stakes at a Glance
In 1973, Arlington Park introduced the Arlington Invitational with one very specific goal in mind: attract that year’s Triple Crown winner Secretariat to the Chicago-area racetrack. Big Red came and conquered by nine lengths and the next year the race was renamed in his honor.
