The $3 million, Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Baccarat features 12 horses, plus one also-eligible entrant, as the first true signature race of 2024 drew a deep and talented field. The 1 1/8-mile race Saturday, Jan.
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Track Phantom Leads all the Way in Lecomte Stakes Victory over Nash
The official distance of the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes is a 1 1/16-mile race, but for all intents and purposes, the prep race for the 2024 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve for 3-year-olds was over at the half-mile pole.
Scotty Schulhofer: A First-Class Horseman Who Aged Like Fine Wine
Flint S. “Scotty” Schulhofer spent almost all of his 80 years on this earth around horses and racetracks, but in a sense he was much like a fine wine. Born as the son of a horse owner-riding academy operator, he went to work at the racetrack as a 17-year-old youth. Yet when he approached his 60s – at a time when most men would look to slow down and eye retirement – he enjoyed his greatest run of sustained success and assembled a stable that rivaled any in the sport.
Stuart Janney to Receive Eclipse Award of Merit
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Jan. 19 that Stuart S. Janney III will be honored with the Eclipse Award of Merit at the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards Dinner and Ceremony at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 25. The Eclipse Award of Merit is the Thoroughbred industry’s highest honor, bestowed upon an individual who has displayed a lifetime of achievement in service to the sport. Janney’s decades of involvement and leadership within the sport of Thoroughbred racing has bettered the sport for future generations.
