The midsummer weeks on the North American horse racing calendar traditionally signal a turning of the page from the Triple Crown to preparing for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships in the fall, and this year the path takes an unanticipated turn as the first domestic “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series race for the 2024 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic takes place not under the Twin Spires at
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2023 Stephen Foster Stakes Cheat Sheet: Get to Know the Horses
On Saturday, July 1, the first domestic “Win and You’re In” qualifying race for this fall’s $6 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic will be held in Kentucky.
Two Phil’s Overwhelms Opposition in Ohio Derby
In a hotly contested 3-year-old division, Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve runner-up Two Phil’s made his case as a horse to be reckoned with after a stylish score in the $500,000 Ohio Derby June 24 at Thistledown.
Dettori Earns Milestone Royal Ascot Win Aboard Porta Fortuna for U.S.-Based Owners
It might be Frankie Dettori’s farewell tour but he is producing some of his finest work and an 80th Royal Ascot winner came his way when Porta Fortuna obliged in the Group 3 Albany Stakes. The filly provided trainer Donnacha O’Brien with a memorable first winner at the meeting, but it was hard not to escape Frankie fever as he entered the winner’s enclosure bellowing: “Eighty! Eighty!”
