Tampa Bay Downs is the only Thoroughbred race track on the West Coast of Florida, and is known as one of America's oldest and most well-maintained racetracks. Tampa Bay Downs first opened its doors in ...

Parx Racing, formerly Philadelphia Park, was known as Keystone Racetrack from its opening day on November 4, 1974 until International Thoroughbred Breeders (ITB) purchased the Bensalem oval on Dec. 28 ...

Since it was founded in 1933, the race track at Charles Town has seen- and made- history. During its 70-year run, the track has welcomed historical figures, teetered on the brink of collapse, and ...

Owner: Leonard H. Lavin Born: Oct. 29, 1919, Chicago, Ill. Residence: Glencoe, Ill. Family: Daughter, Carol. Wife, Bernice, passed away on Oct. 29, 2007 After serving in World War II, Leonard Lavin ...

Ted Noffey began his career with an impressive 2-year-old win at first asking in a Saratoga maiden race on Aug. 2, 2025. Trainer Todd Pletcher wasted no time from there to raise Ted Noffey up against ...

Trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr., broke through on the national stage when his colt Math Wizard scored an upset victory in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby on Sept. 21, 2019. That was the first graded ...

Lawrence (Larry) Best is the founder and chairman of OXO Equine. He has seved as the chief financial officer of Boston Scientific, a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of medical devices; and Best ...

From an American perspective, horse racing and anime franchises sound like strange bedfellows. Their demographics could hardly be more disparate, with racing featuring a primarily older demographic, ...

As Thoroughbred racing heads into a new year, it faces the inevitable challenge of learning from the past 12 months and applying those lessons to a new year. With 2026 at hand, BloodHorse has reprised ...

Invitations have been sent for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Park, and the 1 1/8-mile stakes is shaping up to be a competitive race with plenty of ...

Every Sunday Noel Michaels will provide free full-card picks for a one racecard in North America. A veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer, Michaels also writes a weekly “Weekend Winners” ...

Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule that offers qualifying points to the 1 ¼-mile classic race May 2, 2026, ...