On Racing

Jay Hovdey, On Racing

After 11 years playing with the Houston Oilers and the Dallas Cowboys, Mike Renfro is part of the CJ Thoroughbreds team that will send out Tom’s Magic in the $1 million King’s Plate Stakes on Aug. 16 at Woodbine.

Trainer Joe Sharp notched his 1,000th North American victory in race 6 at Ellis Park Aug. 1 when Master Game took a seven-furlong claiming tilt under Tyler Gaffalione.

From a business perspective, Mike Repole says running a champion like Fierceness at 4 without racing in the Middle East was a “dumb” decision due to the paucity of multimillion-dollar purses for older dirt horses in the United States.

On a pleasant summer day in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Pennsylvania-bred and Philadelphia sports hero Smarty Jones joins racing’s immortals.

Known for featuring high-end broodmares and broodmare prospects, Fasig-Tipton’s The November Sale near Lexington is commonly referred to as “The Night of the Stars.”  Already one star is scheduled to be sold there this fall: Puca.

Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look ahead at the Whitney Stakes and the Test Stakes at Saratoga.

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan took to the grass for the first time on Friday over Saratoga Race Course’s Oklahoma turf training track, with NYRA clockers timing him through a solo five-eighths breeze in 1:02 flat.

Delaware Park Casino presented a $12,000 check to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation—the casino’s charity of the month for June.