It will be a bittersweet day at Golden Gate Fields April 27 as the $175,000 San Francisco Mile Stakes (G3T) is slated to be the last stakes race ever held at the track that opened in 1941.

Ribble Farms, Michael Eiserman, Earl Silver, Kenneth Fishbein, and Dave Fishbein’s Honor Marie drilled an eye-catching five-furlong bullet in :59 1/5 at Churchill Downs April 25, his final work before the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1).

Mensa is stabled at Churchill Downs and will train each day at 9:10 am in a special saddle cloth.  Prospective buyers can follow him back to Barn 36 post-training to inspect him.

Officials with Churchill Downs Inc. April 25 sounded a bit like a gift giver looking forward to the receiver’s reaction as they discussed changes, centered on a $200 million new paddock, that await fans arriving Kentucky Derby week this year.

A look at where American classic contenders have been found at public auctions and their average price by horse type.

When Emerald Downs begins its 2024 season on Saturday, May 4, a familiar voice returns to the announcer’s booth high atop the grandstand: Tom Harris.

A BH Daily letter to the editor for the week of April 24.

A judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals denied an emergency motion to allow Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Muth into the Kentucky Derby (G1) in an order described on the court’s online docket after regular office hours April 24.

Trainer Phil D’Amato has captured two of the last three runnings of Santa Anita Park’s Royal Heroine Stakes (G3T). This year, the conditioner will look to take yet another rendition when he saddles not one but three live contenders.

The biggest clash of the Goffs Doncaster Breeze-Up Sale boiled down to Anthony Stroud and Jason Kelly. Stroud who emerged victorious, with a bid of £420,000 (US$525,000, £1 = US$1.25) for the sale-topping filly by Havana Grey.