Trainer Mark Casse’s stakes-winning filly Strategic Bird headlines a field of eleven 3-year-old fillies set to compete in the second running of the Cheryl C. White Memorial Stakes April 16 at Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course.

Virtual signups will again be the primary means to participate in the Maryland Backstretch Pension Plan, which this year will receive a $1-million contribution as approved by the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association board of directors.

Horses last raced at locations 1,500 or more miles from Canterbury Park receive larger incentives to counter inflation and high fuel prices

A total of 10 races kick off the 20th season of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing Tuesday, April 19. The card, which begins at 2:30 p.m., features nine Thoroughbred races capped off with one Quarter Horse race.

Todd, a two-time Olympic gold medallist event rider, has now accepted the breach of rule (J)19, concerning engaging in conduct prejudicial to the good reputation of horseracing.  

New Hampshire state officials are looking into TwinSpires.com and its parent company Churchill Downs Inc., contending that the advance-deposit wagering outlet is operating without a license or any other regulatory permission.

The $100,000 Long Branch Stakes for fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, headlines opening day of the 2022 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, slated as the seventh race on the Apr. 16 eight-race card.

The Oklahoma Training Track at Saratoga Race Course will open for training on April 16, the New York Racing Association, Inc. announced today. The barn area at the Oklahoma will open to licensed trainers and staff beginning April 15.

The Thoroughbred racing industry joined forces on April 10th for the fourth annual PDJF TVG Telethon to raise $383,945 for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF). The event was presented by Lane’s End Farm.

First-out stakes winner Her World aims to prove her debut black-type success was no fluke when she takes on an expected nine other 3-year-old fillies April 15 in the $200,000 TVG Limestone Stakes going 5 1/2 furlongs on the grass at Keeneland.