Home Market Area wagering is the primary source of funding for critical horse breeding programs.

The Delaware Jockeys’ Health and Welfare Benefits Fund held their fifth annual Jockey Health Day on Monday, May 12. Medical staff provided Delaware Park jockeys with required physicals and baseline testing free of charge.

In a 4-3 vote during a contentious May 15 meeting in Sacramento, the California Horse Racing Board denied awarding race dates for the Humboldt County Fair at Ferndale in Northern California.

Racing will be run May 19 and May 21 next week.

A Maryland native, jockey Nik Juarez will ride his first Preakness Stakes (G1) aboard American Promise at Pimlico Race Course May 17.

If trainer Jamie Osborne and Heart of Honor seem out of place at Pimlico Race Course, it’s probably because there hasn’t been a starter in the Preakness Stakes (G1) bred outside of North America since the Ireland-bred Celtic Ash in 1960. 

Ace miler Rosallion will face eight runners as he aims to make a winning return in what looks like a high-quality renewal of the Lockinge Stakes (G1) May 17 at Newbury Racecourse.

For all of the wet weather and gloomy skies at Pimlico Race Course this week, the winds of change have been swirling in Maryland for much longer than a week or even a year.

In this episode of StarWatch, we hear from trainers Mark Glatt and Steve Asmussen as they discuss their recent 2-year-old purchases by Independence Hall. Listen as top trainers share what stood out about Independence Hall’s first crop of 2-year-olds.

U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, Rep. Don Davis, and Sen. Tom Cotton have introduced the Racehorse Health and Safety Act to Congress, which would establish an interstate compact to develop nationwide rules for horse racing.