3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (310+ words) Apex held off a sustained stretch bid from Big Ranger to win the Grade 1, $1 million Hambletonian in 1:49.2 on Saturday at the Meadowlands, the fastest time in the 101-year history of the annual classic for 3-year-old trotters. With Dexter Dunn at…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (200+ words) Paladin suffered an ankle injury Saturday morning and is off the Triple Crown trail, trainer Chad Brown told DRF. The 3-year-old son of Gun Runner sustained a non-displaced condylar fracture of his right front ankle following a workout at Payson…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (215+ words) Triple Crown-nominated Cannoneer, unraced since running fourth as the favorite in the Jan. 31 Holy Bull (G3), returned with a popular and powerful performance to win Friday's feature at Gulfstream Park. Ridden by Edgard Zayas for trainer Brad Cox, Cannoneer ($3.20) registered a…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (332+ words) Joe Sharp had a banner year last year, with a 46% jump in earnings to a career-high $8.9 million and his most winners ever, 146. He’s also coming off his second straight Fair Grounds training title as he moves his operation back to…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (370+ words) Winning the last race at the final table, Dylan Donnelly of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., captured the 27th NTRA National Horseplayers Championship. With the dramatic victory at the Horseshoe Events Center, Donnelly earned the first-place prize of $825,000, an Eclipse Award as the…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (600+ words) Igniter gamely turned back the challenge of Time to Roll to notch his first stakes victory in Saturday's $135,000 Jimmy Winkfield, a six-furlong sprint for sophomores, at Aqueduct. Igniter emerged sharpest from post 4 of 5 under regular pilot Manny Franco but was…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (228+ words) This year’s NTRA National Horseplayers Championship, which kicks off Friday at Horseshoe Las Vegas, will have a record 828 entries and record cash and prizes totaling $5,229,000, including more than $3,383,000 million in cash prizes. The NHC field and purse were finalized after…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (360+ words) This week on HorseCenter, Brian Zipse and Matt Shifman take a short break from their coverage of the Kentucky Derby 2026 trail with a reveal and discussion of their respective top 10 ballots for the National Thoroughbred Racing Assocition's top Thoroughbreds poll....

5+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (495+ words) Palacios led all performers Sunday with a 135 Horse Racing Nation speed figure at Laurel Park in the second race. The 3-year-old gelding by Enticed captured a six-furlong dirt claiming race at 7-5 odds, recording his second career victory from six starts....

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (514+ words) Disruptor led all performers with a 133 Horse Racing Nation speed figure at Tampa Bay Downs in the fourth race. The 4-year-old colt by Gun Runner captured the Michelob Ultra Challenger Stakes at 5-2 odds on dirt. This marked his third career…...