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NYRA Opens Jan. 21 Presale Lottery for 2026 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga

NYRA Opens Jan. 21 Presale Lottery for 2026 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga

NYRA opens a presale lottery Jan. 21-27 for reserved seating and hospitality packages for the 2026 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga; winners notified Jan. 29 can buy ahead of the Feb. 12 public sale.

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California DOJ Seeks Destruction of 26 Seized Santa Anita Wagering Terminals

California DOJ Seeks Destruction of 26 Seized Santa Anita Wagering Terminals

California DOJ posts notice to destroy 26 Racing on Demand wagering terminals seized from Santa Anita Park unless the tr...

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California AG Orders Seizure of Santa Anita Racing on Demand Terminals

California AG Orders Seizure of Santa Anita Racing on Demand Terminals

California Attorney General ordered seizure of Racing on Demand terminals at Santa Anita, halting some on-track wagering...

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California Seizes 26 Santa Anita Racing on Demand Terminals Amid Tribal Dispute

California Seizes 26 Santa Anita Racing on Demand Terminals Amid Tribal Dispute

California law enforcement removed 26 Racing on Demand terminals from Santa Anita Park after tribes challenged their slo...

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Hayes-trained War Machine first-up in Australia Stakes after 2025 Stradbroke triumph

Hayes-trained War Machine first-up in Australia Stakes after 2025 Stradbroke triumph

Hayes-trained War Machine will resume first-up in the Group 2 Australia Stakes at Pakenham on Jan 23 after his 2025 Stra...

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Taken By The Wind Unbeaten, Eyes Kentucky Oaks After Silverbulletday Win

Taken By The Wind Unbeaten, Eyes Kentucky Oaks After Silverbulletday Win

Taken By The Wind remained unbeaten with a gate-to-wire win in the Silverbulletday, earning 20 points on the Road to the...

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Brisnet At a Glance: Santa Anita Jan. 19 Bias, Payoffs, Stars

Brisnet At a Glance: Santa Anita Jan. 19 Bias, Payoffs, Stars

Favorites dominated but mixed results produced rich exotics; bettors should note a 43% favorite win rate, 5.29-1 average...

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Accelerize Prevails in Stretch Duel to Win GIII Louisiana Stakes for Pletcher

Accelerize Prevails in Stretch Duel to Win GIII Louisiana Stakes for Pletcher

Accelerize surged in the stretch to win the GIII Louisiana Stakes, earning his first graded victory and setting up sprin...

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Ka Ying Rising Named Timeform Horse of Year After Everest, Champion Sprinter

Ka Ying Rising Named Timeform Horse of Year After Everest, Champion Sprinter

Ka Ying Rising was crowned Timeform Horse of the Year for 2025 after a dominant season highlighted by wins in The Everes...

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One of a Kind Jockeys & Jeans Trading-Card Set Benefits Jockeys

One of a Kind Jockeys & Jeans Trading-Card Set Benefits Jockeys

A 120-card One of a Kind Jockeys & Jeans set went on sale, with proceeds directed to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fu...

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Gulfstream Rainbow 6 jackpot climbs to $174,032 after unsolved stretch

Gulfstream Rainbow 6 jackpot climbs to $174,032 after unsolved stretch

Gulfstream Park's 20-cent Rainbow 6 stayed unsolved through Jan. 11–13, creating a $174,032.80 carryover for the upcomin...

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Vodka Vodka Dominates Unusual Heat Turf Classic, Trainer Eyes Grade 1s

Vodka Vodka Dominates Unusual Heat Turf Classic, Trainer Eyes Grade 1s

Vodka Vodka won the Unusual Heat Turf Classic at Santa Anita, her first stakes triumph, and trainer Aggie Ordonez is alr...

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Belmont Rebuild On Schedule: Tapeta Near-Complete, Phased Opening September 2026

Belmont Rebuild On Schedule: Tapeta Near-Complete, Phased Opening September 2026

Belmont's inner Tapeta training track is essentially complete and could open for training by late February; phased publi...

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FTC approves HISA enforcement rule changes affecting trainers and owners

FTC approves HISA enforcement rule changes affecting trainers and owners

HISA received FTC approval for changes to enforcement rules clarifying registration and making unpaid fines or purse rep...

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Breeders’ Cup allocates $6.5M for international 2026 Challenge winners

Breeders’ Cup allocates $6.5M for international 2026 Challenge winners

Breeders’ Cup Limited published the 2026 international Challenge Series and allocated $6.5 million to cover entry fees f...

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Maryland Jockey Club schedule approved with 120 days at Laurel Park

Maryland Jockey Club schedule approved with 120 days at Laurel Park

The Maryland Racing Commission approved the Maryland Jockey Club’s 2026 schedule, including 120 days of live racing at L...

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Bank Freeze and Bounced Checks Force Hawthorne to Vacate Third Weekend

Bank Freeze and Bounced Checks Force Hawthorne to Vacate Third Weekend

Hawthorne vacated live Standardbred racing for a third straight weekend after a bank freeze led to bounced checks, disru...

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Disco Time Draws Post 1, Installed 8-5 Favorite for Grade 1 Pegasus

Disco Time Draws Post 1, Installed 8-5 Favorite for Grade 1 Pegasus

Fans learn why Disco Time is the 8‑5 favorite from post 1 for the Pegasus and how the draw, workouts, and field dynamics...

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NYRA Cancels Aqueduct Card After Unsafe Track Conditions; Ladies Stakes Rescheduled

NYRA Cancels Aqueduct Card After Unsafe Track Conditions; Ladies Stakes Rescheduled

NYRA halted the Aqueduct card after Race 4 on Jan. 17 due to deteriorating weather and unsafe track conditions, reschedu...

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Free Like a Girl euthanized after trailer accident; Louisiana racing mourns

Free Like a Girl euthanized after trailer accident; Louisiana racing mourns

Free Like a Girl was euthanized after a trailer accident, ending the life of Louisiana's highest-earning mare. Her loss ...

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Distorted Humor, influential WinStar sire, humanely euthanized on January 10

Distorted Humor, influential WinStar sire, humanely euthanized on January 10

Distorted Humor was humanely euthanized January 10, 2026 due to infirmities of old age. His loss matters to breeders and...

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OBS catalogs 282 head for January Winter Mixed Sale

OBS catalogs 282 head for January Winter Mixed Sale

Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company cataloged 282 horses for a single-session auction on January 27, 2026. The mix of yearling...

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HISA Provisionally Suspends Two Maryland Vets After Steroid Paint, Multiple Drugs Found

HISA Provisionally Suspends Two Maryland Vets After Steroid Paint, Multiple Drugs Found

HISA provisionally suspended two Maryland veterinarians after searches found a topical "steroid paint" containing sarapi...

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Trainer Rudy Rodriguez cleared to resume training under oversight

Trainer Rudy Rodriguez cleared to resume training under oversight

Trainer Rudy Rodriguez's provisional suspension ended under an agreed order allowing him to return to training under mon...

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Multiple fatal injuries mar Kempton Park Lanzarote Hurdle card

Multiple fatal injuries mar Kempton Park Lanzarote Hurdle card

Three horses suffered fatal injuries at Kempton Park on January 10, including Grade 1 chaser Kalif Du Berlais, prompting...

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Margarita Girl breaks through to capture Las Flores Stakes win

Margarita Girl breaks through to capture Las Flores Stakes win

Margarita Girl won the Grade 3 Las Flores at Santa Anita, earning her first graded stakes victory and boosting her black...

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Racing Club launches 35-share syndicate to expand ownership

Racing Club launches 35-share syndicate to expand ownership

The Racing Club unveiled a 35-share syndicate enabling members to buy proportional horse stakes and receive privileges a...

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Surprsinglyperfect named HBPA 2025 Claiming Horse of the Year

Surprsinglyperfect named HBPA 2025 Claiming Horse of the Year

Surprsinglyperfect was named HBPA 2025 Claiming Horse of the Year, honoring durability and consistent success in the cla...

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New Jersey bill could halve Thoroughbred race dates, breeders warn collapse

New Jersey bill could halve Thoroughbred race dates, breeders warn collapse

A proposed law would allow New Jersey to cut annual Thoroughbred race dates from 50 to 25 with horsemen’s consent; breed...

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Goal Oriented retired to Spendthrift with $30,000 stud fee for 2026

Goal Oriented retired to Spendthrift with $30,000 stud fee for 2026

Spendthrift Farm announced Goal Oriented's retirement and entry into stud for the 2026 breeding season at $30,000 S&N, o...

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