Belmont winner Dornoch wins $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park

OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch captured the $1 million Haskell Stakes Saturday at Monmouth Park to take charge of what had been a wide-open 3-year-old division. A second straight Grade 1 victory removed any doubt as to leader of the pack. The...

Churchill Downs lifts suspension of trainer Bob Baffert following Medina Spirit's failed drug test

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Churchill Downs has rescinded its extended suspension of Bob Baffert, allowing the Hall of Fame trainer to resume racing his horses at the historic track and partner facilities after more than three years of banishment for a failed drug test of ultimately disqualified 2021...

Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch returns for the Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park

OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch and runner-up Mindframe are set to renew their rivalry when they return to racing for the $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Mindframe, who finished a half-length behind Dornoch in the final leg of the Triple...

Legendary Hanover wins Meadowlands Pace for 3-year-olds in stakes-record 1:46.3

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Legendary Hanover won the $650,000 Meadowlands Pace in a stakes-record 1:46.3, beating stablemate Nijinsky by 5 1/2 links Saturday night in the mile event for 3-year-olds at the Meadowlands Racetrack. Driven by James MacDonald and trailed by Anthony...

Belmont Park winter racing to take place on a synthetic surface when the track reopens in 2026

Winter racing at Belmont Park will take place exclusively on a synthetic surface when the New York track reopens in 2026, a move made with the hope of keeping horses and jockeys safer and improving year-round conditions when also running on dirt and turf. The New York Racing...

Military horses bolt through London in scene reminiscent of runaway stampede in April

LONDON (AP) — Three runaway horses bolted through the streets of central London Monday after one was spooked by a bus and two others tossed their riders, the Army said. The Army said one horse Monday had minor injuries but didn’t require further treatment and neither soldier was...

Trainer Bob Baffert goes 1-2 in Los Alamitos Derby for his 8th consecutive win in the Grade 2 race

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Wynstock won the $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby by a nose over Cornell on Saturday, giving Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert a 1-2 finish and his eighth consecutive victory in the Grade 2 race. Ridden by Kyle Frey, Wynstock ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.51 and...

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher among 4 new members named to HISA horsemen's advisory group

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Horse racing’s federal oversight body has named Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher among four new members of a horseman’s advisory group that will provide feedback to its executive team and committees. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority ( HISA...

Dornoch pulls off an upset to win the first Belmont Stakes run at Saratoga Race Course at 17-1

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — When Luis Saez first rode Dornoch at Saratoga Race Course last summer, he told trainer Danny Gargan, “You have the Derby winner.” While that did not come true, Dornoch made good on that optimism Saturday by winning the first Belmont Stakes at...

Dornoch wins the first Belmont Stakes run at Saratoga Race Course