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Angel Cruz won twice on Saturday’s closing day program to tie his protégé, 19-year-old apprentice Jeiron Barbosa, and share Laurel Park’s fall meet riding title, while Brittany Russell capped her historic year by leading the trainer standings for a third time this year.

Six graded stakes and a possible championship are on the line in Monday's traditional day-after-Christmas opening day of Santa Anita Park.

“We are grateful to John Deere, Keeneland, and The Jockey Club for their partnership in serving as this year’s presenting sponsors for the Eclipse Awards,” said Tom Rooney, President and CEO of the NTRA

Bob Coglianese, renowned photographer for the New York Racing Association, has died at the age of 88 in Florida.

One week into his return to the races and Kent Desormeaux says he couldn’t feel better. The Hall of Fame jockey has ridden in nine races during Del Mar’s fall meet and has yet to win, but he has a second and a third and knows the wins will come.

Jordan Freeman never imagined his work as a hotwalker would provide a livelihood while being medicinal. That is the way it has played out.

Welcome to 2023 Kentucky Derby Prospect Snapshots, where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule from which the racehorses earn points toward qualifying. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 6, 2023, at Churchill Downs.

Castellano, who won four straight Eclipse Awards from 2013-16, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017 when he was just 39-years-old.

The 38th Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar lived up to expectations in many ways. The year prior, fans were prohibited from attending the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the crowds that made it to the 2021 event at picturesque Del Mar in California were more than ready to celebrate as NBC Sports chronicled the festivities.

Bob Baffert’s talented Midnight Memories, a winner of three out of her four starts, heads Sunday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita, an important prep to the Grade 1, $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Keeneland Nov. 5.