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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Clark S. (G1) at Churchill Downs.

Del Mar features six graded stakes on the turf, including a pair of Grade 1s – the Hollywood Derby on Saturday and the Matriarch Stakes on Sunday.

By Mike Farrell - Thanksgiving weekend offers one of the final clusters of stakes for 2021. Maxfield’s final race in Clark Stakes.

    The Clark is one of the most historic races in the long and illustrious life of the fabled Churchill Downs. When the ponies go to post for the 147th running on November 26 the books may have a little more to add to the story of this edition.   Maxfield is a powerful four-year old that has been more than just good beneath the Twin Spires. Having recorded four wins in four lifetime starts at the Louisville Oval, a fifth would land him in a place no other run...

By US Racing Team The field is set for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar on Saturday, the grand finale of the $31 million, 14-race…

The sleek gray son of Tapit covered the 1 1/4 miles in 2 minutes, 1.96 seconds on a track that was labelled as fast despite an intermittent drizzle

BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) — Medina Spirit, the Kentucky Derby winner who failed a postrace drug test, won’t run in Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby. Embattled Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said Tuesday he is going to keep the colt in California and run in the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes against older horses at Santa Anita on Oct.

Ron Flatter advises to pay close attention to key races over the next three weekends if you want to be prepared to handicap the season-ending horse racing championships.

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Essential Quality basks in the Travers afterglow.